ImmunologybioRxivPreprint
Neutralizing antibody-independent immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in hamsters and hACE-2 transgenic mice immunized with a RBD/Nucleocapsid fusion protein
J. Castro, M. Fumagalli, N. Hojo-Souza…·R. Gazzinelli
This study shows that a RBD/Nucleocapsid fusion protein induces strong T cell responses and protects against SARS-CoV-2 without neutralizing antibodies in hamsters and hACE-2 mice.