SARS Coronavirus 2 JN.1.8.1

**Semantic type:** Virus

**Definition:** A sublineage variant of the JN.1 variant of SARS coronavirus 2. This lineage has the same amino acid variations as JN.1 but harbors the amino acid substitutions T28I in the ORF7a protein, and T572I in the spike glycoprotein.

**Synonyms:** - B.1.1.529.2.86.1.1.8.1 - BA.2.86.1.1.8.1 - JN.1.8.1 - Omicron - SARS Coronavirus 2 Variant Lineage JN.1.8.1 - SARS-CoV-2 JN.1.8.1 - SARS2 JN.1.8.1