Kraken variant

English
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Alternative forms
  • kraken variant, Kraken Variant

Proper noun

Kraken variant (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The highly transmissible XBB.1.5 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. A subvariant of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”). Kraken became the predominant strain in the United States at the end of 2022.

Synonyms
  • Kraken
  • Kraken lineage
  • Kraken strain
  • Kraken sublineage
  • Kraken subvariant
  • XBB.1.5

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