A team of scientists from the USA has recently predicted the driver mutations that may appear in future variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The prediction is based on currently available genetic surveillance data on amino acid mutations present in SARS-CoV-2 variants. A detailed description of the study is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.
Background
With the progression of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several mutations have appeared in the protein sequences of SARS-CoV-2.
