| Literature DB >> 31751454 |
Mariana Leguia1, Anton Vila-Sanjurjo2, Patrick S G Chain3, Irina Maljkovic Berry4, Richard G Jarman4, Simon Pollett4,5.
Abstract
This brief report serves as an introduction to a supplement of the Journal of Infectious Diseases entitled "Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Technologies to Advance Global Infectious Disease Research." We briefly discuss the history of NGS technologies and describe how the techniques developed during the past 40 years have impacted our understanding of infectious diseases. Our focus is on the application of NGS in the context of pathogen genomics. Beyond obvious clinical and public health applications, we also discuss the challenges that still remain within this rapidly evolving field.Entities:
Keywords: infectious diseases; next-generation sequencing; pathogen genomics
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Year: 2020 PMID: 31751454 PMCID: PMC7101274 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz424
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226