Omicron Covid strain evolved in mice – Chinese study — Analysis


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Researchers’ findings have backed the theory that “Omicron may have evolved in a non-human animal species” Omicron is the focus of an Obion study, which was published in Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity. “coronavirus slowly accumulated mutations over time in mice”Before the virus, it was “transmitted back to humans by reverse zoonotic.” Researchers led by Dr. Xu Jianguo from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention of China discovered that mice are the most common host for communicable diseases. “most likely intermediate host.”Research has shown that “mutations profile”The strain “shows that the virus has adapted to infect the...