Rapid displacement of SARS-CoV-2 variant Delta by Omicron revealed by allele-specific PCR in wastewater

• Main Authors: Lee, Wei Lin, Armas, Federica, Guarneri, Flavia, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Formenti, Nicoletta, Wu, Fuqing, Chandra, Franciscus, Parisio, Giovanni, Chen, Hongjie, Xiao, Amy, Romeo, Claudia, Scali, Federico, Tonni, Matteo, Leifels, Mats, Chua, Desmond Feng Jun, Kwok, Germaine W. C., Tay, Joey Y. R., Pasquali, Paolo, Thompson, Janelle, Alborali, Giovanni Loris, Alm, Eric J.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Variant; Wastewater
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164153
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

On November 26, 2021, the B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant was classified as the Omicron variant of concern (VOC). Reports of higher transmissibility and potential immune evasion triggered flight bans and heightened health control measures across the world to stem its distribution. Wastewater-based survei...