Author Topic: Influenza Mutates Faster Than Covid-19 Due to lack of "Proofreading" (Read 2880 times)

Steve · « **on:** August 11, 2023, 04:22:59 pm »

SUMMARY - A technical paper that compares the mutation rates of Covid-19 and 'Influenza A'. It finds that Influenza mutates far more often than Covid-19 because Covid-19 "proofreads" itself more.

NOTE - This is a very technical article. Be prepared to be lost unless you are trained to read such papers.

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Comparison of genome replication fidelity between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus in cell culture - Scientific Reports

Since the emergence of COVID-19, several SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) variants have emerged and spread widely. These variants are produced through replication errors...

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Author Topic: Influenza Mutates Faster Than Covid-19 Due to lack of "Proofreading" (Read 2880 times)

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Influenza Mutates Faster Than Covid-19 Due to lack of "Proofreading"

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