BQ.1.1.65 sublineage with S:Q52R (142 sequences, mostly Canada)

[emily-smith1]

Description

Sublineage of: BQ.1.1.65
Earliest sequence: 2022-12-19 (USA-TX)
Most recent sequence: 2023-02-23 (Canada)
Countries circulating: USA, Canada, UK
GISAID query: Spike_Q52R, Spike_K147I, Spike_N460K
Cov-spectrum query: BQ.1.1.65, S:Q52R

Evidence

This appears to be growing quickly in Canada. According to Cov-spectrum, BQ.1.1.65 + S:Q52R has a 22% growth advantage over XBB.1.5 for the last 3 months.

UShER link: https://nextstrain.org/fetch/genome.ucsc.edu/trash/ct/subtreeAuspice1_genome_ebce_289470.json?label=id:node_6036314

[InfrPopGen]

Thanks for submitting. We've added lineage ES.1 with 62 newly designated sequences, and 44 updated. Defining mutation A21717G (S:Q52R) (following A22002T (S:K147I)).