Scientists found that the mutated virus not only replicated about 10 times faster, but was also much more infectious.
A mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2 is thought to be the time for the coronavirus wave in Europe, according to research.
Researchers from the United States and Japan compared the mutant strain, which evolved in Europe, with the first one emerging in Wuhan, China. The mutant form temporarily surpassed the original Wuhan variant, fitting with the dominant strain in the world last spring. Scientists found that the mutated virus not only replicated about 10 times faster, but was also much more infectious.
The exam was conducted through researchers from the Baric Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Early studies have shown that the mutated virus in Europe has become more effective at entering human cells and transmitted smoothly to others.
“The D614G virus outperforms the ancestral strain by about 10 times and replicates incredibly well in number one nasal epithelial cells, which are potentially vital for person-to-person transmission,” the researchers said.
In the mutated edition of SARS-CoV-2, the strain was added to position D. “Several articles have already described this mutation as making the protein more functional and more effective at penetrating cells,” the researchers added.
The study’s lead researcher, Dr. Ralph Baric, wants to monitor and perceive the consequences of new coronavirus mutations. He said the new mink-related disease in Denmark and stated that such mutations may result in “the severity of the disease, the diversity of hosts and vulnerability to vaccine-induced immunity. “
However, other researchers believed that the existing progression of the vaccine deserves to be effective against the mutant.
The blockade and restriction have begun to curb the spread of COVID-19 in several European countries. In Germany, which began a “slight blockade” on November 2, the infection curve flattened. Ireland, which has closed all non-essential bars, restaurants and department stores and banned non-essential travel, has noticed a daily drop in infection rates. Even in Spain, which is among the hardest hit in Europe’s wave of moments, the infection rate has increased from 42% last month to 36% this week.
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