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Coronavirus: South African virus variant may affect vaccine efficacy, scientists warn – The Australian Financial Review
Scientists racing to understand the new strain say they expect approved vaccines to work but are worried a specific mutation could make them less effective.
Their study, released on Tuesday but not peer-reviewed, found that emerging lineages in South Africa and Brazil carrying the E484K mutation will have greatly reduced susceptibility to neutralisation by the…serum antibodies of some individuals. However, the effect was much stronger in some people than others, the paper said.
Professor de Oliveiras team in South Africa has reached similar conclusions. This finding about antibody neutralisation was highlighted very strongly in our paper, he said….
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