Mini Review; Role of Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein and Its Human Interaction

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Family Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Hail, KSA.

2 Biochemistry Department, College of Medicine, University Of Hail, KSA. -United Medical college, Jinnah University, Pakistan.

Abstract

The world has been in a state of a pandemic for more than a year, and humanity is suffering great losses. Millions of people have died, and countries have been in proper lockdowns to stay safe which has led to greater economic and social loss. the virus that turned the world over is referred to as the SARS COV 2 virus commonly known as the coronavirus. The Aim of this review was to determine the mutation(s) in the sequence of the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 that might be favoring human-to-human transmission.

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