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Covid-19: BA.2.12.1 in New York, BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa... why does Omicron make so many "little ones"?

2022-04-21T10:14:05.814Z


Discovered at the end of autumn 2021, the Omicron variant has established itself almost everywhere in the world. He gave birth to many so


Within the Omicron family... there is plenty to choose from.

This variant has gradually taken over the whole world since the end of November.

Over the weeks, it gave birth to many "pups", that is to say sub-lines whose genomic structure is slightly different.

The reason ?

When the virus replicates naturally, “mistakes” can occur and cause mutations to appear.

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Source: leparis

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