XBB.1.5
E1074418
UNEXPLORED
XBB.1.5 is a highly transmissible subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 that emerged from the Omicron lineage and became a dominant strain in several regions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Omicron XBB.1.5 | 1 |
| XBB.1.5 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14008680 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XBB.1.5 Context triple: [Omicron variant, hasSublineage, XBB.1.5]
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A.
B.1.617.2
B.1.617.2 is a highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern first identified in India and widely known for driving major global COVID-19 waves in 2021.
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B.
Omicron
Omicron is a vowel letter of the Greek alphabet, historically representing a short "o" sound and used today in various scientific and mathematical contexts.
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C.
Omicron variant
The Omicron variant is a highly mutated and fast-spreading strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused major global surges in COVID-19 cases starting in late 2021.
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D.
Delta variant
The Delta variant is a highly transmissible strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused significant global surges in COVID-19 cases before the emergence of later variants.
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E.
BBIBP-CorV
BBIBP-CorV is an inactivated whole-virus COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XBB.1.5 Target entity description: XBB.1.5 is a highly transmissible subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 that emerged from the Omicron lineage and became a dominant strain in several regions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A.
B.1.617.2
B.1.617.2 is a highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern first identified in India and widely known for driving major global COVID-19 waves in 2021.
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B.
Omicron
Omicron is a vowel letter of the Greek alphabet, historically representing a short "o" sound and used today in various scientific and mathematical contexts.
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C.
Omicron variant
The Omicron variant is a highly mutated and fast-spreading strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused major global surges in COVID-19 cases starting in late 2021.
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D.
Delta variant
The Delta variant is a highly transmissible strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused significant global surges in COVID-19 cases before the emergence of later variants.
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E.
BBIBP-CorV
BBIBP-CorV is an inactivated whole-virus COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Omicron XBB.1.5