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Brlek P, Bulić L, Bračić M, Projić P, Škaro V, Shah N, Shah P, Primorac D. Implementing Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) in Clinical Practice: Advantages, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. Cells 2024; 13:504. [PMID: 38534348 DOI: 10.3390/cells13060504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The integration of whole genome sequencing (WGS) into all aspects of modern medicine represents the next step in the evolution of healthcare. Using this technology, scientists and physicians can observe the entire human genome comprehensively, generating a plethora of new sequencing data. Modern computational analysis entails advanced algorithms for variant detection, as well as complex models for classification. Data science and machine learning play a crucial role in the processing and interpretation of results, using enormous databases and statistics to discover new and support current genotype-phenotype correlations. In clinical practice, this technology has greatly enabled the development of personalized medicine, approaching each patient individually and in accordance with their genetic and biochemical profile. The most propulsive areas include rare disease genomics, oncogenomics, pharmacogenomics, neonatal screening, and infectious disease genomics. Another crucial application of WGS lies in the field of multi-omics, working towards the complete integration of human biomolecular data. Further technological development of sequencing technologies has led to the birth of third and fourth-generation sequencing, which include long-read sequencing, single-cell genomics, and nanopore sequencing. These technologies, alongside their continued implementation into medical research and practice, show great promise for the future of the field of medicine.
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- Petar Brlek
- St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- International Center for Applied Biological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
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- St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- International Center for Applied Biological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebannon, NH 03766, USA
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- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebannon, NH 03766, USA
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- St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- International Center for Applied Biological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
- Medical School, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
- Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
- The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- REGIOMED Kliniken, 96450 Coburg, Germany
- Medical School, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
- Medical School, University of Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat 382007, India
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Nippert S, Rubbenstroth D, Geers JA, Ebinger A, Hoffmann D, Breithaupt A, Wylezich C, Wang X, Haring VC, Starcky P, Fruci P, Langner C, Trapp C, Schulz H, Stubbe W, Imholt C, Heckel G, Beer M, Pfaff F, Ulrich RG. Continuous presence of genetically diverse rustrela virus lineages in yellow-necked field mouse reservoir populations in northeastern Germany. Virus Evol 2023; 9:vead048. [PMID: 37744713 PMCID: PMC10516363 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vead048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Rustrela virus (RusV; species Rubivirus strelense, family Matonaviridae) was discovered in different zoo animal species affected by fatal encephalitis. Simultaneous RusV RNA detection in multiple yellow-necked field mice (Apodemus flavicollis) suggested this rodent as a reservoir of RusV. Here, we investigated 1,264 yellow-necked field mice and sympatric other small mammals from different regions in Germany for RusV RNA using an optimized reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) protocol and high-throughput sequencing. The investigation resulted in the detection of RusV RNA exclusively in 50 of 396 (12.6 per cent) yellow-necked field mice but absence in other sympatric species. RT-qPCR-determined tissue distribution of RusV RNA revealed the highest viral loads in the central nervous system, with other tissues being only very rarely affected. The histopathological evaluation did not reveal any hints of encephalitis in the brains of infected animals despite the detection of viral RNA in neurons by in situ hybridization (ISH). The positive association between the body mass of yellow-necked field mice and RusV RNA detection suggests a persistent infection. Phylogenetic analysis of partial E1 and full-genome sequences showed a high diversification with at least four RusV lineages (1A-1D) in northeastern Germany. Moreover, phylogenetic and isolation-by-distance analyses indicated evolutionary processes of RusV mostly in local reservoir populations. A comparison of complete genome sequences from all detected RusV lineages demonstrated a high level of amino acid and nucleotide sequence variability within a part of the p150 peptide of the non-structural polyprotein and its coding sequence, respectively. The location of this region within the RusV genome and its genetic properties were comparable to the hypervariable region of the rubella virus. The broad range of detected RusV spillover hosts in combination with its geographical distribution in northeastern Germany requires the assessment of its zoonotic potential and further analysis of encephalitis cases in mammals. Future studies have to prove a putative co-evolution scenario for RusV in the yellow-necked field mouse reservoir.
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- Sina Nippert
- Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
- Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstraße 6, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Via Renato Balzarini 1, Teramo 64100, Italy
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- Stralsund Zoological Garden, Grünhufer Bogen 2, Stralsund 18437, Germany
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- Tierpark Grimmen, Friedrichstraße 20, Grimmen 18507, Germany
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- Betriebsteil Forstplanung/Versuchswesen/Informationssysteme, Landesforst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern—Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts, Zeppelinstraße 3, Schwerin 19061, Germany
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- Institut für Allgemeine und Systematische Zoologie, Universität Greifswald, Loitzer Straße 26, Greifswald 17489, Germany
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- Rodent Research, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Toppheideweg 88, Münster 48161, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstraße 6, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, Greifswald-Insel Riems 17493, Germany
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- Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Germany
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Exogenous Rubella Virus Capsid Proteins Enhance Virus Genome Replication. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11060683. [PMID: 35745537 PMCID: PMC9228353 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11060683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Enhanced replication of rubella virus (RuV) and replicons by de novo synthesized viral structural proteins has been previously described. Such enhancement can occur by viral capsid proteins (CP) alone in trans. It is not clear whether the CP in the virus particles, i.e., the exogenous CP, modulate viral genome replication. In this study, we found that exogenous RuV CP also enhanced viral genome replication, either when used to package replicons or when mixed with RNA during transfection. We demonstrated that CP does not affect the translation efficiency from genomic (gRNA) or subgenomic RNA (sgRNA), the intracellular distribution of the non-structural proteins (NSP), or sgRNA synthesis. Significantly active RNA replication was observed in transfections supplemented with recombinant CP (rCP), which was supported by accumulated genomic negative-strand RNA. rCP was found to restore replication of a few mutants in NSP but failed to fully restore replicons known to have defects in the positive-strand RNA synthesis. By monitoring the amount of RuV RNA following transfection, we found that all RuV replicon RNAs were well-retained in the presence of rCP within 24 h of post-transfection, compared to non-RuV RNA. These results suggest that the exogenous RuV CP increases efficiency of early viral genome replication by modulating the stage(s) prior to and/or at the initiation of negative-strand RNA synthesis, possibly through a general mechanism such as protecting viral RNA.
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Chen MH, Abernathy E, Icenogle JP, Perelygina LM. Improved diagnostic and multiplex RT-qPCR for detecting rubella viral RNA. J Virol Methods 2022; 306:114555. [PMID: 35654258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2022.114555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An examination of the nucleic acid sequence alignment of 48 full-length rubella virus genomes revealed that the 5' terminus of the genome is more conserved than the commonly used detection windows for rubella virus RNA located in the E1 protein coding region, suggesting that the 5' terminus could be a target for improving detection of all rubella virus genotypes. Two candidate primer sets were tested and the window between nucleotides (nts) 98 and 251 was found to have the greatest analytical sensitivity for detection of different genotypes. The new method had a limit of detection of four copies of rubella RNA per reaction with high specificity. The average coefficient variation of Ct was 2.2%. Concordance between the new method and currently used method, based on testing 251 clinical specimens collected from a rubella outbreak, was 99.4%. The assay was further improved upon by the incorporation of detection of both rubella virus RNA and mRNA from a cellular reference gene in a multiplex format. The multiplex format did not reduce the sensitivity or the reproducibility of rubella RNA detection and, of 60 specimens tested, the concordance between the single target and multiplex assays was 85.0%. To assess the utility of the multiplex assay for molecular surveillance, 62 rubella IgM positive serum samples from a rubella outbreak were tested, and eleven tested positive using the multiplex method while none were positive using the method targeting E1. These results show that the assay based on the new detection window near the 5' terminus of the genome can improve the detection of rubella virus for the purpose of molecular surveillance and case confirmation, with the added benefit of improved efficiency due to multiplexing.
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- Min-Hsin Chen
- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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Bennett AJ, Paskey AC, Ebinger A, Pfaff F, Priemer G, Höper D, Breithaupt A, Heuser E, Ulrich RG, Kuhn JH, Bishop-Lilly KA, Beer M, Goldberg TL. Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals. Nature 2020; 586:424-428. [PMID: 33029010 PMCID: PMC7572621 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Since 1814, when rubella was first described, the origins of the disease and its causative agent, rubella virus (Matonaviridae: Rubivirus), have remained unclear1. Here we describe ruhugu virus and rustrela virus in Africa and Europe, respectively, which are, to our knowledge, the first known relatives of rubella virus. Ruhugu virus, which is the closest relative of rubella virus, was found in apparently healthy cyclops leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideros cyclops) in Uganda. Rustrela virus, which is an outgroup to the clade that comprises rubella and ruhugu viruses, was found in acutely encephalitic placental and marsupial animals at a zoo in Germany and in wild yellow-necked field mice (Apodemus flavicollis) at and near the zoo. Ruhugu and rustrela viruses share an identical genomic architecture with rubella virus2,3. The amino acid sequences of four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of the rubella, ruhugu and rustrela viruses and two putative T cell epitopes in the capsid protein of the rubella and ruhugu viruses are moderately to highly conserved4-6. Modelling of E1 homotrimers in the post-fusion state predicts that ruhugu and rubella viruses have a similar capacity for fusion with the host-cell membrane5. Together, these findings show that some members of the family Matonaviridae can cross substantial barriers between host species and that rubella virus probably has a zoonotic origin. Our findings raise concerns about future zoonotic transmission of rubella-like viruses, but will facilitate comparative studies and animal models of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome.
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- Andrew J Bennett
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Leidos, Reston, VA, USA
- Genomics and Bioinformatics Department, Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center-Frederick, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Insel Riems, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Insel Riems, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Genomics and Bioinformatics Department, Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center-Frederick, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Perelygina L, Chen MH, Suppiah S, Adebayo A, Abernathy E, Dorsey M, Bercovitch L, Paris K, White KP, Krol A, Dhossche J, Torshin IY, Saini N, Klimczak LJ, Gordenin DA, Zharkikh A, Plotkin S, Sullivan KE, Icenogle J. Infectious vaccine-derived rubella viruses emerge, persist, and evolve in cutaneous granulomas of children with primary immunodeficiencies. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1008080. [PMID: 31658304 PMCID: PMC6837625 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Rubella viruses (RV) have been found in an association with granulomas in children with primary immune deficiencies (PID). Here, we report the recovery and characterization of infectious immunodeficiency-related vaccine-derived rubella viruses (iVDRV) from diagnostic skin biopsies of four patients. Sequence evolution within PID hosts was studied by comparison of the complete genomic sequences of the iVDRVs with the genome of the vaccine virus RA27/3. The degree of divergence of each iVDRV correlated with the duration of persistence indicating continuous intrahost evolution. The evolution rates for synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions were estimated to be 5.7 x 10-3 subs/site/year and 8.9 x 10-4 subs/site/year, respectively. Mutational spectra and signatures indicated a major role for APOBEC cytidine deaminases and a secondary role for ADAR adenosine deaminases in generating diversity of iVDRVs. The distributions of mutations across the genes and 3D hotspots for amino acid substitutions in the E1 glycoprotein identified regions that may be under positive selective pressure. Quasispecies diversity was higher in granulomas than in recovered infectious iVDRVs. Growth properties of iVDRVs were assessed in WI-38 fibroblast cultures. None of the iVDRV isolates showed complete reversion to wild type phenotype but the replicative and persistence characteristics of iVDRVs were different from those of the RA27/3 vaccine strain, making predictions of iVDRV transmissibility and teratogenicity difficult. However, detection of iVDRV RNA in nasopharyngeal specimen and poor neutralization of some iVDRV strains by sera from vaccinated persons suggests possible public health risks associated with iVDRV carriers. Detection of IgM antibody to RV in sera of two out of three patients may be a marker of virus persistence, potentially useful for identifying patients with iVDRV before development of lesions. Studies of the evolutionary dynamics of iVDRV during persistence will contribute to development of infection control strategies and antiviral therapies.
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- Ludmila Perelygina
- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Institute of Pharmacoinformatics, Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Dorodnicyn Computing Center, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Integrative Bioinformatics Support Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Myriad Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Bankamp B, Hickman C, Icenogle JP, Rota PA. Successes and challenges for preventing measles, mumps and rubella by vaccination. Curr Opin Virol 2019; 34:110-116. [PMID: 30852425 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine has an outstanding safety record and is highly efficacious. High coverage with MMR has led to the elimination of endemic measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome in the US. The biggest challenges to global measles and rubella control and elimination are insufficient vaccination coverage globally and increasing hesitancy. Despite high two dose coverage rates, mumps has made a resurgence in the US and other countries. Mumps outbreaks have occurred primarily in close contact, high-density settings and most cases had received a second dose 10 or more years previously. Waning humoral immunity and antigenic variation of circulating wild-type mumps strains may play a role in the mumps resurgence.
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- Bettina Bankamp
- Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
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The pathogenesis of microcephaly resulting from congenital infections: why is my baby’s head so small? Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 37:209-226. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-3111-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Rivailler P, Abernathy E, Icenogle J. Genetic diversity of currently circulating rubella viruses: a need to define more precise viral groups. J Gen Virol 2017; 98:396-404. [PMID: 27959771 PMCID: PMC5797949 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent studies have shown that the currently circulating rubella viruses are mostly members of two genotypes, 1E and 2B. Also, genetically distinct viruses of genotype 1G have been found in East and West Africa. This study used a Mantel test to objectively include both genetic diversity and geographic location in the definition of lineages, and identified statistically justified lineages (n=13) and sub-lineages (n=9) of viruses within genotypes 1G, 1E and 2B. Genotype 2B viruses were widely distributed, while viruses of genotype 1E as well as 1G and 1J were much more geographically restricted. This analysis showed that more precise groupings for rubella viruses are possible, which should improve the ability to track rubella viruses worldwide. A year-by-year analysis revealed gaps in surveillance that need to be resolved in order to support the surveillance needed for enhanced control and elimination goals for rubella.
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- P Rivailler
- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Analysis of complete genomes of the rubella virus genotypes 1E and 2B which circulated in China, 2000-2013. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39025. [PMID: 27959338 PMCID: PMC5154293 DOI: 10.1038/srep39025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Rubella viruses of genotypes 1E and 2B are currently the most frequently detected wild-type viruses in the world. Genotype 1E viruses from China have been genetically distinct from genotype 1E viruses found elsewhere, while genotype 2B viruses found in China are not distinguishable from genotype 2B viruses from other areas. Genetic clusters of viruses of both genotypes were defined previously using sequences of the 739-nt genotyping window. Here we report phylogenic analysis using whole genomic sequences from seven genotype 1E and three genotype 2B viruses which were isolated in China between 2000 and 2013 and confirm the subgrouping of current circulating genotypes 1E and 2B viruses. In addition, the whole genomic characterization of Chinese rubella viruses was clarified. The results indicated that the Chinese rubella viruses were highly conserved at the genomic level, and no predicted amino acid variations were found at positions where functional domains of the proteins were identified. Therefore, it gives us the idea that the rubella control and elimination goal should be achieved if vaccine immunization coverage continues maintaining at the high level.
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Perelygina L, Plotkin S, Russo P, Hautala T, Bonilla F, Ochs HD, Joshi A, Routes J, Patel K, Wehr C, Icenogle J, Sullivan KE. Rubella persistence in epidermal keratinocytes and granuloma M2 macrophages in patients with primary immunodeficiencies. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016; 138:1436-1439.e11. [PMID: 27613149 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Ludmila Perelygina
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Herpesvirus Laboratory Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga
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- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Wash
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- Division of Allergy/Immunology, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Rochester, Minn
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- Division of Allergy Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga
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- Centre of Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Herpesvirus Laboratory Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga
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- Division of Allergy Immunology, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Doan T, Wilson MR, Crawford ED, Chow ED, Khan LM, Knopp KA, O’Donovan BD, Xia D, Hacker JK, Stewart JM, Gonzales JA, Acharya NR, DeRisi JL. Illuminating uveitis: metagenomic deep sequencing identifies common and rare pathogens. Genome Med 2016; 8:90. [PMID: 27562436 PMCID: PMC4997733 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-016-0344-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ocular infections remain a major cause of blindness and morbidity worldwide. While prognosis is dependent on the timing and accuracy of diagnosis, the etiology remains elusive in ~50 % of presumed infectious uveitis cases. The objective of this study is to determine if unbiased metagenomic deep sequencing (MDS) can accurately detect pathogens in intraocular fluid samples of patients with uveitis. METHODS This is a proof-of-concept study, in which intraocular fluid samples were obtained from five subjects with known diagnoses, and one subject with bilateral chronic uveitis without a known etiology. Samples were subjected to MDS, and results were compared with those from conventional diagnostic tests. Pathogens were identified using a rapid computational pipeline to analyze the non-host sequences obtained from MDS. RESULTS Unbiased MDS of intraocular fluid produced results concordant with known diagnoses in subjects with (n = 4) and without (n = 1) uveitis. Samples positive for Cryptococcus neoformans, Toxoplasma gondii, and herpes simplex virus 1 as tested by a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-certified laboratory were correctly identified with MDS. Rubella virus was identified in one case of chronic bilateral idiopathic uveitis. The subject's strain was most closely related to a German rubella virus strain isolated in 1992, one year before he developed a fever and rash while living in Germany. The pattern and the number of viral identified mutations present in the patient's strain were consistent with long-term viral replication in the eye. CONCLUSIONS MDS can identify fungi, parasites, and DNA and RNA viruses in minute volumes of intraocular fluid samples. The identification of chronic intraocular rubella virus infection highlights the eye's role as a long-term pathogen reservoir, which has implications for virus eradication and emerging global epidemics.
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- Thuy Doan
- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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Okamoto K, Mori Y, Komagome R, Nagano H, Miyoshi M, Okano M, Aoki Y, Ogura A, Hotta C, Ogawa T, Saikusa M, Kodama H, Yasui Y, Minagawa H, Kurata T, Kanbayashi D, Kase T, Murata S, Shirabe K, Hamasaki M, Kato T, Otsuki N, Sakata M, Komase K, Takeda M. Evaluation of sensitivity of TaqMan RT-PCR for rubella virus detection in clinical specimens. J Clin Virol 2016; 80:98-101. [PMID: 27243209 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND An easy and reliable assay for detection of the rubella virus is required to strengthen rubella surveillance. Although a TaqMan RT-PCR assay for detection of the rubella virus has been established in Japan, its utility for diagnostic purposes has not been tested. OBJECTIVES To allow introduction of the TaqMan RT-PCR into the rubella surveillance system in Japan, the sensitivity of the assay was determined using representative strains for all genotypes and clinical specimens. STUDY DESIGN The detection limits of the method for individual genotypes were examined using viral RNA extracted from 13 representative strains. The assay was also tested at 10 prefectural laboratories in Japan, designated as local reference laboratories for measles and rubella, to allow nationwide application of the assay. RESULTS The detection limits and amplification efficiencies of the assay were similar among all the representative strains of the 13 genotypes. The TaqMan RT-PCR could detect approximately 90% of throat swab and urine samples taken up to 5days of illness. These samples were determined positive by a highly sensitive nested RT-PCR. CONCLUSIONS The TaqMan RT-PCR could detect at least 10 pfu of rubella virus. Although the sensitivity was somewhat lower than that of the conventional nested RT-PCR, the TaqMan RT-PCR could be more practical to routine tests for rubella laboratory diagnosis and detection in view of the rapid response and reducing risks of contamination.
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- Kiyoko Okamoto
- Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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- Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
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- Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata 990-0031, Japan
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- Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba 260-8715, Japan
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- Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba 260-8715, Japan
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- Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba 260-8715, Japan
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- Yokohama City Institute of Public Health, Yokohama 236-0051 Japan
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- Ishikawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Ishikawa 920-1154, Japan
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- Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Aichi 462-8576, Japan
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- Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Aichi 462-8576, Japan
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- Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, 537-0025, Japan
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- Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, 537-0025, Japan
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- Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, 537-0025, Japan
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- Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Yamaguchi, 753-0821, Japan
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- Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Yamaguchi, 753-0821, Japan
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- Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Fukuoka 818-0135, Japan
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- Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Okinawa 901-1202, Japan
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- Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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- Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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- Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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- Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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Maple PAC. Application of Oral Fluid Assays in Support of Mumps, Rubella and Varicella Control Programs. Vaccines (Basel) 2015; 3:988-1003. [PMID: 26690230 PMCID: PMC4693228 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines3040988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Detection of specific viral antibody or nucleic acid produced by infection or immunization, using oral fluid samples, offers increased potential for wider population uptake compared to blood sampling. This methodology is well established for the control of HIV and measles infections, but can also be applied to the control of other vaccine preventable infections, and this review describes the application of oral fluid assays in support of mumps, rubella and varicella national immunization programs. In England and Wales individuals with suspected mumps or rubella, based on clinical presentation, can have an oral fluid swab sample taken for case confirmation. Universal varicella immunization of children has led to a drastic reduction of chickenpox in those countries where it is used; however, in England and Wales such a policy has not been instigated. Consequently, in England and Wales most children have had chickenpox by age 10 years; however, small, but significant, numbers of adults remain susceptible. Targeted varicella zoster virus (VZV) immunization of susceptible adolescents offers the potential to reduce the pool of susceptible adults and oral fluid determination of VZV immunity in adolescents is a potential means of identifying susceptible individuals in need of VZV vaccination. The main application of oral fluid testing is in those circumstances where blood sampling is deemed not necessary, or is undesirable, and when the documented sensitivity and specificity of the oral fluid assay methodology to be used is considered sufficient for the purpose intended.
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- Peter A C Maple
- East Yorkshire Microbiology, Innovation Centre, York Science Park, York YO10 5DG, UK.
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Perelygina L, Adebayo A, Metcalfe M, Icenogle J. Differences in Establishment of Persistence of Vaccine and Wild Type Rubella Viruses in Fetal Endothelial Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0133267. [PMID: 26177032 PMCID: PMC4503567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Both wild type (WT) and vaccine rubella virus (RV) can pass through the placenta to infect a human fetus, but only wtRV routinely causes pathology. To investigate possible reasons for this, we compared establishment of persistence of wtRV and RA27/3 vaccine strains in fetal endothelial cells. We showed that yields of RA27/3 and wtRV were similar after the first round of replication, but then only vaccine-infected cultures went through a crisis characterized by partial cell loss and gradual decline of virus titer followed by recovery and establishment of persistent cultures with low levels of RA27/3 secretion. We compared various steps of virus replication, but we were unable to identify changes, which might explain the 2-log difference in RA27/3 and wtRV yields in persistently infected cultures. Whole genome sequencing did not reveal selection of virus variants in either the wtRV or RA27/3 cultures. Quantitative single-cell analysis of RV replication by in situ hybridization detected, on average, 1–4 copies of negative-strand RNA and ~50 copies of positive-strand genomic RNA in cells infected with both vaccine and WT viruses. The distinct characteristics of RA27/3 replication were the presence of large amounts of negative-strand RV RNA and RV dsRNA at the beginning of the crisis and the accumulation of high amounts of genomic RNA in a subpopulation of infected cells during crisis and persistence. These results suggest that RA27/3 can persist in fetal endothelial cells, but the characteristics of persistence and mechanisms for the establishment and maintenance of persistence are different from wtRV.
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- Ludmila Perelygina
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Genomic characterization of a persistent rubella virus from a case of Fuch' uveitis syndrome in a 73 year old man. J Clin Virol 2015. [PMID: 26209390 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many cases of Fuchs' uveitis have been associated with persistent rubella virus infection. A 73-year-old male patient with typical Fuchs' Uveitis Syndrome (FUS) first experienced heterochromia of the left eye at the age fourteen, when rubella was endemic in the US. OBJECTIVES The purposes of this report are to describe the patient's FUS clinical presentations and to characterize the virus detected in the vitreous fluid. STUDY DESIGN The patient underwent a therapeutic pars plana vitrectomy in May 2013. A real-time RT-PCR assay for rubella virus was performed on the vitreous fluid by Focus Diagnostics. Additional real-time RT-PCR assays for rubella virus detection and RT-PCR assays for generation of templates for sequencing were performed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). RESULTS The results from Focus Diagnostics were positive for rubella virus RNA. Real-time RT-PCR assays at CDC were also positive for rubella virus. A rubella virus sequence of 739 nucleotides was determined and phylogenetic analysis showed that the virus was the sole member of a new phylogenetic group when compared to reference virus sequences. CONCLUSIONS While FUS remains a clinical diagnosis, findings in this case support the association between rubella virus and the disease. Phylogenetic analysis provided evidence that this rubella virus was likely a previously undetected genotype which is no longer circulating. Since the patient had rubella prior to 1955, this sequence is from the earliest rubella virus yet characterized.
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Evolutionary analysis of rubella viruses in mainland China during 2010-2012: endemic circulation of genotype 1E and introductions of genotype 2B. Sci Rep 2015; 5:7999. [PMID: 25613734 PMCID: PMC4303870 DOI: 10.1038/srep07999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Rubella remains a significant burden in mainland China. In this report, 667 viruses collected in 24 of 31 provinces of mainland China during 2010–2012 were sequenced and analyzed, significantly extending previous reports on limited numbers of viruses collected before 2010. Only viruses of genotypes 1E and 2B were found. Genotype 1E viruses were found in all 24 provinces. Genotype 1E viruses were likely introduced into mainland China around 1997 and endemic transmission of primarily one lineage became established. Viruses reported here from 2010–2012 are largely in a single cluster within this lineage. Genotype 2B viruses were rarely detected in China prior to 2010. This report documents a previously undetected 2B lineage, which likely became endemic in eastern provinces of China between 2010 and 2012. Bayesian analyses were performed to estimate the evolutionary rates and dates of appearance of the genotype 1E and 2B viral linages in China. A skyline plot of viral population diversity did not provide evidence of reduction of diversity as a result of vaccination, but should be useful as a baseline for such reductions as vaccination programs for rubella become widespread in mainland China.
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Padhi A, Ma L. Molecular evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of genotypes 1G and 2B of rubella virus. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110082. [PMID: 25329480 PMCID: PMC4201520 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Rubella Virus (RV), which causes measles-like rashes in children, puts millions of infants at risk of congenital defects across the globe. Employing phylogenetic approaches to the whole genome sequence data and E1 glycoprotein sequence data, the present study reports the substitution rates and dates of emergence of all thirteen previously described rubella genotypes, and gains important insights into the epidemiological dynamics of two geographically widely distributed genotypes 1G and 2B. The overall nucleotide substitution rate of this non-vector-borne RV is in the order of 10-3 substitutions/site/year, which is considerably higher than the substitution rates previously reported for the vector-borne alphaviruses within the same family. Currently circulating strains of RV share a common ancestor that existed within the last 150 years, with 95% Highest Posterior Density values ranging from 1868 to 1926 AD. Viral strains within the respective genotypes began diverging between the year 1930 s and 1980 s. Both genotype 1G and 2B have shown a decline in effective number of infections since 1990 s, a period during which mass immunization programs against RV were adapted across the globe. Although both genotypes showed some extent of spatial genetic structuring, the analyses also depicted an inter-continental viral dispersal. Such a viral dispersal pattern could be related to the migration of infected individuals across the regions coupled with a low coverage of MMR vaccination.
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- Abinash Padhi
- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Cloete LJ, Tanov EP, Muhire BM, Martin DP, Harkins GW. The influence of secondary structure, selection and recombination on rubella virus nucleotide substitution rate estimates. Virol J 2014; 11:166. [PMID: 25224517 PMCID: PMC4175276 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-11-166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Annually, rubella virus (RV) still causes severe congenital defects in around 100 000 children globally. An attempt to eradicate RV is currently underway and analytical tools to monitor the global decline of the last remaining RV lineages will be useful for assessing the effectiveness of this endeavour. RV evolves rapidly enough that much of this information might be inferable from RV genomic sequence data. METHODS Using BEASTv1.8.0, we analysed publically available RV sequence data to estimate genome-wide and gene-specific nucleotide substitution rates to test whether current estimates of RV substitution rates are representative of the entire RV genome. We specifically accounted for possible confounders of nucleotide substitution rate estimates, such as temporally biased sampling, sporadic recombination, and natural selection favouring either increased or decreased genetic diversity (estimated by the PARRIS and FUBAR methods), at nucleotide sites within the genomic secondary structures (predicted by the NASP method). RESULTS We determine that RV nucleotide substitution rates range from 1.19 × 10(-3) substitutions/site/year in the E1 region to 7.52 × 10(-4) substitutions/site/year in the P150 region. We find that differences between substitution rate estimates in different RV genome regions are largely attributable to temporal sampling biases such that datasets containing higher proportions of recently sampled sequences, will tend to have inflated estimates of mean substitution rates. Although there exists little evidence of positive selection or natural genetic recombination in RV, we show that RV genomes possess pervasive biologically functional nucleic acid secondary structure and that purifying selection acting to maintain this structure contributes substantially to variations in estimated nucleotide substitution rates across RV genomes. CONCLUSION Both temporal sampling biases and purifying selection favouring the conservation of RV nucleic acid secondary structures have an appreciable impact on substitution rate estimates but do not preclude the use of RV sequence data to date ancestral sequences. The combination of uniformly high substitution rates across the RV genome and strong temporal structure within the available sequence data, suggests that such data should be suitable for tracking the demographic, epidemiological and movement dynamics of this virus during eradication attempts.
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- Leendert J Cloete
- />South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity Development, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- />South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity Development, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- />Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Computational Biology Group, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- />Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Computational Biology Group, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- />South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity Development, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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Van Le S, Le DH, Hoang HT, Hoang H, Nguyen NT, Chu HH. Characterization of rubella virus genotypes among pregnant women in northern Vietnam, 2011-2013. J Med Virol 2014; 87:338-43. [PMID: 25111367 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Rubella virus (RV) infection is an unresolved clinical complication that affects children in developing countries including Vietnam. RV infection during the first trimester of pregnancy causes severe birth defects known as congenital rubella syndrome. This study reports on the genomic characterization of RV strains circulating in northern Vietnam during 2011-2013. RV-IgM positive amniotic fluid specimens were collected from 38 women from northern Vietnam who presented with clinical rubella at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hanoi, Vietnam. The RV genes were determined by nested PCR with primers amplifying the 739-nucleotide coding region of the E1 gene. The sequences from the amplified DNA fragments were phylogenetically analyzed and compared to reference RV strains. Seventeen out of 38 samples are positive for RV detecting. All new RV isolates are clustered to genotype 2B. Eighteen amino acid mutations were found in the T and B cell epitopes. These results suggest that genotype 2B RV strains frequently circulate in northern Vietnam. These data describe the RV genotype in Vietnam with the aim of improving maternal and child health in this country.
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- Son Van Le
- Laboratory of Applied DNA Technology, Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam; National Key Laboratory of Gene Technology, Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Zhu Z, Chen MH, Abernathy E, Zhou S, Wang C, Icenogle J, Xu W. Genomic analysis of the Chinese genotype 1F rubella virus that disappeared after 2002 in China. J Med Virol 2014; 86:2114-21. [PMID: 24962600 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Genotype 1F was likely localized geographically to China as it has not been reported elsewhere. In this study, whole genome sequences of two rubella 1F virus isolates were completed. Both viruses contained 9,761 nt with a single nucleotide deletion in the intergenic region, compared to the NCBI rubella reference sequence (NC 001545). No evidence of recombination was found between 1F and other rubella viruses. The genetic distance between 1F viruses and 10 other rubella virus genotypes (1a, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1G, 1J 2A, 2B, and 2C) ranged from 3.9% to 8.6% by pairwise comparison. A region known to be hypervariable in other rubella genotypes was also the most variable region in the 1F genomes. Comparisons to all available rubella virus sequences from GenBank identified 22 nucleotide variations exclusively in 1F viruses. Among these unique variations, C9306U is located within the recommended molecular window for rubella virus genotyping assignment, could be useful to confirm 1F viruses. Using the Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method, the time of the most recent common ancestor for the genotype 1F was estimated between 1976 and 1995. Recent rubella molecular surveillance suggests that this indigenous strain may have circulated for less than three decades, as it has not been detected since 2002.
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- Zhen Zhu
- WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles/Rubella Laboratory and Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Perelygina L, Zheng Q, Metcalfe M, Icenogle J. Persistent infection of human fetal endothelial cells with rubella virus. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73014. [PMID: 23940821 PMCID: PMC3734309 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular abnormalities are the leading cause of neonatal death among patients with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). Although persistence of rubella virus (RV) in fetal endothelium has been repeatedly suggested as a possible cause of cardiovascular birth defects, evidence of the permissiveness of fetal endothelial cells to RV is lacking. In this study we evaluated the ability of RV to infect and persist in primary fetal endothelial cells derived from human umbilical vein (HUVEC). We found that wild type (wt) low passage clinical RV productively infected HUVEC cultures without producing cytopathology or ultrastructural changes. RV did not inhibit host cell protein synthesis, cell proliferation, or interfere with the cell cycle. Persistently infected cultures were easily established at low and high multiplicities of infection (MOI) with both laboratory and wt clinical RV strains. However, synchronous infections of entire HUVEC monolayers were only observed with clinical RV strains. The release of infectious virions into media remained at consistently high levels for several subcultures of infected HUVEC. The results indicate that macrovascular fetal endothelial cells are highly permissive to RV and allow slow persistent RV replication. The findings provide more evidence for the suggestion that vascular pathologies in CRS are triggered by persistent rubella virus infection of the endothelium.
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- Ludmila Perelygina
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Robinson ER, Walker TM, Pallen MJ. Genomics and outbreak investigation: from sequence to consequence. Genome Med 2013; 5:36. [PMID: 23673226 PMCID: PMC3706975 DOI: 10.1186/gm440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Outbreaks of infection can be devastating for individuals and societies. In this review, we examine the applications of new high-throughput sequencing approaches to the identification and characterization of outbreaks, focusing on the application of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to outbreaks of bacterial infection. We describe traditional epidemiological analysis and show how WGS can be informative at multiple steps in outbreak investigation, as evidenced by many recent studies. We conclude that high-throughput sequencing approaches can make a significant contribution to the investigation of outbreaks of bacterial infection and that the integration of WGS with epidemiological investigation, diagnostic assays and antimicrobial susceptibility testing will precipitate radical changes in clinical microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology in the near future. However, several challenges remain before WGS can be routinely used in outbreak investigation and clinical practice.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
| | - Mark J Pallen
- Division of Microbiology and Infection, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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