Earlier this year, Marc Johnson, a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, took to Twitter to ask for help on a new strain of Covid-19.
Johnson spoke with the newspaper Insider, and said that a new strain of the virus was found by him, all coming from a person from Ohio, in the United States.
The material was found in the city of Columbus and in another location, 64 km away. According to Johnson, “there is no imminent threat to public health.”
Despite this, the professor said that it is important to find this new lineage and identify new clues about the mutations of the Covid-19 virus.
The search goes on. Johnson reduced to 1,600 the number of people who make a daily commute between Columbus and another location in an attempt to find the Ohio person.
Johnson says the person is likely experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms and may not even know they have a long-term Covid-19 infection.
The professor also said he hoped that the person would recognize that they are transmitting the virus and go to the doctor: “I would love to know the details”, he said, but “mostly, I want them to seek treatment”.
Help me solve a COVID cryptic lineage mystery.
Cryptic lineages are distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineages that we detect in wastewater, but do not know their source. We believe they are from patients with very long COVID infections.
Here is more backstory.https://t.co/n9MdSLnVkI
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— Marc Johnson (@SolidEvidence) April 24, 2023
Source: CNN Brasil
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