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The first highly publicized variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was called alpha (B.1.1.7). The variant began circulating in Great Britain in late 2020. Alpha spread worldwide, including to the U.S ...
The term variant of concern (VOC) for SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is a category used for variants of the virus where mutations in their spike protein receptor binding domain (RBD) substantially increase binding affinity (e.g., N501Y) in RBD-hACE2 complex (genetic data), while also being linked to rapid spread in human populations ...
Since then, the omicron virus variant has mutated and given rise to new subvariants. All of the COVID-19 strains that have emerged and gained dominance since 2022 have been descendants of omicron ...
A variant is just a slightly changed virus, Linda Yancey, M.D., an infectious diseases specialist at Memorial Hermann Hospital says. “Viruses go through generations just like people do.
On January 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had found at least 52 confirmed cases of the more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant: 26 in California, 22 in Florida, two in Colorado, and one each in Georgia and New York. The agency also stressed that there could already be more cases in the country.
Epsilon variant, also known as CAL.20C and referring to two PANGO lineages B.1.427 and B.1.429, is one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first detected in California, USA in July 2020. [1] As of March 2022, Epsilon is considered as a previously circulating variant of interest by the WHO.
As of May, only 22.5% of adults in the United States reported having received the updated 2023-2024 vaccine that was released last fall and tailored to the XBB variant dominant at that time ...
Cases were reported in all North American countries after Saint Kitts and Nevis confirmed a case on 25 March, and in all North American territories after Bonaire confirmed a case on 16 April. [2] On 26 March 2020, the United States became the country in North America with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections, at over 82,000 cases ...