Etymology
From being a variant of B.1.617.
Proper noun
B.1.617.2
- (virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in India in October 2020, causing a wave of new infections in 2021.
2023 January 4, Emanuele Andreano, Ida Paciello, Giulio Pierleoni, Giulia Piccini, Valentina Abbiento, Giada Antonelli, Piero Pileri et al., “B cell analyses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA third vaccination reveals a hybrid immunity like antibody response”, in Nature Communications, →DOI:The SARS-CoV-2 viruses used to perform the CPE-MN neutralization assay were the original Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 virus (SARS-CoV-2/INMI1-Isolate/2020/Italy: MT066156), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 (INMI GISAID accession number: EPI_ISL_736997), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 (EVAg Cod: 014V-04058), B.1.1.248 (EVAg CoD: 014V-04089), and B.1.617.2 (GISAID ID: EPI_ISL_2029113)
Coordinate terms
- AY.4.2 (a variant of B.1.617.2)
Descendants
- English: lineage B.1.617.2
- English: B.1.617.2 lineage
See also
- 20A/S484K
- 20B/S:265C
- 20B/S.484K
- 20C/S:484K
- 20C/S.452R
- 20H/S:501Y.V2
- 20I/S:501Y.V1
- 20J/S:501Y.V3
- 21A/S:154K
- B.1.1.7
- B.1.351
- B.1.427
- B.1.427/B.1.429
- B.1.429
- B.1.525
- B.1.526
- B.1.617.1
- G/452R.V3
- G/484K.V3
- GH
- GH/452R.V1
- GH/501Y.V2
- GR
- GR/501Y.V1
- GR/501Y.V3
- GRY
- P.1
- P.2
- P.3