Indian Scientists say mutiple strains of COVID exist

[khansaheeb]

Explains why some countries are being hit hard. Mutation or engineered that is the question.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/h...-in-circulation-says-icmr/article31222507.ece

 

[CrazyZ]

Explains why some countries are being hit hard. Mutation or engineered that is the question.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/h...-in-circulation-says-icmr/article31222507.ece

This is not a revelation. I'ts been known for some time.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Explains why some countries are being hit hard. Mutation or engineered that is the question.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/h...-in-circulation-says-icmr/article31222507.ece

8 strains have been identified by Pakistani scientists.

The theory is that the strains found in Pakistan are not as lethal as the chinese ones.

 

[khansaheeb]

8 strains have been identified by Pakistani scientists.

The theory is that the strains found in Pakistan are not as lethal as the chinese ones.

How can that be , are they not from the same parent virus?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

How can that be , are they not from the same parent virus?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ge...onavirus-different-than-pakistani-one-dr-atta

How can that be , are they not from the same parent virus?

Strain of coronavirus prevalent in Pakistan different from Chinese one: Dr Atta
Pakistan
GEO NEWS
March 30, 2020
The Pakistani variant of the coronavirus does not seem to be similar to the Chinese one, Dr Atta has said

Former chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said on Monday that new research suggests that the strain of coronavirus spreading in Pakistan is different than the one that originated in China.

The respected Pakistani scientist, who specialises in organic chemistry, said the Chinese strain of the coronavirus has different chromosomes than the Pakistani variant.

"The Chinese strain has more potent chromosomes than the Pakistani strain of the coronavirus," he said in a conversation on Geo News.

The scientist said the revelation came during recent research carried out at the Jamil-ur-Rahman Center for Genome Research at the University of Karachi.

A global race is on to better understand the novel coronavirus. Scientists and virologists around the world have been racing against the clock to develop a vaccine or cure before the virus overwhelms health systems and cripples the global economy.

Meanwhile, China seems to have bounced back from the overwhelming force of the coronavirus onslaught, which began in late December. The original epicentre of the virus, Hubei province's Wuhan city, has seen a partial removal of lockdown last week and things are slowly returning to normal.

On the other hand, Pakistan is just beginning to feel the impact of the virus's outbreak, which has claimed 19 lives so far and infected more than 1,600.

Chinese authorities have been helping Pakistan attempt to overcome the challenge presented by the pandemic by lending medical aid and doctors who are sharing their expertise.

On March 28, Chinese flights carrying a third installment of medical supplies and a team of doctors had arrived in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, the world is still struggling to contain the disease, with the epicentre now shifting to the US from Europe.

More than 33,000 deaths have been recorded globally, of which most have been in Europe since the virus first emerged in December.

More than 723,000 virus cases have been registered in 200 countries and territories of which the majority have been in Europe, the worst-hit continent so far.

 

[V. Makarov]

Viruses can mutate very quickly as they do not have the property of repairing RNA damage or bad replication in some host. It is possible that a virus could mutate itself out of existence. However, smaller mutations can change the way it behaves in a population.

This is one of the reasons that many countries manufacture their own Influenza vaccines, because the flu virus in USA is usually of a different strain than one in Pakistan, for example.

 

[khansaheeb]

Viruses can mutate very quickly as they do not have the property of repairing RNA damage or bad replication in some host. It is possible that a virus could mutate itself out of existence. However, smaller mutations can change the way it behaves in a population.

This is one of the reasons that many countries manufacture their own Influenza vaccines, because the flu virus in USA is usually of a different strain than one in Pakistan, for example.

Seems to be quite a puzzle, after how many jumps does it mutate or does it mutate in the first host and remain infectious? I can understand mutation to avoid the host antibodies for virus self preservation but would that increase it's lethality?

 

[Itachi]

Seems to be quite a puzzle, after how many jumps does it mutate or does it mutate in the first host and remain infectious? I can understand mutation to avoid the host antibodies for virus self preservation but would that increase it's lethality?

Biology isn't as simple as many of us think it is...

Which is why it's hard to "engineer" this virus. Transporting/Spreading it and hoping it would mutate and cause calamity is another thing. But that too is just my opinion, not a fact.

Explains why some countries are being hit hard. Mutation or engineered that is the question.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/h...-in-circulation-says-icmr/article31222507.ece

My bets on the mutation.

Incomplete List of Coronavirus Family:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html