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Optimization and validation of sample preparation for metagenomic sequencing of viruses in clinical samples

Overview of attention for article published in Microbiome, August 2017
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Title
Optimization and validation of sample preparation for metagenomic sequencing of viruses in clinical samples
Published in
Microbiome, August 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40168-017-0317-z
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Dagmara W. Lewandowska, Osvaldo Zagordi, Fabienne-Desirée Geissberger, Verena Kufner, Stefan Schmutz, Jürg Böni, Karin J. Metzner, Alexandra Trkola, Michael Huber

Abstract

Sequence-specific PCR is the most common approach for virus identification in diagnostic laboratories. However, as specific PCR only detects pre-defined targets, novel virus strains or viruses not included in routine test panels will be missed. Recently, advances in high-throughput sequencing allow for virus-sequence-independent identification of entire virus populations in clinical samples, yet standardized protocols are needed to allow broad application in clinical diagnostics. Here, we describe a comprehensive sample preparation protocol for high-throughput metagenomic virus sequencing using random amplification of total nucleic acids from clinical samples. In order to optimize metagenomic sequencing for application in virus diagnostics, we tested different enrichment and amplification procedures on plasma samples spiked with RNA and DNA viruses. A protocol including filtration, nuclease digestion, and random amplification of RNA and DNA in separate reactions provided the best results, allowing reliable recovery of viral genomes and a good correlation of the relative number of sequencing reads with the virus input. We further validated our method by sequencing a multiplexed viral pathogen reagent containing a range of human viruses from different virus families. Our method proved successful in detecting the majority of the included viruses with high read numbers and compared well to other protocols in the field validated against the same reference reagent. Our sequencing protocol does work not only with plasma but also with other clinical samples such as urine and throat swabs. The workflow for virus metagenomic sequencing that we established proved successful in detecting a variety of viruses in different clinical samples. Our protocol supplements existing virus-specific detection strategies providing opportunities to identify atypical and novel viruses commonly not accounted for in routine diagnostic panels.

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Unknown 171 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 19%
Student > Master 20 12%
Student > Bachelor 15 9%
Student > Postgraduate 9 5%
Other 23 13%
Unknown 37 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 39 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 38 22%
Immunology and Microbiology 15 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 8%
Engineering 6 4%
Other 13 8%
Unknown 47 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 January 2023.
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