1. Understanding Omicron: Transmissibility, immune evasion and antiviral intervention.
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Hoffmann, Markus, Arora, Prerna, and Pöhlmann, Stefan
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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant , *SARS-CoV-2 , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *MONOCLONAL antibodies , *SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant , *COVID-19 - Abstract
WHICH ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE SUITABLE FOR THERAPY OF PATIENTS INFECTED WITH THE OMIC... Treatment with recombinant monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 can reduce the risk for severe disease. In contrast, neutralization of the Omicron variant is dramatically reduced,1 indicating that immunity following infection by previously circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants provides little to no protection against the Omicron variant. Keywords: antibody; omicron; SARS-CoV-2; spike EN antibody omicron SARS-CoV-2 spike 1 3 3 05/31/22 20220501 NES 220501 The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) swept the globe with breathtaking speed, rapidly displacing the Delta variant and causing record numbers of new infections. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
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