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ArticleViruses2021

Human Papillomavirus Detection by Whole-Genome Next-Generation Sequencing: Importance of Validation and Quality Assurance Procedures.

Laila Sara Arroyo Mühr, Daniel Guerendiain, Kate Cuschieri, Karin Sundström

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. A Direct Comparative Analysis of HPV DNA with Single-Molecule RNA and p16JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Laila Sara Arroyo MührInternational HPV Reference Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
Daniel GuerendiainScottish Human Papillomavirus Reference Laboratory (SHPVRL), Laboratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK.
Kate CuschieriScottish Human Papillomavirus Reference Laboratory (SHPVRL), Laboratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK.
Karin SundströmDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6865-0224

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) yields powerful opportunities for studying human papillomavirus (HPV) genomics for applications in epidemiology, public health, and clinical diagnostics. HPV genotypes, variants, and point mutations can be investigated in clinical materials and described in previously unprecedented detail. However, both the NGS laboratory analysis and bioinformatical approach require numerous steps and checks to ensure robust interpretation of results. Here, we provide a step-by-step review of recommendations for validation and quality assurance procedures of each step in the typical NGS workflow, with a focus on whole-genome sequencing approaches. The use of directed pilots and protocols to ensure optimization of sequencing data yield, followed by curated bioinformatical procedures, is particularly emphasized. Finally, the storage and sharing of data sets are discussed. The development of international standards for quality assurance should be a goal for the HPV NGS community, similar to what has been developed for other areas of sequencing efforts including microbiology and molecular pathology. We thus propose that it is time for NGS to be included in the global efforts on quality assurance and improvement of HPV-based testing and diagnostics.

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Genome, ViralGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansPapillomaviridaeQuality ControlSpecimen HandlingValidation Studies as TopicWhole Genome SequencingWorkflowdeep sequencingHPVhuman papillomavirusnext-generation sequencingNGSWGSwhole-genome sequencing

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PMID34372528
PMCPMC8310033

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