Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

COVA1-18 neutralizing antibody protects against SARS-CoV-2 in three preclinical models

  • Pauline Maisonnasse,
  • Yoann Aldon,
  • Aurélien Marc,
  • Romain Marlin,
  • Nathalie Dereuddre-Bosquet,
  • Natalia A. Kuzmina,
  • Alec W. Freyn,
  • Jonne L. Snitselaar,
  • Antonio Gonçalves,
  • Tom G. Caniels,
  • Judith A. Burger,
  • Meliawati Poniman,
  • Ilja Bontjer,
  • Virginie Chesnais,
  • Ségolène Diry,
  • Anton Iershov,
  • Adam J. Ronk,
  • Sonia Jangra,
  • Raveen Rathnasinghe,
  • Philip J. M. Brouwer,
  • Tom P. L. Bijl,
  • Jelle van Schooten,
  • Mitch Brinkkemper,
  • Hejun Liu,
  • Meng Yuan,
  • Chad E. Mire,
  • Mariëlle J. van Breemen,
  • Vanessa Contreras,
  • Thibaut Naninck,
  • Julien Lemaître,
  • Nidhal Kahlaoui,
  • Francis Relouzat,
  • Catherine Chapon,
  • Raphaël Ho Tsong Fang,
  • Charlene McDanal,
  • Mary Osei-Twum,
  • Natalie St-Amant,
  • Luc Gagnon,
  • David C. Montefiori,
  • Ian A. Wilson,
  • Eric Ginoux,
  • Godelieve J. de Bree,
  • Adolfo García-Sastre,
  • Michael Schotsaert,
  • Lynda Coughlan,
  • Alexander Bukreyev,
  • Sylvie van der Werf,
  • Jérémie Guedj,
  • Rogier W. Sanders,
  • Marit J. van Gils,
  • Roger Le Grand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26354-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Monoclonal antibodies show great promise in treating Covid-19 patients. Here, Maisonnasse, Aldon and colleagues report pre-clinical results for COVA1-18 and demonstrate that it reduces viral infectivity in three animal models with over 95% efficacy in macaques upper respiratory tract.