Category: 20C
New French coronavirus variant may be invisible to PCR tests
French authorities are investigating a new coronavirus variant, derived from clade 20C, found in the western Brittany region that is more difficult for tests to detect, though for now it does not appear to be more dangerous or contagious.… ...More...
Emergence of a novel SARS-CoV-2 strain in Southern California, USA – CAL.20C
“We detected a novel strain descended from cluster 20C and defined by five mutations (ORF1a: I4205V, ORF1b:D1183Y, S: S13I;W152C;L452R)(Figure 1).… ...More...