Rapid screening of SARS-CoV-2 variants, a key tool for pandemic surveillance

Abstract The utility of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in analysis SARS-COV-2 variants was evaluated. RT-PCR tests were used to analyse the majority of new SARS-CoV-2 cases (n = 9315) in a tertiary hospital (Madrid, Spain) throughout 2021. Subsequently, whole genome sequenc...

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Main Authors: Irene Muñoz-Gallego, María Ángeles Meléndez Carmona, Carmen Martín Higuera, Esther Viedma, Rafael Delgado, María Dolores Folgueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37866-8