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Possible key to COVID-19 infectivity

by Sarah Glass While mutations are often associated with causing diseases such as cancer, Xingyi Guo, PhD, and colleagues have discovered genetic alterations that might reduce infectivity by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.   Their work…

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Contact Tracing

Contact tracing is used by health departments to prevent the spread of infectious diseased. In general, contact tracing involves identifying people who have an infectious disease (cases) and people who they came in contact with…