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Rapid Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Challenges Human Defenses

2021-03-27

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Evolutionary ecology theory provides an avenue to anticipate the future behavior of SARS-CoV-2. Here we quantify the accelerating evolution of SARS-CoV-2 by tracking the SARS-CoV-2 mutation globally, with a focus on the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) of the spike protein believed to determine infectivity. We estimate that 384 million people were infected by March 1st, 2021, producing up to 10 21 copies of the viru...

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Literature Corpus work: a5298229-6918-5dd1-a1eb-4a4fc2e5a863
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.27.437300

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