Omicron BA.2 (B.1.1.529.2): High Potential for Becoming the Next Dominant Variant

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry letters Vol. 13; no. 17; pp. 3840 - 3849
• Main Authors: Chen, Jiahui, Wei, Guo-Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 05.05.2022
• Subjects: Antibodies, Monoclonal; COVID-19; Humans; Physical Insights into Materials and Molecular Properties; SARS-CoV-2; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

The Omicron variant has three subvariants: BA.1 (B.1.1.529.1), BA.2 (B.1.1.529.2), and BA.3 (B.1.1.529.3). BA.2 is found to be able to alarmingly reinfect patients originally infected by Omicron BA.1. An important question is whether BA.2 or BA.3 will become a new dominating “variant of concern”. Cu...