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Topic - Corona/CoViD-news Posted: 01 Sep 2024 at 11:22pm By Dutch Josh 2 |
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/996089-emerging-covid-19-strain-xec or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/996089-emerging-covid-19-strain-xec latest; (XEC in the US 110% growth compared to other variants-range 63-157% but only very limited data available...https://x.com/RajlabN or https://x.com/RajlabN doing a lot of sequencing...XEC, XEC.1 MAY be linked with more severe disease...but again-WE DO HARDLY ANY TESTING !!!)
![]() Raj Rajnarayanan @RajlabN What the XEC! Recombinant #SARSCoV2 lineage #XEC (recombinant of KS.1.1/KP.3.3) has the potential to outcompete other circulating lineages in #USA (and other countries) More data is needed to provide a reliable growth advantage estimates |