{"id":8282,"date":"2022-02-26T19:11:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8282"},"modified":"2022-02-26T19:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:47:26","slug":"omicron-sublineage-ba-2","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/omicron-sublineage-ba-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron sublineage BA.2\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">WHO reinforced that Omicron BA.2 sublineage should continue to be considered a Variant of Concern and should also remain classified as Omicron&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-02-26T19:11:27+05:30\">26th February 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">WHO addressed the latest evidence on the <a href=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/05\/covid-19-variants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omicron Variant of Concern<\/a>, particularly its sublineages BA.1 and BA.2, as part of its ongoing work to track variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Omicron has multiple sublineages, the most prevalent of which are <strong>BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2<\/strong>. Globally, the fraction of reported sequences designated BA.2 has been increasing; however, the worldwide circulation of all variants is reportedly declining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Omicron sublineage BA.2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">According to experts, Omicron BA.2 sublineage differs from BA.1 in its <strong>genetic sequence<\/strong> and has a <strong>growth advantage<\/strong> over this sublineage. The reasons for this growth advantage are still being researched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transmission<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Preliminary findings indicate that BA.2 appears inherently more transmissible than BA.1. However, this difference in transmissibility seems to be much smaller than that between BA.1 and the Delta variant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reinfection<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Although BA.2 reinfection has been observed following BA.1 infection, preliminary evidence from population-level reinfection studies show that BA.1 infection gives substantial protection against BA.2 reinfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Severity<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">There was no reported difference in severity between BA.2 and BA.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">WHO will continue to closely monitor the BA.2 lineage as part of Omicron and requests countries to continue to be vigilant, monitor and report sequences, and conduct independent and comparative analyses of the different Omicron sublineages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/22-02-2022-statement-on-omicron-sublineage-ba.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO reinforced that Omicron BA.2 sublineage should continue to be considered a Variant of Concern&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,436,426],"class_list":["post-8282","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-february-2022","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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