SARS Coronavirus 2 B.1.351

**Semantic type:** Virus

**Definition:** A variant lineage of SARS coronavirus 2 where the following variations in the spike glycoprotein sequence have been identified: deletions of the amino acids at positions 241-242 and amino acid substitutions D80A, D215G, K417N, E484K, N501Y, D614G and A701V.

**Synonyms:** - B.1.351 - B.1.351 South Africa - Beta - Beta (B.1.351 and descendant lineages) - SARS Coronavirus 2 Variant Lineage B.1.351 - SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 - SARS2 B.1.351