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B.1.1.529
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Translingual
mul Etymology needs some work, and the layout is a mess.
Q109739412
Alternative forms
mul B11529 B-1-1-529 B 1 1 529 B-11529
Etymology
From being a heavily mutated variant occurring in the en B.1.1 family. "B.1.1.529" is the 529th sublineage of "B.1.1" registered under Pango notation.
Proper noun
mul proper noun
mul Q109739412 mul virus The en Omicron variant: A virulent variant of the mul SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus genus, which causes mul COVID-19; first detected in November 2021 in en Botswana, becoming dominant in en Gauteng, South Africa.
Synonyms
mul virus ο GR/484A 21K
Hypernyms
mul virus SARS-CoV-2 SARSr-CoV CoV Coronavirus Virus
Hyponyms
mul virus B.1.1.529.1<t: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<t:the original B.1.1.529 strain> BA.2 BA.3 BA.4 BA.5 XE<t:recombinant subvariant resulting from BA.1 and BA.2 mixture>
Coordinate terms
mul virus C.1.2 (mid-2021 South African variant)
Derived terms
mul 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
Related terms
mul virus B.1.351 (South African variant) B.1.1.248 (Brazilian variant) B.1.617 (India variant) B.1.1.7 (UK variant)
Descendants
en lineage B.1.1.529
en B.1.1.529 lineage
Translations
English: en Botswana variant, en Botswanan variant, en lineage B.1.1.529, en B.1.1.529 lineage, en ο variant, en Ο variant, en omicron variant, en Omicron variant
Further reading
virus en
mul Types of coronaviruses