[Preprint] Wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern.
14 Jul, 2021 | 11:19h | UTCOriginal Study: Assessing multiplex tiling PCR sequencing approaches for detecting genomic variants of SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater – medRxiv
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Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Excited to share our new preprint assessing different approaches for sequencing SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater! We compared different sample matrices and tiled PCR schemes, and then applied the best combo to track variants of concern in @MetroVancouver: https://t.co/cXFhr1qmAe
— Ryan Ziels (@RyanZiels) June 1, 2021