Category: Variants

Preprint: Persistent coronavirus infection and intra-host evolution in association with advanced HIV infection

“Here we present a case of prolonged infection of greater than 6 months with shedding of high titer SARS-CoV-2 in an individual with advanced HIV and antiretroviral treatment failure.  More...

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UK: “Everest climbers could have spread potentially more infectious and vaccine resistant’ variant

So, more of a “Western mountaineers” variant then?

 

Daily Mail story “Everest climbers could have spread ‘potentially more infectious AND vaccine resistant’ Nepal Covid variant“

 

Rapid rise of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spike mutation T478K found in Mexico and several European countries

 

UK: “Everest climbers could have spread potentially more infectious and vaccine resistant’ variant

 

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UK: Grant Shapps – “there’s a sort of Nepal mutation of the so-called Indian variant which has been detected and we just don’t know the potential for that to be a vaccine-defeating mutation”

Grant Shapps, UK Transport Secretary “we’ve seen two things really which caused concern.  More...

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