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Gamma variant
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gamma variant Gamma Variant
English
Alternative forms
en gamma variant Gamma Variant γ variant γ-variant Γ variant Γ-variant
Noun
en noun Gamma variant
en medicine virology The highly virulent P.1 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
en gamma Brazilian variant
en 2021 Ranzani, Otavio T., et al. Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study bmj Variants of concern, and in particular the gamma variant, have played an important role in the recent epidemic wave in Brazil, which began in early 2021. August 20 374 10.1136/bmj.n2015
en 2022 da Silva, Juliana F., et al. Cluster of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variant Infections, Parintins, Brazil, March 2021 Emerging infectious diseases 262 Among 45 persons tested with variant-of-concern RT-PCR, whole-genome sequencing, or both, the Gamma variant was detected for 68.9%. January 28 10.3201/eid2801.211817
en 2022 de Fátima Cobre, Alexandre, et al. The impact of COVID-19 vaccine rejection on hospital admission and variants spread worldwide: implications for healthcare policy Research, Society and Development 1 The percentage of the unvaccinated population had a significant effect on the increase in ICU admissions and on the increase of omicron, alpha, delta, and gamma variant cases. August 19 10.33448/rsd-v11i11.33435
Coordinate terms
en Alpha variant Beta 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 伽馬變異體
Finnish: fi gammamuunnos
French: fr variant gamma m
German: de Gamma-Variante f
Greek: el
Japanese: ja ガンマ株 ganma kabu
Korean: ko 감마 변이
Portuguese: pt variante gama f
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru
Spanish: es variante gamma f
Translingual: mul P.1
Further reading
SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant
en Types of coronaviruses COVID-19