SARS-CoV-2 seasonal behavior traced back to genetics and global change
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAs the northern hemisphere heads into summer, we may be in for a COVID-19 reprieve. Not because the pandemic is over; the Omicron subvariant ‘Arcturus’ is still creeping upward and causing new symptoms. But two new studies from the University of Illinois add evidence supporting a seasonal pattern in the behavior of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.