Trends of Mismatches in Real-Time RT-PCR Assays Developed by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan for Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 204 - 206
• Main Authors: Shirato, Kazuya, Ujike, Makoto, Kawase, Miyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases 31.05.2023; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Animals; Assaying; Avian flu; Communicable Diseases; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 Testing; Infectious diseases; Japan - epidemiology; Nucleotides; omicron; Polymerase chain reaction; Real time; real-time RT-PCR; Respiratory diseases; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); Trends; Viral diseases; Japan; omicron; real-time RT-PCR; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

The Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in late 2021 and gradually overtook the Delta variant, which was the predominant variant at that time. The Omicron variant has been consecutively replaced by related sublineages. The real-time RT-PCR assays d...