The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant exhibits comparable fitness to the D614G strain in a Syrian hamster model
oleh: Maxime Cochin, Léa Luciani, Franck Touret, Jean-Sélim Driouich, Paul-Rémi Petit, Grégory Moureau, Cécile Baronti, Caroline Laprie, Laurence Thirion, Piet Maes, Robbert Boudewijns, Johan Neyts, Xavier de Lamballerie, Antoine Nougairède
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01 |
Deskripsi
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant exhibits similar transmission dynamics to an ancestral D614G variant in a Syrian hamster model, suggesting the limitations of using the hamster as the sole model to assess differences between SARS-CoV-2 strains.