Sep 14, 2021 · The highly contagious delta variant continues to be the most dominant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, causing thousands of new COVID-19 infections daily around the globe.. But a new strain has also emerged on the scene: the mu variant. We asked infectious diseases specialist and head of Internal Medicine David Tweardy, M.D., …

The Mu variant, also known as lineage B.1.621 or VUI-21JUL-1, is one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first detected in Colombia in January 2021 and was designated by the WHO as a variant of interest on August 30, 2021. [ 1 ]

Sep 1, 2021 · A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being closely monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO), the agency has said. In its weekly epidemiological update , published on Tuesday, WHO warned it was becoming increasingly prevalent in Colombia and Ecuador, and showed signs ...

Sep 8, 2021 · The World Health Organization has designated Mu variant COVID-19 a variant of interest, meaning specific genetic markers have developed that could make it more infectious or able to evade vaccine ...

The more COVID-19 changes, the more the lessons of the pandemic stay the same. As the Delta variant became dominant in the U.S. — and now as Mu and R.1 establish footholds around the world — the same measures that protected us against one protect us against another.. So, with people continuing to gather at more public places and events at near full capacity — including schools — here's ...

Sep 16, 2021 · The reason researchers are keeping a close eye on mu is because it has “a constellation of mutations” that suggest it could cause some trouble for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, Fauci noted during the briefing. And some of these viral mutations are around the spike protein — a feature that allows the coronavirus to enter the cells in ...

Sep 9, 2021 · In Colombia, however, the Mu variant is responsible for more than a third of the COVID-19 cases. There have been 11 noteworthy variants to date, which the World Health Organization has named for ...

Sep 7, 2021 · Mu was first identified in Colombia in January 2021, and cases and outbreaks have since been “sporadically reported” in South America and Europe, WHO said. While the global prevalence of Mu is less than 0.1% among sequenced COVID-19 cases, its prevalence has “steadily increased” in Colombia and Ecuador, where it now accounts for about ...

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Nov 3, 2021 · The mu variant of SARS-CoV-2 was 10.6 times as resistant to neutralization by serum samples obtained from persons who had recovered from Covid-19 as the B.1 lineage virus and 9.1 times as resistant...