A simple method for the parallel deep sequencing of full influenza A genomes

Marie-Louise Kampmann, Sarah Louise Fordyce, Maria del Carmen Avila Arcos, Morten Rasmussen, Eske Willerslev, Lars Peter Nielsen, Tom Gilbert

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    Abstract

    Given the major threat of influenza A to human and animal health, and its ability to evolve rapidly through mutation and reassortment, tools that enable its timely characterization are necessary to help monitor its evolution and spread. For this purpose, deep sequencing can be a very valuable tool. This study reports a comprehensive method that enables deep sequencing of the complete genomes of influenza A subtypes using the Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx (GAIIx). By using this method, the complete genomes of nine viruses were sequenced in parallel, representing the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus, H5N1 virus from human and H1N1 virus from swine, on a single lane of a GAIIx flow cell to an average depth of 122-fold. This technique can be applied to cultivated and uncultivated virus.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftJournal of Virological Methods
    Vol/bind178
    Udgave nummer1-2
    Sider (fra-til)243-248
    Antal sider6
    ISSN0166-0934
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - dec. 2011

    Emneord

    • Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet
    • Influenza A
    • Full genome sequencing
    • High-throughput sequencing

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