Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing
(WGS) has been performed at unprecedented rate worldwide with the use of very diverse …

BACKGROUND During the past decade, breakthroughs in sequencing technology and
computational biology have provided the basis for studies of the myriad ways in which …

[3] Corman VM, Landt O, Kaiser M, Molenkamp R, Meijer A, Chu DKW, et al. Detection of
103 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR. Euro Surveill 2020; 25. 104 …

Viruses are the main cause of respiratory tract infections. Metagenomic next-generation
sequencing (mNGS) enables unbiased detection of all potential pathogens. To apply mNGS …

Foodborne viral infections rank among the top 5 causes of disease, with noroviruses and
hepatitis A causing the greatest burden globally. Contamination of foods by infected food …

The emergence of clinical metagenomics as an unbiased, hypothesis-free approach to
diagnostic testing is set to fundamentally alter the way infectious diseases are detected …

Viral metagenomics next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is increasingly being used to
characterize the human virome. The impact of viral nucleic extraction on virome profiling has …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2), associated with
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a novel pathogen recently introduced to the human …

Metagenomic next generation sequencing (mNGS) is increasingly recognized as an
important complementary tool to targeted human and animal infectious disease diagnostics …

Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene (16S) has long been a go-to method for microbiome
characterization due to its accessibility and lower cost compared to shotgun metagenomic …