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Covid-19 is the name of the disease. The virus is called SARS-Cov-2. The virus has mutated plenty of times already and exists in many forms not just two. The p
by glofish 7y ago
Covid-19 is the name of the disease. The virus is called SARS-Cov-2.
The virus has mutated plenty of times already and exists in many forms not just two. The paper talks about being able to group existing mutations into two types. Within each type the genomes share more common elements than differences.
- spacehome 7y agoSays the WHO.
- microcolonel 7y agoThe disease differs too though, the mutations are not inert, and they have a measurable effect on the severity of the complications.
- glofish 7y agothe disease does differ greatly already within a subtype, the same subtype may cause severe or mild effects - the response is primarily host-related, not virus related