Omicron escapa ampliamente pero no por completo a la neutralización de Pfizer BNT162b2

Sandile Cele1,2, Laurelle Jackson1, David S Khoury3

  • 1Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.

Nature
|January 11, 2022
PubMed
Resumen

La variante Omicron del SARS-CoV-2 reduce significativamente la neutralización por los anticuerpos de la vacuna Pfizer. Sin embargo, las personas con infección previa y vacunación muestran cierta protección residual contra Omicron, lo que sugiere que los enfoques de vacunación pueden mantener una defensa razonable.

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