Metagenomic sequencing for investigation of a national keratoconjunctivitis outbreak, Israel, 2022

ConclusionsThe real-time utilisation of metagenomics allowed species detection and development of diagnostic tools, which aided in outbreak source tracking and can be applied for future cases. Metagenomics allows a fully culture-independent investigation and is an important modality for public health microbiology.

Source: Eurosurveillance - August 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yair Motro, Denise Wajnsztajn, Ayelet Michael-Gayego, Shubham Mathur, Roberto BM Marano, Ikram Salah, Chaggai Rosenbluh, Violeta Temper, Jacob Strahilevitz and Jacob Moran-Gilad Source Type: research