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SUBMITTER: Breitwieser FP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4536609 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Breitwieser Florian P FP Pardo Carlos A CA Salzberg Steven L SL
F1000Research 20150702
Metagenomic sequence data can be used to detect the presence of infectious viruses and bacteria, but normal microbial flora make this process challenging. We re-analyzed metagenomic RNA sequence data collected during a recent outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), caused in some cases by infection with enterovirus D68. We found that among the patients whose symptoms were previously attributed to enterovirus D68, one patient had clear evidence of infection with Haemophilus influenzae, and a se ...[more]