XBB.1.16+S:K113R(142 seqs,9 countries, 4% Kazakhstan 16% Perm Krai Russia)

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From sars-cov-2-variants/lineage-proposals#466

This one is an Indian XBB.1.16 finding its way to Japan. It seems vanished for some time but then it turns out that it recombines with BA.2.86.1 in Japan while also spread to central Asia regions.

XBB.1.16+A21096G+A21900G(S:K113R)

GISAID query: A21900G,A21096G
No. of seqs: 30(Australia 3 Canada 4 China 1 India 5 Japan 98 Kazakhstan 2 Norway 3 Russia 14 South Korea 2)

First: EPI_ISL_17428204, India, 2023-3-20
Latest: EPI_ISL_18561277, Russia, 2023-11-1

6/37 in the 12-04 batch or Perm Krai, Russia. (collected in October)
2/51 in the October batch of Kazakhstan(most recent batch of Kazak)

usher

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Long time no new seqs