Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Variants Using Digital Droplet Polymerase Chain Reaction at a Large University and Healthcare System in California.

Chrysovalantis StafylisOlivier PernetCassidy Hernandez-TamayoAndrea KovacsJane EmersonPamela M WardSarah Van OrmanFrank GillilandDavid ContiMaia WeisenhausAngie Ghanem-UzquedaDaniel YepezSofia StellarAditya P TadankiJillian MaxHonour FottrellEthan OngSabrina NavarroKaelyn MosesMichael AkaolisaBijan HosseiniShaleen SunesaraYuzhu WangEarl StrumYolee CasagrandeNathalie ArenasChristopher WilliamsPaul D ThomasTara ChuHoward HuJeffrey D Klausner

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)

Prospectively tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants in a university population and a hospital system, utilizing a low-cost, high-throughput PCR assay, was feasible. Local variant monitoring remains important to inform prevention and control efforts among university and clinical settings.

Keyphrases

respiratory syndrome coronavirus
high throughput
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coronavirus disease
single cell
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public health
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gene expression
quality improvement
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