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ArticleScientific reports2021

Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing.

Ki Wook Kim, Ira W Deveson, Chi Nam I Pang, Malinna Yeang, Zin Naing, Thiruni Adikari, Jillian M Hammond, Igor Stevanovski, Alicia G Beukers, Andrey Verich and 8 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 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

18 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Ki Wook KimSchool of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Ira W DevesonKinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
Chi Nam I PangSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Malinna YeangVirology Research Laboratory, Serology and Virology Division (SAViD), NSW Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Zin NaingVirology Research Laboratory, Serology and Virology Division (SAViD), NSW Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Thiruni AdikariSchool of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jillian M HammondKinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
Igor StevanovskiKinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
Alicia G BeukersDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, NSW Health Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Andrey VerichThe Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Simon YinResearch Technology Services, Research Infrastructure Division, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
David McFarlaneResearch Technology Services, Research Infrastructure Division, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Marc R WilkinsSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sacha Stelzer-BraidVirology Research Laboratory, Serology and Virology Division (SAViD), NSW Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Rowena A BullSchool of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Maria E CraigSchool of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sebastiaan J van HalDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, NSW Health Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
William D RawlinsonSchool of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. w.rawlinson@unsw.edu.au.
UNSW Sydney · AUGarvan Institute of Medical Research · AUPrince of Wales Hospital · AUNew South Wales Department of Health · AURoyal Prince Alfred Hospital · AUUniversity of Sydney · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellowship 2018/ECF013JDRF International Postdoctoral Fellowship 3-PDF-2020-940-A-NMRFF Investigator Grant APP1173594
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence supports the high prevalence of co-infections among Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients, and their potential to worsen the clinical outcome of COVID-19. However, there are few data on Southern Hemisphere populations, and most studies to date have investigated a narrow spectrum of viruses using targeted qRT-PCR. Here we assessed respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 patients in Australia, through respiratory virome characterization. Nasopharyngeal swabs of 92 SARS-CoV-2-positive cases were sequenced using pan-viral hybrid-capture and the Twist Respiratory Virus Panel. In total, 8% of cases were co-infected, with rhinovirus (6%) or influenzavirus (2%). Twist capture also achieved near-complete sequencing (> 90% coverage, > tenfold depth) of the SARS-CoV-2 genome in 95% of specimens with Ct < 30. Our results highlight the importance of assessing all pathogens in symptomatic patients, and the dual-functionality of Twist hybrid-capture, for SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing without amplicon generation and the simultaneous identification of viral co-infections with ease.

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Sequence Analysis, DNAAustraliaCoinfectionComputational BiologyCOVID-19Genome, ViralHumansOpen Reading FramesReproducibility of ResultsSARS-CoV-2ViromeWhole Genome Sequencing

Identifiers

PMID33594223
PMCPMC7887263
OpenAlexW3107118294

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