Discussion: We found 17 mutation types of total sequences located within the NTD including
T22I,
P25L,
T29I,
Y38C,
H49Y,
PMID: 34733263
2021
Frontiers in microbiology
Introduction: suggested that the presence of
P25L in
ORF3a was a probable mechanism of immune evasion and likely contributes to enhanced virulence, which was associated with higher case fatality rates in
SARS-CoV-2 infection.