This study aimed to characterize the genomic epidemiology of human adenoviruses (HAdVs) in Hubei, China, using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). In total, 25 HAdV-positive samples collected from 21 pediatric patients were sequenced and subjected to mNGS using the NextSeq 550 and GenoLab M sequencing platforms.
The metagenomic data were assembled de novo for molecular typing, phylogenetic and recombination analyzes. The sequencing quality and assembly accuracy between GenoLab M and Nextseq two platforms are quite compararble, which showed that good performance mNGS assembled genomes data could be used for subsequently HAdV genotyping and genomic characterization. The high nucleotide diversity of capsid genes and high frequency of recombination events has highlighted the necessity for HAdV epidemiological surveillance in China.
