Talk:SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BF.7 variant was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 14 February 2023 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Section sizes Section size for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (46 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 14,084 14,084 190 190 Classification 4,155 4,155 156 156 History 4,740 46,353 121 1,584 Origin hypotheses 7,700 7,700 269 269 Spread 33,913 33,913 1,194 1,194 Reactions 17 23,061 0 1,084 Vaccine producers 5,655 5,655 221 221 World Health Organization 4,477 4,477 212 212 International response 12,912 12,912 651 651 Biology 178 10,237 1 466 Mutations 10,059 10,059 465 465 Subvariants 6,688 62,935 140 1,996 BA.2 1,869 20,074 67 690 Spread 15,098 15,098 461 461 XE 679 679 54 54 BA.2.12 808 808 63 63 BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2 1,620 1,620 45 45 BA.4 and BA.5 16,017 22,420 475 641 BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 6,403 6,403 166 166 XBB and XBB.1 4,840 8,223 138 270 EG.5 and EG.5.1 2,285 2,285 82 82 HV.1 1,098 1,098 50 50 BA.2.86 69 5,351 0 255 NB.1.8.1 5,282 5,282 255 255 Later subvariants 179 179 0 0 Transmission 286 10,510 21 415 In humans 8,426 8,426 332 332 In non-human animals 619 619 26 26 Surfaces 1,179 1,179 36 36 Vaccine effectiveness 11,545 16,687 504 709 BA.1 and BA.2 1,635 1,635 59 59 BA.4 and BA.5 2,761 3,507 115 146 BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 746 746 31 31 Vaccine adjustments 5,936 5,936 194 194 Signs and symptoms 4,611 4,611 137 137 Virulence 3,887 3,887 139 139 Diagnosis 3,734 10,734 128 404 PCR testing 2,554 7,000 88 276 BA.1 and BA.2 differences 4,446 4,446 188 188 Treatment 5,854 5,854 280 280 Epidemiology 22,151 22,212 708 708 Reported cases 61 61 0 0 See also 856 856 0 0 Notes 26 26 0 0 References 30 30 0 0 External links 1,283 1,283 0 0 Total 243,451 243,451 8,462 8,462

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See Talk:Variants of SARS-CoV-2#Refactoring notes. For new subvariants for 2023 and beyond, you will need probably need to add them to Variants of SARS-CoV-2#Sublineages by year until further notice.⸺(Random)staplers 21:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Nimbus" name for NB.1.8.1

I understand that using mainstream media sources on WP medical articles is discouraged, but among the recent articles identifying "Nimbus", there's this one which says "The name 'Nimbus' was coined in late May on 'X,' by T. Ryan Gregory, a Canadian evolutionary biologist who is behind other popular COVID variant nicknames, including the 'FLiRT' strains." Note the wikilink that I applied to the quote. Mapsax (talk) 00:40, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

a little better--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 01:44, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The ref may be better (I had found that one also) but it doesn't discuss the origin of the name. Mapsax (talk) 01:49, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]