Prediction method of mutation site of virus adaptive to human host, and application thereof
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BEIJING INST OF GENOMICS CHINESE ACAD OF SCI CHINA NAT CENT FOR BIOINFORMATION
- Publication Date
- 2020-09-15
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to the fields of viral genetics and cell biology, in particular to a method for predicting mutation sites of viruses adapting to human hosts and its application. Background technique
[0002] SARS-CoV-2 (or hCov-19) is the causative virus of COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh known human-hosted virus in the genus Coronavirus. The other six diseases include SARS and MERS, which cause severe acute respiratory syndrome, and four (OC43, 229E, NL-63, and HKU-1) viruses that often cause mild respiratory infections with common cold-like symptoms. In addition to humans, the hosts of coronaviruses include a variety of mammals, and most human coronaviruses are thought to have originated from bat-hosted strains. However, there are still many unknowns about the mechanism of coronavirus migration between different hosts and what adaptive mutations in its genome lead to its adaptation to spread in the human population.
[0003] As a positiv...