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Targeted Metagenomics Offers Insights into Potential Tick-Borne Pathogens

Author(s) -

Matthew Thoendel

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01893-20

Subject(s) - metagenomics , biology , pathogen , diagnostic test , identification (biology) , computational biology , virology , molecular diagnostics , clinical microbiology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , medicine , ecology , emergency medicine

Tick-borne disease pathogen identification remains a diagnostic challenge due to the multiple tests necessary for diagnosis. Targeted metagenomic sequencing is an evolving method to detect multiple different pathogens with a single test. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology , L. Kingry, S. Sheldon, S. Oatman, B. Pritt, et al. (J Clin Microbiol 58:e00147-20, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00147-20) explore 16S rRNA gene-targeted metagenomics to identify bacterial pathogens in 881 of more than 13,000 specimens submitted for tick-borne pathogen testing, giving new insights into suspected tick-borne pathogens.

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