1. Large-Scale Screening of Asymptomatic Persons for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern and Gamma Takeover, Brazil
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Roseli Wassem, Scb-Ufpr Covid team, Ana C. Bonatto, Sonia Mara Raboni, Edvaldo S. Trindade, Daniela Fiori Gradia, Meri Bordignon Nogueira, Douglas Adamoski, Emanuel Maltempi de Souza, and Jaqueline Carvalho de Oliveira
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Microbiology (medical) ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Epidemiology ,diagnosis ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 ,Asymptomatic ,respiratory infections ,environment and public health ,diagnostic techniques and procedures ,Medicine ,Humans ,viruses ,Genotyping ,Large-Scale Screening of Asymptomatic Persons for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern and Gamma Takeover, Brazil ,biology ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Research ,Dispatch ,Curitiba ,COVID-19 ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,zoonoses ,Infectious Diseases ,coronavirus disease ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Brazil ,severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 - Abstract
We performed a large-scale severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 screening campaign using 2 PCR-based approaches, coupled with variant genotyping, aiming to provide a safer environment for employees of Federal University in Curitiba, Brazil. We observed the rapid spread of the Gamma variant of concern, which replaced other variants in
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- 2021