The frequency of defective genomes in Omicron differs from that of the Alpha, Beta and Delta variants

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant emerged showing higher transmissibility and possibly higher resistance to current COVID-19 vaccines than other variants dominating the global pandemic. In March 2020 we performed a study in clinical samples, where we found that a portion of genomes in the SARS...

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Main Authors: Carolina Campos, Sergi Colomer-Castell, Damir Garcia-Cehic, Josep Gregori, Cristina Andrés, Maria Piñana, Alejandra González-Sánchez, Blanca Borràs, Oleguer Parés-Badell, Caroline Melanie Adombi, Marta Ibañez-Lligoña, Juliana Esperalba, Maria Gema Codina, Ariadna Rando-Segura, Narcis Saubí, Juan Ignacio Esteban, Francisco Rodriguez-Frías, Tomàs Pumarola, Andrés Antón, Josep Quer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24918-8