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Population Bottlenecks and Intra-host Evolution During Human-to-Human Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Daxi Wang1,2, Yanqun Wang3, Wanying Sun1,2,4
1BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Abstract:
The emergence of the novel human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, causes a global COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Here, we have characterized and compared viral populations of SARS-CoV-2 among COVID-19 patients within and across households. Our work showed an active viral replication activity in the human respiratory tract and the co-existence of genetically distinct viruses within the same host. The inter-host comparison among viral populations further revealed a narrow transmission bottleneck between patients from the same households, suggesting a dominated role of stochastic dynamics in both inter-host and intra-host evolutions.
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