Antigenicity and receptor affinity of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 spike
Q. Wang, Y. Guo, L. Liu, L. T. Schwanz, Z. Li, J. Ho, R. M. Zhang, S. Iketani, J. Yu, Y. Huang, Y. Qu, R. Valdez, A. S. Lauring, A. Gordon, H. H. Wang, , D. D. Ho
This paper evaluates the antigenicity and receptor affinity of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 subvariant, finding it not more resistant to human sera than other variants but with specific mAb resistance and high receptor affinity.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2023Microbiology