Heliyon (Oct 2023)

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants by immunochromatographic kit

  • Satoshi Oshiro,
  • Fuminori Mizukoshi,
  • Naeko Mizutani,
  • Makoto Akiwa,
  • Jun-Ichiro Sekiguchi,
  • Tatsuya Tada,
  • Yuki Yamamoto,
  • Yoko Tabe,
  • Takashi Miida,
  • Teruo Kirikae

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 10
p. e20913

Abstract

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An immunochromatographic kit using antibodies against recombinant N protein of an omicron B.1.1.529 of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was developed to detect SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants. The kit detected omicron variants (BA.1.18, BA.1.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.2.75, BA.4.1, BA.4.6, BE.1, BA.5.2.1, XE, BF.7, BF.7.4.1, XBB.1, XBB.1.5 and BQ.1.1) as well as Wuhan strain and a delta variant.

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