Despite low viral titer in saliva samples, Sanger-based SARS-CoV-2 spike gene sequencing is highly applicable for the variant identification

Table 2 Identification of variants by Illumina NextSeq2000 NGS and Sanger method

Variant Type	N	Identified by Illumina NextSeq2000 NGS		Identified by Sanger		p-value
Variant Type	N	n	%	n	%	p-value
Wild Type	38	20	52.7%	38	100%	< 0.0001
Alpha Variant	54	28	51.9%	54	100%	< 0.0001
Delta Variant	84	57	67.8%	84	100%	< 0.0001
Omicron Variant (BA.1)	57	42	73.7	57	100%	< 0.0001
Total	233	147	61%	233	100%	< 0.0001

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