Reduced airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron virus in Syrian hamsters

• Published in: PLOS Pathogens Vol. 18; no. 12; p. e1010970
• Main Authors: Boon, Adrianus C. M., Darling, Tamarand L., Halfmann, Peter J., Franks, John, Webby, Richard J., Barouch, Dan H., Port, Julia R., Munster, Vincent J., Diamond, Michael S., Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science (PLoS) 02.12.2022; Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Airborne infection; Allergies; Animal experimentation; Animal models in research; Animals; Biology (General); Biology and Life Sciences; Conflicts of interest; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cricetinae; Disease transmission; Funding; Hamsters; Immunologic diseases. Allergy; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Intermediates; Laboratories; Medical research; Medicine and health sciences; Medicine, Experimental; Mesocricetus; Methods; Mutation; Opinion; Pandemics; Physiological aspects; Proteins; QH301-705.5; R&D; RC581-607; Research & development; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiratory Aerosols and Droplets; SARS-CoV-2; Seroconversion; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Spike protein; Vaccines; Viral diseases; Viruses; United States; Japan

JRP and VJM are supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The authors report no other conflict of interest. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona...