Thermodynamic insight into viral infections 2: empirical formulas, molecular compositions and thermodynamic properties of SARS, MERS and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) viruses

The current situation with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic indicates the importance of new approaches in vaccine design. In order to design new attenuated vaccines, to decrease virulence of virus wild types, it is important to understand what allows a virus to hijack its host cell's metabolism, a prope...

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Main Authors: Marko Popovic, Mirjana Minceva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020317862