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'SARS-CoV-2, like many viruses, generates syncytia. Using SARS-CoV-2 and S (S) expressing recombinant vesicular stomatitis and influenza A viruses, we show that S-mediated syncytia formation provides resistance to interferons in cultured cells, human small airway-derived air-liquid interface cultures and hACE2 transgenic mice.'

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

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