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Section sizes

Section size for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (49 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	15,603	15,603	191	191
Classification	4,124	4,124	156	156
History	4,700	45,827	121	1,584
Origin hypotheses	7,394	7,394	269	269
Spread	33,733	33,733	1,194	1,194
Reactions	17	23,061	0	1,084
Vaccine producers	5,655	5,655	221	221
World Health Organization	4,477	4,477	212	212
International response	12,912	12,912	651	651
Biology	178	10,686	1	466
Mutations	10,508	10,508	465	465
Subvariants	8,330	81,109	191	2,482
BA.2	2,682	26,030	133	845
Spread	15,134	15,134	464	464
XE	679	679	54	54
Deltacron	5,127	5,127	86	86
BA.2.12	788	788	63	63
BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2	1,620	1,620	45	45
BA.4 and BA.5	15,754	24,811	479	649
BQ.1 and BQ.1.1	9,057	9,057	170	170
XBB and XBB.1	9,327	12,710	243	375
EG.5 and EG.5.1	2,285	2,285	82	82
HV.1	1,098	1,098	50	50
BA.2.86	69	6,299	0	255
NB.1.8.1	6,230	6,230	255	255
BA.2.87 and BA.2.87.1	1,685	1,685	115	115
BA.3 and BA.3.2	1,065	1,065	52	52
Later subvariants	179	179	0	0
Transmission	286	10,714	21	415
In humans	8,630	8,630	332	332
In non-human animals	619	619	26	26
Surfaces	1,179	1,179	36	36
Vaccine effectiveness	11,865	17,136	504	709
BA.1 and BA.2	1,635	1,635	59	59
BA.4 and BA.5	2,890	3,636	115	146
BQ.1 and BQ.1.1	746	746	31	31
Vaccine adjustments	6,564	6,564	194	194
Signs and symptoms	4,412	4,412	137	137
Virulence	4,033	4,033	139	139
Diagnosis	3,734	10,756	128	404
PCR testing	2,576	7,022	88	276
BA.1 and BA.2 differences	4,446	4,446	188	188
Treatment	5,981	5,981	280	280
Epidemiology	21,965	22,026	708	708
Reported cases	61	61	0	0
See also	856	856	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
External links	1,283	1,283	0	0
Total	264,227	264,227	8,949	8,949

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Refactoring notes

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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See Talk:Variants of SARS-CoV-2#Refactoring notes. For new subvariants for 2023 and beyond, you will need probably need to add them to Variants of SARS-CoV-2#Sublineages by year until further notice.⸺(Random)staplers 21:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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