Antigenic and virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1

Caiwan Guo¹, Yuanling Yu², Jingyi Liu³, Fanchong Jian⁴, Sijie Yang⁵, Weiliang Song⁶, Lingling Yu², Fei Shao², Yunlong Cao⁷

Affiliations

¹ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China.
³ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁴ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁵ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
⁶ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁷ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: yunlongcao@pku.edu.cn.

PMID: 40484018
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00308-1

Antigenic and virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1

Caiwan Guo et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;25(7):e374-e377.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00308-1. Epub 2025 Jun 5.

Authors

Caiwan Guo¹, Yuanling Yu², Jingyi Liu³, Fanchong Jian⁴, Sijie Yang⁵, Weiliang Song⁶, Lingling Yu², Fei Shao², Yunlong Cao⁷

Affiliations

¹ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China.
³ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁴ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁵ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
⁶ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁷ Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) Peking University, Beijing, China; Changping Laboratory, Beijing, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: yunlongcao@pku.edu.cn.

PMID: 40484018
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00308-1

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CG and YY contributed equally. YC has provisional patent applications for the BD series antibodies (WO2024131775A9 and WO2023151312A1), and is the founder of Singlomics Biopharmaceuticals. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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