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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zou J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994717 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
NPJ vaccines 20210325 1
Initial COVID-19 vaccine candidates were based on the original sequence of SARS-CoV-2. However, the virus has since accumulated mutations, among which the spike D614G is dominant in circulating virus, raising questions about potential virus escape from vaccine-elicited immunity. Here, we report that the D614G mutation modestly reduced (1.7-2.4-fold) SARS-CoV-2 neutralization by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited mouse, rhesus, and human sera, concurring with the 95% vaccine efficacy observed in clinical ...[more]