SUMMARY The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to millions of confirmed cases and …

Simple Summary Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a powerful tool used in genomics
research. NGS can sequence millions of DNA fragments at once, providing detailed …

Abstract The B. 1.617. 2 (Delta) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in the state of Maharashtra in late 2020 and spread …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible
and virulent human-infecting coronavirus that emerged in late December 2019 in Wuhan …

Background SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) have threatened COVID-19 vaccine
effectiveness. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine …

We aimed to test the sensitivity of naso-oropharyngeal saliva and self-administered nasal
(SN) swab compared to nasopharyngeal (NP) swab for COVID-19 testing in a large cohort of …

Rapid detection of DNA/RNA pathogenic sequences or variants through point-of-care
diagnostics is valuable for accelerated clinical prognosis, as witnessed during the recent …

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.617. 2 (Delta) variant was first identified in the state of
Maharashtra in late 2020 and spread throughout India, outcompeting pre-existing lineages …

Read mapping is a fundamental step in many genomics applications. It is used to identify
potential matches and differences between fragments (called reads) of a sequenced …

Stang and coworkers have recently reported in the Journal that “RT-PCR test results as gold
standard for assessing and controlling infectiousness fail”[1]. The authors analyzed two …