Replication of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 variant in ex vivo cultures of the human upper and lower respiratory tract

Hui, KPY; Ng, KC; Ho, JCW; Yeung, HW; Ching, RHH; Gu, HG; Chung, JCK; Chow, VLY; Sit, KY; Hsin, MKY; Au, TWK; Poon, LLM; Peiris, M; Nicholls, JM; Chan, MCW

Chan, MCW (通讯作者),Univ Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing Fac Med, Sch Publ Hlth, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.

EBIOMEDICINE, 2022; 83 ():

Abstract

Background The Omicron BA.2 sublineage has replaced BA.1 worldwide and has comparable levels of immune evasion to BA.1. These observations suggest tha......

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