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Functional mutations of SARS-CoV-2: implications to viral transmission, pathogenicity and immune escape.
Chinese medical journal - 20 May 2022
Dang Shengyuan, Ren Lili, Wang Jianwei
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ABSTRACT: The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to major public health challenges globally. The increasing viral lineages identified indicate that the SARS-CoV-2 genome is evolving at a rapid rate. Viral genomic mutations may cause antigenic drift or shift, which are important ways by which SARS-CoV-2 escapes the human immune system...
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