SARS Coronavirus 2 BA.5.2.6

**Semantic type:** Virus

**Definition:** A sublineage variant of SARS coronavirus 2 where the following variations in the spike glycoprotein sequence have been identified: deletions of the amino acids at positions 25/27 and 60/70 and amino acid substitutions T19I, L24S, G142D, V213G, G339D, R346T, S371F, S373P, S375F, T376A, D405N, R408S, K417N, N440K, L452R, S477N, T478K, E484A, F486V, Q498R, N501Y, Y505H, D614G, H655Y, N679K, P681H, N764K, D796Y, Q954H and N969K. This variant harbors a ORF1b protein amino acid substitution T1050N.

**Synonyms:** - B.1.1.529.5.2.6 - BA.5.2.6 - Omicron - SARS Coronavirus 2 Variant Lineage BA.5.2.6 - SARS-CoV-2 BA.5.2.6 - SARS2 BA.5.2.6