T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social

4 months ago

Meet "Nimbus", aka SARS-CoV-2 variant NB.1.8.1.

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Diagram showing the ancestry of Nimbus (NB.1.8.1). The evolution of NB.1.8.1 has including three recombination events, including XBB (Kraken) and BA.2.86 (Pirola) lineages.

$Evolutionary tree of SARS-CoV-2 variants showing the small fraction of diversity covered by every variant with a Greek letter except "Omicron", and the enormous diversity within "Omicron", including Nimbus NB.1.8.1.$

@helencol.bsky.social

4 months ago

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