Iota variant

noun

The B.1.526 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

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alternative iota variant · alternative Iota Variant · alternative ι variant · alternative ι-variant · alternative Ι variant · alternative Ι-variant

  1. The B.1.526 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

    The present paper reports the first symptomatic human-to-dog transmission event of the SARS-CoV-2 Iota variant in Latin America.

    2021, Rivero R., Garay E., Botero Y., et al., “Human-to-dog Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Lota ^([sic]) Variant: Should COVID-19 Patients Avoid Close Contact with their Pets During Illness?”, in Research Square, →DOI
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    Interestingly, in addition to these “divergence” mutations, we also found amino acid substitutions representative of the Delta Plus, Iota, and Omicron variants in the mutant spectra of the 5 patients with vaccine breakthrough. In particular, substitution L5F in patient Pt449, present in the Iota variant; A222V in patients Pt450 and Pt453, present in the Delta Plus variant; N679K in patient Pt451, present in the Omicron variant; and P681R in patient Pt452, present in the Delta Plus variant, were found

    2022, Brenda Martínez-González, Lucía Vázquez-Sirvent, María E. Soria, Pablo Mínguez, Llanos Salar-Vidal, Carlos García-Crespo, Isabel Gallego, et al., “Vaccine breakthrough infections with SARS-CoV-2 Alpha mirror mutations in Delta Plus, Iota, and Omicron”, in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 132, number 9, →DOI

    Genomic analysis revealed similar viral fitness for Alpha and Iota variants in the Bronx compared to nationwide data. However, Delta and Omicron variants had increased fitness within the borough.

    2024, Ryan Forster, Anthony Griffen, Johanna Daily, Libusha Kelly, “Community level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations associated with differing viral variant adaptive strategies during the second year of the pandemic”, in medRxiv, →DOI

    Synonyms: iota, Iota

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe B.1.526 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

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Finnish iootamuunnos
  • iootamuunnosstrain of the COVID-19 virus
French variant iota
  • variant iotastrain of the COVID-19 virus
German Iota-Variante
  • Iota-Variantestrain of the COVID-19 virus
Japanese イオタ株
  • イオタ株strain of the COVID-19 virus
Korean 요타 변이
  • 요타 변이 (yota byeoni)strain of the COVID-19 virus
Portuguese variante iota
  • variante iotastrain of the COVID-19 virus
Spanish variante iota
  • variante iotastrain of the COVID-19 virus
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APA

Iota variant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iota%20variant

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“Iota variant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iota%20variant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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