B.1.617.2

Translingual

Alternative forms

• B-1-617-2

Etymology

From being a variant of B.1.617.

Proper noun

B.1.617.2

1. (virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in India in October 2020, causing a wave of new infections in 2021.
   • 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

• 21A/S:478K
• G/452R.V3
• Δ
• δ

 

Hypernyms

• B.1.617+
• Coronavirus
• CoV
• SARS-CoV-2
• SARSr-CoV
• Virus
• VOC

 

Coordinate terms

• AY.4.2 (a variant of B.1.617.2)

 

Related terms

• B.1.617
• B.1.617+
• B.1.617.1
• B.1.617.3

 

Descendants

• English: lineage B.1.617.2
• English: B.1.617.2 lineage

Translations

Translations

• English: Delta variant, delta variant, Indian variant, India variant, double mutant variant, double mutation variant

See also

• 20A/S484K
• 20B/S:265C
• 20B/S.484K
• 20C/S:484K
• 20C/S.452R
• 20H/S:501Y.V2
• 20I/S:501Y.V1
• 20J/S:501Y.V3
• 21A/S:154K
• B.1.1.7
• B.1.351
• B.1.427
• B.1.427/B.1.429
• B.1.429
• B.1.525
• B.1.526
• B.1.617.1
• G/452R.V3
• G/484K.V3
• GH
• GH/452R.V1
• GH/501Y.V2
• GR
• GR/501Y.V1
• GR/501Y.V3
• GRY
• P.1
• P.2
• P.3