Japanese biologists found that Lambda Coronavirus has increased contagious, and can also be hidden from the body’s immune system. The results of the study of scientists are published in the article in the BIORXIV electronic library, writes “Gazeta.ru”.
“Lambda” -Shtam Coronavirus is now actively spreading in many countries of South America, but the history of its appearance and its properties remained a mystery for virologists. We managed to show that the mutations characteristic of this variation of SARS-COV-2 protect the virus from the action of antibodies and make it more infectious “- write researchers.
Scientists have studied “Lambda” -Shtam COVID-19 penetrates in cell culture and found that this variant of coronavirus infection in terms of cell infection activity is approximately at the same level with the Indian Delta. At the same time, it is largely superior to the British “Alpha” -Shtam, South African strain and earlier variations of the virus.
Earlier, the head of the Technical Group of Emergency Diseases of WHO Maria Van Kerkhov said that the organization recorded the distribution of “Lambda” -Shtamma coronavirus infection in more than 30 countries.