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Here's the latest variant picture for the United States.

The XEC.* variant is still dominant, but looks like losing top spot shortly.

The LP.8.1.* variant has been growing steadily – up to around 31% and on track to take over from XEC.*.

#COVID19 #USA #XEC #LP_8_1
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Mike Honey
Here are the leading US states reporting LP.8.1.*. Illinois has reported continued strong growth to 70%, and there is strong growth also in New York, New Jersey and California to 30-36%.
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Mike Honey
For the US, the LP.8.1.* variant shows a steady growth advantage of 3.2% per day (22% per week) over the dominant XEC.* variant. That predicts a recent crossover (the data routinely lags).
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Mike Honey
Among the LP.8.1.* sub-lineages, the first child lineage LP.8.1.1 has been the most successful. Note the NY lineages are the descendants of LP.8.1.1.
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Mike Honey
LP.8.1.1 adds the K679R mutation, changing the furin cleavage site. The effect of this still seems unclear, hopefully more studies will clarify it.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1894923514743865792.html
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Thread by @LongDesertTrain on Thread Reader App

@LongDesertTrain: Great new study on LP.8.1(.1). Provisional takeaways: • Slight increase in antibody evasion • No change in S1/S2 cleavage (despite additional R in LP.8.1.1 FCS (now RSRRRAR) • Possibly even stronge...…
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