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Detecting SARS-CoV-2 lineages and mutational load in municipal wastewater and a use-case in the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Scientific reports - 17 Feb 2022
Pechlivanis Nikolaos, Tsagiopoulou Maria, Maniou Maria Christina, Togkousidis Anastasis, Mouchtaropoulou Evangelia, Chassalevris Taxiarchis, Chaintoutis Serafeim C, Petala Maria, Kostoglou Margaritis, Karapantsios Thodoris, Laidou Stamatia, Vlachonikola Elisavet, Chatzidimitriou Anastasia, Papadopoulos Agis, Papaioannou Nikolaos, Dovas Chrysostomos I, Argiriou Anagnostis, Psomopoulos Fotis
Abstract excerpt
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis necessitating novel approaches for, amongst others, early detection of emerging variants relating to the evolution and spread of the virus. Recently, the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater has emerged as a useful tool to monitor the prevalence of the virus in the community. Here, we propose a novel methodology, called lineagespot, for the...
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