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Study develops primer scheme for human monkeypox virus that can be plugged into currently existing amplicon-based sequencing and bioinformatics infrastructure

This approach has enabled public health laboratories to quickly adapt their genomic workflows in response to a newly emerging pathogen.

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Study develops primer scheme for human monkeypox virus that can be plugged into currently existing amplicon-based sequencing and bioinformatics infrastructure

image: Sending primer pools to public health labs to support monkeypox outbreak response. view more 

Credit: Nicholas F.G. Chen & Chantal B.F. Vogels (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Study develops primer scheme for human monkeypox virus that can be plugged into currently existing amplicon-based sequencing and bioinformatics infrastructure; this approach has enabled public health laboratories to quickly adapt their genomic workflows in response to a newly emerging pathogen.

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In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Biology: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002151

Article Title: Development of an amplicon-based sequencing approach in response to the global emergence of mpox

Author Countries: United States, Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil

Funding: see manuscript


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