The Remarkable Evolutionary Plasticity of Coronaviruses by Mutation and Recombination: Insights for the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future Evolutionary Paths of SARS-CoV-2

Coronaviruses (CoVs) constitute a large and diverse subfamily of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. They are found in many mammals and birds and have great importance for the health of humans and farm animals. The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, as well as many previous epidemics in humans tha...

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Main Authors: Grigorios D. Amoutzias, Marios Nikolaidis, Eleni Tryfonopoulou, Katerina Chlichlia, Panayotis Markoulatos, Stephen G. Oliver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/1/78