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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.
Links for this episode
- ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists 3:20
- ASV Annual Meeting Registration (ASV) 4:08
- Microbiology & Immunology at LSU Health 4:47
- Is Omicron a new serotype? (Nat Rev Micr) 9:40
- Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 to mink/ferret (Cell Rep) 29:10
- Letters read on TWiV 871 1:11:43
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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