Stealth replication of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in the nasal epithelium at physiological temperature
Bárbara F. Fonseca, Rémy Robinot, Vincent Michel, Akram Mendez, Samuel Lebourgeois, Chloé Chivé, Raphaël Jeger‐Madiot, Roshan Vaid, Vincent Bondet, Elizabeth Maloney, Florence Guivel‐Benhassine, Olivier Schwartz, Darragh Duffy, Tanmoy Mondal, Samy Gobaa, Lisa A. Chakrabarti
This study shows that the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replicates more efficiently and evades innate immune responses in a nasal epithelium model at physiological temperature.
Journal of Virology · Dec 19, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology