Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the United States suggests presence of four substrains and novel variants

Rui Wang et al. report a comprehensive analysis of nearly 13,000 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences isolated from patients in the United States, comprising more than 7000 single mutations. They show that SARS-CoV-2 genomes cluster into four distinct groups and that two of these groups are potentially more...

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Main Authors: Rui Wang, Jiahui Chen, Kaifu Gao, Yuta Hozumi, Changchuan Yin, Guo-Wei Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01754-6