A rapid real-time polymerase chain reaction-based live virus microneutralization assay for detection of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in blood/serum

• Syed Hani Abidi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: m.haniabidi@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-0902

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• Kehkashan Imtiaz,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Akbar Kanji,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Shama Qaiser,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Erum Khan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Kiran Iqbal,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Marc Veldhoen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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• Kulsoom Ghias,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• J. Pedro Simas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Católica Biomedical Research; Católica Medical School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal

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• Zahra Hasan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-372X

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