A soup of omicron subvariants could drive the next covid-19 wave
31 October 2022
The subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB may somewhat evade prior immunity, however, further research is required
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In a laboratory study, the H1N1 seasonal flu virus didn't take hold in bronchial cells containing the omicron coronavirus variant, but the flu virus did replicate in cells containing the delta variant
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