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Common SARS-CoV-2 Mutation May Be Making COVID More Contagious – Medscape
Most SARS-CoV-2 virus strains worldwide have a genetic mutation that boosts transmission strength but doesn’t interfere with the potential efficacy of therapies…
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Most SARS-CoV-2 virus strains feature a specific mutation that makes them more transmissible, to the point that these strains now predominate globally, new evidence shows.
In contrast to a greater variety of strains early in the pandemic, now 99.9% of circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains in the study feature the D614G mutation on the spike protein. In addition, people infected with a D614G strain have higher nasopharynx…
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