KP.2.3+S:146K(16 seqs, 3 countries)

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This branch shares the C9298T with JN.1.50, there seems to be many of such homoplastic synonymous mutations now, unsure why.

Combined with the KP.2.3-defining C22000A, this is also a 2-nuc mutation that mutates S:146 from H to Q to K, like what happened a lot in XBB*.

KP.2.3+S:S31del+C28714T+C18555T+C9298T+C21998A(S:Q146K)

GISAID query: C18555T,C9298T,C21998A No. of seqs: 4(Ireland 3 Israel 1)

First: EPI_ISL_19203576, Israel, 2024-6-5 Latest: EPI_ISL_19262161, Ireland, 2024-6-29

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