SARS-CoV-2: How is the Virus Spread?
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COVID-19 can be spread quickly. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, thousands of microscopic droplets containing the virus are generated. Additionally, the spike proteins of COVID-19 bind with high affinity to the mucins of the mucus that line the airways.
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M. Alejandra Tortoric. (2019) Structural basis for human coronavirus attachment to sialic acid receptors. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology volume. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41594-019-0233-y
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