What do we know about the mutation?
The mutation, like in the case of other variants, is located on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, in the region of interaction with human receptor ACE2.
It was detected in 11,435 distinct cases of the 1,180,571 SARS-CoV-2 samples they tested.
What do we know about the behaviour of this variant?
It has been noted that the T478K variant spreads fast. So much so that observing the rate and speed of the spread, the study researchers have also compared it to the Alpha variant, first identified in the UK. This variant has been increasingly spreading among people in North America, particularly in Mexico. To date, this variant covers more than 50% of the existing viruses in this area,”
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A research group of the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology of the University of Bologna analyzed more than one million SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences.
Italian researchers have identified a new coronavirus mutation, whose scientific name is T478K, that has been spreading mostly in Mexico over the past few weeks and has also been found in Europe.The team, from the Department of Pharmacy and .
It has recently become prominent in Mexico and, similarly to other variants, presents a mutation in the Spike protein of the coronavirus. The Mexican variant was identified by a research group of the University of Bologna