The electrostatic potential of the Omicron variant spike is higher than in Delta and Delta-plus variants: A hint to higher transmissibility?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemical Sciences "A Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
² Medical Statistic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, University of Biomedical Campus, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Healthcare Surveillance and Bioethics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Center of Genomics, Genetics and Biology, Siena, Italy.

Stefano Pascarella et al. J Med Virol. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;94(4):1277-1280.

doi: 10.1002/jmv.27528. Epub 2021 Dec 27.

¹ Department of Biochemical Sciences "A Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
² Medical Statistic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, University of Biomedical Campus, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Healthcare Surveillance and Bioethics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Center of Genomics, Genetics and Biology, Siena, Italy.

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