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Pfizer vaccine less effective against S. African variant, Ben-Gurion U. study finds – EurekAlert
”Our findings show that future variants could necessitate a modified vaccine as the virus mutates to increase its infectivity,” says principal investigator Dr….
BEER-SHEVA, Israel, March 23, 2021 – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have found that the Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine is moderately less effective against the South African variant, but still neutralizes the British variant and the original SARS-CoV-2 strain.
Their research was just published in the prestigious journal Cell Host and Microbe.
“Our findings show that future variants could necessitate a modified vaccine as the virus mutates to increase its infectivity,” says principal…
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