Human Cytomegalovirus Genomes Sequenced Directly from Clinical Material: Variation, Multiple-Strain Infection, Recombination and Mutation
N. M. Suarez, G. S. Wilkie, E. Hage, S. Camiolo, M. Holton, J. Hughes, M. Maabar, V. B. Sreenu, A. Dhingra, U. A. Gompels, G. W. Wilkinson, F. Baldanti, F. Milena, D. Lilleri, A. Arossa, , A. J. Davison
The paper sequences HCMV genomes from clinical samples to study variation, multiple-strain infection, recombination, and mutation, finding that recombinant strains and pseudogenes can persist and cause congenital infections.
bioRxiv · Feb 18, 2019Microbiology