Isothermal amplification and fluorescent detection of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 variant virus in nasopharyngeal swabs

• Les Jones,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, State of Georgia COVID-19 Taskforce, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Abhijeet Bakre,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, State of Georgia COVID-19 Taskforce, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Hemant Naikare,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Tifton Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Ravindra Kolhe,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations State of Georgia COVID-19 Taskforce, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8283-2403

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• Susan Sanchez,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, State of Georgia COVID-19 Taskforce, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Yung-Yi C. Mosley,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Tifton Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Ralph A. Tripp

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ratripp@uga.edu

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, State of Georgia COVID-19 Taskforce, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-9956

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