Pia Gattinger, Bernhard Kratzer, Al Nasar Ahmed Sehgal, Anna Ohradanova-Repic, Laura Gebetsberger, Gabor Tajti, Margarete Focke-Tejkl, Mirjam Schaar, Verena Fuhrmann, Lukas Petrowitsch, Walter Keller, Sandra Högler, Hannes Stockinger, Winfried F Pickl, Rudolf Valenta
BACKGROUND: COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a recurrent endemic disease affecting the whole world. Since November 2021, Omicron and its subvariants have dominated in the spread of the disease. In order to prevent severe courses of disease, vaccines are needed to boost and maintain antibody levels capable of neutralizing Omicron. Recently, we produced and characterized a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine based on a recombinant fusion protein consisting of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-derived PreS and two SARS-CoV-2 wild-type RBDs...
February 23, 2024: Vaccines