Enhanced immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 variants KP.3.1.1 and XEC through N-terminal domain mutations.

Lancet Infect Dis

Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China. Electronic address:

Published: January 2025

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