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ArticleInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2025

An Improved Rapid and Sensitive Long Amplicon Method for Nanopore-Based RSV Whole-Genome Sequencing.

Xiaomin Dong, Steven Edwards, Yi-Mo Deng, Clyde Dapat, Arada Hirankitti, Rachel Wordsworth, Paul Whitney, Rob Baird, Kevin Freeman, Andrew J Daley and 1 more

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Xiaomin DongWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0302-9442
Steven EdwardsWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Yi-Mo DengWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Clyde DapatWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Arada HirankittiWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Rachel WordsworthWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Paul WhitneyWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Rob BairdRoyal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Northern Territory, Australia.
Kevin FreemanRoyal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Northern Territory, Australia.
Andrew J DaleyDepartment of Microbiology, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Ian G BarrWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7351-418X

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Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government
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Abstract

backgroundWhole-genome sequencing (WGS) provides critical insights into the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) transmission and any emerging mutations that could impair the efficacy of monoclonal antibodies or vaccines that have been recently licenced for clinical use worldwide. However, the ability to sequence RSV genomes at large scale is limited by expensive and time-consuming sequencing methods. Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) offers significant improvements in next generation sequencing (NGS) both in turnaround time and cost, compared with other platforms for viral WGS.

methodsWe have developed and modified an RSV long amplicon-based WGS protocol for the ONT platform using a one-step multiplex RT-PCR assay and the rapid barcoding kit. One hundred thirty-five RSV positive Australian clinical specimens (91 RSV-A and 44 RSV-B) sampled in 2023 with cycle threshold (Ct) values between 14 to 35 were tested in this study. This ONT workflow was compared with other recent RSV WGS amplification assays based on short amplicons.

resultsA PCR amplicon clean-up step prior to library preparation significantly improved WGS result for samples with poor amplicon generation, but it is not necessary or beneficial for ones that generated high concentrations of amplicons. Overall, a success rate of 85.9% was achieved for WGS. This method performed as well as the more complex short amplicon methods in terms of genome coverage and sequencing depth.

conclusionsThe workflow described here was highly successful in generating RSV WGS on ONT platform and had improved turnaround times and excellent results with RSV clinical samples with Ct values up to 30.

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Genome, ViralHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingNanopore SequencingRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsWhole Genome SequencingAustraliaHumansMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionNanoporesSensitivity and SpecificityONTrapid barcodingrespiratory syncytial viruswhole‐genome sequencing

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PMID40296507
PMCPMC12037990

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