SARS-CoV-2 Variants: Evolution, Impact, and Laboratory Response

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Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science CE Credit Hours

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Objectives

  • Describe how SARS-CoV-2 variants emerge and are classified by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Identify key mutations associated with major variants and their implications for transmissibility, immune evasion, and diagnostic testing.

  • Discuss laboratory methods used to detect and monitor SARS-CoV-2 variants.

  • Summarize the public health and infection-control considerations associated with emerging variants.

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