B.1.1.248

Translingual

Alternative forms

• B-1-1-248

Proper noun

B.1.1.248

1. (virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2021 in Japan within travelers from Brazil.
   • 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)

Hypernyms

virus

• B.1.1.28 (Brazilian parent variant)
• Coronavirus
• CoV
• SARS-CoV-2
• SARSr-CoV
• Virus

 

Hyponyms

virus

• B.1.1.28.1 (Manaus variant; "Brazil(ian) variant")
• B.1.1.28.2 (Rio de Janeiro variant)
• P.1 (Manaus variant; "Brazil(ian) variant")
• P.2 (Rio de Janeiro variant)

 

Coordinate terms

(virus): (viral components)

• N501Y (mutant N501)
• E484K (mutant E484)
• Y501
• K484

Related terms

virus

• B.1.1.7 (UK variant)
• B.1.351 (South African variant)
• B.1.617 (India variant)

 

Descendants

• English: lineage B.1.1.248
• English: B.1.1.248 lineage

Translations

Translations

• English: lineage B.1.1.248, B.1.1.248 lineage

Further reading

• (virus): (English) B.1.1.248 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia