Evaluation of a commercial SARS-CoV-2 multiplex PCR genotyping assay for variant identification in resource-scarce settings

• Chijioke N. Umunnakwe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cumunnakwe@ndlovu.com

  Affiliations Ndlovu Research Centre and Laboratories, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Ndlovu Research Consortium, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-8658

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• Zinhle N. Makatini,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ndlovu Research Consortium, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Department of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Mathapelo Maphanga,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ndlovu Research Centre and Laboratories, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Anele Mdunyelwa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ndlovu Research Centre and Laboratories, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Khamusi M. Mlambo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ndlovu Research Centre and Laboratories, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Puseletso Manyaka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ndlovu Research Centre and Laboratories, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Monique Nijhuis,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ndlovu Research Consortium, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Department of Medical Microbiology, Virology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands, HIV Pathogenesis Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Annemarie Wensing,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ndlovu Research Consortium, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Department of Medical Microbiology, Virology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Hugo A. Tempelman

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ndlovu Research Centre and Laboratories, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Ndlovu Research Consortium, Dennilton, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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