A Japanese research team claims to have discovered a new Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) Variant virus that is different from the variant strains found in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. The mutation does not enhance the virus’ ability to infect, but may weaken the function of antibodies.
According to Japanese media reports on the 18th, Tokyo Medical and Dental University lecturer Kanmei Takeuchi announced the confirmation of the discovery of a variant of the virus different from the UK or other countries, the research team collected samples from confirmed patients, and as a result, the new variant of the virus was detected in three confirmed patients at the end of December last year to the middle of last month.
The research team said that the new variant of the virus was found to have a mutation called “E484K” on the surface, and that the “E484K” mutation also occurred in South Africa and Brazil.
The three patients have no history of travel abroad, are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients, according to the research team, it is currently unknown the scope of circulation of this variant of the virus, but continue to monitor the virus to understand the Epidemic situation is quite important.
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