In the footsteps of COVID-19. The evolution of the virus

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Despite the completion of the COVID-19 pandemia, the study of the virus and its properties remains an urgent task. The review discusses data on coronavirus infection over the past 2 years, the leading causes of its distribution are allocated, the evolution of the Omicron's sublinia is analyzed. It is shown that each new sublunium has increased transmission, virulence, an improved ability to eliminate immunity.

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D. V. Starkova

Samara State Medical University

Email: borodulinbe@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-5607-2588
Russian Federation, Samara

E. S. Vdoushkina

Samara State Medical University

Email: borodulinbe@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0039-6829
SPIN-code: 1111-2870

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor

Russian Federation, Samara

E. A. Borodulina

Samara State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: borodulinbe@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3063-1538
SPIN-code: 9770-5890

MD, Professor

Russian Federation, Samara

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