B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 Variant Exhibits Higher Virulence but Less Viral Shedding than That of the Ancestral Strain in Young Nonhuman Primates
ABSTRACT We investigated the distribution, virulence, and pathogenic characteristics of mutated SARS-CoV-2 to clarify the association between virulence and the viral spreading ability of current and future circulating strains. Chinese rhesus macaques were infected with ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain GD...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-10-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02263-22 |