Alpha variant

alpha variant Alpha Variant English Alternative forms en alpha variant Alpha Variant α variant α-variant Α variant Α-variant Proper noun (the) Alpha variant The highly virulent B.1.1.7 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. en June 10 2021 Justine Coleman CDC estimates Alpha variant made up 66 percent of COVID-19 cases in April w:The Hill https://web.archive.org/web/20211218210403/https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/557752-cdc-estimates-alpha-variant-made-up-66-percent-of-covid-19-cases-in-april The CDC predicted the Alpha variant, known by the scientific name B.1.1.7, became the dominant strain during the two-week period ending with March 10. en 12 June 2021 James Gallagher Covid: Is there a limit to how much worse variants can get? w:BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20230523160107/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57431420 One way the Alpha variant became more transmissible was by getting better at sneaking past the intruder alarm - called the interferon response - inside our body's cells. But this does not mean that by the time we work through the Greek alphabet of variants and reach Omega that we'll end up with an unstoppable beast. en 14 September 2022 Florensa, D., Mateo, J., Spaimoc, R. et al. Severity of COVID-19 cases in the months of predominance of the Alpha and Delta variants w:Scientific Reports 12 10.1038/s41598-022-19125-4 Studies have analyzed and compared the symptoms and effectiveness of the vaccine against the COVID-19 variants, with differing results. Some studies found that the Alpha variant may increase the risk of ICU admission and mortality, while others concluded there were no significant differences. Synonyms en alpha Alpha British variant UK variant English variant British strain UK strain English strain Kent variant<ll:British English> Kent strain<ll:British English> Kent Variant<ll:British English> Kent Strain<ll:British English> alpha strain Alpha strain Alpha Strain α strain Α strain α-strain Α-strain Coordinate terms en Beta variant Gamma variant Delta variant Epsilon variant Zeta variant Eta 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 阿爾法變體 Finnish: fi alfamuunnos French: fr variant alpha m German: de Alpha-Variante f Greek: el άλφα παραλλαγή Japanese: ja アルファ株 arufa kabu Korean: ko 알파 변이 Portuguese: pt variante alfa f Romanian: ro Russian: ru Spanish: es variante alfa f Translingual: mul B.1.1.7 Further reading SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant en Types of coronaviruses COVID-19