Early Detection of KP.2 SARS-CoV-2 Variant using Wastewater-based Genomic Surveillance in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Affiliations

• ¹ National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
• ² Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• ³ Department of Microbiology, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals (BJGMC and SGH), Jai Prakash Narayan Road, Pune- 411001, Maharashtra, India.
• ⁴ Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), 3rd floor, Placement cell, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Pune- 411007, Maharashtra, India.
• ⁵ Fluid Robotics Private Limited (FRPL), Pune- 411052, Maharashtra, India.
• ⁶ Chemical Engineering and Process Development (CEPD) Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune- 411008, Maharashtra, India.
• ⁷ National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bengaluru- 560065, Karnataka, India.