XBB.1.5: A new threatening SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant

Front Microbiol. 2023 Apr 17:14:1154296. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1154296. eCollection 2023.

¹ Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh.
² COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁴ Department of Zoology, Fakir Mohan University, VyasaVihar, Balasore, Odisha, India.
⁵ Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
⁶ COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2; XBB.1.5 sub-lineage; new variants; transmission.