Normative:Variant of SARS-CoV-2

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Normative

Variants and synonyms

  • SARS-CoV-2 variant

Definition

These SARS-CoV-2 variants are designated as variants of concern (VoC) if they are associated with select characteristics, such as increase in transmissibility or virulence, decrease in effectiveness of vaccines and/or therapeutics, or interference with diagnostic test targets. Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

Encyclopaedic information

Emerging data regarding the prevalence and clinical significance of SARS-CoV-2 variants, and the efficacy of monoclonal antibodies against variants, may inform the choice of specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody therapy in the future. Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

Examples

Member States should also strongly discourage all non-essential travel to and from areas with a high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern or interest and to and from areas with an unknown prevalence due to insufficient sequencing volume.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021H0961

Collocations

  • new SARS-CoV-2 variant
  • to track SARS-CoV-2 variant
  • to study SARS-CoV-2 variant

Keyness

  • variant of SARS-CoV-2: >1000
  • SARS-CoV-2 variant: >1000

Note

"SARS-CoV-2 variant" is used more often than variant of "SARS-CoV-2".