The Omicron Variant BA.1.1 Presents a Lower Pathogenicity than B.1 D614G and Delta Variants in a Feline Model of SARS-CoV-2 Infection-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Omicron Variant BA.1.1 Presents a Lower Pathogenicity than B.1 D614G and Delta Variants in a Feline Model of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Published:2022-09-14 Issue:17 Volume:96 Page:
ISSN:0022-538X
Container-title:Journal of Virology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Virol

Author:

Martins Mathias¹^ORCID,do Nascimento Gabriela M.¹,Nooruzzaman Mohammed¹,Yuan Fangfeng²,Chen Chi²,Caserta Leonardo C.¹,Miller Andrew D.³,Whittaker Gary R.⁴,Fang Ying²,Diel Diego G.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

2. Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

4. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of concern emerged in South Africa late in 2021 and rapidly spread across the world causing a significant increase in the number of infections. Importantly, this variant was also associated with an increased risk of reinfections.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jvi.00961-22

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