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📚 noun • entry_id 62050

Gamma variant

Meanings (ES + gloss)
variante gamma
The highly virulent P.1 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
Among 45 persons tested with variant-of-concern RT-PCR, whole-genome sequencing, or both, the Gamma variant was detected for 68.9%.
Variants of concern, and in particular the gamma variant, have played an important role in the recent epidemic wave in Brazil, which began in early 2021.
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