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Antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant

Antibodies elicited by COVID19 vaccination effective against delta variant - تاثیر واکسن های معتبر بر سویه دلتا

Findings help explain why vaccinated people at low risk during delta surge.

Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not particularly good at evading the antibodies generated by vaccination, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The researchers analyzed a panel of antibodies generated by people in response to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and found that delta was unable to evade all but one of the antibodies they tested. Other variants of concern, such as beta, avoided recognition and neutralization by several of the antibodies.

The findings, published Aug. 16 in the journal Immunity, help explain why vaccinated people have largely escaped the worst of the delta surge.

Release date: 17 August 2021
Source: Washington University School of Medicine