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Preprint: Monkeypox has epidemic potential

“Monkeypox has epidemic potential”

“We conclude that circulation of smallpox, followed by worldwide smallpox vaccination, have previously protected human populations from monkeypox epidemics. More...

May 24, 2022July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Genome, Health, Hospitalization, Infection, Monkeypox, Origins, Preprint, Switzerland, Testing, Transmission, Vaccine

USA: BA.2.12.1 is now the dominant Covid variant at 58% of sequences

The CDC has just updated its Covid variant tracker, and it shows that the BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant has outcompeted BA.2, and is the dominant variant in the US, having been found in 57.9% of genome sequences. More...

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.2.12.1, Coronavirus, Genome, Health, Healthcare, Infection, Testing, Transmission, USA

China: First Omicron BA.4 case reported

China has reported its first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant. More...

May 22, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, BA.4, China, Coronavirus, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Testing, Transmission

Preprint: Enhanced Fusogenicity of BA.4, BA.5 and BA.2.12.1

“We found that the new Omicron subvariants BA.4/5 and BA.2.12.1 were more resistant to neutralization by mRNA-vaccinated and boosted health care worker sera and Omicron-BA.1-wave patient sera than were the BA.1 and BA.2 variants.” More...

May 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, Australia, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, BA.5, Coronavirus, Europe, Evolution, Genome, Infection, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Testing, Transmission, USA, Vaccine

USA: SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant spillover from human to horse

“A report on a possible direct exposure to SARS-CoV-2 from a COVID-19-positive individual to an adult horse.” More...

May 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, California, Coronavirus, Delta, Genome, Horses, Infection, Reservoir, Testing, Transmission, USA, Zoonosis

Sardinia: XJ recombinant is at ~20% of sequences, XM at ~15%

In Sardinia, XJ and XM Omicron recombinants are at 19.67% and 14.75% of sequences respectively. More...

May 13, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Europe, Genome, Infection, Italy, Omicron, Recombinants, Recombination, Testing, Transmission, XJ, XM

Europe: BA.4 and BA.5 reclassified as Variants of Concern

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has issued an Epidemiological update on 13th May 2022. More...

May 13, 2022May 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.4, BA.5, Coronavirus, Europe, Genome, Health, Infection, Omicron, Reinfection, Testing, Transmission, Variants

Long Covid: Viral fragments found in the body months after initial infection

Two teams have recently published results suggesting that pieces of SARS-CoV-2 can linger in the gut for months after an initial infection. More...