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SARS-CoV-2 Evolution – How Did COVID-19 Go Viral? – BioTechniques.com
New understanding of SARS-CoV-2 evolution and the genomes of different coronavirus species could explain how COVID-19 went viral.
SARS-CoV-2 has been hugely successful compared to its predecessor; new research investigates why.
A team from Duke University (NC, USA) has shed light on SARS-CoV-2 evolution, revealing the silent mutations that enabled SARS-CoV-2 to go viral. Their results could explain how it has vastly outpaced the SARS epidemic of 2003.
During the original SARS outbreak shedding began 210 days after symptom onset, making it easier to get under control. It is therefore reasonable to assume that mutations improving…
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