Metagenomics for surveillance of respiratory pathogens

Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 May;19(5):285. doi: 10.1038/s41579-021-00541-8.

Authors

Victoria R Carr¹, Chrispin Chaguza²

Affiliations

¹ Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. vc11@sanger.ac.uk.
² Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. cc19@sanger.ac.uk.

Abstract

This month’s Genome Watch highlights how metagenomics can be used for surveillance and studying infections with respiratory pathogens.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / virology*
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing*
Humans
Metagenomics / methods*
Nasopharynx / virology
SARS-CoV-2*