Asymptomatic and symptomatic representation (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Asymptomatic and symptomatic representation

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Researchers at Princeton University looked at the evolutionary strategies that pathogens employ to spread through a population and found that symptomless transmission, a tactic employed by the virus that causes COVID-19, can be a successful strategy for spread through the population.

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Chadi Saad-Roy, Princeton University

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Chadi Saad-Roy, Princeton University

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