SARS-CoV-2 spike D614G variant confers enhanced replication and transmissibility
B. Zhou, T. T. N. Thao, D. Hoffmann, A. Taddeo, N. Ebert, F. Labroussaa, A. Pohlmann, J. King, J. Portmann, N. J. Halwe, L. Ulrich, B. S. Trueb, J. N. Kelly, X. Fan, B. Hoffmann, , M. Beer
This study shows the SARS-CoV-2 D614G variant has enhanced replication and transmissibility in animal models, explaining its global dominance.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2020Microbiology