Mathematical modelling of SARS-CoV-2 variant outbreaks reveals their probability of extinction

Abstract When a virus spreads, it may mutate into, e.g., vaccine resistant or fast spreading lineages, as was the case for the Danish Cluster-5 mink variant (belonging to the B.1.1.298 lineage), the British B.1.1.7 lineage, and the South African B.1.351 lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A way to hand...

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Main Authors: Henrik Schiøler, Torben Knudsen, Rasmus Froberg Brøndum, Jakob Stoustrup, Martin Bøgsted
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04108-8