tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
J Med Virol
. 2021 Dec 23.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.27546. Online ahead of print.
Detection of Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant has created panic among the people across the world: What should we do right now?
Rabiul Islam[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jamal Hossain[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
South Africa reported the heavily mutated coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 on November 24, 2021. The first confirmed COVID-19 of the B.1.1.529 variant was found in a sample collected on November 9, 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated this variant as Variant of Concern (VOC) and named as "Omicron". It is the fifth VOC after Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta.1 The Omicron variant has been mutated 50 times and obtained more than 30 variations to the spike protein.2-4 Most viruses use this spike protein to enter the body's cells, and most vaccines are made to target the spike protein. According to researchers, this new variant Omicron has a "very unusual constellation of mutations".
Keywords: B.1.1.529; COVID-19 pandemic; Covid variants; Omicron; panic; public health.
. 2021 Dec 23.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.27546. Online ahead of print.
Detection of Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant has created panic among the people across the world: What should we do right now?
Rabiul Islam[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jamal Hossain[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34939691
- DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27546
Abstract
South Africa reported the heavily mutated coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 on November 24, 2021. The first confirmed COVID-19 of the B.1.1.529 variant was found in a sample collected on November 9, 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated this variant as Variant of Concern (VOC) and named as "Omicron". It is the fifth VOC after Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta.1 The Omicron variant has been mutated 50 times and obtained more than 30 variations to the spike protein.2-4 Most viruses use this spike protein to enter the body's cells, and most vaccines are made to target the spike protein. According to researchers, this new variant Omicron has a "very unusual constellation of mutations".
Keywords: B.1.1.529; COVID-19 pandemic; Covid variants; Omicron; panic; public health.