B.1.1.529

Translingual
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Wikidata

Alternative forms
  • B11529, B-1-1-529, B 1 1 529, B-11529

Etymology

From being a heavily mutated variant occurring in the B.1.1 family. "B.1.1.529" is the 529th sublineage of "B.1.1" registered under Pango notation.

Proper noun

B.1.1.529

  1. (virology) The Omicron variant: A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in November 2021 in Botswana, becoming dominant in Gauteng, South Africa.

Synonyms
virus
  • 21K
  • GR/484A
  • ο (omicron)

Hypernyms
virus

Hyponyms
virus
  • B.1.1.529.1 (the original B.1.1.529 strain)
  • B.1.1.529.2
  • B.1.1.529.3
  • B.1.1.529.4
  • B.1.1.529.5
  • BA.1 (the original B.1.1.529 strain)
  • BA.2
  • BA.3
  • BA.4
  • BA.5
  • XE (recombinant subvariant resulting from BA.1 and BA.2 mixture)

Coordinate terms
virus
  • C.1.2 (mid-2021 South African variant)

Derived terms
virus
  • B.1.1.529.1
  • B.1.1.529.2
  • B.1.1.529.3
  • B.1.1.529.4
  • B.1.1.529.5
  • BA.1
  • BA.2
  • BA.3
  • BA.4
  • BA.5
virus

Descendants
  • English: lineage B.1.1.529
  • English: B.1.1.529 lineage

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