Sensitive Detection and Simultaneous Discrimination of Influenza A and B Viruses in Nasopharyngeal Swabs in a Single Assay Using Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Diagnostics
Zhao J, Liu J, Vemula SV, Lin C, Tan J, Ragupathy V, Wang X, Mbondji-wonje C, Ye Z, Landry ML, Hewlett I. Sensitive Detection and Simultaneous Discrimination of Influenza A and B Viruses in Nasopharyngeal Swabs in a Single Assay Using Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Diagnostics. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0163175. PMID: 27658193, PMCID: PMC5033603, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB virusInfluenza AInfluenza types/subtypesInfluenza virusPandemic influenza virusInfluenza B virusTypes/subtypesInfluenza viral genomeE627K mutationAntiviral treatmentNasopharyngeal swabsInfluenza strainsLaboratory confirmationPandemic potentialS31N mutationPatient specimensClinical settingNGS assaysDrug resistance markersVirusFurther studiesCurrent diagnostic platformsPublic healthK mutationInfluenza