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Research Article | Clinical Science and Epidemiology

Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing of Nasopharyngeal Specimens Collected from Confirmed and Suspect COVID-19 Patients

Heba H. Mostafa, John A. Fissel, Brian Fanelli, Yehudit Bergman, Victoria Gniazdowski, Manoj Dadlani, Karen C. Carroll, Rita R. Colwell, Patricia J. Simner
Sixto M. Leal, Invited Editor, Peter Gilligan, Editor
Heba H. Mostafa
aDivision of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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John A. Fissel
aDivision of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Brian Fanelli
bCosmosID, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Yehudit Bergman
aDivision of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Victoria Gniazdowski
aDivision of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Manoj Dadlani
bCosmosID, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Karen C. Carroll
aDivision of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Rita R. Colwell
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cUniversity of Maryland College Park, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Patricia J. Simner
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DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01969-20
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01969-20
PubMed 
33219095

Published By 
American Society for Microbiology
History 
  • Received July 14, 2020
  • Accepted October 28, 2020
  • Published online November 20, 2020.

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Copyright © 2020 Mostafa et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Editors and / or Reviewers 
  • Sixto M. Leal, Invited Editor, UAB Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
  • Peter Gilligan, Editor, UNC Health Care System

Author Information

  1. Heba H. Mostafaa,
  2. John A. Fissela,
  3. Brian Fanellib,
  4. Yehudit Bergmana,
  5. Victoria Gniazdowskia,
  6. Manoj Dadlanib,
  7. Karen C. Carrolla,
  8. Rita R. Colwellb,c,
  9. Patricia J. Simnera
  1. aDivision of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  2. bCosmosID, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA
  3. cUniversity of Maryland College Park, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, Maryland, USA
  • Address correspondence to Patricia J. Simner, psimner1{at}jhmi.edu.
  • Heba H. Mostafa and John A. Fissel contributed equally to this work. Author order was determined on the basis of seniority.

  • Citation Mostafa HH, Fissel JA, Fanelli B, Bergman Y, Gniazdowski V, Dadlani M, Carroll KC, Colwell RR, Simner PJ. 2020. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing of nasopharyngeal specimens collected from confirmed and suspect COVID-19 patients. mBio 11:e01969-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01969-20.

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Heba H. Mostafa, John A. Fissel, Brian Fanelli, Yehudit Bergman, Victoria Gniazdowski, Manoj Dadlani, Karen C. Carroll, Rita R. Colwell, Patricia J. Simner
mBio Nov 2020, 11 (6) e01969-20; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01969-20
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