Chantal B F Vogels, Verity Hill, Mallery I Breban, Chrispin Chaguza, Lauren M Paul, Afeez Sodeinde, Emma Taylor-Salmon, Isabel M Ott, Mary E Petrone, Dennis Dijk, Marcel Jonges, Matthijs R A Welkers, Timothy Locksmith, Yibo Dong, Namratha Tarigopula, Omer Tekin, Sarah Schmedes, Sylvia Bunch, Natalia Cano, Rayah Jaber, Charles Panzera, Ian Stryker, Julieta Vergara, Rebecca Zimler, Edgar Kopp, Lea Heberlein, Kaylee S Herzog, Joseph R Fauver, Andrea M Morrison, Scott F Michael, Nathan D Grubaugh
BACKGROUND: The increasing burden of dengue virus on public health due to more explosive and frequent outbreaks highlights the need for improved surveillance and control. Genomic surveillance of dengue virus not only provides important insights into the emergence and spread of genetically diverse serotypes and genotypes, but it is also critical to monitor the effectiveness of newly implemented control strategies. Here, we present DengueSeq, an amplicon sequencing protocol, which enables whole-genome sequencing of all four dengue virus serotypes...
May 1, 2024: BMC Genomics