Rapid, in-field deployable, avian influenza virus haemagglutinin characterisation tool using MinION technology.

ABSTRACT: Outbreaks of avian influenza virus (AIV) from wild waterfowl into the poultry industry is of upmost significance and is an ongoing and constant threat to the industry. Accurate surveillance of AIV in wild waterfowl is critical in understanding viral diversity in the natural reservoir. Current surveillance methods for AIV involve collection of samples and transportation to a laboratory for molecular diagnostics. Processing of samples using this approach takes more than three days and may limit testing locations to those with practical access to laboratories. In potential outbreak situations, response times are critical, and delays have implications in terms of the spread of the virus that leads to increased economic cost. This study used nanopore sequencing technology for in-field sequencin

SUBMITTER: de Vries EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9279447 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature