Clinical metagenomics

CY Chiu, SA Miller - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), the comprehensive analysis of
microbial and host genetic material (DNA and RNA) in samples from patients, is rapidly …

Understanding the promises and hurdles of metagenomic next-generation sequencing as a diagnostic tool for infectious diseases

PJ Simner, S Miller, KC Carroll - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Agnostic metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has emerged as a promising
single, universal pathogen detection method for infectious disease diagnostics. This …

Clinical metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis

MR Wilson, HA Sample, KC Zorn… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (NGS) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
has the potential to identify a broad range of pathogens in a single test. Methods In a 1-year …

Analytical and clinical validation of a microbial cell-free DNA sequencing test for infectious disease

TA Blauwkamp, S Thair, MJ Rosen, L Blair… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Thousands of pathogens are known to infect humans, but only a fraction are readily
identifiable using current diagnostic methods. Microbial cell-free DNA sequencing offers the …

Laboratory validation of a clinical metagenomic sequencing assay for pathogen detection in cerebrospinal fluid

S Miller, SN Naccache, E Samayoa… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for pan-pathogen detection has been
successfully tested in proof-of-concept case studies in patients with acute illness of unknown …

Respiratory syncytial virus: infection, detection, and new options for prevention and treatment

C Griffiths, SJ Drews, DJ Marchant - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a significant cause of hospitalization of children
in North America and one of the leading causes of death of infants less than 1 year of age …

Rapid metagenomic identification of viral pathogens in clinical samples by real-time nanopore sequencing analysis

AL Greninger, SN Naccache, S Federman, G Yu… - Genome medicine, 2015 - Springer
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 …

Agnostic sequencing for detection of viral pathogens

NPG Gauthier, SD Chorlton, M Krajden… - Clinical microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has expanded our ability to
detect and analyze microbial genomes and has yielded novel molecular approaches for …

Clinical and biological insights from viral genome sequencing

CJ Houldcroft, MA Beale, J Breuer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of pathogens is becoming increasingly important not
only for basic research but also for clinical science and practice. In virology, WGS is …

Chronic meningitis investigated via metagenomic next-generation sequencing

MR Wilson, BD O'Donovan, JM Gelfand… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Identifying infectious causes of subacute or chronic meningitis can be
challenging. Enhanced, unbiased diagnostic approaches are needed. Objective To present …