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Wang H, Yang C, Sun Z, Zheng W, Zhang W, Yu H, Wu Y, Didelot X, Yang R, Pan J, Cui Y. Genomic epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae reveals the regional and global spread of two epidemic non-toxigenic lineages. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008046. [PMID: 32069325 PMCID: PMC7048298 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae isolates have been found associated with diarrheal disease globally, however, the global picture of non-toxigenic infections is largely unknown. Among non-toxigenic V. cholerae, ctxAB negative, tcpA positive (CNTP) isolates have the highest risk of disease. From 2001 to 2012, 71 infectious diarrhea cases were reported in Hangzhou, China, caused by CNTP serogroup O1 isolates. We sequenced 119 V. cholerae genomes isolated from patients, carriers and the environment in Hangzhou between 2001 and 2012, and compared them with 850 publicly available global isolates. We found that CNTP isolates from Hangzhou belonged to two distinctive lineages, named L3b and L9. Both lineages caused disease over a long time period with usually mild or moderate clinical symptoms. Within Hangzhou, the spread route of the L3b lineage was apparently from rural to urban areas, with aquatic food products being the most likely medium. Both lineages had been previously reported as causing local endemic disease in Latin America, but here we show that global spread of them has occurred, with the most likely origin of L3b lineage being in Central Asia. The L3b lineage has spread to China on at least three occasions. Other spread events, including from China to Thailand and to Latin America were also observed. We fill the missing links in the global spread of the two non-toxigenic serogroup O1 V. cholerae lineages that can cause human infection. The results are important for the design of future disease control strategies: surveillance of V. cholerae should not be limited to ctxAB positive strains.
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- Haoqiu Wang
- Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- Institution of Infectious Disease Control, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Campus, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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RifeMagalis B, Strickland SL, Shank SD, Autissier P, Schuetz A, Sithinamsuwan P, Lerdlum S, Fletcher JLK, de Souza M, Ananworanich J, Valcour V, Williams KC, Kosakovsky Pond SL, RattoKim S, Salemi M. Phyloanatomic characterization of the distinct T cell and monocyte contributions to the peripheral blood HIV population within the host. Virus Evol 2020; 6:veaa005. [PMID: 32355568 PMCID: PMC7185683 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a rapidly evolving virus, allowing its genetic sequence to act as a fingerprint for epidemiological processes among, as well as within, individual infected hosts. Though primarily infecting the CD4+ T-cell population, HIV can also be found in monocytes, an immune cell population that differs in several aspects from the canonical T-cell viral target. Using single genome viral sequencing and statistical phylogenetic inference, we investigated the viral RNA diversity and relative contribution of each of these immune cell types to the viral population within the peripheral blood. Results provide evidence of an increased prevalence of circulating monocytes harboring virus in individuals with high viral load in the absence of suppressive antiretroviral therapy. Bayesian phyloanatomic analysis of three of these individuals demonstrated a measurable role for these cells, but not the circulating T-cell population, as a source of cell-free virus in the plasma, supporting the hypothesis that these cells can act as an additional conduit of virus spread.
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- Brittany RifeMagalis
- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
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- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences - United States Component, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- SEARCH, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences - United States Component, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- SEARCH, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences - United States Component, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- SEARCH, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
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The Effect of Sample Bias and Experimental Artefacts on the Statistical Phylogenetic Analysis of Picornaviruses. Viruses 2019; 11:v11111032. [PMID: 31698764 PMCID: PMC6893659 DOI: 10.3390/v11111032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Statistical phylogenetic methods are a powerful tool for inferring the evolutionary history of viruses through time and space. The selection of mathematical models and analysis parameters has a major impact on the outcome, and has been relatively well-described in the literature. The preparation of a sequence dataset is less formalized, but its impact can be even more profound. This article used simulated datasets of enterovirus sequences to evaluate the effect of sample bias on picornavirus phylogenetic studies. Possible approaches to the reduction of large datasets and their potential for introducing additional artefacts were demonstrated. The most consistent results were obtained using “smart sampling”, which reduced sequence subsets from large studies more than those from smaller ones in order to preserve the rare sequences in a dataset. The effect of sequences with technical or annotation errors in the Bayesian framework was also analyzed. Sequences with about 0.5% sequencing errors or incorrect isolation dates altered by just 5 years could be detected by various approaches, but the efficiency of identification depended upon sequence position in a phylogenetic tree. Even a single erroneous sequence could profoundly destabilize the whole analysis by increasing the variance of the inferred evolutionary parameters.
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Beale MA, Marks M, Sahi SK, Tantalo LC, Nori AV, French P, Lukehart SA, Marra CM, Thomson NR. Genomic epidemiology of syphilis reveals independent emergence of macrolide resistance across multiple circulating lineages. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3255. [PMID: 31332179 PMCID: PMC6646400 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11216-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum and may lead to severe complications. Recent years have seen striking increases in syphilis in many countries. Previous analyses have suggested one lineage of syphilis, SS14, may have expanded recently, indicating emergence of a single pandemic azithromycin-resistant cluster. Here we use direct sequencing of T. pallidum combined with phylogenomic analyses to show that both SS14- and Nichols-lineages are simultaneously circulating in clinically relevant populations in multiple countries. We correlate the appearance of genotypic macrolide resistance with multiple independently evolved SS14 sub-lineages and show that genotypically resistant and sensitive sub-lineages are spreading contemporaneously. These findings inform our understanding of the current syphilis epidemic by demonstrating how macrolide resistance evolves in Treponema subspecies and provide a warning on broader issues of antimicrobial resistance.
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- Mathew A Beale
- Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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- Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- The Mortimer Market Centre CNWL, Camden Provider Services, London, UK
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- Departments of Medicine and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
- Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Han Z, Zhang Y, Huang K, Wang J, Tian H, Song Y, Yang Q, Yan D, Zhu S, Yao M, Wang X, Xu W. Two Coxsackievirus B3 outbreaks associated with hand, foot, and mouth disease in China and the evolutionary history worldwide. BMC Infect Dis 2019; 19:466. [PMID: 31126252 PMCID: PMC6534883 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4107-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Coxsackievirus B3 (CV-B3) is usually associated with aseptic meningitis and myocarditis; however, the association between CV-B3 and hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has not been clearly demonstrated, and the phylogenetic dynamics and transmission history of CV-B3 have not been well summarized. METHOD Two HFMD outbreaks caused by CV-B3 were described in Hebei Province in 2012 and in Shandong Province in 2016 in China. To analyze the epidemiological features of two CV-B3 outbreaks, a retrospective analysis was conducted. All clinical specimens from CV-B3 outbreaks were collected and disposed according to the standard procedures supported by the WHO Global Poliovirus Specialized Laboratory. EV genotyping and phylogenetic analysis were performed to illustrate the genetic characteristics of CV-B3 in China and worldwide. RESULTS Two transmissible lineages (lineage 2 and 3) were observed in Northern China, which acted as an important "reservoir" for the transmission of CV-B3. Sporadic exporting and importing of cases were observed in almost all regions. In addition, the global sequences of CV-B3 showed a tendency of geographic-specific clustering, indicating that geographic-driven adaptation plays a major role in the diversification and evolution of CV-B3. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our study indicated that CV-B3 is a causative agent of HFMD outbreak and revealed the phylogenetic dynamics of CV-B3 worldwide, as well as provided an insight on CV-B3 outbreaks for effective intervention and countermeasures.
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- Zhenzhi Han
- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China.
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- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan City, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shijiazhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
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- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan City, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan City, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- WHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and National Health Commission Key Laboratory of biosafety, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 155, Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China.,Anhui University of Science and Technology, Hefei City, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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Rutaihwa LK, Menardo F, Stucki D, Gygli SM, Ley SD, Malla B, Feldmann J, Borrell S, Beisel C, Middelkoop K, Carter EJ, Diero L, Ballif M, Jugheli L, Reither K, Fenner L, Brites D, Gagneux S. Multiple Introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 2–Beijing Into Africa Over Centuries. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rey-Iglesia A, García-Vázquez A, Treadaway EC, van der Plicht J, Baryshnikov GF, Szpak P, Bocherens H, Boeskorov GG, Lorenzen ED. Evolutionary history and palaeoecology of brown bear in North-East Siberia re-examined using ancient DNA and stable isotopes from skeletal remains. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4462. [PMID: 30872771 PMCID: PMC6418263 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40168-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Over 60% of the modern distribution range of brown bears falls within Russia, yet palaeoecological data from the region remain scarce. Complete modern Russian brown bear mitogenomes are abundant in the published literature, yet examples of their ancient counterparts are absent. Similarly, there is only limited stable isotopic data of prehistoric brown bears from the region. We used ancient DNA and stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes retrieved from five Pleistocene Yakutian brown bears (one Middle Pleistocene and four Late Pleistocene), to elucidate the evolutionary history and palaeoecology of the species in the region. We were able to reconstruct the complete mitogenome of one of the Late Pleistocene specimens, but we were unable to assign it to any of the previously published brown bear mitogenome clades. A subsequent analysis of published mtDNA control region sequences, which included sequences of extinct clades from other geographic regions, assigned the ancient Yakutian bear to the extinct clade 3c; a clade previously identified from Late Quaternary specimens from Eastern Beringia and Northern Spain. Our analyses of stable isotopes showed relatively high δ15N values in the Pleistocene Yakutian brown bears, suggesting a more carnivorous diet than contemporary brown bears from Eastern Beringia.
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- Alba Rey-Iglesia
- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
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- Instituto de Xeoloxía Isidro Parga Pondal, ESCI, Campus de Elviña, Universidade da Coruña, 15071A, Coruña, Spain
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9L 0G2, Canada
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- Department of Geosciences, Tübingen University, 72074, Tübingen, Germany.,Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, 72074, Tübingen, Germany
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- Diamond and Precious Metals Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 677980, Yakutsk, Russia
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
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Gao F, Liu X, Du Z, Hou H, Wang X, Wang F, Yang J. Bayesian phylodynamic analysis reveals the dispersal patterns of tobacco mosaic virus in China. Virology 2019; 528:110-117. [PMID: 30594790 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is widespread in China and causes considerable economic losses to tobacco production. The molecular epidemiology of this virus is, however, poorly understood. In this study, we sequenced the genomes of 51 TMV isolates from five tobacco-producing regions in China and investigated the dispersal patterns of this virus. Our phylogenetic analysis showed that TMV might have been introduced to China in the early 1900s, probably first to southwest China. However, TMV then moved to the north of the country, where it expanded. The north became the main seeding region for the subsequent movements of the virus within China. The north-to-south movement of TMV coincides with a shift of major tobacco-producing areas from north to south in this century, suggesting a link between human activities and the dispersal of TMV in China.
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- Fangluan Gao
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, PR China; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring, Controlling & Integrated Management, Qingdao 266101, Shandong, PR China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, PR China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring, Controlling & Integrated Management, Qingdao 266101, Shandong, PR China
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- Foxcroft School, Middleburg, VA 20118, United States
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring, Controlling & Integrated Management, Qingdao 266101, Shandong, PR China.
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring, Controlling & Integrated Management, Qingdao 266101, Shandong, PR China.
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Weill FX, Domman D, Njamkepo E, Almesbahi AA, Naji M, Nasher SS, Rakesh A, Assiri AM, Sharma NC, Kariuki S, Pourshafie MR, Rauzier J, Abubakar A, Carter JY, Wamala JF, Seguin C, Bouchier C, Malliavin T, Bakhshi B, Abulmaali HHN, Kumar D, Njoroge SM, Malik MR, Kiiru J, Luquero FJ, Azman AS, Ramamurthy T, Thomson NR, Quilici ML. Genomic insights into the 2016-2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen. Nature 2019; 565:230-233. [PMID: 30602788 PMCID: PMC6420076 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0818-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Yemen is currently experiencing, to our knowledge, the largest cholera epidemic in recent history. The first cases were declared in September 2016, and over 1.1 million cases and 2,300 deaths have since been reported1. Here we investigate the phylogenetic relationships, pathogenesis and determinants of antimicrobial resistance by sequencing the genomes of Vibrio cholerae isolates from the epidemic in Yemen and recent isolates from neighbouring regions. These 116 genomic sequences were placed within the phylogenetic context of a global collection of 1,087 isolates of the seventh pandemic V. cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 biotype El Tor2-4. We show that the isolates from Yemen that were collected during the two epidemiological waves of the epidemic1-the first between 28 September 2016 and 23 April 2017 (25,839 suspected cases) and the second beginning on 24 April 2017 (more than 1 million suspected cases)-are V. cholerae serotype Ogawa isolates from a single sublineage of the seventh pandemic V. cholerae O1 El Tor (7PET) lineage. Using genomic approaches, we link the epidemic in Yemen to global radiations of pandemic V. cholerae and show that this sublineage originated from South Asia and that it caused outbreaks in East Africa before appearing in Yemen. Furthermore, we show that the isolates from Yemen are susceptible to several antibiotics that are commonly used to treat cholera and to polymyxin B, resistance to which is used as a marker of the El Tor biotype.
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Bactéries Pathogènes Entériques, Paris, France
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- National Centre of Public Health Laboratories (NCPHL), Sana'a, Yemen
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- Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Bactéries Pathogènes Entériques, Paris, France
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- Unité de Bioinformatique Structurale, UMR 3528, CNRS; C3BI, USR 3756, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital, Delhi, India
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Phylogenomic Analysis of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Sequence Type 1193, an Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Clonal Group. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 63:AAC.01913-18. [PMID: 30348668 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01913-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The fluoroquinolone-resistant sequence type 1193 (ST1193) of Escherichia coli, from the ST14 clonal complex (STc14) within phylogenetic group B2, has appeared recently as an important cause of extraintestinal disease in humans. Although this emerging lineage has been characterized to some extent using conventional methods, it has not been studied extensively at the genomic level. Here, we used whole-genome sequence analysis to compare 355 ST1193 isolates with 72 isolates from other STs within STc14. Using core genome phylogeny, the ST1193 isolates formed a tightly clustered clade with many genotypic similarities, unlike ST14 isolates. All ST1193 isolates possessed the same set of three chromosomal mutations conferring fluoroquinolone resistance, carried the fimH64 allele, and were lactose non-fermenting. Analysis revealed an evolutionary progression from K1 to K5 capsular types and acquisition of an F-type virulence plasmid, followed by changes in plasmid structure congruent with genome phylogeny. In contrast, the numerous identified antimicrobial resistance genes were distributed incongruently with the underlying phylogeny, suggesting frequent gain or loss of the corresponding resistance gene cassettes despite retention of the presumed carrier plasmids. Pangenome analysis revealed gains and losses of genetic loci occurring during the transition from ST14 to ST1193 and from the K1 to K5 capsular types. Using time-scaled phylogenetic analysis, we estimated that current ST1193 clades first emerged approximately 25 years ago. Overall, ST1193 appears to be a recently emerged clone in which both stepwise and mosaic evolution have contributed to epidemiologic success.
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Namouchi A, Guellil M, Kersten O, Hänsch S, Ottoni C, Schmid BV, Pacciani E, Quaglia L, Vermunt M, Bauer EL, Derrick M, Jensen AØ, Kacki S, Cohn SK, Stenseth NC, Bramanti B. Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the Medieval Period. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E11790-E11797. [PMID: 30478041 PMCID: PMC6294933 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1812865115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Over the last few years, genomic studies on Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of all known plague epidemics, have considerably increased in numbers, spanning a period of about 5,000 y. Nonetheless, questions concerning historical reservoirs and routes of transmission remain open. Here, we present and describe five genomes from the second half of the 14th century and reconstruct the evolutionary history of Y. pestis by reanalyzing previously published genomes and by building a comprehensive phylogeny focused on strains attributed to the Second Plague Pandemic (14th to 18th century). Corroborated by historical and ecological evidence, the presented phylogeny, which includes our Y. pestis genomes, could support the hypothesis of an entry of plague into Western European ports through distinct waves of introduction during the Medieval Period, possibly by means of fur trade routes, as well as the recirculation of plague within the human population via trade routes and human movement.
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- Amine Namouchi
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway;
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Firenze, Pistoia e Prato, 50125 Florence, Italy
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- Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Firenze, Pistoia e Prato, 50125 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Monuments and Archaeology, Municipality of Bergen op Zoom, 4611BT-59 Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
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- Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, N-0155 Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, N-0155 Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, N-0155 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Archaeology, Durham University, DH1 3LE Durham, United Kingdom
- UMR 5199 De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, France
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- School of Humanities, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway;
- Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway;
- Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Prevention, University of Ferrara, 35-441221 Ferrara, Italy
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Duan G, Zhan F, Du Z, Ho SYW, Gao F. Europe was a hub for the global spread of potato virus S in the 19th century. Virology 2018; 525:200-204. [PMID: 30296680 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Potato virus S (PVS) is a major plant pathogen that causes considerable losses in global potato production. Knowledge of the evolutionary history and spatio-temporal dynamics of PVS is vital for developing sustainable management schemes. In this study, we investigated the phylodynamics of the virus by analysing 103 nucleotide sequences of the coat protein gene, sampled between 1985 and 2014. Our Bayesian phylogenetic analyses showed that PVS has been evolving at a rate of 3.32 × 10-4 substitutions/site/year (95% credibility interval 1.33 × 10-4-5.58 × 10-4). We dated the crown group to the year 1325 CE (95% credibility interval 762-1743 CE). Our phylogeographic analyses pointed to viral origins in South America and identified multiple migration pathways between Europe and other regions, suggesting that Europe has been a major hub for PVS transmission. The results of our study have potential implications for developing effective strategies for the control of this pathogen.
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- Guohua Duan
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Brynildsrud OB, Pepperell CS, Suffys P, Grandjean L, Monteserin J, Debech N, Bohlin J, Alfsnes K, Pettersson JOH, Kirkeleite I, Fandinho F, da Silva MA, Perdigao J, Portugal I, Viveiros M, Clark T, Caws M, Dunstan S, Thai PVK, Lopez B, Ritacco V, Kitchen A, Brown TS, van Soolingen D, O’Neill MB, Holt KE, Feil EJ, Mathema B, Balloux F, Eldholm V. Global expansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 shaped by colonial migration and local adaptation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaat5869. [PMID: 30345355 PMCID: PMC6192687 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat5869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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On the basis of population genomic and phylogeographic analyses of 1669 Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 (L4) genomes, we find that dispersal of L4 has been completely dominated by historical migrations out of Europe. We demonstrate an intimate temporal relationship between European colonial expansion into Africa and the Americas and the spread of L4 tuberculosis (TB). Markedly, in the age of antibiotics, mutations conferring antimicrobial resistance overwhelmingly emerged locally (at the level of nations), with minimal cross-border transmission of resistance. The latter finding was found to reflect the relatively recent emergence of these mutations, as a similar degree of local restriction was observed for susceptible variants emerging on comparable time scales. The restricted international transmission of drug-resistant TB suggests that containment efforts at the level of individual countries could be successful.
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- Ola B. Brynildsrud
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Avenida Brasil 4365, C.P. 926, Manguinhos 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, W2 1NY, London, UK
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS Carlos Malbran, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Zoonosis Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- Public Health Agency of Sweden, Nobels vg 18, SE-171 82 Solna, Sweden
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratorio de Bacteriologia da Tuberculose, Centro de Referłncia Professor Helio Fraga-Jacarepagu, Estrada de Curicica 2000, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Bacteriologia da Tuberculose, Centro de Referłncia Professor Helio Fraga-Jacarepagu, Estrada de Curicica 2000, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigao do Medicamento, Faculdade de Farmcia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigao do Medicamento, Faculdade de Farmcia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Unidade de Microbiologia Medica, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Liverpool School of Tropical medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool, UK
- Birat-Nepal Medical Trust, Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS Carlos Malbran, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS Carlos Malbran, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research, Diagnostics and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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Gao F, Zou W, Xie L, Zhan J. Adaptive evolution and demographic history contribute to the divergent population genetic structure of Potato virus Y between China and Japan. Evol Appl 2017; 10:379-390. [PMID: 28352297 PMCID: PMC5367074 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Potato virus Y (PVY) is an important plant pathogen causing considerable economic loss to potato production. Knowledge of the population genetic structure and evolutionary biology of the pathogen, particularly at a transnational scale, is limited but vital in developing sustainable management schemes. In this study, the population genetic structure and molecular evolution of PVY were studied using 127 first protein (P1) and 137 coat protein (CP) sequences generated from isolates collected from potato in China and Japan. High genetic differentiation was found between the populations from the two countries, with higher nucleotide diversity in Japan than China in both genes and a KST value of .216 in the concatenated sequences of the two genes. Sequences from the two countries clustered together according to their geographic origin. Further analyses showed that spatial genetic structure in the PVY populations was likely caused by demographic dynamics of the pathogen and natural selection generated by habitat heterogeneity. Purifying selection was detected at the majority of polymorphic sites although some clade-specific codons were under positive selection. In past decades, PVY has undergone a population expansion in China, whereas in Japan, the population size of the pathogen has remained relatively constant.
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- Fangluan Gao
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant VirologyInstitute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant VirologyInstitute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant VirologyInstitute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant VirologyInstitute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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Faerman M, Bar-Gal GK, Boaretto E, Boeskorov GG, Dokuchaev NE, Ermakov OA, Golenishchev FN, Gubin SV, Mintz E, Simonov E, Surin VL, Titov SV, Zanina OG, Formozov NA. DNA analysis of a 30,000-year-old Urocitellus glacialis from northeastern Siberia reveals phylogenetic relationships between ancient and present-day arctic ground squirrels. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42639. [PMID: 28205612 PMCID: PMC5311991 DOI: 10.1038/srep42639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In contrast to the abundant fossil record of arctic ground squirrels, Urocitellus parryii, from eastern Beringia, only a limited number of fossils is known from its western part. In 1946, unnamed GULAG prisoners discovered a nest with three mummified carcasses of arctic ground squirrels in the permafrost sediments of the El’ga river, Yakutia, Russia, that were later attributed to a new species, Citellus (Urocitellus) glacialis Vinogr. To verify this assignment and to explore phylogenetic relationships between ancient and present-day arctic ground squirrels, we performed 14C dating and ancient DNA analyses of one of the El’ga mummies and four contemporaneous fossils from Duvanny Yar, northeastern Yakutia. Phylogenetic reconstructions, based on complete cytochrome b gene sequences of five Late Pleistocene arctic ground squirrels and those of modern U. parryii from 21 locations across western Beringia, provided no support for earlier proposals that ancient arctic ground squirrels from Siberia constitute a distinct species. In fact, we observed genetic continuity of the glacialis mitochondrial DNA lineage in modern U. parryii of the Kamchatka peninsula. When viewed in a broader geographic perspective, our findings provide new insights into the genetic history of U. parryii in Late Pleistocene Beringia.
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- Marina Faerman
- Laboratory of Bioanthropology and Ancient DNA, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food &Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- D-REAMS Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scientific Archaeology Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Diamond and Precious Metals Geology Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk 677007, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan 685000, Russian Federation
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- Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza 440026, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Theriology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russian Federation
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- Soil Cryology Laboratory, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino 142290, Russian Federation
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- D-REAMS Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scientific Archaeology Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Water, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok 152742, Russian Federation.,Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630091, Russian Federation.,Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russian Federation
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow 125167, Russian Federation
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- Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza 440026, Russian Federation
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- Soil Cryology Laboratory, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino 142290, Russian Federation
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- Department of Vertebral Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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