An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution

Lorenzo Subissi; James Richard Otieno; Nathalie Worp; Homa Attar Cohen; Bas B Oude Munnink; Laith J Abu-Raddad; Erik Alm; Amal Barakat; Wendy S Barclay; Jinal N Bhiman; Leon Caly; Meera Chand; Mark Chen; Ann Cullinane; Tulio de Oliveira; Christian Drosten; Julian Druce; Paul Effler; Ihab El Masry; Adama Faye; Elodie Ghedin; Rebecca Grant; Bart L Haagmans; Christian Happi; Belinda L Herring; Emma B Hodcroft; Juniorcaius Ikejezie; Victoria Katawera; Zyleen Alnashir Kassamali; Yee-Sin Leo; Gabriel M Leung; Rebecca J Kondor; Marco Marklewitz; Jairo Mendez-Rico; Nada M Melhem; Vincent Munster; Karen Nahapetyan; Dhamari Naindoo; Djin-Ye Oh; Thomas P Peacock; Malik Peiris; Zhibin Peng; Leo L M Poon; Andrew Rambaut; Senjuti Saha; Yinzhong Shen; Marilda M Siqueira; Erik Volz; Sofonias K Tessema; Volker Thiel; Henda Triki; Sylvie van der Werf; Karin von Eije; Jane Cunningham; Marion P G Koopmans; Anne von Gottberg; Anurag Agrawal; Maria D Van Kerkhove

doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02949-0

An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution

Lorenzo Subissi^*, James Richard Otieno, Nathalie Worp, Homa Attar Cohen, Bas B Oude Munnink, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Erik Alm, Amal Barakat, Wendy S Barclay, Jinal N Bhiman, Leon Caly, Meera Chand, Mark Chen, Ann Cullinane, Tulio de Oliveira, Christian Drosten, Julian Druce, Paul Effler, Ihab El Masry, Adama FayeElodie Ghedin, Rebecca Grant, Bart L Haagmans, Christian Happi, Belinda L Herring, Emma B Hodcroft, Juniorcaius Ikejezie, Victoria Katawera, Zyleen Alnashir Kassamali, Yee-Sin Leo, Gabriel M Leung, Rebecca J Kondor, Marco Marklewitz, Jairo Mendez-Rico, Nada M Melhem, Vincent Munster, Karen Nahapetyan, Dhamari Naindoo, Djin-Ye Oh, Thomas P Peacock, Malik Peiris, Zhibin Peng, Leo L M Poon, Andrew Rambaut, Senjuti Saha, Yinzhong Shen, Marilda M Siqueira, Erik Volz, Sofonias K Tessema, Volker Thiel, Henda Triki, Sylvie van der Werf, Karin von Eije, Jane Cunningham, Marion P G Koopmans, Anne von Gottberg, Anurag Agrawal, Maria D Van Kerkhove

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The World Health Organization framework for tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants has been updated to reflect the continued evolution of the virus; this framework could be adapted for other emerging respiratory diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2400-2403
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	30
Issue number	9
Early online date	8 May 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02949-0
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Subissi, L., Otieno, J. R., Worp, N., Attar Cohen, H., Oude Munnink, B. B., Abu-Raddad, L. J., Alm, E., Barakat, A., Barclay, W. S., Bhiman, J. N., Caly, L., Chand, M., Chen, M., Cullinane, A., de Oliveira, T., Drosten, C., Druce, J., Effler, P., El Masry, I., ... Van Kerkhove, M. D. (2024). An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution. Nature Medicine, 30(9), 2400-2403. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02949-0

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An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution

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