Rapid screening and identification of viral pathogens in metagenomic data

• Main Authors: Shiyang Song (Author), Liangxiao Ma (Author), Xintian Xu (Author), Han Shi (Author), Xuan Li (Author), Yuanhua Liu (Author), Pei Hao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Virus screening and viral genome reconstruction are urgent and crucial for the rapid identification of viral pathogens, i.e., tracing the source and understanding the pathogenesis when a viral outbreak occurs. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) provides an efficient and unbiased wa...