Novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants in İstanbul; Rapid Preponderance of BA.2 and BA.5.

Yeşim Tuyji Tok Ebru Yücebağ Ayşe Betül Keleş Ayşe Ceylan Kılınçarslan Okan Kadir Nohut Seda Salman Yılmaz Mert Ahmet Kuskucu Kenan Midilli

Published in: Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology (2022)

The higher viral load detection in infections with BA.2 and BA.5 reflects a prolonged disease period, and increased transmissibility, so rapid expansion of these Omicron variants in Turkey is inevitable. Even though the prevalence of the Omicron variants in the population can be monitored in near real-time by the PCR screening method, more sequencing studies are needed for the early identification of new mutations that will emerge.

Keyphrases

loop mediated isothermal amplification
copy number
sars cov
real time pcr
risk factors
single cell
dna methylation
sensitive detection
gene expression
case control