BEIJING, June 19. /TASS/. Analysis of the genome found in the wholesale market of Beijing, “Sinhali” samples of coronavirus has shown that they are common over in Europe at the present time strains. This was stated by a Chinese epidemiologist Liu Jun.
“First of all is sequencing the genome of the virus, then apply analytical methods of bioinformatics. Take two different virus and see who of them occurred more mutations. Normally the one with more mutations is a newer virus. And one that a few of them, on the contrary is earlier, the primary virus. Its circulation refers to an earlier, respectively, than the age of his above. Of course, if we’re talking about this simplistically. In addition, there is also evaluation of mathematical models with defined algorithms” — are his words in Friday’s article on the website of the State Supervisory Committee of the PRC.
“According to the results of the initial genomic studies, the virus [of the market in Beijing] came from Europe, but it has some differences from circulating in European countries strains. He is older than modern European strains”, he said.
“many opportunities For this. For example, a virus could hide in a batch of frozen food along with her to arrive due of the turn and survive. During transportation, being in a frozen state, the virus could not evolve, therefore it is not mutation,” said Liu Jun.
At the initial stage of the epidemic in China Liu Jun led a group of scientists who have studied the coronavirus in Hubei province, and about 20 visits to the seafood market in Wuhan, which began with an outbreak in China. Currently he and his team explore Beijing coronavirus: Liu Jun already three times went to the wholesale market, “Sinhali” to collect samples.
Earlier it was reported that the Center for control and prevention of spread of mass diseases of China published a genome sequence of a strain of coronavirus from the market, “Signpad”. It is noted that on Thursday evening the data was provided by the world health organization.
Earlier, the Chinese epidemiologists have argued that a preliminary analysis of the genome of this strain of the virus suggests that that could be imported into China from European countries. At the same time, experts believe that it is more virulent than the Wuhan strain.
