Maintaining genomic surveillance using whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from rapid antigen test devices.

Competing Interests: We declare no competing interests. DAW is supported by an Investigator Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (APP1174555). This work was supported by a grant from the NHMRC Medical Research Future Fund (APP2002317) and was approved by the Royal Melbourne Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (QA2020085 and HREC/79322/MH-2021). MLT is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. GEM, LC, GT, and DAW conceived and designed the study. MLT and LC did the bioinformatic analysis. JP provided study coordination. GT, IS, JO, RQ, and MK provided technical support. GEM, DAW, and LC drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed to the final version. GEM, GT, and MLT contributed equally. LC and DAW are joint senior authors.