The published Andes hantavirus genome sequence was built at the infamous U.S. military biolab Fort Detrick from fragmented sequencing reads extracted from human blood using computer assembly software and reference genome fill-ins, according to supplementary appendix documents and GenBank records tied to a 2020 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) paper.

Fort Detrick hantavirus genome manufacturing project operated through HHS/NIAID-linked high-containment biodefense contracts worth up to $387.5 million combined.

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