Study develops primer scheme for human monkeypox virus that can be plugged into currently existing amplicon-based sequencing and bioinformatics infrastructure; this approach has enabled public health laboratories to quickly adapt their genomic workflows in response to a newly emerging pathogen.
Credit: Nicholas F.G. Chen & Chantal B.F. Vogels (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Study develops primer scheme for human monkeypox virus that can be plugged into currently existing amplicon-based sequencing and bioinformatics infrastructure; this approach has enabled public health laboratories to quickly adapt their genomic workflows in response to a newly emerging pathogen.
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Article Title: Development of an amplicon-based sequencing approach in response to the global emergence of mpox
Author Countries: United States, Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil
Funding: see manuscript
Journal
PLoS Biology
DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.3002151
COI Statement
Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: NDG is a consultant for Tempus Labs and the National Basketball Association for work related to COVID-19. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
