SARS Coronavirus 2 B.1.526

**Semantic type:** Virus

**Definition:** A variant lineage of SARS coronavirus 2 where the following variations in the spike glycoprotein sequence have been identified: amino acid substitutions T95I, D253G and D614G. The substitutions L5F, S477N, E484K and A701V have also been detected in some but not all sequences for this lineage.

**Synonyms:** - B.1.526 - B.1.526 US New York November 2020 - Iota - Iota (B.1.526) - SARS Coronavirus 2 Variant Lineage B.1.526 - SARS-CoV-2 B.1.526 - SARS2 B.1.526