Europe: potential Deltacron recombinants in Denmark, France, Netherlands

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Not confirmed yet, but worth flagging, are potential Deltacron recombinants of Delta AY.4 and Omicron BA.1/BA.2 found in Denmark, France and Netherlands.

There are some rare mutations in ORF3a which allow tracking possible donors on the AY.4 side:
https://cov-spectrum.org/explore/Europe/AllSamples/Past6M/variants?aaMutations=S%3A27S&nucMutations=21618G%2C25855T%2C25667T

 

Github report

 

 

UK: Second Deltacron recombinant reported – Delta AY.4 and Omicron BA.1

 

** This post was originally published on February 18, 2022 **