Meaning of Epsilon variant | Babel Free

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The B.1.427 and B.1.429 strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

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“To learn more about the characteristics of the Epsilon variant, the researchers tested the resilience against the Epsilon variant of plasma from people who were exposed the virus, as well as vaccinated people. The neutralizing potency of the plasma against the Epsilon variant of concern was reduced about 2 to 3.5 fold.”

“Studies have shown the Epsilon variant is indeed more transmissible and has reduced susceptibility to bamlanivimab, which prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to consider it a variant of concern (VOC) until it became less frequent in June 2021.”

“The tendency of SARS-CoV-2 to become more infectious but less virulent with the epsilon variant is supported mechanistically by (1) the down-regulation of viral processing pathways seen in our multiomic analyses and (2) the lack of associations with increased hospitalizations.”

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