posted on 2023-08-02, 09:16authored byE Volz, V Hill, JT McCrone, A Price, D Jorgensen, Á O'Toole, J Southgate, R Johnson, B Jackson, FF Nascimento, SM Rey, SM Nicholls, RM Colquhoun, A da Silva Filipe, J Shepherd, DJ Pascall, R Shah, N Jesudason, K Li, R Jarrett, N Pacchiarini, M Bull, L Geidelberg, I Siveroni, C Koshy, E Wise, N Cortes, J Lynch, S Kidd, M Mori, DJ Fairley, T Curran, JP McKenna, H Adams, C Fraser, T Golubchik, D Bonsall, C Moore, SL Caddy, FA Khokhar, M Wantoch, N Reynolds, B Warne, J Maksimovic, K Spellman, K McCluggage, M John, R Beer, S Afifi, S Morgan, A Marchbank, C Kitchen, H Gulliver, I Merrick, M Guest, R Munn, T Workman, TR Connor, W Fuller, C Bresner, LB Snell, T Charalampous, G Nebbia, R Batra, J Edgeworth, SC Robson, A Beckett, KF Loveson, DM Aanensen, AP Underwood, CA Yeats, K Abudahab, BEW Taylor, M Menegazzo, G Clark, W Smith, M Khakh, VM Fleming, MM Lister, HC Howson-Wells, L Berry, T Boswell, A Joseph, I Willingham, P Bird, T Helmer, K Fallon, C Holmes, J Tang, V Raviprakash, S Campbell, N Sheriff, MW Loose, N Holmes, M Carlile, V Wright, F Sang, J Debebe, F Coll
Analysis of the spread and frequency of SARS-CoV-2 D614G in the United Kingdom suggests a selective advantage for this strain that is associated with higher viral loads in younger patients but not higher COVID-19 clinical severity or mortality.