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Covid strain that can ‘fool’ three antibodies found in Mumbai Metropolitan Region
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“This is one of three mutations (K417N, E484K and N501Y) seen in the South African lineage,” said Dr Nikhil Patkar, associate professor in haematopathology at Tata Memorial Centre’s Kharghar unit called ACTREC.
Called the E484K mutation, it is linked to the South African strain.
(This story originally appeared in on Jan 10, 2021)Mumbai: While the search for the highly contagious UK mutation of Covid-19 continues in India, researchers from Tata Memorial Centre in Kharghar have found three patients from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (outside Mumbai) with an equally worrying mutation. Called the E484K mutation, it is linked to the South African strain.