Although the English variant of covid-19 concentrates now all the miracles, the scientists are most concerned for a mutation presented in other versions of the virus, such as the detected in South Africa and Brazil, que potentially could be less effective in the current vacancies.
Llamada E484K, this mutation “is the most preoccupying to death” with respect to its impact on the humanitarian response, affirmed the AFP agency Ravi Gupta, professor of microbiology at the University of Cambridge.
The variants are different versions of the initial coronavirus that appear with time, while the virus is mutated, which succeeds when replicated.
Until then, multiple mutations of SARS-CoV-2 have been observed, most of which are due. But other pueden can increase their survival, for example, volviéndolo more contagious.
The variants that will emerge in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil and Japan – the last with the legacy of a family of the South American giant – have in common a mutation called N501Y, which explains its mayor transmissibility. It is located in the protein peak of coronavirus, a prominence that allows it to penetrate cells.
For the E484K mutation, there is another type of suspense. One test in a laboratory will show that with this, the organism appears to recognize the virus, thereby decreasing its neutralization on the part of the antibodies.
This mutation “could help the virus sort out the humanitarian protection required by an anterior infection or by vaccination”, says Die François Balloux, of the University College London, quoted by the British Science Media Center.
This “munitions evasion” could potentially have an impact on the efficiency of vacancies, according to scientists.