SARS-CoV-2変種の病理学的特徴と,COVID-19のマカクモデルで誘発された免疫反応

Emiko Urano1, Tomotaka Okamura1, Mahoko Higuchi1

  • 1Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Vaccine Research, Tsukuba Primate Research Center, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Communications biology
|February 13, 2026
PubMed
まとめ

SARS-CoV-2オミクロン変種は,初期の低病原性にもかかわらず,マカクの再感染と肺炎を引き起こす. 免疫反応は様々であり,進化する菌株に対するワクチン戦略に影響を与えます.

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