Dr George Christos

covid19 & other Infectious diseases

Tag: XBC

  • Reinfections with Covid, and Recombinants.

    Reinfections with Covid, and Recombinants.

    In 2021 there were a few documented cases of reinfection with covid, but the rate of reinfection has now confirmed it to be quite common. This means that there is no natural immunity. Even if a person was to develop natural immunity to one variant, they can get re-infected with another variant. There are currently…

  • A new RECOMBINANT variant XBC.* has formed in the Philippines

    A new RECOMBINANT variant XBC.* has formed in the Philippines

    Recombinant variants are are not formed by mutations but when two strains/variants combine/crossover inside the same cell, which transferases part of the mRNA of one variant and that of another and combines them. This can only happen of a person is simultaneously infected with 2 variants at the same time. So far not too much…