The role of metagenomics and next-generation sequencing in infectious disease diagnosis

S Miller, C Chiu - Clinical chemistry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for pathogen detection is
becoming increasingly available as a method to identify pathogens in cases of suspected …

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a review of molecular diagnostic tools including sample collection and commercial response with associated advantages and limitations

H Jayamohan, CJ Lambert, HJ Sant, A Jafek… - Analytical and …, 2021 - Springer
The unprecedented global pandemic known as SARS-CoV-2 has exercised to its limits
nearly all aspects of modern viral diagnostics. In doing so, it has illuminated both the …

Bat coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 and infectious for human cells

S Temmam, K Vongphayloth, E Baquero, S Munier… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The animal reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 is unknown despite reports of SARS-CoV-2-related
viruses in Asian Rhinolophus bats,,–, including the closest virus from R. affinis, RaTG13 …

Adeno-associated virus type 2 in US children with acute severe hepatitis

V Servellita, A Sotomayor Gonzalez, DM Lamson… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
As of August 2022, clusters of acute severe hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children have
been reported from 35 countries, including the USA,. Previous studies have found human …

Rapid pathogen detection by metagenomic next-generation sequencing of infected body fluids

W Gu, X Deng, M Lee, YD Sucu, S Arevalo, D Stryke… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
We developed a metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) test using cell-free DNA
from body fluids to identify pathogens. The performance of mNGS testing of 182 body fluids …

Shotgun transcriptome, spatial omics, and isothermal profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals unique host responses, viral diversification, and drug interactions

D Butler, C Mozsary, C Meydan, J Foox… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In less than nine months, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) killed over a million people, including> 25,000 in New York City (NYC) alone. The …

Genomic surveillance reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into Northern California

X Deng, W Gu, S Federman, L Du Plessis, OG Pybus… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally, with> 365,000 cases in …

Upper airway gene expression reveals suppressed immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 compared with other respiratory viruses

E Mick, J Kamm, AO Pisco, K Ratnasiri… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by peak viral load in the upper airway prior to or at
the time of symptom onset, an unusual feature that has enabled widespread transmission of …

Next generation and other sequencing technologies in diagnostic microbiology and infectious diseases

EE Hilt, P Ferrieri - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have become increasingly available for
use in the clinical microbiology diagnostic environment. There are three main applications of …

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing of nasopharyngeal specimens collected from confirmed and suspect COVID-19 patients

HH Mostafa, JA Fissel, B Fanelli, Y Bergman… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) offers an agnostic approach for
emerging pathogen detection directly from clinical specimens. In contrast to targeted …