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1 day ago · This variant, which evolved from the omicron strain, is characterized by changes in its spike protein — the part of the virus that binds to host cells. Dr. Matthew Binnicker , director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says that these changes could increase the virus' ability to infect cells and evade the immune system, even ...
2 days ago · A Variant Under Monitoring (VUM) is a term used to signal to public health authorities that a SARS-CoV-2 variant may require prioritized attention and monitoring. The main objective of this category is to investigate if this variant (and others closely related to it) may pose an additional threat to global public health as compared to other ...
3 days ago · The Delta variant of the virus, arguably one of the more famous variants, arrived in the spring of 2021. Studies showed that it came with a higher risk of severe disease and hospitalizations in unvaccinated people than other variants. Later that same year, in November, the Omicron variant overtook Delta as the dominant variant.
May 13, 2024 · They were reported by 11% of people during the wave caused by the Omicron variant, compared to 17% in the Delta variant wave, where symptoms also tended to last longer.
3 days ago · The B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of SARS-CoV-2 was designated as a Variant of Concern in May 2021 by the World Health Organization. The delta-variant was noted to have an increase in transmissibility related to higher viral loads, shorter time to replication peak, and abrogated neutralization capacity compared to non-delta SARS-CoV-2 [].
May 13, 2024 · While the table does address delta variant deaths, it shows that among 60,624 confirmed cases of the variant between Feb. 1 and June 14, recorded deaths included 37 vaccinated people and 34...
May 9, 2024 · This vaccine incorporates the RBDs of the XBB.1.5, BA.5, and Delta variants, fused with the spike protein’s heptad repeat (HR) domain and self-assembled into stable trimeric protein particles.
