Implications of the Novel Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Genome for Transmission, Disease Severity, and the Vaccine Development

Implications of the Novel Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Genome for Transmission, Disease Severity, and the Vaccine Development

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative virus of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has been identified in China in late December 2019. SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA betacoronavirus of the Coronaviridae family. Coronaviruses...

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Main Author: Hikmet Akkiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
mutation
vaccine
new UK variant
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.636532/full

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