A RT-qPCR system using a degenerate probe for specific identification and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variants of concern

• Randi Jessen,

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

  Affiliation Test Center Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Line Nielsen,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Test Center Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Nicolai Balle Larsen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Test Center Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5105-7056

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• Arieh Sierra Cohen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Test Center Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Vithiagaran Gunalan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Ellinor Marving,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark

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• Charlotta Polacek,

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

  Affiliation Department of Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• The Danish COVID-19 Genome Consortium (DCGC) ,

  ¶The complete membership of the author group can be found in the acknowledgments. https://www.covid19genomics.dk.

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• Anders Fomsgaard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Katja Spiess

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ktsp@ssi.dk

  Affiliation Department of Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-4617

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