Global SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance efforts have provided critical data on the ongoing
evolution of the virus to inform best practices in clinical care and public health throughout the …

Clinical metagenomics is the diagnostic approach with the broadest capacity to detect both
known and novel pathogens. Clinical metagenomics is costly to run and requires …

This study aimed to evaluate the difference in gut microbiomes between preterm and term
infants using third-generation long-read sequencing (Oxford Nanopore Technologies, ONT) …

Shortly after the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many countries implemented
sewage sentinel systems to monitor the circulation of the virus in the population. A …

Knowledge about mitogenomes has been proven to be essential in human parasite
diagnostics and understanding of their diversity. However, the lack of substantial data for …

New-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques have brought the opportunity for genomic
monitoring of several microorganisms potentially relevant to public health. The …

Cancer patients are at high risk of infections and infection-related mortality; thereby, prompt
diagnosis and precise anti-infectives treatment are critical. This study aimed to evaluate the …

Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic virus and one of the causes of flavivirus
encephalitis in birds and occasionally in humans. USUV rapidly disperses in a susceptible …

Bioprotective cultures are applied to control the fungal spoilage of fermented dairy products
but only few studies evaluated their efficacy in cheese. To evaluate growth and antifungal …

Microbial diversity estimation involves extracting nucleic acids from intricate sample
matrices. Preparing nucleic acid samples is time-consuming, necessitating effective cell lysis …