The relative prevalence of the Omicron variant within SARS-CoV-2 infected cohorts in different countries: a systematic review

A Sarkar, S Omar, A Alshareef, K Fanous… - Human Vaccines & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was detected in October 2021 and exhibited high
transmissibility, immune evasion, and reduced severity when compared to the earlier …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron co-infections and recombination

A Bolze, T Basler, S White, A Dei Rossi, D Wyman… - Med, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Background Between November 2021 and February 2022, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta and Omicron variants co-circulated …

[HTML][HTML] RT-PCR genotyping assays to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants in England in 2021: a design and retrospective evaluation study

N Bray, W Sopwith, M Edmunds… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is the gold standard diagnostic tool to
identify and genetically characterise emerging pathogen mutations (variants), but cost …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages using real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays and prospective comparison with genome sequencing

N Zelyas, K Pabbaraju, MA Croxen, T Lynch… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Omicron has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant globally since December 2021,
with distinct waves being associated with separate Omicron sublineages. Rapid detection of …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron and Delta variant prevalence detection and identification during the fourth COVID-19 wave in Mexico using wastewater-based epidemiology

A Aguayo-Acosta, MA Oyervides-Muñoz… - IJID regions, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify the SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta and Omicron during the fourth wave of
the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico using samples taken from 19 locations in 18 out of the 32 …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants via different diagnostics assays based on single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis

E Specchiarello, G Matusali, F Carletti, CEM Gruber… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is characterized by fast
evolution with the appearance of several variants. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) …

[HTML][HTML] Development, testing and validation of a SARS-CoV-2 multiplex panel for detection of the five major variants of concern on a portable PCR platform

BJ Stanhope, B Peterson, B Knight… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These variants have acquired mutations conferring phenotypes such as increased …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 new variant BF. 7: a new public threat globally, symptoms, precautions, transmission rate, and futures perspective–correspondence

MM Rahman, S Akash, MR Islam - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
In Wuhan, China, an extremely unknown virulent pneumonia infected a vast number of
people. At the beginning of January 2020, the authorities announced that the new …

A robust, highly multiplexed mass spectrometry assay to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants

MM Hernandez, R Banu, P Shrestha… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants are characterized
by differences in transmissibility and response to therapeutics. Therefore, discriminating …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of new SARS-CoV2 omicron variants after the change of surveillance and control strategy

JMG Alba, Z Pérez-Martínez, JA Boga, S Rojo-Alba… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
In January 2022, there was a global and rapid surge of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2
related to more transmission. This coincided with an increase in the incidence in Asturias, a …