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Two variants merge to form first recorded ‘recombinant’ virus – CTV News

Researchers in New Mexico recently discovered what is believed to be the pandemic’s first recorded ‘recombination event’ involving a more infectious variant and…

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TORONTO —
As coronavirus variants pose a threat to declining infection numbers in Canada, another kind of anomaly has been identified.
Researchers in New Mexico recently discovered what is believed to be the first recorded recombination event of the COVID-19 pandemic between a variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the U.K. and another from California.
Though a less common occurrence than the variants that have been making headlines for months, recombination is a naturally occurring process…

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