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Copyright ©The Author(s) 2024.
World J Methodol. Sep 20, 2024; 14(3): 89761
Published online Sep 20, 2024. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v14.i3.89761
Table 2 Showing the five variants of concerns and their mutations
WHO label
Pango lineage
GISAID clade
Nextstrain clade
Spike protein substitutions
First detected
WHO date of designation
AlphaB.1.1.7GRY201(V1)Deletion 69-70, Deletion 144, N501Y, A570D, D614G, P681H, T716I, S982A, D1118HUnited Kingdom 18th December 2020
BetaB.1.351GH/501Y.V220H(V2)D80A, D215G, DeletionL242, DeletionA243, DeletionL244, K417N, E484K, N501Y, D614G, A701VSouth Africa18th December 2020
DeltaB.1.617.2G/478K.V121AT19R, T95I, G142D, Deletion156, Deletion157, R158G, L452R, T478K, D614G, P681R and D950NIndiaVOI: 4th April, 2021
VOC: 11th May, 2021
GammaP.1GR/501Y.V320J(V3)L18F, T20N, P26S, D138Y, R190S, K417T, E484K, N501Y, D614G, H655Y, T1027IBrazil11th January 2021
OmicronB.1.1.529 lineageGR/484A21KA76V, T95I, Y145del, G339D, N440K, G446S, S477N, T478K, E484A, Q493R, G496S, Q498R, N501Y, Y505H, T547K, D614G, H655Y, N679K, P681H, N764K, D796Y, N856K, Q954H, N969K, L981F, L212I, S371L, S373P, S375F, K417N. ORF1a: K856R, ORF1a: L2084I, ORF1a: A2710T, ORF1a: T3255I, ORF1a: P3395H, ORF1a: I3758V, ORF1b: P314L, ORF1b: I1566V, and ORF9b: P10SBotswana and South Africa26th November 2021