Mary Wilson
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21 August 2023
Ewen Callaway
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02656-9
Researchers are racing to determine whether a highly mutated coronavirus variant that has popped up in three continents will be a global concern — or much ado about nothing.
Several laboratories detected the variant last week, and it has been named BA.2.86. Although the lineage seems to be exceedingly rare, it is very different from other circulating variants and carries numerous changes to its spike protein, a key focus of the body’s immune attack on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02656-9
Ewen Callaway
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02656-9
Researchers are racing to determine whether a highly mutated coronavirus variant that has popped up in three continents will be a global concern — or much ado about nothing.
Several laboratories detected the variant last week, and it has been named BA.2.86. Although the lineage seems to be exceedingly rare, it is very different from other circulating variants and carries numerous changes to its spike protein, a key focus of the body’s immune attack on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02656-9
