Preferred Label : SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern;
NCIt synonyms : Variant of Concern; Variants of Concern; VOC;
NCIt definition : A genetic variant of SARS-CoV-2 for which there is evidence of reduced susceptibility
to neutralization by infection- or vaccine-stimulated antibodies or other treatments,
or of increased transmission or disease severity.;
Alternative definition : WHO: A SARS-CoV-2 variant that meets the definition of a Variant of Interest and,
through a comparative assessment, has been demonstrated to be associated with one
or more of the following changes at a degree of global public health significance:
increase in transmissibility or detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemiology; or increase
in virulence or change in clinical disease presentation; or decrease in effectiveness
of public health and social measures or available diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1772555;
Origin ID : C184366;
UMLS CUI : C5666791;
Semantic type(s)
- Virus [UMLS semantic type]
- concept_is_in_subset
