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Evolving biothreat of variant SARS-CoV-2 - molecular properties, virulence and epidemiology.
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 1 Jun 2021
Kannan S, Shaik Syed Ali P, Sheeza A
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 are enveloped RNA viruses that belong to the family Coronaviridae of genus Beta coronavirus, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The mutation rate is high among RNA viruses and in particular, coronavirus replication is error prone with an estimated mutation rate of 4x10-4 nucleotide substitutions per site per year. Variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been reported from various countries like United Kingdom,...
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