TWiV discusses whether or not Omicron should be designated a new serotype of SARS-CoV-2, and the finding that amino acid changes that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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Links for this episode

ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists
ASV Annual Meeting Registration (ASV)
Microbiology & Immunology at LSU Health
Is Omicron a new serotype? (Nat Rev Micr)
Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 to mink/ferret (Cell Rep)
Letters read on TWiV 871
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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