Omicron (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 viral load among nasopharyngeal and oral samples compared to other variants of concern and impact on diagnostic testing strategy
1 Division of Medical Microbiology and Virology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Electronic address: nmatic@providencehealth.bc.ca.
2 Division of Medical Microbiology and Virology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
3 Division of Medical Microbiology and Virology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.