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