Real-time quantification of the transmission advantage associated with a single mutation in pathogen genomes: a case study on the D614G substitution of SARS-CoV-2
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06729-w
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic poses serious threats to global health, and the emerging mutation in SARS-CoV-2 genomes, e.g., the D614G substitution, is one of the major challenges of disease control. Characterizing the role of the mutation… read more here.
Keywords: d614g substitution; mutation; transmission advantage;
Estimating the transmission advantage of the D614G mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2, December 2019 to June 2020
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.49.2002005
Abstract: Introduction The SARS-CoV-2 lineages carrying the amino acid change D614G have become the dominant variants in the global COVID-19 pandemic. By June 2021, all the emerging variants of concern carried the D614G mutation. The rapid… read more here.
Keywords: transmission advantage; advantage d614g; strain; sars cov ... See more keywords