When 2 coronavirus variants meet inside 1 person, a Frankenstein hybrid can be born - North Country Public Radio

3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago

That's how the so-called "deltacron" variant — a mashup of delta and omicron — came to be. This process of recombining tells us a lot about the possible past and future of SARS-CoV-2.

On February 16, Scott Nguyen went hunting. And what he found is a bit surprising: a coronavirus variant that looks like a Frankenstein virus. It has the head of the omicron variant stuck onto the bod… [+5776 chars]

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When 2 coronavirus variants meet inside 1 person, a Frankenstein hybrid can be born - North Country Public Radio

That's how the so-called &quot;deltacron&quot; variant &mdash; a mashup of delta and omicron &mdash; came to be. This process of recombining tells us a lot about the possible past and future of SARS-CoV-2.

That's how the so-called "deltacron" variant — a mashup of delta and omicron — came to be. This process of recombining tells us a lot about the possible past and future of SARS-CoV-2.