Omicron Xbb.1.5 Variant

Omicron Xbb.1.5 Variant. Kp.2 was the most dominant variant circulating in the u.s. The new shots are designed to target the xbb variants — strains of the virus descended from the original omicron variant — which are now the most common form.


Omicron Xbb.1.5 Variant

Xbb.1.5 is derived from the omicron variant ba.2, and while the current bivalent vaccine was developed for the ba.5 variant, it has been shown to generate antibodies that recognize ba.2. Xbb.1.5., now dubbed “the kraken” is the result of two ba.2 omicron variants.

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