OmicronOmicron

Lei You1, Luning Zhang1, Shengqun Ouyang1

  • 1Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Immune-Related Diseases at Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Ruijin Hospital, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Cell discovery
|May 19, 2025
PubMed
概括

多重Omicron感染增强了对新变体的抗体保护,如JN.1,但高级亚变体,如KP.3.1.1,仍然可能构成威胁. 了解抗体进化是打击COVID-19的关键.

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