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Emerging mutation in SARS-CoV-2 spike: Widening distribution over time in different geographic areas.
Biomedical journal - 1 Oct 2021
Ysrafil Ysrafil, Mus Rosdiana, Gama Noviyanty Indjar, Rahmaisyah Dwi, Nur'amalia Riskah
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BACKGROUND: Recently, differences in mortality rates of COVID-19 in different geographic areas have become an important subject of research because these different mortality rates appear to be associated with mutations that appeared in SARS-CoV-2. The part of the viral body called the spike protein plays a critical role in the viral attachment and entry of the virus into the host cell. Accordingly, we...
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