ihu variant

FRANCE Scientists in France have identified a potentially worrying new COVID-19 variant IHU which reportedly has 46 mutations. T he World Health Organization said a coronavirus variant found in France hasnt become much of a threat since it was first identified in.

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The IHU variant is said to have 26 mutations and 37 deletions.

. According to scientists mutated variants are extremely common among viruses and most are not as. The IHU variant is said to have up to 46 mutations. Known as IHU the B16402 variant has been reported by researchers at institute IHU Mediterranee Infection in at least 12 cases and has been linked to travel to African country Cameroon.

Detected by researchers at the Marseille-based. The researchers at IHU Mediterranee found through genome sequencing that the lineage had 46 mutations and 37 deletions resulting in 30 amino acid substitutions. The seriousness of a stagnant COVID-19 variant identified in France in November was downplayed by global health officials who said they.

At least 12 cases of the new variant have been reported near Marseilles with reports indicating that majority of the victims were hospitalised. It was found to have infected 12 people living in an area near Marseille a port city in southern France. Omicron now makes up over 60 percent of cases in France and is dominant in many other countries.

The Intensive Care Unit ICU has been trending higher in southern France owing to the new variant. Omicron dominant variant. However the researchers noted that it is too early to speculate on how this variant behaves as far as infection and protection from vaccines is concerned.

According to an article published by The Independent IHU - the. It is yet to be spotted in other countries or labelled a variant under investigation by the World Health Organization. The Marseille infections have been linked to travels in Cameroon but show little signs of outcompeting Omicron.

Health officials found that. The variant has been named IHU. The IHU variant or the B16402 lineage of the SARS CoV-2 virus is a variant of the virus that contains several changes in its genes than the original wild version of the virus that first emerged in 2019.

Called the IHU variant or B16402 it was first detected in southern France last month but has now begun catching the attention of global experts. According to the scientists it also carries the E484K mutation which could mean that the IHU variant will be more resistant to vaccines. Currently Omicron is the dominant coronavirus variant in France joining other European.

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