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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Mar 30;27(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.210532. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Including B.1.1.28/P.1, in British Columbia, Canada
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
Abstract
To screen all severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-positive samples in 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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; B.1.1.28/P.1; British Columbia; COVID-19; Canada; K417N; N501Y; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; spike; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Mar 30;27(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.210532. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Including B.1.1.28/P.1, in British Columbia, Canada
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
- PMID: 33784237
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2706.210532
Abstract
To screen all severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-positive samples in 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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; B.1.1.28/P.1; British Columbia; COVID-19; Canada; K417N; N501Y; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; spike; viruses; zoonoses.