Host-virus chimeric events in SARS-CoV2 infected cells are infrequent and artifactual
B. Yan, S. Chakravorty, C. Mirabelli, L. Wang, J. L. Trujillo-Ochoa, D. Chauss, D. Kumar, M. S. Lionakis, M. R. Olson, C. E. Wobus, B. Afzali, M. Kazemian
This study investigates host-virus chimeric (HVC) events in SARS-CoV2 RNA-seq data and finds they are rare and likely artifacts, not evidence of viral integration.
bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2021Microbiology