4Qualiblood s.a., Research and Development Department, Namur, Belgium.
*Correspondence: Julien Favresse
Department of Pharmacy, University of Namur B-5000 Namur, Belgium Phone +32 81 72 43 91 Email: julien.favresse@slbo.be
Running title: Humoral and cellular response 6 months after the bivalent booster.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, bivalent booster, humoral response, cellular response, Omicron, BA.5, XBB.1.5.
Words (manuscript): 1,051.
Number authors: 9.
Number of references (main text): 10.
Number of references (appendix): 6.
Number of tables: 0.
Number of figures: 1.
Supplemental figures: 2.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.
Author contribution: Conceptualization: JF and JD; methodology: JF, CG, MC, JC, LW, CD and JD; software: JF, CG and JD; validation: JF and JD; formal analysis: JF, CG and JD; investigation: JF, CG, MC, JC, LW, and JD; resources: ME, JMD, and JD; data curation: JF, CG, MC, JC, LW, and ME; writing–original draft preparation, JF; writing–review and editing, JF, CG, MC, JC, LW, CD, ME, JMD, and JD; supervision: JD; project administration: JF, MC, ME and JD; funding acquisition: JF, MC, ME, JMD and JD. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.