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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2290972?pdf=render |