Distinct evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB and BA. 2.86/JN. 1 lineages combining increased fitness and antibody evasion

D Planas, I Staropoli, V Michel, F Lemoine… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The unceasing circulation of SARS-CoV-2 leads to the continuous emergence of novel viral
sublineages. Here, we isolate and characterize XBB. 1, XBB. 1.5, XBB. 1.9. 1, XBB. 1.16. 1 …

Durability of XBB. 1.5 vaccines against Omicron subvariants

DY Lin, Y Du, Y Xu, S Paritala… - New England Journal …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Vaccine Effectiveness against Omicron XBB. 1.5 Subvariant A data survey of 1.8 million
people in Nebraska showed that XBB. 1.5 vaccine effectiveness was 52% against infection …

Clinical development of variant-adapted BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines: The early Omicron era

S Pather, A Muik, R Rizzi, F Mensa - Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction The Omicron BA. 1 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and subsequent sub-lineages exhibit partial escape from …

Neutralization escape by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA. 2.86

N Lasrado, YC Ai-ris, NP Hachmann, J Miller, M Rowe… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant BA.
2.86 has over 30 mutations in spike compared with BA. 2 and XBB. 1.5, which raised the …

Immunological imprinting shapes the specificity of human antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants

TS Johnston, SH Li, MM Painter, RK Atkinson… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
The spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
continues to accumulate substitutions, leading to breakthrough infections of vaccinated …

Mucosal boosting enhances vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in macaques

K McMahan, F Wegmann, M Aid, M Sciacca, J Liu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
A limitation of current SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is that they provide minimal protection against
infection with current Omicron subvariants,, although they still provide protection against …

Waning immunity and IgG4 responses following bivalent mRNA boosting

N Lasrado, AY Collier, J Miller, NP Hachmann, J Liu… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines were highly effective against the ancestral SARS-CoV-2
strain, but the efficacy of bivalent mRNA boosters against XBB variants was substantially …

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of bivalent mRNA booster vaccines against Omicron variants

S Song, ZJ Madewell, M Liu, Y Miao, S **ang, Y Huo… - Vaccine, 2024 - Elsevier
Background A global shift to bivalent mRNA vaccines is ongoing to counterbalance the
diminishing effectiveness of the original monovalent vaccines due to the evolution of SARS …

SARS-CoV-2 hybrid immunity: the best of both worlds

N Lasrado, DH Barouch - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Three and a half years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the nature
and durability of protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Original COVID-19 priming regimen impacts the immunogenicity of bivalent BA. 1 and BA. 5 boosters

LM Zaeck, NH Tan, WJR Rietdijk, D Geers… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Waning antibody responses after COVID-19 vaccination combined with the emergence of
the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineage led to reduced vaccine effectiveness. As a …