Response to comment on "Genomic epidemiology of superspreading events in Austria reveals mutational dynamics and transmission properties of SARS-CoV-2".

Nicholson, Michael D; Endler, Lukas; Popa, Alexandra; Genger, Jakob-Wendelin; Bock, Christoph; Michor, Franziska; Bergthaler, Andreas · Sci Transl Med · 2021

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Abstract

Further analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing data identifies several highly recurrent genetic variants with low allele frequencies, which, if filtered out, provide estimates consistent with tighter transmission bottlenecks.

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