Article
The SARS‐CoV‐2Mu variant should not be left aside: It warrants attention for its immuno‐escaping ability
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PASCARELLA, Stefano et al. The SARS‐CoV‐2 Mu variant should not be left aside: It warrants attention for its immuno-escaping ability. Journal of Medical Virology, v. 94, p. 2479-2486, 2022.
1096-9071
10.1002/jmv.27663
Autor
Pascarella, Stefano
Bianchi, Martina
Giovanetti, Marta
Narzi, Daniele
Cauda, Roberto
Cassone, Antonio
Ciccozzi, Massimo
Resumen
The COVID‐19 pandemic continues to have a threatening impact on a global scale,
largely due to the emergence of newly SARS‐CoV‐2 variants. The Mu (PANGO
lineage B.1.621), was first identified in Colombia in January 2021 and was classified
as a variant of interest (VOI) in August 2021, due to a constellation of mutations that
likely‐mediate an unexpectedly enhanced immune resistance to inactivated vaccineelicited
antibodies. Despite recent studies suggesting that the Mu variant appears to
have less infectivity than the Delta variant, here we examined the structural effect of
the Mu spike protein mutations and predicted the potential impact on infectivity of
the Mu variant compared with the Delta and Delta plus spike protein.