Transmissibility, infectivity, and immune resistance of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 variant
K. Uriu, J. Ito, Y. Kosugi, Y. L. Tanaka, Y. Mugita, Z. Guo, A. A. Hinay, O. Putri, Y. Kim, R. Shimizu, M. M. Begum, M. Jonathan, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, A. Saito, T. Ikeda, K. Sato
This study investigates the transmissibility, infectivity, and immune resistance of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 variant, finding it to be highly immune evasive but with lower infectivity compared to other variants.
bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology