Implementation of an in-house real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay for the rapid detection of the SARS-CoV-2 Marseille-4 variant

Marielle Bedotto (1, 2) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (2, 3) , Linda Houhamdi (1, 2) , Anthony Levasseur (1, 2) , Jeremy Delerce (1, 2) , Lucile Pinault (1, 2) , Abdou Padane (2, 3) , Amanda Chamieh (1, 2) , Hervé Tissot-Dupont (1, 2) , Philippe Brouqui (1, 2) , Cheikh Sokhna (2, 3) , Eid Azar (4) , Rachid Saile (5) , Souleymane Mboup (6) , Idir Bitam (3, 7) , Philippe Colson (1, 2) , Didier Raoult (1, 2)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
3 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes
4 UOB - University of Balamand [Liban]
5 Hassan II University of Casablanca
6 IRESSEF - Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formation [Dakar, Sénégal]
7 ESSAIA - École Supérieure des Sciences de l'Aliment et Industries Agroalimentaires [Algérie]

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Marielle Bedotto, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Linda Houhamdi, Anthony Levasseur, Jeremy Delerce, et al.. Implementation of an in-house real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay for the rapid detection of the SARS-CoV-2 Marseille-4 variant. Journal of Clinical Virology, 2021, 139, pp.104814. ⟨10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104814⟩. ⟨hal-03281582⟩