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Updated: 5:06 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 KOCO Staff Researchers from the University of Oklahoma, OU Health and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have detected mutations in the genes of SARS-CoV-2 samples taken from sewage collected across Oklahoma last month.SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19.The mutations that were detected, according to a news release, indicate three areas of concern: The “Pelican” variant, which was recently identified and is largely found in the United States, as well as mutations that are common to the U.K. and South African variants. None of the genetic markers for the Brazilian variant were found. “Mutations indicated that potentially more infectious variants were present at different levels in the wastewater for the different monitored sites,” according to the release.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that many people infected with COVID-19 shed the virus in their waste before they develop symptoms. Because of thi

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