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SARS‐CoV‐2 virulence evolution: Avirulence theory, immunity and trade‐offs

1 Jul 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a resurgence of the debate on whether host-parasite interactions should evolve towards avirulence. In this review, we first show that SARS-CoV-2 virulence is evolving, before explaining why some expect the mortality caused by the epidemic to converge towards that of human seasonal alphacoronaviruses. Leaning on existing theory, we then include viral evolution into the picture and...

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PMID: 34196431
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13896

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