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The mutation that helps Delta spread like wildfire

A key amino-acid change might underlie the coronavirus variant’s ferocious infectivity.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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As the world grapples with the hyper-infectious Delta coronavirus variant, scientists are racing to understand the biological basis for its behaviour.

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Nature 596, 472-473 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02275-2

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