Michaela Sciacca

Sep 20, 2023 | cell.com | Michaela Sciacca |Katherine McMahan |David Hope

Highlights•Mpox infection by three routes induces robust natural immunity•Natural immunity protects against mpox re-challenge•Adaptive immune responses appear critical for protectionSummaryThe mpox outbreak of 2022–2023 involved rapid global spread in men who have sex with men. We infected 18 rhesus macaques with mpox by the intravenous, intradermal, and intrarectal routes and observed robust antibody and T cell responses following all three routes of infection.

Mar 26, 2023 | cell.com | Jingyou Yu |Paul Thomas |Michaela Sciacca

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines demonstrate reduced protection against acquisition of BA.5 subvariant but still effective against severe disease. However, immune correlates of protection against BA.5 remain unknown.