Within-host evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an immunosuppressed COVID-19 patient as a source of immune escape variants

Autor: Sebastian Weigang, Jonas Fuchs, Gert Zimmer, Daniel Schnepf, Lisa Kern, Julius Beer, Hendrik Luxenburger, Jakob Ankerhold, Valeria Falcone, Janine Kemming, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Christoph Neumann-Haefelin, Svenja Ulferts, Robert Grosse, Daniel Hornuss, Yakup Tanriver, Siegbert Rieg, Dirk Wagner, Daniela Huzly, Martin Schwemmle, Marcus Panning, Georg Kochs
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26602-3
Popis: Here, in a longitudinal case study, Weigang et al. demonstrate that evolution of SARS-CoV-2 within a persistently infected immunosuppressed patient can result in the emergence of novel variants with reduced sensitivity to antibody neutralization.
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