Outbreak investigations are essential to control and prevent the dissemination of pathogens.
This study developed and validated a complete analysis protocol for faster and more …

Background Whole genome sequencing has emerged as a useful tool for identification and
molecular characterization of pathogens. MinION (Oxford Nanopore) is a real-time third …

Bacterial plasmids play a major role in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. However,
their characterization via DNA sequencing suffers from the low abundance of plasmid DNA …

The long‐read sequencing platform MinION, developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies,
enables the sequencing of bacterial genomes in resource‐limited settings, such as field …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common acquired bacterial infections in
humans. The current gold standard method for identification of uropathogens in clinical …

As seen in earlier and present pandemics, monitoring pathogens in the environment can
offer multiple insights on their spread, evolution, and even future outbreaks. The present …

Next-generation sequencing has evolved as a powerful tool, with applications that extend
from diagnosis to public health surveillance and outbreak investigations. Short-read …

Abstract Purpose Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are among the most prevalent infections
globally. Every year, approximately 150 million people are diagnosed with UTIs worldwide …

While 16S rRNA PCR-Sanger sequencing has paved the way for the diagnosis of culture-
negative bacterial infections, it does not provide the composition of polymicrobial infections …

Abstract Background Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) offers an accessible platform for
long-read sequencing, which improves the reconstruction of genomes and helps to resolve …