Yet another BA.2.75* x BQ.1.* recombinant with RBD breakpoint (30 sequences as of 2023-02-12)

[c19850727]

This is the 5th BA.2.75* x BQ.1* recombinant cluster recently emerged, along with #1393 , #1425 , #1444 and #1543 . Again this recombinant has a breakpoint at RBD.

Description

Recombinant between: BA.2.75* and BQ.1* (with S:R346T)
Earliest sequence: 2022/11/08 (Malaysia)
Most recent sequence: 2023/01/11 (UK-England)
Countries circulating: Malaysia (2/23), Austria (2/23), UK-England (19/23)
Mutation profile (private mutations are in yellow color):

Private mutations: C2842T, C6982T, T20748C
GISAID and Cov-spectrum query: C2842T, T20748C, C6982T, G22599C, G28681T

Evidence

Usher tree:

Genomes:

EPI_ISL_15788741, EPI_ISL_16192316, EPI_ISL_16192386, EPI_ISL_16240175, EPI_ISL_16375075, EPI_ISL_16440063, EPI_ISL_16485159, EPI_ISL_16535451, EPI_ISL_16535484, EPI_ISL_16535553, EPI_ISL_16535793, EPI_ISL_16560625, EPI_ISL_16560631, EPI_ISL_16560638, EPI_ISL_16560655, EPI_ISL_16560672, EPI_ISL_16560689, EPI_ISL_16560753, EPI_ISL_16560772, EPI_ISL_16560807, EPI_ISL_16560838, EPI_ISL_16586020, EPI_ISL_16586182

[JosetteSchoenma]

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