Kumpanenko, Yana
Maas, Elke
Degryse, Joran https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6730-4302
Weynand, Birgit
Van de Velde, Hilde
Neyts, Johan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0033-7514
De Clercq, Katrien
Alpizar, Yeranddy A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1959-5393
Dallmeier, Kai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8117-9166
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (G0H3120N)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (40007527)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (G0H3120N)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (40007527)
KU Leuven (GSF/25/074)
KU Leuven (C14/24/152)
KU Leuven (GSF/25/074)
European Union Horizon Europe Programme
European Union MSCA4Ukraine fellowship
Article History
Received: 5 May 2025
Accepted: 28 January 2026
First Online: 9 February 2026
Competing interests
: K.D. and J.N. are mentioned as inventors on a patent application describing the construction and use of YF17D-based COVID-19 vaccines (EP4110380A1). The patent does not restrict academic research use of the described vaccine constructs; nor does it impose any restrictions on the publication, sharing, or reuse of the data presented in this study. All other authors declare to have no competing interests.