Isolation and Genomic Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Obtained from Human Clinical Specimens

Isolation and Genomic Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Obtained from Human Clinical Specimens

Due to the failure of virus isolation of the Omicron variant in Vero CCL-81 from the clinical specimens of COVID-19 cases, an initial in vivo and subsequent in vitro approach was utilized for the isolation of the virus. A total of 74 oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal specimens were collected from SARS-Co...

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Main Authors: Pragya D. Yadav, Nivedita Gupta, Varsha Potdar, Sreelekshmy Mohandas, Rima R. Sahay, Prasad Sarkale, Anita M. Shete, Alpana Razdan, Deepak Y. Patil, Dimpal A. Nyayanit, Yash Joshi, Savita Patil, Triparna Majumdar, Hitesh Dighe, Bharti Malhotra, Jayanthi Shastri, Priya Abraham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
Omicron
B.1.1.529
isolation
Syrian hamster
cell culture
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/3/461

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