Molecular detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 strains and differentiation of Delta variant strains
Vaughn Hamill, Lance W. Noll, Nanyan Lu, Wai Ning Tiffany Tsui, Elizabeth Porter, Mark R. Gray, Tesfaalem Sebhatu, Kyle Goerl, Susan J. Brown, Rachel Palinski, S Thomason, Kelli Almes, Jamie Retallick, Jianfa Bai
Abstract
> 0.99. The assay also detects 98.6% of 280 Omicron sequences. Assay primers and probes have no match to other closely related human coronaviruses, and did not produce a signal from samples positive to selected animal coronaviruses. Genotypes of selected clinical samples identified by the RT-qPCR were confirmed by Sanger sequencing.
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BiologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyGeneticsDeltaCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicinePathologyPhysicsInfectious disease (medical specialty)AstronomyDiseaseSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology