Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 XEC variant.

Lancet Infect Dis

Division of Systems Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan; Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Collaboration Unit for Infection, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; International Vaccine Design Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address:

Published: December 2024

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