Pediatric Brainstem Encephalitis Outbreak Investigation with Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing
Kristoffer E. Leon, Didac Casas-Alba, Akshaya Ramesh, Lillian M. Khan, Cristian Launes, Hannah A. Sample, Kelsey C. Zorn, Ana Valero-Rello, Charles Langelier, Carmen Muñoz-Almagro, Joseph L. DeRisi, Michael R. Wilson
The paper investigates a pediatric brainstem encephalitis outbreak using metagenomic next-generation sequencing, finding that mNGS significantly improves EV-A71 detection in CSF and confirms the outbreak strain's relation to a neuroinvasive isolate.
bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology