Researchers at a Chinese university identified 2 separate strains of the Covid-19 coronavirus that could be sickening people in a new study today by lisettevoytko
Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesResearchers at a Chinese university identified two separate strains of the Covid-19 coronavirus that could be sickening people in a
The researchers analyzed 103 publicly available genomes from infected persons, and found 70% were the more aggressive type, while the less aggressive type comprised the other 30%. The virus likely went through “mutations and natural selection besides recombination” that caused it to develop different strains, according to the researchers.
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