THE CHEKING PROCESS – This is the idea “ironically” evoked by a researcher from the University of Minnesota about the XBB.1.5 sub-variant, which is gaining momentum across the Atlantic.
It is on the way to becoming the majority in the United States. On the other side of the Atlantic, the Omicron XBB.1.5 sub-variant is making its mark. According to the latest data from December 31, 2022 published by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this represents 40.5% of the viruses sequenced in the whole country. Almost 15 points ahead of the majority subvariant in France, BQ.1.1 (26.9% of sequences in the United States). In certain areas in the east of the country, notably in New York, XBB.1.5 even corresponds to 75% of the viruses present.
This sub-variant is said to berecombinant“, like the set of variants whose name begins with “X». «That is to say, it comes from the combination of two strains of virus», explain to Figaro Antoine Flahault, epidemiologist and director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva. XBB.1.5 derives from XBB.1, itself coming from XBB already”identified in particular in Singapore and India», recalls this epidemiologist. It all stems…
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