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Batovska J, Lynch SE, Cogan NOI, Brown K, Darbro JM, Kho EA, Blacket MJ. Effective mosquito and arbovirus surveillance using metabarcoding. Mol Ecol Resour 2017; 18:32-40. [PMID: 28417591 PMCID: PMC5811807 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Effective vector and arbovirus surveillance requires timely and accurate screening techniques that can be easily upscaled. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a high-throughput technology that has the potential to modernize vector surveillance. When combined with DNA barcoding, it is termed 'metabarcoding.' The aim of our study was to establish a metabarcoding protocol to characterize pools of mosquitoes and screen them for virus. Pools contained 100 morphologically identified individuals, including one Ross River virus (RRV) infected mosquito, with three species present at different proportions: 1, 5, 94%. Nucleic acid extracted from both crude homogenate and supernatant was used to amplify a 269-bp section of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) locus. Additionally, a 67-bp region of the RRV E2 gene was amplified from synthesized cDNA to screen for RRV. Amplicon sequencing was performed using an Illumina MiSeq, and bioinformatic analysis was performed using a DNA barcode database of Victorian mosquitoes. Metabarcoding successfully detected all mosquito species and RRV in every positive sample tested. The limits of species detection were also examined by screening a pool of 1000 individuals, successfully identifying the species and RRV from a single mosquito. The primers used for amplification, number of PCR cycles and total number of individuals present all have effects on the quantification of species in mixed bulk samples. Based on the results, a number of recommendations for future metabarcoding studies are presented. Overall, metabarcoding shows great promise for providing a new alternative approach to screening large insect surveillance trap catches.
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- J Batovska
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, Vic, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, Vic, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, Vic, Australia.,School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, Vic, Australia
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- Mosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Mosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, Vic, Australia
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Kho EA, Hugo LE, Lu G, Smith DD, Kay BH. Effects of Larval Nutrition on Wolbachia-Based Dengue Virus Interference in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2016; 53:894-901. [PMID: 27106932 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In order to assess the broad-scale applicability of field releases of Wolbachia for the biological control of insect-transmitted diseases, we determined the relationship between the larval diet of Aedes aegypti L. mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia strains and their susceptibility to dengue virus (DENV) infection via intrathoracic injection and oral inoculation. Larvae were reared on diets that varied in the quantity of food which had the effect of modifying development time and adult body size. Wolbachia wMel infection was associated with highly significant reductions in dengue serotype 2 (DENV-2) infection rates of between 80 and 97.5% following intrathoracic injection of adults emerging from three diet levels. Reductions were 100% in two diet level treatments following oral inoculation. Similarly, wMelPop infection was associated with highly significant reductions in DENV-2 infection rates of between 95 and 100% for intrathoracic injection and 97.5 and 100% for oral inoculation across diet level treatments. Larval diet level had no significant effect on DENV-2 infection rates in the presence of Wolbachia infection in mosquitoes that were intrathoracically injected with the virus. This indicates that the effectiveness of Wolbachia on vector competence disruption within Ae. aegypti is unlikely to be compromised by variable larval nutrition in field settings.
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- Elise A Kho
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd., Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia (; ; ; ), and
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd., Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia (; ; ; ), and
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd., Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia (; ; ; ), and
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd., Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia (; ; ; ), and
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd., Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia (; ; ; ), and
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Jeffery JAL, Ryan PA, Lyons SA, Kay BH. Vector competence of Coquillettidia linealis (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) for Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2002.00316.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mosquito-borne arboviruses are an important public health issue in Australia. The alphaviruses Ross River and Barmah Forest virus are widespread and active annually, and cause debilitating polyarthritis. The flaviviruses Murray Valley encephalitis, Kunjin and Japanese encephalitis virus are restricted in distribution and activity but may cause life-threatening illness, and dengue viruses are active in some areas.
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- R C Russell
- Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, NSW 2145, Westmead, Australia.
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Ryan PA, Do KA, Kay BH. Definition of Ross River virus vectors at Maroochy Shire, Australia. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2000; 37:146-152. [PMID: 15218919 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.1.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Evidence of Ross River (RR) virus infection in field-collected mosquitoes and data from laboratory vector competence experiments incriminated a range of mosquito species as important vectors of RR virus in Maroochy Shire, Queensland, Australia. Nine RR and 2 Barmah Forest virus isolates were recovered from 27,529 mosquitoes collected in light traps from Maroochy Shire during 1996. Nine of the 10 most abundant mosquito species collected in light traps were fed on blood containing the B94/20 strain RR isolated from Queensland in 1994. All species except for Culex sitiens Wiedemann were susceptible to experimental infection. Evidence of RR virus transmission to mice was found with Aedes vigilax (Skuse), Aedes funereus (Theobald), Aedes procax (Skuse), Culex annulirostris Skuse, Mansonia uniformis (Theobald) and Culex australicus Dobrotworsky & Drummond. Aedes notoscriptus (Skuse) and Aedes multiplex (Theobald) were susceptible to RR virus infection, although there was no evidence of virus transmission. Based on adult abundance and vector competence results, freshwater species such as Cx. annulirostris, Ae. procax, and Ae. funereus, and saltmarsh Ae. vigilax, appear to be important vectors of RR virus in Maroochy Shire and control programs should be revised to include these species.
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- P A Ryan
- Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland Medical School, Herston
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Broom AK, Hall RA, Johansen CA, Oliveira N, Howard MA, Lindsay MD, Kay BH, Mackenzie JS. Identification of Australian arboviruses in inoculated cell cultures using monoclonal antibodies in ELISA. Pathology 1998; 30:286-8. [PMID: 9770194 DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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An ELISA using a panel of specific monoclonal antibodies was developed to identify all alpha and flaviviruses isolated from mosquitoes caught throughout Australia. This technique is sensitive and rapid and is more specific than the traditional methods used to identify flaviviruses. The ability to identify unknown virus isolates from field-caught mosquitoes quickly and accurately improves the efficiency of arbovirus surveillance programs and allows health authorities to give an early warning of an increased health risk from a mosquito-borne virus in a particular region.
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- A K Broom
- Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Australia
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