{"paper_id":"e7a57de1-93d6-4af6-a289-73075819014e","body_text":"Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing Ki Wook Kim, Ira W. Deveson, Chi Nam I. Pang, Malinna Yeang, Zin Naing, and 13 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-105996/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 16 Feb, 2021 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Accumulating evidence supports the high prevalence of co-infections among Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients, and their potential to worsen the clinical outcome of COVID-19. However, there are few data on Southern Hemisphere populations, and most studies to date have investigated a narrow spectrum of viruses using targeted qRT-PCR. Here we assessed respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 patients in Australia, through respiratory virome characterization. Nasopharyngeal swabs of 92 SARS-CoV-2-positive cases were sequenced using pan-viral hybrid-capture and the Twist Respiratory Virus Panel. In total, 8% of cases were co-infected, with rhinovirus (6%) or influenzavirus (2%). Twist capture also achieved near-complete sequencing (>90% coverage, >10-fold depth) of the SARS-CoV-2 genome in 95% of specimens with Ct<30. Our results highlight the importance of assessing all pathogens in symptomatic patients, and the dual-functionality of Twist hybrid-capture, for SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing without amplicon generation and the simultaneous identification of viral co-infections with ease. Virology Molecular Biology Bioinformatics Biochemical Research Methods SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 co-infection hybrid-capture respiratory virome metagenomics next-generation sequencing rhinovirus influenzavirus Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Full Text Supplementary Files SupplemenatryInformationFinalpreprint.pdf Supplementary figures and tables SupplementaryFile1.xlsx Supplementary File 1 SupplementaryTable2.xlsx Supplementary Table 2 SupplementaryTable6.xlsx Supplementary Table 6 Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 16 Feb, 2021 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. 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Our results highlight the importance of assessing all pathogens in symptomatic patients, and the dual-functionality of Twist hybrid-capture, for SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing without amplicon generation and the simultaneous identification of viral co-infections with ease.\\u003c/p\\u003e\",\"manuscriptTitle\":\"Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing\",\"msid\":\"\",\"msnumber\":\"\",\"nonDraftVersions\":[{\"code\":1,\"date\":\"2020-11-18 14:44:11\",\"doi\":\"10.21203/rs.3.rs-105996/v1\",\"editorialEvents\":[{\"type\":\"communityComments\",\"content\":0}],\"status\":\"published\",\"journal\":{\"display\":true,\"email\":\"info@researchsquare.com\",\"identity\":\"researchsquare\",\"isNatureJournal\":false,\"hasQc\":true,\"allowDirectSubmit\":true,\"externalIdentity\":\"\",\"sideBox\":\"\",\"snPcode\":\"\",\"submissionUrl\":\"/submission\",\"title\":\"Research Square\",\"twitterHandle\":\"researchsquare\",\"acdcEnabled\":true,\"dfaEnabled\":false,\"editorialSystem\":\"\",\"reportingPortfolio\":\"\",\"inReviewEnabled\":false,\"inReviewRevisionsEnabled\":true}}],\"origin\":\"\",\"ownerIdentity\":\"99d23103-eb12-4b79-9f96-17b3b0d40d3b\",\"owner\":[],\"postedDate\":\"November 18th, 2020\",\"published\":true,\"recentEditorialEvents\":[],\"rejectedJournal\":[],\"revision\":\"\",\"amendment\":\"\",\"status\":\"published-in-journal\",\"subjectAreas\":[{\"id\":1112782,\"name\":\"Virology\"},{\"id\":1112783,\"name\":\"Molecular Biology\"},{\"id\":1112784,\"name\":\"Bioinformatics\"},{\"id\":1112785,\"name\":\"Biochemical Research Methods\"}],\"tags\":[{\"value\":\"featured\",\"date\":\"2020-11-23 21:19:41\"}],\"updatedAt\":\"2021-02-19T13:37:31+00:00\",\"versionOfRecord\":{\"articleIdentity\":\"rs-105996\",\"link\":\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83642-x\",\"journal\":{\"identity\":\"scientific-reports\",\"isVorOnly\":false,\"title\":\"Scientific Reports\"},\"publishedOn\":\"2021-02-16 13:00:00\",\"publishedOnDateReadable\":\"February 16th, 2021\"},\"versionCreatedAt\":\"2020-11-18 14:44:11\",\"video\":\"\",\"vorDoi\":\"10.1038/s41598-021-83642-x\",\"vorDoiUrl\":\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83642-x\",\"workflowStages\":[]},\"version\":\"v1\",\"identity\":\"rs-105996\",\"journalConfig\":\"researchsquare\"},\"__N_SSP\":true},\"page\":\"/article/[identity]/[[...version]]\",\"query\":{\"redirect\":\"/article/rs-105996\",\"identity\":\"rs-105996\",\"version\":[\"v1\"]},\"buildId\":\"FbvkV6FR0MCFSLy54lSbu\",\"isFallback\":false,\"isExperimentalCompile\":false,\"dynamicIds\":[84888],\"gssp\":true,\"scriptLoader\":[]}","source_license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_restricted":false}