Stealth Omicron: A Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant That Is Insensitive to RT-qPCR Using the N1 and N2 Primer-Probes
Description
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that is causing a worldwide pandemic since the spring of 2020. In Osaka, the second biggest prefecture in Japan, we identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant from a