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Corona mutation: Rare variant first discovered in Italy - authorities alerted immediately

2021-02-17T12:52:53.399Z


A new corona mutation has been detected for the first time in Italy. So far, only a few cases of this variant are known worldwide.


A new corona mutation has been detected for the first time in Italy.

So far, only a few cases of this variant are known worldwide.

  • A new corona mutation was first detected in Naples, Italy.

  • Only a few cases are known worldwide.

  • Contact follow-up started immediately.

Naples - A rare Corona variant has been detected for the first time in Italy.

This is the Covid-19 mutation with the name B.1.525.

This has only been proven a few times worldwide.

Researchers at the Federico II University in Naples were able to detect the mutation in their laboratory.

So far, 32 cases of this mutation are known in Great Britain, as reported by several media.

A press release from the Campania region in southern Italy mentions a few other cases in Denmark, Nigeria and the USA.

In a collaboration between the Neapolitan University and the Pascale Institute, the novel mutation was found in the laboratory.

This is apparently due to a returnee from Africa - supposedly a professional stay, as the letter suggests.

Corona mutation in Italy: a variant that is rare worldwide was first detected in Naples

The person tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from Africa.

The case was first tested in the laboratory of the Neapolitan university and then identified as the corona mutation B.1.525 by employees of the Pascale Institute.

According to the head of the Naples Cancer Institute, the sample immediately aroused suspicion, as it "showed no similarities with other samples from our region."

He further added: “After an exchange with experts from the Supreme Italian Health Institute for New Diseases, we have received confirmation that this is a variant that has so far been used in around a hundred cases in some European and African countries, but also in the United States was observed. ”The health authorities were immediately alerted and the sequence of the samples was deposited in an international database.

Corona in Italy: New mutation has similarities to British, South African and Brazilian variants

The contact follow-up started immediately.

As it is said, the infectious power and other features of this mutation are still unknown.

It is the first time that variant B.1.525 has been detected in Italy.

This is similar to the British corona mutation.

Also noticeable is the change in the so-called spike protein - which gives the virus its characteristic appearance - which shows similarities to the variants from South Africa and Brazil.

It is investigated how the variant reacts to the corona vaccine.

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Source: merkur

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