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Statistical Design and Analysis of PCR Tests for Fast Mutating Viruses

2021-04-09 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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As the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates, mutations harboured in patients become increasingly diverse. Patients classified into two strains may have overlapping non-variant-defining mutations. Mutation calling by sequencing is relative to a reference genome. As SARS-CoV-2 mutates, tracking emerging mutant strains may become increasingly problematic if the reference genome remains Wuhan-Hu-1, because the comparison then becomes indirect: current dominant strain relative to Wuhan-Hu-1 versus emerging stra...

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