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De novo emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike mutations in immunosuppressed patients.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 1 Dec 2022
Simons Lacy M, Ozer Egon A, Gambut Stephanie, Dean Taylor J, Zhang Li, Bhimalli Pavan, Schneider Jeffrey R, Mamede João I, Ison Michael G, Karmali Reem, Gordon Leo I, Lorenzo-Redondo Ramon, Hultquist Judd F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The continuing evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with decreased susceptibility to neutralizing antibodies is of clinical importance. Several spike mutations associated with immune escape have evolved independently in association with different variants of concern (VOCs). How and when these mutations arise is still unclear. We hypothesized that such...
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