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Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern through Saliva-Based RT-qPCR by Targeting Recurrent Mutation Sites.
Microbiology spectrum - 29 Jun 2022
Ham Rachel E, Smothers Austin R, Che Rui, Sell Keegan J, Peng Congyue Annie, Dean Delphine
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) continue to pose a public health threat which necessitates a real-time monitoring strategy to complement whole genome sequencing. Thus, we investigated the efficacy of competitive probe RT-qPCR assays for six mutation sites identified in SARS-CoV-2 VOCs and, after validating the assays with synthetic RNA, performed these assays on positive saliva samples. When compared with...
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