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SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology

The sudden emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is causing major global concern due to its high number of mutations compared to previous variants, which is a relatively rare but significant event that can change the course of viral evolution, the occurrence of which might have huge consequenc...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Zhangkai J., Xue, Mingshan, Chen, Youpeng, Zhang, Yong, Sun, Baoqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9472181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36103055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-03196-y
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author Cheng, Zhangkai J.
Xue, Mingshan
Chen, Youpeng
Zhang, Yong
Sun, Baoqing
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description The sudden emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is causing major global concern due to its high number of mutations compared to previous variants, which is a relatively rare but significant event that can change the course of viral evolution, the occurrence of which might have huge consequences for the natural evolution of species in general, prompting us to rethink our knowledge on evolution.
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spelling pubmed-94721812022-09-14 SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology Cheng, Zhangkai J. Xue, Mingshan Chen, Youpeng Zhang, Yong Sun, Baoqing Arch Microbiol Short Communication The sudden emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is causing major global concern due to its high number of mutations compared to previous variants, which is a relatively rare but significant event that can change the course of viral evolution, the occurrence of which might have huge consequences for the natural evolution of species in general, prompting us to rethink our knowledge on evolution. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-09-14 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9472181/ /pubmed/36103055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-03196-y Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
spellingShingle Short Communication
Cheng, Zhangkai J.
Xue, Mingshan
Chen, Youpeng
Zhang, Yong
Sun, Baoqing
SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology
title SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology
title_full SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology
title_fullStr SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology
title_full_unstemmed SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology
title_short SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology
title_sort sars-cov-2 omicron variant: the black swan of microbiology
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9472181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36103055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-03196-y
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