All viruses mutate. Researchers who analysed and tracked Sars-CoV-2 - the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 - have released findings about mutating strains of the virus even before Malaysian and Philippine health authorities announced they had seen patients with mutations of the virus.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
All viruses mutate. Researchers who analysed and tracked Sars-CoV-2 - the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 - have released findings about mutating strains of the virus even before Malaysian and Philippine health authorities announced they had seen patients with mutations of the virus.
G614 - often referred to as the"G strain" - is a mutated variant which was prevalent across Europe and North America by May. This strain has been more virulent - infecting more people and has been found in more places - than the original one. ARE THE MUTATIONS DEADLIER? While the variants are more contagious, there is no evidence suggesting that they are more deadly than earlier versions. For example, multiple studies have shown the G strain to produce more of the virus in the human body than the D strain but did not lead to higher hospitalisation rates.
Virologists at US-based Scripps Research, in a study published in July, found that viruses with the D614G mutation were far more infectious than the others.
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