Validation of whole genome sequencing from dried blood spots

• Main Authors: Pooja Agrawal (Author), Shanmukh Katragadda (Author), Arun K. Hariharan (Author), Vijayashree Gauribidanur Raghavendrachar (Author), Arunika Agarwal (Author), Rashmi Dayalu (Author), Disha Awasthy (Author), Sanjay C. Sharma (Author), Yasodha Kannan Sivasamy (Author), P. Lakshmana (Author), Ashwini Shanmugam (Author), Vamsi Veeramachaneni (Author), Vaijayanti Gupta (Author), B. P. Vani (Author), Lekha Subaiya (Author), T. S. Syamala (Author), Ramesh Hariharan (Author), Vijay Chandru (Author), David E. Bloom (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Dried blood spots (DBS) are a relatively inexpensive source of nucleic acids and are easy to collect, transport, and store in large-scale field surveys, especially in resource-limited settings. However, their performance in whole-genome sequencing (WGS) relative to that of venous...