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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => COVID-19 => Topic started by: Lewis Thomson on 03/03/2022 10:07:45

Title: Can someone be infected by multiple variants at the same time?
Post by: Lewis Thomson on 03/03/2022 10:07:45

Clive has presented this question to The Naked Scientists.

"Can a person be infected by more than one variant at the same time?"

What findings have you found? Discuss in the comments below...

Title: Re: Can someone be infected by multiple variants at the same time?
Post by: set fair on 03/03/2022 11:34:41

Yes, no reason why they shouldn't be. It can lead to recombination. The genome copying shifts from one variant to the corresponding place on the other variant in the same infected cell and then shifts back. There are cases dubbed Deltacron reported in the UK and France.