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SARS-CoV-2 D614G variant enhances infectivity, replication and transmission – News-Medical.Net

Researchers in the United States and Japan have conducted a study showing a common mutation in the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviru…

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Researchers in the United States and Japan have conducted a study showing a common mutation in the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVD-19) – enhances the infectivity, replication, and early transmission of the virus.
The team’s study of SARS-CoV-2 engineered to harbor the D614G mutation found that this strain was replicated more efficiently in primary human proximal airway epithelial cells than the …

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