SARS Coronavirus 2 BQ.1

**Semantic type:** Virus

**Definition:** A sublineage variant of the BA.5 lineage with two additional spike glycoprotein amino acid substitutions, K444T and N460K.

**Synonyms:** - B.1.1.529.5.3.1.1.1.1.1 - BA.5.3.1.1.1.1.1 - BQ.1 - Omicron - SARS Coronavirus 2 Variant Lineage BQ.1 - SARS-CoV-2 BQ.1 - SARS2 BQ.1