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Editorial
. 2022 Jan:45:100962.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2022.100962. Epub 2022 Feb 1.

The emergence, dynamics and significance of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Philippe Colson  1   2 , Philippe Parola  1   3 , Didier Raoult  1   2
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Editorial

The emergence, dynamics and significance of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Philippe Colson et al. New Microbes New Infect. 2022 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Diversity; Epidemic; Evolution; SARS-CoV-2; Variability; Variants; Zoonosis.

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Fig. 1
Distribution and incidence of major SARS-CoV-2 variants in several countries on the five continents. The figure is comprised by screenshots from the CoVariants website (https://covariants.org/) [11,29]. Graphs show the proportion of total number of sequences over time that fall into defined variants. Sequence counts are binned into 2-week intervals.
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