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NOVEL RT-qPCR ASSAYS ENABLE RAPID DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN SARS-COV-2 OMICRON (BA.1) AND BA.2 VARIANTS

2022-03-04 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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In this report, we describe the development and initial validation of novel SARS-COV-2 Omicron-specific reactions that enable the identification of Omicron (BA.1) and BA.2 variants. Mutations that are either shared by both BA.1 and BA.2, or are exclusive for BA.1 or for BA.2 were identified by bioinformatic analysis, and corresponding probe-based quantitative PCR reactions were developed to identify them. We show that multiplex combinations of these reactions provide a single-reaction identifica...

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