"The first in Wasit province and the second of its kind in Iraq.
A study at Wasit University on people infected with severe Corona virus
The Faculty of Medicine at Wasit University discussed a master's thesis tagged "Hematological and molecular study on patients infected with severe Corona virus in Wasit Governorate" for the student "Nazim Khashkoush Shattab"
The study aimed to identify the most common strains in Wasit Governorate responsible for the severity of the disease.
The study found the detection of some genetic mutations in the S gene of the Covid-19 virus isolated from Iraqi patients in Wasit Governorate, where new and original genetic designs were used for the first time to investigate these mutations and genetic analysis in a focus-target DNA sequencing analysis.
It is noteworthy that this study is the first in Wasit Governorate and the second of its kind in Iraq