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We evaluated routine testing with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant-specific RT-PCR in regional hospital laboratories in addition to centralised national genomic surveillance in the Netherlands during June and July 2021. The increase of the Delta variant detected by RT-PCR correlated well with data from genomic surveillance and was available ca 2 weeks earlier. This rapid identification of the relative abundance and increase of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern may have important benefits for implementation of local public health measures.

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Supplementing SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance with PCR-based variant detection for real-time actionable information, the Netherlands, June to July 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Richard+Molenkamp&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Molenkamp Richard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ewout+Fanoy&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fanoy Ewout</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Leonie+Derickx&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Derickx Leonie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Theun+de+Groot&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">de Groot Theun</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marcel+Jonges&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jonges Marcel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Tjalling+Leenstra&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Leenstra Tjalling</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Roel+Nijhuis&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nijhuis Roel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Suzan+Pas&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pas Suzan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ali+Vahidnia&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vahidnia Ali</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christian+von+Wintersdorff&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">von Wintersdorff Christian</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bert+Mulder&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mulder Bert</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marion+Koopmans&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Koopmans Marion</a></span>. Supplementing SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance with PCR-based variant detection for real-time actionable information, the Netherlands, June to July 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(40):pii=2100921. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.40.2100921" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.40.2100921</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 21 Sept 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 06 Oct 2021 </span> </p>
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