BA.1

See also: ba1 and Ba1

Translingual

This Translingual term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Wikidata

Alternative forms

• BA1, BA 1, BA-1, B-A-1, B A 1, B.A.1

Etymology

From being being assigned B.1.1.529.1 when the second variant occurred, and then shortened. Pango notation does not officially support 4 sublevels, leading to a need to renumber "B.1.1.529.1", thus shortened to a new base "BA" for "B.1.1.529" and ".1" becoming "BA.1"

Proper noun

BA.1

2. (virology) The first Omicron variant. A highly transmissible though milder variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2021 in South Africa and Botswana.

Synonyms

• B.1.1.529.1

 

Hypernyms

• B.1.1.529

 

Coordinate terms

• BA.2
• BA.3
• BA.4
• BA.5
• XE

 

Related terms

• B.1.1.529
• B.1.1.529.1
• B.1.1.529.2
• B.1.1.529.3
• B.1.1.529.4
• B.1.1.529.5
• BA.2
• BA.3
• BA.4
• BA.5