Comment on "Genomic epidemiology of superspreading events in Austria reveals mutational dynamics and transmission properties of SARS-CoV-2"

Michael A Martin; Katia Koelle

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abh1803

Comment on "Genomic epidemiology of superspreading events in Austria reveals mutational dynamics and transmission properties of SARS-CoV-2"

Sci Transl Med. 2021 Oct 27;13(617):eabh1803. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abh1803. Epub 2021 Oct 27.

Authors

Michael A Martin¹, Katia Koelle^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
² Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
³ Emory-UGA Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Atlanta GA 30322, USA.

Abstract

A reanalysis of SARS-CoV-2 deep sequencing data from donor-recipient pairs indicates that transmission bottlenecks are very narrow (one to three virions).

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Austria
COVID-19*
Genomics
Humans
Mutation / genetics
SARS-CoV-2*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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