TWiV 871: If the ACE2 fits, ferret
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TWiV discusses whether or not Omicron should be designated a new serotype of SARS-CoV-2, and the finding that amino acid changes that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway.
Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
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Links for this episode
- ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists
- ASV Annual Meeting Registration (ASV)
- Microbiology & Immunology at LSU Health
- Is Omicron a new serotype? (Nat Rev Micr)
- Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 to mink/ferret (Cell Rep)
- Letters read on TWiV 871
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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