B.1.351

Translingual

Alternative forms

B-1-351

Proper noun

B.1.351

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2020 in South Africa, and by the beginning of 2021, was the dominant strain in South Africa.
- 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)

Synonyms

virus

20C/501Y.V2
501.V2
501Y.V2
VOC 202012/02
VOC 20DEC-02
VOC-202012/02
VOC-20DEC-02

Hypernyms

virus

Coordinate terms

(virus):

C.1.2 (mid-2021 South African variant)

(viral components)

N501Y (mutant N501)
E484K (mutant E484)
K417N (mutant K417)
Y501
K484
N417

Related terms

virus

B.1.1.248 (Brazilian variant)
B.1.1.529 (Botswana variant)
B.1.1.7 (UK variant)
B.1.617 (India variant)

Descendants

English: lineage B.1.351
English: B.1.351 lineage

Translations

Translations

English: South Africa variant, South African variant, lineage B.1.351, B.1.351 lineage, 501.V2 variant, variant 501.V2, variant of concern 202012/02, variant of concern 20DEC-02,

Further reading

(virus): (English) B.1.351 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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