Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus

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BiologyInfectivitySpike (software development)VirusVirologyTiterCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Viral loadImmunologyDiseaseInternal medicine

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 182
Issue: 4
Pages: 812-827.e19
Citations: 4383
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                                    Bette Korber, 
                                
                                    Will Fischer, 
                                
                                    S. Gnanakaran
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus. 
                            Cell
                            , 182
                            (4)
                            , 812-827.e19.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.06.043
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.06.043