2019 novel coronavirus is undergoing active recombination

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2020, Pages 884-887

  Yi, Huiguang ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; LETTER; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 85083233610     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa219     Document Type: Letter

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