[Preprint] Teste genômico do esgoto pode ser útil para rastrear as variantes de preocupação da COVID-19.

UBC research shows wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern within a region – University of British Columbia

Estudo original: Assessing multiplex tiling PCR sequencing approaches for detecting genomic variants of SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater – medRxiv

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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