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Rapid diagnosis of lung infections

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Nanopore sequencing of the sputum metagenome identifies respiratory pathogens in six hours.

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Prodan, A., Sommer, M.O.A. & Nieuwdorp, M. Rapid diagnosis of lung infections. Nat Biotechnol 37, 725–726 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0174-3

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