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Delta variant
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delta variant Delta Variant
English
Alternative forms
en delta variant Delta Variant δ variant δ-variant Δ variant Δ-variant
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɛltə ˈvæɹiənt/ GA
en /ˈdɛltə ˈvɛəɹiənt/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Delta variant.wav Southern England
Noun
en noun Delta variant
The highly virulent B.1.617.2 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
en 2 July 2021 The NT News Darwin 23 2 If no new cases come from the Buff Club exposure site, it will be hard to believe politicians scaremongering that the delta variant is so infectious that all you have to do is walk past an infected person to get it.
en 2022 Unique Binding Ability of Delta Variant USA Today 6 Unlike other SARS-CoV-2 variants, the Delta variant can attach to copies of itself, forming larger aggregations, or clumps, of viral particles, suggests a study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. June 25
en 2022 Anton Barchuk; Anna Bulina; Mikhail Cherkashin; Natalia Berezina; Tatyana Rakova; Darya Kuplevatskaya; Oksana Stanevich; Dmitriy Skougarevskiy; Artemiy Okhotin COVID-19 vaccines effectiveness against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 during Delta variant surge BMC Public Health 1 Studies of mRNA and vector-based vaccines used in different countries report acceptable levels of effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection caused by the Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 10.1186/s12889-022-14202-9 September 22
Synonyms
en delta Delta Indian variant India variant Indian strain India strain double mutation variant<ll:Indian English> double mutant variant<ll:Indian English> double mutation strain<ll:Indian English> double mutant strain<ll:Indian English> delta strain Delta strain Delta Strain
Coordinate terms
en Alpha variant Beta variant Gamma variant Epsilon variant Zeta variant Eta variant Theta variant Iota variant Kappa variant Lambda variant Mu variant Omicron variant Omega variant
Derived terms
en Delta Plus Delta plus delta plus Delta Plus Variant Delta Plus variant Delta plus variant delta plus variant Delta+ delta+ Delta+ Variant Delta+ variant delta+ variant deltacron δ+ Δ+ δ+ variant δ+-variant Δ+ variant Δ+-variant
Translations
strain of the COVID-19 virus
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 德爾塔毒株, cmn 德尔塔毒株 dé'ěrtǎ dúzhū
Finnish: fi deltamuunnos
French: fr variant delta m
German: de Delta-Variante f
Greek: el
Japanese: ja デルタ株 deruta kabu
Korean: ko 델타 변이
Portuguese: pt variante delta f
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru
Spanish: es variante delta f
Translingual: mul B.1.617.2
Further reading
SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant
en Types of coronaviruses COVID-19