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Simultaneous Viral Whole-Genome Sequencing and Differential Expression Profiling in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection of Infants

Gu-Lung Lin, Tanya Golubchik, Simon Drysdale, Daniel O'Connor, Kimberley Jefferies, Anthony Brown, Mariateresa de Cesare, David Bonsall, M Azim Ansari, Jeroen Aerssens, Louis Bont, Peter Openshaw, Federico Martinón-Torres, Rory Bowden, Andrew J Pollard, RESCEU Investigators , Thea Kølsen Fischer (Member of author group)

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Abstract

Targeted metagenomics using strand-specific libraries with target enrichment is a sensitive, generalized approach to pathogen sequencing and transcriptome profiling. Using this method, we recovered 13 (76%) complete human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) genomes from 17 clinical respiratory samples, reconstructed the phylogeny of the infecting viruses, and detected differential gene expression between 2 RSV subgroups, specifically, a lower expression of the P gene and a higher expression of the M2 gene in RSV-A than in RSV-B. This methodology can help to relate viral genetics to clinical phenotype and facilitate ongoing population-level RSV surveillance and vaccine development. Clinical Trials Registration. NCT03627572 and NCT03756766.

Original languageEnglish
JournalThe Journal of infectious diseases
Volume222
Issue numberSupplement_7
Pages (from-to)S666-S671
ISSN0022-1899
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • differential gene expression
  • respiratory syncytial virus
  • RNA sequencing
  • transcriptome profiling
  • whole-genome sequencing

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