SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 is susceptible to neutralizing antibodies elicited by ancestral Spike vaccines
X. Shen, H. Tang, C. McDana, K. Wagh, W. Fischer, J. Theiler, H. Yoon, D. Li, B. F. Haynes, K. O. Saunders, S. Gnanakaran, N. W. Hengartner, R. Pajon, G. Smith, F. Dubovsky, , D. Montefiori
This study shows that B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant remains neutralizable by antibodies from ancestral Spike vaccines and convalescent sera, though with reduced efficacy.
bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2021Immunology