SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant

variant of SARS-CoV-2
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SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant

Summary

SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant is a group or class of strains[1]. It draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (group_or_class_of_strains category, ranking #6 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's video is recorded as Die britische Corona-Mutante und ihre Auswirkungen.webm[3].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's image is recorded as Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (50960620707) (cropped).jpg[4].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's instance of is recorded as group or class of strains[5].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's instance of is recorded as variants of SARS-CoV-2[6].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's instance of is recorded as genetic variant[7].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's instance of is recorded as virus[8].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's taxon rank is recorded as species[9].
  • Α/α is named after SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant[10].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's location of discovery is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's taxon name is recorded as Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus[12].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's subclass of is recorded as SARS-CoV-2[13].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's part of is recorded as variants of SARS-CoV-2[14].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's Commons category is recorded as SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7[15].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's has part is recorded as Lineage B.1.1.7 with E484K[16].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2020-09-20T00:00:00Z[17].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alpha'}[18].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[19].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[20].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[21].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[22].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[23].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[25].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[26].
  • SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant's number of cases is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[27].

Why It Matters

SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (group_or_class_of_strains category, ranking #6 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 121 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Preliminary genomic characterisation of an emergent SARS-CoV-2 lineage in the UK defined by a novel set of spike mutations.. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . who.int. Retrieved . who.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . cov-lineages.org. cov-lineages.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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