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A minimicro lesson on viral genetics by Shay Fleishon (https://twitter.com/shay_fleishon), who first sequenced BA.2.86.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1695159859191095563.html
"BA.2.86 may or not become a threat, but what’s for sure is that the π scenario is a real.
In π I refer to a huge saltation successful variant based on past variants such as Δ,Omicrons or something even previous. which may lead to rise in case numbers.Let's dive in..."
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Rather than having evolved in an immunocompromised person in South Africa as suspected, Omicron seems to have evolved in steps while circulating in West Africa during summer 2021 before exploding across the south that autumn.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8737#ViralEvolution #Omicron #SarsCoV2 #Virology #WestAfrica #SouthAfrica #Immunocompromised #COVID19 #OriginOfCovid #ScienceMagazine #Phylogenetics #VirusEvolution #BA1 #VariantsOfSARSCoV2 #ViralGenetics #Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseaseEpidemiology
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Rather than having evolved in an immunocompromised person in South Africa as suspected, Omicron seems to have evolved in steps while circulating in West Africa during summer 2021 before exploding across the south that autumn.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8737#ViralEvolution #Omicron #SarsCoV2 #Virology #WestAfrica #SouthAfrica #Immunocompromised #COVID19 #OriginOfCovid #ScienceMagazine #Phylogenetics #VirusEvolution #BA1 #VariantsOfSARSCoV2 #ViralGenetics #Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseaseEpidemiology