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Preprint: Monkeypox has far more mutations than expected

“Researchers found the current Monkeypox strain diverges from the original strain by 50 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and several mutations made the virus more transmissible.” More...

June 26, 2022July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Europe, Evolution, Genome, Health, Healthcare, Infection, Monkeypox, Nigeria, Origins, Preprint, Research, Spillover, Superspreader events, Testing, Transmission, USA

Europe: 2022 summer covid wave already larger than European winter wave of 2020

Despite an almost complete lack of Covid testing across Europe, case numbers in the current summer wave are already higher than last year’s summer wave of 2021, AND the winter wave of 2020. More...

June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Andorra, BA.2, BA.4, BA.5, Coronavirus, England, Europe, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Health, Iceland, Infection, Israel, Italy, Malta, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Portugal, Reinfection, Scotland, Testing, Transmission, UK, Wales

Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 infection with Tremor, Ataxia and Cognitive Deficit – PASC-TAC

“A notable neurologic phenotype of PASC with a characteristic combination of tremor, ataxia, and cognitive deficits (PASC-TAC) was observed in ~7% of participants without a prior neurologic history of these symptoms. More...

June 22, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Long Covid, Mental Heath, Preprint, Research, Symptoms

Preprint: Persistent circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike is associated with Long Covid

We detected SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen in a majority of PASC patients up to 12 months post-diagnosis, suggesting the presence of an active persistent SARS-CoV-2 viral reservoir. More...

June 17, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Children, Coronavirus, Europe, Genome, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Long Covid, Recurrence, Reinfection, Reservoir, Symptoms, Testing, USA

Monkeypox virus found in human semen

The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking into reports that the monkeypox virus is present in the semen of patients, exploring the possibility that the disease could be sexually transmitted, a WHO official has said. More...

June 15, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Monkeypox, PCR, Quarantine, Testing, Transmission

Monkeypox research: 50% household attack rate

2016 research: “The household attack rate (i.e., rate of persons living with an infected person that develop symptoms of MPXV infection) was 50%.” More...