Category: Co-infection
France: XD Deltacron recombinant latest *1 UPDATE*
France has given a little more detail about the Deltacron hybrid virus found circulating in various regions there. The Delta/Omicron recombinant in France is currently referred to as XD.… ...More...
Preprint: Evidence for Delta and Omicron recombination in the US
We also identified two independent cases of infection by a Delta-Omicron recombinant virus, where 100% of the viral RNA came from one clonal recombinant.… ...More...
France: At least 10 cases of BA.1/AY.4 Deltacron recombinants confirmed
As of 01/21/2022, 10 sequences that may correspond to a Delta/Omicron recombinant have been identified in France… this recombinant has potentially already been circulating at very low levels since mid-January.… ...More...
UK SAGE: Four scenarios for the evolution of the pandemic
UK SAGE have recently published a document outlining four different scenarios for the evolution of the pandemic in Britain.… ...More...
Lancet: Patients co-infected with intestinal parasites had lower odds of developing severe COVID-19
751 SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with intestinal parasitic infection were enrolled. Patients co-infected with parasites had lower odds of developing severe COVID-19.… ...More...
Italy: 2 cases of Deltacron reported, but they’re NOT recombinant variants
Two Deltacron cases have been reported in Italy, one in Padua and the other in Trento. They are NOT recombinant variants however, they are coinfections with both the Delta and Omicron variants.… ...More...
Is Sars-CoV-2 already targeting the vaccinated?
Will future variants of Sars-Cov-2 tailor themselves to target the vaccinated? Given that up to 90% of the population of some countries are now fully vaccinated, the question should perhaps be: Why would Sars-CoV-2 NOT target the vaccinated? … ...More...
Spain: Delta and Omicron coinfections detected
Omicron and Delta coinfections have been detected in Spain for the first time. Spanish doctors have already verified the first cases in the northern provinces of Spain.… ...More...
Preprint: Emergence and widespread circulation of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 lineage in North America
We present a detailed phylogenetic analysis of four SARS-CoV-2 lineages (B.1.627, B.1.628, B.1.631 and B.1.634) in order to investigate the possibility of virus recombination among them.… ...More...
Mexico: Patient coinfected with MU and Delta Covid variants at the same time
The governor of the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, reported that the Ministry of Health has detected the presence of COVID-19 Delta and Mu variants in the same patient. … ...More...
Ethiopia: man survives triple coinfection of Covid-19, HIV, and tuberculosis
A 55-year-old male arrived at the hospital with HIV, Covid-19 and tuberculosis. On June 6, 2021, the patient recovered and was discharged after 10 days in hospital
This case report suggests, after 10 days of admission with triple infections, there is a good clinical prognosis and survival from COVID-19.… ...More...
WHO: Vaccines won’t save us. We’ll have to learn to live with the virus
The World Health Organization has thrown in the towel and surrendered to Covid. The WHO have finally realised that Covid-19 vaccines aren’t going to save our asses, and they are now recommending that governments around the world learn to live with the virus.… ...More...
USA: Texas sees coinfections with flu and Covid-19
The Nueces County Public Health District in Texas announced that the County has started seeing people who not only have COVID-19, but the flu as well.
USA: more than half of COVID-19 patients at Texas Children’s Hospital also have RSV
Among 45 pediatric COVID-19 patients at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, at least 25 also have respiratory syncytial virus, the Houston Chronicle reported Aug.… ...More...