Memory B cell responses to Omicron subvariants after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA breakthrough infection
Z. Wang, P. Zhou, F. Muecksch, A. Cho, T. B. Tanfous, M. Canis, L. Witte, B. Johnson, R. Raspe, F. Schmidt, E. Bednarski, J. DaSilva, V. Ramos, S. Zong, M. Turroja, , M. C. Nussenzweig
This study compares memory B cell responses after Delta and Omicron BA.1 breakthrough infections versus mRNA vaccine doses, finding that Delta infection boosts overall memory B cell potency and breadth, while Omicron infection only enhances strain-specific responses.
bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2022Immunology