Simultaneous virus identification and characterization of severe unexplained pneumonia cases using a

• 作 者: Xiaohui Zou Guangpeng Tang Xia
• 机 构: NationalInstituteforViralDiseaseControlandPrevention,KeyLaboratoryforMedicalVirology,GuizhouProvinci
• 出 处: 中国科学：生命科学英文版
• 发表日期: 2017年3期
• 关键词: 基因型鉴定 麻疹病毒 宏基因组 测序技术 肺炎 原因 呼吸道疾病 基因组序列 unexplained pneumonia metagenomics next-g
• 基金项目: supported by the National Mega-projects for Infectious Diseases（2014ZX10004002）, Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission grant（D151100002115003）.

Many viruses can cause respiratory diseases in humans.Although great advances have been achieved in methods of diagnosis,it remains challenging to identify pathogens in unexplained pneumonia(UP) cases.In this study,we applied next-generation sequencing(NG