Abstract: Here, we developed five SARS-CoV-2
spike gene primer pairs (5-SSG primer assay; 69S, 144S, 417S, 484S, and 570S) and verified their ability to detect nine key
spike mutations (DeltaH69/V70,
T95I,
G142D,
DeltaY144,
K417T/N,
L452R,
E484K/Q,
N501Y, and
H655Y) using a Sanger sequencing-based assay.