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

Background The recent global emergence and re-emergence of arboviruses has caused
significant human disease. Common vectors, symptoms and geographical distribution make …

Next-generation sequencing is rapidly finding footholds in numerous microbiological fields,
including infectious disease diagnostics. Here, we describe a molecular inversion probe …

Background To understand the dynamics of infectious diseases, genomic epidemiology is
increasingly advocated, with a need for rapid generation of genetic sequences during …

We report unbiased metagenomic detection of chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Ebola virus
(EBOV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) from four human blood samples by MinION nanopore …

The emergence and continued geographic expansion of arboviruses and the growing
number of infected people have highlighted the need to develop and improve multiplex …

Background A single-tube one-step real-time reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal
amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for rapid detection of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) targeting …

Surveillance and tracking of emerging infectious diseases play a critical role for the early
identification of public health threats. A number of factors can be attributed to the emergence …

The MinION sequencer was launched by the Oxford Nanopore Technologies start-up as a
disruptive technology for genome sequencing based on single-molecule synthesis. Its …

As exemplified by the global response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, whole-genome
sequencing played an important role in monitoring the evolution of novel viral variants and …