French scientists have discovered a new variant. It contains 46 mutations that could make it more infectious and more immune to vaccines. It has not yet been identified in any other country, nor has it yet been classified by the World Health Organization.
- The new variant was initially named IHU (from the name of the institute) and marked with the symbol B.1.640.2
- It aroused the interest of scientists due to the large number of mutations, but it is no more dangerous than the Omikron variant
- About 12 cases of this variant have been noticed in France so far, the source may be related to Cameroon
- More information can be found on the Onet homepage
A new, potentially dangerous, variant was discovered by scientists in France It was diagnosed on December 9 in patients from the city of Forcalquier, about 100 km from Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region), at the Institute of Infectious Diseases of the University Hospital of Marseille (IHU Méditerranée Infection ).
The new variant has 46 mutations, making it “most likely more vaccine resistant and more infectious than the original coronavirus variant”, but less so than the Omikron (it has 50 mutations). «There is also no indication that it is able to supplant the currently dominant Omikron variant, which accounts for over 60 percent of the total. cases in France »say scientists quoted by the Daily Mail.
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So far, 12 cases have been detected in the Marseille region, the first of which was related to a trip to Cameroon. In no other country has it been noticed yet, it has not yet been classified by the World Health Organization.
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A new variant of the IHU – what do we know about it?
The variant was called the symbol B.1.640.2, information about its discovery appeared (the so-called preprint) in December on the medRxiv website.
In the variant, the E484K mutation (present in the Alpha and Delta variants) was found, thanks to which it may be more resistant to vaccines, as well as the N501Y mutation – first noticed in the Alpha variant, and later also in the Omikron variant – which in turn may be responsible for higher transmissivity .
Line B.1.640.2 is sister to line B.1.640, later renamed B.1.640.1. B.1.640 was first detected in September in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is on the list of variants monitored by ECDC.
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