SURVEYING AND MONITORING RESPIRATORY TRACT VIRAL COMMUNITIES USING UNCULTURED HUMAN SPUTUM SAMPLES

摘要

The invention provides compositions (e.g., kits) and methods for surveying and characterizing the presence of viral, bacterial and/or phage nucleic acid, including the complete viral and/or phage nucleic acid (e.g., DNA and/or RNA) population found in an individual, e.g., a human or other animal, including the complete viral, bacterial and/or phage pulmonary population, using the individual's sputum, for example, by using a human sputum sample.