Researchers have found seven variants of the coronavirus in the U.S., with a mutation in the same genetic letter, a new study has found.
They have been found in states across the country and it is not yet clear if the rays are more contagious, but researchers are concerned.
“There’s clearly something going on with this trend,” said Jeremy Kamil, a pathologist at Louisiana Shreveport State University Center for Health Sciences The New York Times.
Kamil, co-author of the new study, said he was following coronavirus samples when he noticed the new variants, which have mutations on the same amino acid. Scientists are concerned that the mutations could make it easier for the virus to enter human cells, the Amannan recitation.
Kamil said that all viruses belonged to the same line, and after entering the genome into an online database used by other scientists, he learned that scientists in New Mexico look for the same variant with the same mutation.
The Kamil line found dates back to December 1, and the samples from New Mexico date back to October, but it is not clear when these changes began. Samples from across the country have turned to this variation but with very little genome classification, it is difficult to understand the prevalence of these tribal viruses.
“I would be very reluctant to provide a source of origin for any of these lines right now,” Emma Hodcroft, an epidemiologist at the University of Bern and co-author of the new study, told the Times.
The study has not yet been peer-reviewed. Experts told the Amannan that further tests are needed to determine whether these mutations affect transmission or morbidity.
Other more infectious variables have been found elsewhere. A recent study found that a variable first detected in the United Kingdom, called B.1.1.7, is 35 percent to 45 percent more moving than other spreads in the U.S., while and a new assessment by British government scientists found that the same potentially variable 30 percent to 70 percent more lethal than the original coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that this is the most common coronavirus variant by March.
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