Increased #pathogenicity {in animal models} and #transmission of #SarsCoV2 #Omicron #XBB19 #sublineage, including #HK3 and #EG51, BioRxIV, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.10.598324v1?rss=1

HK.3 and EG.5.1 exhibited greater pathogenicity than XBB.1.9.1 and BA.2 in H11-K18-hACE2 #hamsters. Our studies provide insight into the newly emerging #pathogens HK.3 and EG.5.1.

-- En relación con la #Covid19, explicó en un artículo publicado en la página web del Minsap, que en los últimos dos meses del 2023 y los días transcurridos del 2024 se ha identificado principalmente la presencia de tres #subvariantes de #Ómicron: #XBB15, #XBB19 y #XBB116, clasificadas por la OMS como de interés o bajo vigilancia.
{#Italy} From 14/08 to 20/08/2023 (data as of 4 Sept 23), #Omicron subvariants are the most prevalent, with the #XBB19 (53.4%) leading.''
''• On the basis of the #SARS-CoV-2 gene sequences stored in the national platfrom I-Co-Gen, during the last surveillance week with curated data, from 07/08/2023 to 13/08/2023 (available at 28 August 2023), #Omicron subvariants remain prevalent, with #XBB19 (45,2%) the most frequently isolated. The subvariant #CH11 is sporadically detected.''
Servicio de noticias en salud Al Día – China sigue vigilando variantes importadas de covid-19