SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 are attenuated in rhesus macaques as compared to Delta

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Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts tropism and fusogenicity

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Activity of convalescent and vaccine serum against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron virus causes attenuated disease in mice and hamsters

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Neutralization in Serum from Vaccinated and Convalescent Persons

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Population Immunity and Covid-19 Severity with Omicron Variant in South Africa

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Protection against the Omicron Variant from Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection

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mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron boost in vaccinated macaques elicits similar B cell expansion, neutralizing responses, and protection from Omicron

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Neutralizing immunity in vaccine breakthrough infections from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants

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Infectious viral load in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals infected with ancestral, Delta or Omicron SARS-CoV-2

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Comparative Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Including Omicron, Highlights Their Common and Distinctive Amino Acid Substitution Patterns, Especially at the Spike ORF

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ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) or nCoV-19-Beta (AZD2816) protect Syrian hamsters against Beta Delta and Omicron variants

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

(2022) Brian J. Willett et al.   Nature Microbiology

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 in Denmark

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The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

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Intranasal ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/AZD1222 vaccination reduces viral shedding after SARS-CoV-2 D614G challenge in preclinical models

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SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse

(2021) Frank Konings et al.   Nature Microbiology

Estimated SARS-CoV-2 infection rate and fatality risk in Gauteng Province, South Africa: a population-based seroepidemiological survey

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Subtle differences in the pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 in rhesus macaques

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Functional assessment of cell entry and receptor usage for SARS-CoV-2 and other lineage B betacoronaviruses

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Respiratory disease in rhesus macaques inoculated with SARS-CoV-2

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