Relationship Between the Route of Transmission, Environmental Tolerance, and Mutation Rate of Some RNA Viruses with Their Pathogenicity

    December 2025 in “ Al-Iraqia Medical College Journal
    Rehab M. Kubba, Rahma Muthana Shanshal, Aisha Muthana Shanshal, Saad Abdulrahman Hussain
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    Studysummary This study explored the relationships between virus susceptibility to infection and several factors, finding that higher heat tolerance and larger virus size correlated positively with infection susceptibility, while high humidity and higher mutation rates correlated inversely among eight RNA viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza.
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