New research from UNC Charlotte's Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER) has found that the two recent and prevalent strains of the virus that cause COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.2.86 and JN.
Research shows spike gene mutations do not correlate with increased SARS-CoV-2 variant severity retrieved 19 July 2024 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-spike-gene-mutations-sars-cov.html
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