Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Including B.1.1.28/P.1, British Columbia, Canada
oleh: Nancy Matic, Christopher F. Lowe, Gordon Ritchie, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Tanya Lawson, Willson Jang, Matthew Young, Winnie Dong, Zabrina L. Brumme, Chanson J. Brumme, Victor Leung, Marc G. Romney
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-06-01 |
Deskripsi
To screen all severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2–positive samples in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and determine whether they represented variants of concern, we implemented a real-time reverse transcription PCR–based algorithm. We rapidly identified 77 samples with variants: 57 with B.1.1.7, 7 with B.1.351, and an epidemiologic cluster of 13 with B.1.1.28/P.1.