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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2015

Metagenomic analysis of viruses in feces from unsolved outbreaks of gastroenteritis in humans.

Nicole E Moore, Jing Wang, Joanne Hewitt, Dawn Croucher, Deborah A Williamson, Shevaun Paine, Seiha Yen, Gail E Greening, Richard J Hall

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole E MooreHealth Programme, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Jing WangHealth Programme, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Joanne HewittNorovirus Reference Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua, New Zealand.
Dawn CroucherNorovirus Reference Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua, New Zealand.
Deborah A WilliamsonHealth Programme, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Shevaun PaineHealth Programme, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Seiha YenHealth Programme, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Gail E GreeningNorovirus Reference Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua, New Zealand.
Richard J HallHealth Programme, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand richard.hall@esr.cri.nz.
New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The etiology of an outbreak of gastroenteritis in humans cannot always be determined, and ∼25% of outbreaks remain unsolved in New Zealand. It is hypothesized that novel viruses may account for a proportion of unsolved cases, and new unbiased high-throughput sequencing methods hold promise for their detection. Analysis of the fecal metagenome can reveal the presence of viruses, bacteria, and parasites which may have evaded routine diagnostic testing. Thirty-one fecal samples from 26 gastroenteritis outbreaks of unknown etiology occurring in New Zealand between 2011 and 2012 were selected for de novo metagenomic analysis. A total data set of 193 million sequence reads of 150 bp in length was produced on an Illumina MiSeq. The metagenomic data set was searched for virus and parasite sequences, with no evidence of novel pathogens found. Eight viruses and one parasite were detected, each already known to be associated with gastroenteritis, including adenovirus, rotavirus, sapovirus, and Dientamoeba fragilis. In addition, we also describe the first detection of human parechovirus 3 (HPeV3) in Australasia. Metagenomics may thus provide a useful audit tool when applied retrospectively to determine where routine diagnostic processes may have failed to detect a pathogen.

Indexed as

Disease OutbreaksMetagenomeMicrobiotaComputational BiologyFecesGastroenteritisHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansNew ZealandPhylogenyViruses

Identifiers

PMID25339401
PMCPMC4290914
OpenAlexW2134394575

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