Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 21, 2020

Epidemiological and Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-1 2 in Ten Patients from a Mid-sized City outside of Hubei, China

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  • This epidemiological and genomic analysis from 10 patients in Shaoxing led to an estimated average mutation rate of 1.37×10-3 nucleotide substitution per site per year, similar to other coronaviruses.  
  • The authors conclude that the moderate mutation rate lends hope to the development of an effective long-lasting vaccine.

Chen et al. (April 21, 2020). Epidemiological and Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-1 2 in Ten Patients from a Mid-sized City outside of Hubei, China. Pre-print downloaded Apr 21 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.16.20058560