Low dose inocula of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant transmits more efficiently than earlier variants in hamsters
Bobo Wing-Yee Mok et al. observe that the Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant of SARS-CoV-2 exhibits increased competitive fitness over earlier lineages at lower doses in a hamster model of viral transmission. Their results suggest that the Alpha variant’s ability to initiate effective infection with a low dose...
Main Authors: | Bobo Wing-Yee Mok, Honglian Liu, Shaofeng Deng, Jiayan Liu, Anna Jinxia Zhang, Siu-Ying Lau, Siwen Liu, Rachel Chun-Yee Tam, Conor J. Cremin, Timothy Ting-Leung Ng, Jake Siu-Lun Leung, Lam-Kwong Lee, Pui Wang, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kwok-Hung Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Gilman Kit-Hang Siu, Honglin Chen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-09-01
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Series: | Communications Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02640-x |
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