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Genomic surveillance of Nevada patients revealed prevalence of unique SARS-CoV-2 variants bearing mutations in the RdRp gene.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 20 Jan 2021
Hartley Paul D, Tillett Richard L, AuCoin David P, Sevinsky Joel R, Xu Yanji, Gorzalski Andrew, Pandori Mark, Buttery Erin, Hansen Holly, Picker Michael A, Rossetto Cyprian C, Verma Subhash C
Abstract excerpt
Patients with signs of COVID-19 were tested through diagnostic RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 using RNA extracted from the nasopharyngeal/nasal swabs. To determine the variants of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in the state of Nevada, specimens from 200 COVID-19 patients were sequenced through our robust sequencing platform, which enabled sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from specimens with even very low viral loads, without the need of...
Topics
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
- Genome, Viral
- Humans
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation
- Nasopharynx
- Nevada
- Phylogeny
- Prevalence
