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What is Omicron XE Variant and is there cause for concern?

Omicron XE Variant contains a combination of genetic material from multiple variants. Image: Unsplash/ Fusion Medical Animation

Grace C Roberts
Research Fellow in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Difference between replication and recombination processes.
'Recombination occurs when two different variants infect the same cell at the same time'. Image: The Conversation/Grace C. Roberts

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