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The XBB.1.5 is a relative of the omicron XBB variant, which is a recombinant of the omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants. Combined, XBB and XBB.1.5 make up 44% of cases in the U.S., crowding ...
The World Health Organization's senior epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible Omicron sub-variant that has been detected so far. It spreads rapidly because of the ...
Just as quickly as the BQ.1 and B.Q.1.1 variants started sweeping the nation and headlines, a new COVID-19 variant began dominating in parts of the country: XBB.1.5. XBB.1.5, which is a subvariant ...
HV.1 (or XBB.1.9.2.5.1.6.1) is a sublineage of XBB.1.9.2, of the Omicron family first detected in July 2023. HV.1 overtook EG.5 as the dominant subvariant in the US in October 2023. [183] In October experts stated that there was no evidence that HV.1 was more severe or transmissible than other Omicron subvariants. [184]
On 26 November at an emergency meeting in Geneva, Switzerland WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution designated PANGO lineage B.1.1.529 a variant of concern (VOC) and gave it the designation Omicron (skipping Nu and Xi, the next letters in the Greek alphabet in keeping with its nomenclature protocol introduced for the Delta variant).
The first case involving XBB in England was detected from a specimen sample taken on 10 September 2022 and further cases have since been identified in most English regions. By the end of the year, XBB.1.5 accounted for 40.5% of new cases across the US, and was the dominant strain; variant of concern BQ.1 was running at 18.3% and BQ.1.1 ...
A new version of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is quickly gaining ground in the U.S. The subvariant, called XBB.1.5, has nearly doubled over the last week, claiming a lead over the BQ.1 ...
In adults up to age 49, the latest boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were 48% effective against symptomatic infection from the XBB.1.5 subvariant, the new report said. As of Jan. 21, that ...