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

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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
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02949-0
Publication status	Published - Sept 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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