Antibodies neutralizing coronavirus are formed in only 50% of those who have had the infection. This was stated by Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Karaulov.
It turned out that only 50% of those who underwent COVID-19 have antibodies that are neutralizing viruses, '' TASS quotes him.
Karaulov added that this means that in only half of the patients, antibodies are able to suppress the binding of the RBD protein - the part of the virus to which it attaches - to the cell receptor. It turns out that the titer of antibodies does not always correlate with their ability to prevent infection.
The expert called for strengthening the innate immunity. According to Karaulov, for this you need to do physical education, lead a normal life, sleep well, and raise your psycho-emotional status.
Earlier, a hybrid strain of coronavirus was identified in the United States. It was formed by the fusion of two other types of pathogen. For the first time, the "hybrid" was noticed by the doctor Bette Korber, who works at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the USA. She claims that the new strain comes from the fusion of two strains: British B.1.1.7 and US-born B.1.429. So far, researchers have only known one case of infection with a hybrid form of coronavirus. Nevertheless, doctors fear that a new type of coronavirus could lead to even more infections.
As NEWS.ru reported, WHO had previously warned that the geography of the spread of new strains of coronavirus continues to expand actively. Despite the improvement in overall statistics on the spread of the disease in recent weeks, new strains of COVID-19 continue to be detected in various countries.
