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Tick-Borne Lone Star Virus Identified
through New Super-Fast Gene Sequencing
9 hours 29 minutes ago
UC San Francisco Scientist Says New Approach Could 'Democratize' Viral Surveillance
By Kristen Bole
The tick-borne Lone Star virus has been conclusively identified as part of a family of other tick-borne viruses called bunyaviruses, which often cause fever, respiratory problems and bleeding, according to new research led by scientists at UC San Francisco.
What made the work especially promising, said principal investigator Charles Chiu, MD, PhD, was the speed at which the virus was definitively identified. The team used a new approach to gene sequencing that enabled them to completely reconstruct the virus? previously unknown genome in less than 24 hours ? significantly faster than conventional sequencing techniques, which can take days to weeks...
Tick-Borne Lone Star Virus Identified
through New Super-Fast Gene Sequencing
9 hours 29 minutes ago
UC San Francisco Scientist Says New Approach Could 'Democratize' Viral Surveillance
By Kristen Bole
The tick-borne Lone Star virus has been conclusively identified as part of a family of other tick-borne viruses called bunyaviruses, which often cause fever, respiratory problems and bleeding, according to new research led by scientists at UC San Francisco.
What made the work especially promising, said principal investigator Charles Chiu, MD, PhD, was the speed at which the virus was definitively identified. The team used a new approach to gene sequencing that enabled them to completely reconstruct the virus? previously unknown genome in less than 24 hours ? significantly faster than conventional sequencing techniques, which can take days to weeks...