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Kappa variant [191] is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It is one of the three sublineages of Pango lineage B.1.617 . The SARS-CoV-2 Kappa variant is also known as lineage B.1.617.1 and was first detected in India in December 2020. [ 192 ]
COVID-19 variant Delta was less contagious than Omicron and is not currently circulating, explains Dr. Kasson. Though Delta caused about twice as many infections as its predecessors, according to ...
This was in accordance with WHO's 2015 guidance [30] against using geographical locations, animal species, or groups of people in disease and virus names. [31] [32] On 11 February 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses adopted the official name "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" (SARS‑CoV‑2). [33]
[344] [345] Researchers recommend sampling at least 5% of COVID-19 patient samples in order to detect Omicron or other emerging variants. [346] During January 2022, in Denmark the BA.2 variant grew at ~0.10 per day (+11% per day) as a ratio to BA.1 (the legacy Omicron variant), and became the dominant strain in week 2, 2022. [161]
One of them, called KP.2, has become the most commonly circulating variant in the United States over the past month, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here is what ...
Theta variant, also known as lineage P.3, [a] is one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The variant was first identified in the Philippines on February 18, 2021, when two mutations of concern were detected in Central Visayas . [ 1 ]
Current COVID-19 tests are expected to detect the XEC variant and other strains in circulation, the experts say. People should test if they have COVID-19 symptoms or an exposure.
The Eta variant is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.The Eta variant or lineage B.1.525, also called VUI-21FEB-03 (previously VUI-202102/03) by Public Health England (PHE) and formerly known as UK1188, 21D or 20A/S:484K, does not carry the same N501Y mutation found in Alpha, Beta and Gamma, but carries the same E484K-mutation as found in the Gamma, Zeta, and Beta variants ...