Metagenomic-based rapid identification and phylogenomic tracing of an imported melioidosis case in Beijing, China

Zhichao Liang , Fuyu Qiao , Xin Zhang , Bing Lv

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2) : 91 -93.

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2) :91 -93. DOI: 10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_489_25
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Metagenomic-based rapid identification and phylogenomic tracing of an imported melioidosis case in Beijing, China
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Zhichao Liang, Fuyu Qiao, Xin Zhang, Bing Lv. Metagenomic-based rapid identification and phylogenomic tracing of an imported melioidosis case in Beijing, China. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2026, 19 (2) : 91-93 DOI:10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_489_25

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (ICDC-LPJ-202408). All experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.

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Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this report.

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The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Funding

This work was supported by the Capital’s Funds for Health Improvement and Research (2024-1G-4362) and the National Key Program for Infectious Disease of China (2018ZX10714002-003-002).

Authors’ contributions

Z.L. and B.L.: Conceptualization, funding, writing manuscript.; F.Q. and X.Z.: Investigation, data curation & analysis; All authors approved the final manuscript.

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Edited by Pan Y, Lei Y, Zhang Q

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the staff from the Xicheng District Center for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting an epidemiological investigation. We also thank the staff from the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control for their laboratory testing support.

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