Genotype switching in hepatitis B virus as a potential risk for vertical transmission from mother-to-child was first reported
This study reports #HBV #MTCT despite reduced maternal viral loads & infant #immunoprophylaxis, showing #ViralLoad is key but not the sole factor; genotype switching and #quasispecies diversity reveal added mechanisms in transmission. #PublicHealth
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This study is the first to report #HBV #Genotype switching during MTCT, showing transmission despite maternal #Antiviral therapy & infant #Immunoprophylaxis, highlighting the role of #Quasispecies diversity in understanding MTCT.
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Adaptive #selection of #quasispecies during in vivo passaging in #chickens, #mice, and #ferrets results in host-specific strains for the #H9N2 avian #influenza virus, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/05/adap...
Join a Free webinar on #virology & #COVID, covering #quasispecies & error catastrophe in #SARSCoV2 #genomes, hosted by our colleagues at the Global #Virus Network on December 10, at 2pm eastern: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Quasi Species (QS) Swarm; the stuff of #IDSky textbooks & #EpiSky final exams until, we decimated Public Health. This syndemic of unmitigated viruses unleashed upon a pool of 8 billion human hosts is going to evidence that all viruses are bad.
We are not bats!
#QuasiSpecies
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I urge greater care when using the term #quasispecies.
I’ve just read another paper by prominent authors that claims the mere “presence” of a single intrahost viral variant is “indicative of viral quasispecies”. This is simply incorrect.
Humans have SNPs—are we a quasispecies?
