Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Suzuki, Rigel; Yamasoba, Daichi; Kimura, Izumi; Wang, Lei; Kishimoto, Mai; Ito, Jumpei; Morioka, Yuhei; Nao, Naganori; Nasser, Hesham; Uriu, Keiya; Kosugi, Yusuke; Tsuda, Masumi; Orba, Yasuko; Sasaki, Michihito; Shimizu, Ryo; Kawabata, Ryoko; Yoshimatsu, Kumiko; Asakura, Hiroyuki; Nagashima, Mami; Sadamasu, Kenji; Yoshimura, Kazuhisa; Suganami, Mai; Oide, Akiko; Chiba, Mika; Ito, Hayato; Tamura, Tomokazu; Tsushima, Kana; Kubo, Haruko; Ferdous, Zannatul; Mouri, Hiromi; Iida, Miki; Kasahara, Keiko; Tabata, Koshiro; Ishizuka, Mariko; Shigeno, Asako; Tokunaga, Kenzo; Ozono, Seiya; Yoshida, Isao; Nakagawa, So; Wu, Jiaqi; Takahashi, Miyoko; Kaneda, Atsushi; Seki, M.; Fujiki, Ryoji; Rahmutulla Nawai, Bahityar; Suzuki, Yutaka; Kashima, Yukie; Abe, Kazumi; Imamura, Kiyomi; Shirakawa, Kotaro; Takaori‐Kondo, Akifumi; Kazuma, Yasuhiro; Nomura, Ryosuke; Horisawa, Yoshihito; Nagata, Kayoko; Kawai, Yugo; Yanagida, Yohei; Tashiro, Yusuke; Takahashi, Otowa; Kitazato, Kazuko; Hasebe, Haruyo; Motozono, Chihiro; Toyoda, Mako; Seng Tan, Toong; Ngare, Isaac; Ueno, Takamasa; Saito, Akatsuki; P. Butlertanaka, Erika; Tanaka, Yuri; Morizako, Nanami; Sawa, Hirofumi; Ikeda, Terumasa; Irie, Takashi; Matsuno, Keita; Tanaka, Shinya; Fukuhara, Takasuke; Sato, Kei

doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04462-1

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Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Published in Nature • Feb 1, 2022

Authors:

Rigel Suzuki

Daichi Yamasoba

Izumi Kimura

Abstract

Abstract The emergence of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent global health concern 1 . In this study, our statistical modelling suggests that Omicron has spread more rapidly than the Delta variant in several countries including South Africa. Cell culture experiments showed Omicron to be ...

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Pathogenicity

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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