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- Christoph Jung
- Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Dorota Kmiec
- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Lennart Koepke
- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Fabian Zech
- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Timo Jacob
- Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Konstantin M. J. Sparrer
- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Frank Kirchhoff
- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Hector C. Aguilar
- editor
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2022-03-23
- 権利情報
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- https://doi.org/10.1128/ASMCopyrightv2
- https://journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license
- DOI
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- 10.1128/jvi.02077-21
- 公開者
- American Society for Microbiology
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説明
<jats:p>Emerging strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, that show increased transmission fitness and/or immune evasion are classified as “variants of concern” (VOCs). Recently, a SARS-CoV-2 variant first identified in November 2021 in South Africa has been recognized as a fifth VOC, termed “Omicron.” What makes this VOC so alarming is the high number of changes, especially in the viral Spike protein, and accumulating evidence for increased transmission efficiency and escape from neutralizing antibodies.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Journal of Virology
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Journal of Virology 96 (6), e0207721-, 2022-03-23
American Society for Microbiology