The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Kaiming Tao; Philip L. Tzou; Janin Nouhin; Ravindra K. Gupta; Túlio de Oliveira; Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond; Daniela Fera; Robert W. Shafer

doi:10.1038/s41576-021-00408-x

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BiologyPandemicVirologyVirusPopulationSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VaccinationCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GeneticsEvolutionary biologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)MedicineEnvironmental health

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Year: 2021
Type: review
Volume: 22
Issue: 12
Pages: 757-773
Citations: 1073
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                                    Kaiming Tao, 
                                
                                    Philip L. Tzou, 
                                
                                    Janin Nouhin
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. 
                            Nature Reviews Genetics
                            , 22
                            (12)
                            , 757-773.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-021-00408-x
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41576-021-00408-x