ihu covid variant

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IHU is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 the virus that causes COVID-19 that was first detected in southern France in October according to a pre-print paper that has not been peer-reviewed and was. Scientists at the Méditerranée Infection University Hospital Institute IHU first discovered the new variant on December 10.

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The IHU variant that the researchers mention is B1640 which according to global databases was first discovered way back in January last year.

. The IHU variant of COVID-19 or B1640 lineage was first detected in France. The new variant called the IHU variant because it was found by academics at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection has been linked to 12 cases near Marseilles France according to Business Insider. We named it variant IHU.

Researchers in France have detected a new variant of COVID-19 that has been dubbed the IHU variant after the lab that discovered it. French researchers have detected a new Covid variant probably of Cameroonian origin and have temporarily named it as IHU. Scientists and experts in France are keeping their eyes on the new IHU COVID-19 variant that has emerged in recent days.

We indeed have several cases of this new variant in the Marseille geographical area said Professor Philippe Colson head of the Méditerranée Infection Foundation. The new strain has been dubbed as B16402. With the first case of the new Covid-19 variant IHU being recorded in December of 2021 scientists are working to decipher the seriousness of the illness.

The IHU variant on the other hand has not been detected in anyone since the initial 12 people. The new variant from the lineage named B16402 is believed to have infected 12 people in the country according to a yet-to-be peer-reviewed study supported by the French Government. Scientists in France have discovered a new strain of Coronavirus that is believed to be more infectious than the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

So far 46 mutations have been found in it. The World Health Organization this week downplayed concerns over the variant. The researchers said the variant found in these people was very similar to the one they had found earlier and named IHU.

2 min read While the world is grappling with the highly infectious Omicron strain of Covid scientists in France have identified a. January 4 2022 835 am. A study published in Medrxiv on December 29 described how.

Abdi Mahamud a WHO.

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