SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.87.1 Exhibits Higher Susceptibility to Serum Neutralization Than EG.5.1 and JN.1
Qian Wang, Yicheng Guo, Logan T. Schwanz, Ian A. Mellis, Yiwei Sun, Yiming Qu, Guillaume Urtecho, Riccardo Valdez, Emily Stoneman, Aubree Gordon, Harris H. Wang, David D. Ho, Lihong Liu
This study compares the antibody evasion, ACE2 binding, and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.87.1 with EG.5.1 and JN.1, finding BA.2.87.1 has lower immune evasion and reduced infectivity.
bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2024Microbiology