Design of a multi-epitope-based peptide vaccine against the Omicron variant using bioinformatics approach.

, a member of the coronavirus family, is an RNA virus characterized by a single-stranded genome and is responsible for the development of . The emergence of the Omicron variant of in 2021 marked a significant variation recognized by the World Health Organization. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the spike glycoprotein of the Omicron variant of and identify potential immunogenic epitopes in order to design multi-epitope vaccine constructs.