CoVFit predicts variant fitness from sequence to spread (IMAGE)

The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

CoVFit predicts variant fitness from sequence to spread

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CoVFit can predict the epidemic potential—i.e., the fitness—of SARS-CoV-2 variants based solely on their spike protein sequences.

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Jumpei Ito from The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan Image source link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59422-w

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