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Eta variant
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eta variant Eta Variant
English
Alternative forms
en eta variant Eta Variant η variant η-variant Η variant Η-variant
Noun
en noun Eta variant
The B.1.525 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
en 2021-08-08 Boccuto A.; Dragoni F.; Bergna A.; Ventura CD.; Giammarino F.; Saladini F.; Pezzati L.; Zehender G.; Zazzi M.; Vicenti I.; Lai A. Decreased neutralization of the Eta SARS-CoV-2 variant by sera of previously infected and uninfected vaccinated individuals Journal of Infection 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.08.005 To test this hypothesis, we measured the serum neutralizing antibody (NtAb) response to Eta variant, as well as to other viral variants, in a cohort of health care workers (HCWs) including both previously infected (n = 15) and uninfected individuals (n = 15) vaccinated with two doses of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.
en 2022-02-24 Pragya D. Yadav; Dimpal A. Nyayanit; Nivedita Gupta; Jayanthi Shastri; Rima R. Sahay; Deepak Y. Patil; Anita M. Shete; Alpana Razdan; Sachee Agrawal; Abhinendra Kumar; et al. Detection and isolation of SARS-CoV-2 Eta variant from the international travelers and local residents of India Journal of Medical Virology 10.1002/jmv.27676 As per WHO, the Eta variant is different from all other variants because it carries both E484K and F888L mutations.
en 2025 Gnimadi, T.A.C.; Kadio, K.J.-J.O.; Mathew, M.J.; Diallo, H.; Soumah, A.K.; Keita, A.K.; Hounmenou, C.G.; Fernandez-Nuñez, N.; Vidal, N.; Guichet, E.; et al. Genetic Diversity and Spatiotemporal Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Guinea: A Meta-Analysis of Sequence Data (2020–2023) Viruses 17 2 204 We identified dense clusters as well as some scattered sequences for the Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants (BA.1, BA.5, and XBB.1) and the sublineages. In contrast, for the Eta variant and Omicron sublineages BA.2 and BQ.1, we observed a significant dispersion of sequences throughout the phylogenetic trees.
Synonyms
en eta Eta
Coordinate terms
en Alpha variant Beta variant Gamma variant Delta variant Epsilon variant Zeta variant Theta variant Iota variant Kappa variant Lambda variant Mu variant Omicron variant Omega variant
Translations
strain of the COVID-19 virus
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn Eta變體
Finnish: fi eetamuunnos
French: fr variant eta m
German: de Eta-Variante f
Greek: el
Japanese: ja イータ株 īta kabu
Korean: ko 에타 변이
Portuguese: pt variante eta f
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru
Spanish: es variante eta f
Translingual: mul B.1.525
Further reading
SARS-CoV-2 Eta variant
en Types of coronaviruses COVID-19