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Topic	Coronavirus Topic 8
Esuriat 05/15/20 1:37:28 PM #143:	Pretty much all reports of distinct strains or "types" within the virus have been speculative and weakly supported with preprints, none of which have ever received sufficient peer review for publishing. One of the most popular ones is the notion that in the US there was a west coast "strain" from Wuhan and an east coast "strain" from Europe with significant differences in virulence, but nothing has truly supported this and the strains would have rapidly recombined anyway. The key difference with regard to antibody function would have to do with the spike protein anyway, and there's never been a major difference seen there in any sequence. --- Essy <cite>Esuriat posted [p:939200775] in Coronaviru... [t:78661503]...</cite> <quote>Pretty much all reports of distinct strains or "types" within the virus have been speculative and weakly supported with preprints, none of which have ever received sufficient peer review for publishing. One of the most popular ones is the notion that in the US there was a west coast "strain" from Wuhan and an east coast "strain" from Europe with significant differences in virulence, but nothing has truly supported this and the strains would have rapidly recombined anyway. The key difference with regard to antibody function would have to do with the spike protein anyway, and there's never been a major difference seen there in any sequence. --- Essy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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