Dear Editor The rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 mandates a better under-standing of cross-neutralization and cross-protection among variants.Such information is essential to guide vaccine strategy and public policy.To e...Dear Editor The rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 mandates a better under-standing of cross-neutralization and cross-protection among variants.Such information is essential to guide vaccine strategy and public policy.To examine the cross-protection among different variant spikes,we initially prepared four chimeric SARS-CoV-2 viruses(Fig.1a),each bearing the spike gene from Alpha,Beta,Gamma,or Epsilon in the backbone of USA-WA1/2020[isolated in January 2020 and defned as wild-type(WT)].展开更多
文摘Dear Editor The rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 mandates a better under-standing of cross-neutralization and cross-protection among variants.Such information is essential to guide vaccine strategy and public policy.To examine the cross-protection among different variant spikes,we initially prepared four chimeric SARS-CoV-2 viruses(Fig.1a),each bearing the spike gene from Alpha,Beta,Gamma,or Epsilon in the backbone of USA-WA1/2020[isolated in January 2020 and defned as wild-type(WT)].