Giuseppe Michieli<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Neutralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Neutralization</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Stability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Stability</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JN1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JN1</span></a>-derived <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LB1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LB1</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/KP23" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KP23</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/KP3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KP3</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/KP311" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KP311</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Subvariants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Subvariants</span></a> <a href="http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2024.09.04.611219v1?rss=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/</span><span class="invisible">2024.09.04.611219v1?rss=1</span></a> </p><p>We report on the neutralizing <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/antibody" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antibody</span></a> (nAb) <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/escape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>escape</span></a>, infectivity, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fusion</span></a>, and stability of these subvariants-LB.1, KP.2.3, KP.3, and KP.3.1.1. Our findings demonstrate that all of these subvariants are highly evasive of nAbs elicited by bivalent <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mRNA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vaccine</span></a>, the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/XBB15" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>XBB15</span></a> monovalent mumps virus-based vaccine, or from infections during the BA.2.86/JN.1 wave.</p>