Metagenomic analysis of human diarrhea: viral detection and discovery.

Worldwide, approximately 1.8 million children die from diarrhea annually, and millions more suffer multiple episodes of nonfatal diarrhea. On average, in up to 40% of cases, no etiologic agent can be identified. The advent of metagenomic sequencing has enabled systematic and unbiased characterizatio...

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Main Authors: Stacy R Finkbeiner, Adam F Allred, Phillip I Tarr, Eileen J Klein, Carl D Kirkwood, David Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2290972?pdf=render