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. 2021 Jun;27(6):1673-1676.
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.210532. Epub 2021 Mar 30.

Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Including B.1.1.28/P.1, 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

Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Including B.1.1.28/P.1, British Columbia, Canada

Nancy Matic et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

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.

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.

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Rate of detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variants of concern, by day of result, January 26–March 1, 2021, with 7-day moving average. A) B.1.1.7 (UK); dashed line indicates 7-day moving average. B) B.1.351 (South Africa); dashed line indicates 7-day moving average; C) B.1.1.28/P.1 (Brazil),;solid line indicates 7-day moving average; D) all variants of concern; solid line indicates number of samples screened.
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