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Near real-time determination of B.1.1.7 in proportion to total SARS-CoV-2 viral load in wastewater using an allele-specific primer extension PCR strategy.
Water research - 15 Oct 2021
Graber Tyson E, Mercier Élisabeth, Bhatnagar Kamya, Fuzzen Meghan, D'Aoust Patrick M, Hoang Huy-Dung, Tian Xin, Towhid Syeda Tasneem, Plaza-Diaz Julio, Eid Walaa, Alain Tommy, Butler Ainslie, Goodridge Lawrence, Servos Mark, Delatolla Robert
Abstract excerpt
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has claimed millions of lives to date. Antigenic drift has resulted in viral variants with putatively greater transmissibility, virulence, or both. Early and near real-time detection of these variants of concern (VOC) and the ability to accurately follow their incidence and prevalence in...
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