B.1.351

Translingual

Alternative forms

• B-1-351

Proper noun

B.1.351

1. (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

• Coronavirus
• CoV
• SARS-CoV-2
• SARSr-CoV
• 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