title: Assembly and characterization of pandemic influenza A H1N1 genome in nasopharyngeal swabs using high-throughput pyrosequencing.
abstract: De novo high-throughput pyrosequencing was used to detect and characterize 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus directly in nasopharyngeal swabs in the context of the microbial community. Data were generated with a prior sequence independent amplification by 454 pyrosequencing on GS-FLX platform (Roche). Influenza A assembled reads allowed near full-length genome reconstruction with the simultaneous analysis of site-specific heterogeneity. The molecular approach applied proved to be a powerful tool to characterize the new pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in clinical samples. This approach could be of great value in identifying possibly new reassortants that may occur in the near future.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Infectious Diseases, L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bartolini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chillemi
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abbate
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruselles
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rozera
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Castrignanò
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paoletti
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picardi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desideri
authors.forename: Graziano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pesole
authors.forename: Maria R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Capobianchi
mesh_terms: D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D058873:Pandemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014773:Virology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods