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XEC is the latest COVID-19 variant spreading in the U.S. and Europe. Infectious disease doctors explain XEC symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
A study of samples collected in Manaus between November 2020 and January 2021, indicated that the Gamma variant is 1.4–2.2 times more transmissible and was shown to be capable of evading 25–61% of inherited immunity from previous coronavirus diseases, leading to the possibility of reinfection after recovery from an earlier COVID-19 ...
The side effects of newly discovered COVID-19 strain XEC might not be as severe, but is part of the more contagious variant class, experts say.. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...
XEC is not yet listed on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "Nowcast" estimates, which project COVID variant proportions in the U.S. for the most recent two-week period.
The Eta variant is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.The Eta variant or lineage B.1.525, also called VUI-21FEB-03 (previously VUI-202102/03) by Public Health England (PHE) and formerly known as UK1188, 21D or 20A/S:484K, does not carry the same N501Y mutation found in Alpha, Beta and Gamma, but carries the same E484K-mutation as found in the Gamma, Zeta, and Beta variants ...
The SARS-CoV-2 Kappa variant is also known as lineage B.1.617.1 and was first detected in India in December 2020. [2] By the end of March 2021, the Kappa sub-variant accounted for more than half of the sequences being submitted from India. [3] On 1 April 2021, it was designated a Variant Under Investigation (VUI-21APR-01) by Public Health ...
[344] [345] Researchers recommend sampling at least 5% of COVID-19 patient samples in order to detect Omicron or other emerging variants. [346] During January 2022, in Denmark the BA.2 variant grew at ~0.10 per day (+11% per day) as a ratio to BA.1 (the legacy Omicron variant), and became the dominant strain in week 2, 2022. [161]
The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including KP.3 and KP.2, are spreading in the United States. Will there be a summer surge? Experts discuss transmission, symptoms, and vaccines.