Is the latest emergence of a deadly virus a sign of laboratory contamination? The answer may surprise you. It appears that the “deltacron” variant is not manufactured in a lab, and is a fake. In fact, the virus has been found in nature for more than a century. But the new controversy has prompted a reexamination of scientific practices.
An infectious disease expert from the WHO’s Covid-19 Technical Team and member of the WHO’s Covid-19 program, Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, has rejected the term deltacron. Instead, she said the name was probably due to a sequencing artifact, a result of contaminating the #Delta specimen with fragments of Omicron. Furthermore, she said that new coinages like “delta” and “omicron” are indicative of the mutations and transformations of the virus. This is one of the reasons why she advises against combining the names of different infectious diseases.
Dr. Kuppalli, of the Imperial College London, said the DNA sequences of the “deltacron” variant looked like contamination. This was based on a small sample. He added that the virus had not yet circulated in a large enough population to be considered a “true” recombinant. This suggests that the viral strains were contaminated from another source.
The virologist at the Imperial College London urged against merging the names of the two viruses. The WHO’s Covid-19 Technical Team is investigating the origins of the virus. He believes the “deltacron” variant is an artifact, and not the virus itself. Further, the genetic details of the “deltacron” strain published on the GISAID database do not resemble recombinant. In fact, the researchers attributed these findings to the presence of a laboratory contamination.
While the new variant is called “delta”, it does not appear to be made in a lab. It is a combination of the delta and omicron COVID-19 variants. While it is possible that some of these variants were created in a lab, a recent study showed that the virus’s origin was a recombinant in a single sample.
But the evidence is still unreliable. The viral gene is not a natural virus. It was a fake, created in a laboratory. It has altered the DNA of the human genome. The gene that causes AIDS is no longer the same. It is a mutation. It is a form of the HIV virus. Infections with the new mutation have been found in several countries around the world.
The phylogenetic tree of the sequences of the deltacron variant reveals that the virus was likely made in a lab. It is believed that the “deltacron” was made in a laboratory. Despite this, the researchers are still not sure if the new strain is a real or a fake. If it is, then it was created in a laboratory, as opposed to in a hospital.
A team of scientists from the University of Cyprus says they have uncovered a new Covid variant in 25 people. However, a UK-based virologist calls the variant a false-positive and labels it a sign of laboratory contamination. And in addition to the confusion, the researchers say that the DeltaCron strain is an entirely different virus. This means that the mutation of the original version was a false-positive, and the virus is not a genuine disease.
The scientists also say that the new strain is not a real virus. There are several other explanations for this discovery. According to a World Health Organization official, the mutation is a result of a lab error. It may have caused a disease outbreak, or it may be a bacterial-virus hybrid. This is not yet clear. But the researchers say they cannot rule out the possibility of a new mutation.
The UK Health Security Agency said that a group of 25 patients with Covid-19 infection has a novel coronavirus, combining the features of both the Omicron and Delta variants. The discovery has led to fears of a potential pandemic. However, some experts believe the variant is a genuine virus, and caution against its misuse. It may be a lab error, a recombination event, or both.