All about XEC, the Omicron-derived Covid variant expected to dominate the world

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Latest version Covid, Covid checkwhich first appeared in Berlin, Germany, at the end of June, has spread throughout Europe and America. Experts say LOOK dominate the world, as its predecessor, the Omicron version, has a very high transmission rate.

This product of the Omicron variant is a combination or hybrid model of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants. Knowing this, the Vice President of Scripps Research, Eric Topol speculated that in the future XEC would be the next strongest variant. “Looks like it will release next,” Eric tweeted on his X social media.

Referring to the site Times of India which further discusses the combination of strains that constitute the XEC variant, namely KS.1.1, with threonine content making this strain easy to bind to human cells. The other strain that previously caused Covid spikes in 80 countries, KP.3.3, contains glutamic acid, making it more effective in binding to human cells. Therefore, it is not surprising that Eric Topol considers this.

XEC was detected in 500 samples from 27 countries, including Poland, Norway, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Portugal and China. Even Covid data analyst Mike Honey found that XEC showed rapid growth in Denmark and Germany, as published on the Firstpost website. XEC is showing its leadership in Slovenia, as this variant has caused 10 percent of Covid-19 cases in the former Yugoslavian country.

Reports posted on site The Conversation Said, on September 18, America held the record as the country with the largest number of XEC cases, which is 118, followed by Germany with 92 cases, England with 82 cases, Canada with 77 cases detected, and Denmark with 61 cases.

The list of cases could be higher in countries that do not track Covid samples regularly. KP.3.1.1 is currently the dominant variant in Europe and North America, while KP.3.3 reigns supreme in Asia.

Although it was first detected in Germany, America currently leads the number of cases with the largest number of XEC exposures, which spread across several states, such as South Dakota, Washington, Maryland and California in early September.

As for what symptoms someone with the XEC variant of the virus will experience, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Thomas Russo, and Professor of Medicine for the Division of Infectious Diseases infectious disease at Vanderbilt University of Medicine. Center, William Schaffner, agrees that there are no specific symptoms as a difference if someone is infected with the XEC variant or another Covid variant, citing the website Cheers.

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A person exposed to XEC can experience common symptoms of Covid, such as fever or body chills, stuffy nose, runny nose, cough, loss of taste or smell, shortness of breath, body aches, sore throat, feeling tired, nauseous, . vomiting, headache, and even diarrhea. “The symptoms are similar to the previous Covid variant,” CK Birla Hospital Gurugram General Medicine Consultant Dr Tushar Tayal was quoted as saying on the website. Times of India.

Regarding the treatment and control of the new variant that causes Covid, the Infectious Disease Consultant at the Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Dr. Neha Rastogi said that the vaccine is expected to remain with the currently available vaccine to treat the Omicron variant effectively against the XEC variant as there is no significant difference between the two.

According to this, the Regional Director of Infectious Diseases for Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Dr. Elizabeth Hudson said, “There is some overlap, as these are all descendants of the original Omicron. So, there will still be a level of protection.”

Changes with hybrid or recombinant models such as what is currently happening with XEC itself are not new, because in 2023, Covid cases will be controlled by the recombinant variant known as XBB, according to reports from site. The Conversation.

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