Seven new versions of the U.S. choreographer are discovered

The increased international oversight of the coronary variants is bringing to light other unpublished versions of the virus but that shares the same characteristics.

In preliminary research posted in medRxiv, a group of virologists from Louisiana State University highlighted the presence of 7 types of coronary in the United States, all characterized by similar mutations in epic proteins, the chains of 1200 amino acids, which cover the surface of the virus and allow it to infect cells. Tribe varieties, as they evolve at different times and places, divide a genetic mutation that modifys the number 677 amino acids (mutation called Q677P), reports A2.

The seven variants emerged between August and November 2020, as well as between December 1, 2020 and January 19, 2021. The Q677P mutation characterised almost 28% of the cases of individuals studied in detail in Louisiana, and 11% of those in New Mexico, but the percentage of viral sequence samples also remains extremely low in the U.S., less than 1% of total.

News of new variants also comes from the United Kingdom, where it is spreading with features of the English <x0-variant” B.1.1.7, more transmitted, but also holds the E484K mutation, which can help the virus avoid immune human body protection. The mutation is also found in Brazil and South Africa. Another “hibrid”, both more transmitted and resistant to antibodies, has also appeared in California, where recent cases flooded into Los Angeles City.