Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 variant of concern in Western Pennsylvania, United States

J Med Virol. 2022 Oct;94(10):4593-4594. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27945. Epub 2022 Jun 23.

Authors

Tung Phan¹, Stephanie Boes², Melissa McCullough², Jamie Gribschaw², Jane W Marsh³, Lee H Harrison³, Alan Wells¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, UPMC Hospital System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Center for Genomic Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: BA.4; BA.5; Omicron; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; sequencing.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Cell Line
Humans
Nucleocapsid Proteins
Pennsylvania
SARS-CoV-2* / genetics
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Nucleocapsid Proteins