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Die Virenjägerin! 🏹🧬 Co-developer of @nextstrain! Using phylogenetics, I study viruses. I like ✈️ & 🐈 @firefoxx66@mstdn.science @firefoxx66.bsky.social

May 2, 2021, 8 tweets

🗓️CoVariants.org is updated🗓️, with some cool new additions:
- B.1.617.1/2 are added as 20A/S:154K & 20A/S:478K 🎉
- Beautiful new name table 📑🍾
- Mutation list displayed in full as a "side-sausage"🌭

Let's take a tour... 😁

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I know this took a little time (thank you for your patience! 🙏🏻), but B.1.617 is now in CoVariants as the two sublineages 617.1 & 617.2, called respectively:
- 20A/S:154K (has 484Q)
- 20A/S:478K (no 484Q, has 478K)

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We can see the two lineages best in the India graph of the 'Per Country' page - with S:154K in brighter green, & S:478K in darker green. (Note sequencing may not be representative)

They also show up in low numbers in some other countries.

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CoVariants.org/per-country

And of course, both lineages are added to the 'Shared Mutations' table:
CoVariants.org/shared-mutatio…

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Of course, S:154K & S:478K are also added to the front-page 'name table' (CoVariants.org) - which is now easier to read & dynamically resizes to fit your screen better! 📱💻

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Finally, previously mutations were shown at the top of each variant page, taking up a lot of space. This meant I didn't always display every mutation (which a few of you caught!)

Now, mutations are shown down the side, ensuring a complete list while saving space!

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Thanks again to everyone who messaged about adding the new variants (& everyone's patience while I got them in - it's been a busy week!).

And as always, a huge thanks to @ivan_aksamentov - this time in particular, for the new name table 👑 & fancy side-sausage 🌭! 👏🏻

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PS - Contributions of more studies & links about B.1.617 for the 20A/S:154K & 20A/S:478K pages are welcome!
I wasn't able to take as much time to look everything up as I would normally, so suggestions of anything I missed are super-appreciated! 🙏🏻

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