{"title":"Evolutionary Studies Combined with Species Distribution Models are Useful to Understand COVID-19 Spread and Aid Vaccine Design","authors":"Prakash Ch, R. Arya, Priya Bajaj","doi":"10.35248/2157-7560.11.7.438","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Different opinions on the use of Species Distribution Models (SDMs) to understand COVID-19 spread resulted in an ongoing debate in the scientific community. We agree SDMs alone cannot suffice the purpose of understanding COVID-19 spread. However, evolutionary studies combined with SDMs can overcome these limitations and, mutational insights gained can aid design of an ideal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.","PeriodicalId":17656,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination","volume":"60 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.35248/2157-7560.11.7.438","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Different opinions on the use of Species Distribution Models (SDMs) to understand COVID-19 spread resulted in an ongoing debate in the scientific community. We agree SDMs alone cannot suffice the purpose of understanding COVID-19 spread. However, evolutionary studies combined with SDMs can overcome these limitations and, mutational insights gained can aid design of an ideal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.