Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of pathogens is becoming increasingly important not only
for basic research but also for clinical science and practice. In virology, WGS is important …

Global dispersal and increasing frequency of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variant D614G
are suggestive of a selective advantage but may also be due to a random founder effect. We …

… In this study of approximately 500 cases and 400 controls, the C allele of SNP rs3813946
was associated with sporadic (non-familial) NPC (OR = 1.43) 86. Following up a number of …

Background The burden and influence of health-care associated severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is unknown. We aimed to examine the use …

… Charlotte Houldcroft; Writing and research selected sections of the manuscript. Claire
Booth; Writing and research selected sections of the manuscript. Editing of manuscript. …

… high C>U error rate in both strands, we would expect a symmetric number of C>U and G>A
mutations in the plus strand, as C… , the dominance of C>U over G>A and G>U over C>A, when …

New values are derived for snow-free albedo of five plant functional types (PFTs) and the
soil/litter substrate from data acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (…

… is no greater than that of other DNA viruses analyzed by the same sequencing and
bioinformatic methods and considerably less than that of human immunodeficiency and hepatitis C …

… Cycling conditions were 95C for 15 secs and annealing/extension at 60C for 1 minute after
an initial denaturation of 10 min. Thresholds were routinely set at default values. Primers are …

… The central claim is the identification of three main SARS-CoV-2 types, named A, B, and
C, circulating in different proportions among Europeans and Americans (types A and C) and …