A rapid and cost-effective multiplex ARMS-PCR method for the simultaneous genotyping of the circulating SARS-CoV-2 phylogenetic clades
Running title: Identifying SARS-CoV-2 clades by multiplex ARMS-PCR
Md. Tanvir Islam1#, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam1#, Najmuj Sakib1#, Md. Shazid Hasan1, Tanay Chakrovarty1, Md. Tawyabur1, Ovinu Kibria Islam1, Hassan M. Al-Emran2, Iqbal Kabir Jahid1* , M. Anwar Hossain3,4*
1Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh
3Vice-Chancellor, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh
4 Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
*Corresponding authors :
M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh, E-mail: hossaina@du.ac.bd, Phone: +8801709818101
Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh, E-mail: ikjahid_mb@just.edu.bd, Phone: +8801709818178