Kraken variant

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Kraken variant

proper noun kraken variant · Kraken Variant

neologism, uncountable 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. Genetic sequences of isolates of the XBB.1.5 “Kraken” variant of SARS-CoV-2 were taken from GISAID, the global data science initiative
Similar: Kraken, Kraken lineage, Kraken strain, Kraken sublineage, Kraken subvariant, XBB.1.5

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@misc{kraken_variant_2026,
  title = {Kraken variant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kraken%20variant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}