Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity
The comparatively milder infections with the Omicron variant and higher levels of population immunity have raised hopes for a weakening of the pandemic. We argue that the lower severity of Omicron is a coincidence and that ongoing rapid antigenic evolution is likely to produce new variants that may escape immunity and be more severe.
MARKOV Peter;
KATZOURAKIS Aris;
STILIANAKIS Nikolaos;
2022-05-23
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
JRC128138
1740-1526 (online),
https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41579-022-00722- z,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128138,
10.1038/s41579-022-00722-z (online),
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