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ArticleJournal of medical virology2025

Accurate and Cost-Efficient Whole Genome Sequencing of Hepatitis B Virus Using Nanopore.

Joakim B Stenbäck, Daniel Schmidt, Ulrika Noborg, Joel Gustafsson, Peter Norberg, Maria E Andersson, Michael X Fu, Heli Harvala, Johan Ringlander

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9 authors.

Joakim B StenbäckDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Daniel SchmidtBioinformatics and Data Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ulrika NoborgDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Joel GustafssonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Peter NorbergDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Maria E AnderssonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Michael X FuNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Heli HarvalaRadcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9154-4190
Johan RinglanderDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8483-6504

Funding

This study was funded by the Gothenburg Society of Medicine and the Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deep sequencing of the whole hepatitis B virus genome increases the analytical resolution and has the potential to improve molecular epidemiology investigations. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the performance of such deep sequencing using the Nanopore technology. The method includes an initial PCR step to generate two overlapping amplicons that cover the whole relaxed circular HBV genome found in circulating viral particles and covalently closed circular DNA in infected hepatocytes, followed by sequencing using the Nanopore rapid barcoding kit that allows parallel analysis of several samples in one reaction. The libraries can be sequenced with the standard Nanopore flow cell on MiniIon or GridIon devices, as well as the Flongle. The performance of the method was evaluated by comparing Nanopore and Sanger sequences or qPCR results from 64 clinical samples. The Nanopore-derived consensus sequences were, on average, 99.9% similar to those from Sanger sequencing, and the full HBV genome was determined in samples with HBV DNA levels of approximately 3 log

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Genome, ViralHepatitis B virusHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingNanoporesNanopore SequencingWhole Genome SequencingDNA, ViralGenotypeHepatitis BHumansDNA, Viralanti‐hepatitis B virus antivirals, antiviral agentshepatitis B virus, virus classificationresearch and analysis methodsresistance, infection

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PMID41045070
PMCPMC12495540

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