Metagenomics approaches are being increasingly used for the diagnosis of viral infections, outbreak investigation, and new and emerging pathogen surveillance. This Review highlights sequencing approac...

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Hybridization capture approaches can significantly increase the sensitivity of metagenomics. However, their implementation with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing has been limited due to th...

Background Metagenomics is a powerful approach for the detection of unknown and novel pathogens. Workflows based on Illumina short-read sequencing are becoming established in diagnostic laboratories. ...