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Sehgal A, Sharma D, Kaushal N, Gupta Y, Martynova E, Kabwe E, Chandy S, Rizvanov A, Khaiboullina S, Baranwal M. Designing a Conserved Immunogenic Peptide Construct from the Nucleocapsid Protein of Puumala orthohantavirus. Viruses 2024; 16:1030. [PMID: 39066193 PMCID: PMC11281540 DOI: 10.3390/v16071030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) is an emerging zoonotic virus endemic to Europe and Russia that causes nephropathia epidemica, a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). There are limited options for treatment and diagnosis of orthohantavirus infection, making the search for potential immunogenic candidates crucial. In the present work, various bioinformatics tools were employed to design conserved immunogenic peptides containing multiple epitopes of PUUV nucleocapsid protein. Eleven conserved peptides (90% conservancy) of the PUUV nucleocapsid protein were identified. Three conserved peptides containing multiple T and B cell epitopes were selected using a consensus epitope prediction algorithm. Molecular docking using the HPEP dock server demonstrated strong binding interactions between the epitopes and HLA molecules (ten alleles for each class I and II HLA). Moreover, an analysis of population coverage using the IEDB database revealed that the identified peptides have over 90% average population coverage across six continents. Molecular docking and simulation analysis reveal a stable interaction with peptide constructs of chosen immunogenic peptides and Toll-like receptor-4. These computational analyses demonstrate selected peptides' immunogenic potential, which needs to be validated in different experimental systems.
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- Ayushi Sehgal
- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India; (A.S.); (D.S.); (N.K.); (Y.G.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India; (A.S.); (D.S.); (N.K.); (Y.G.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India; (A.S.); (D.S.); (N.K.); (Y.G.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India; (A.S.); (D.S.); (N.K.); (Y.G.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (E.M.); (E.K.); (S.K.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (E.M.); (E.K.); (S.K.)
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- Childs Trust Medical Research Foundation (CTMRF) Kanchi, Chennai 600034, India;
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (E.M.); (E.K.); (S.K.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (E.M.); (E.K.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India; (A.S.); (D.S.); (N.K.); (Y.G.)
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Bhattacharya K, Chanu NR, Jha SK, Khanal P, Paudel KR. In silico design and evaluation of a multiepitope vaccine targeting the nucleoprotein of Puumala orthohantavirus. Proteins 2024. [PMID: 38742930 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26703] [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: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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The Puumala orthohantavirus is present in the body of the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). Humans infected with this virus may develop hemorrhagic fever accompanying renal syndrome. In addition, the infection may further lead to the failure of an immune system completely. The present study aimed to propose a possible vaccine by employing bioinformatics techniques to identify B and T-cell antigens. The best multi-epitope of potential immunogenicity was generated by combining epitopes. Additionally, the linkers EAAAK, AAY, and GPGPG were utilized in order to link the epitopes successfully. Further, C-ImmSim was used to perform in silico immunological simulations upon the vaccine. For the purpose of conducting expression tests in Escherichia coli, the chimeric protein construct was cloned using Snapgene into the pET-9c vector. The designed vaccine showed adequate results, evidenced by the global population coverage and favorable immune response. The developed vaccine was found to be highly effective and to have excellent population coverage in a number of computer-based assessments. This work is fully dependent on the development of nucleoprotein-based vaccines, which would constitute a significant step forward if our findings were used in developing a global vaccination to combat the Puumala virus.
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- Kunal Bhattacharya
- Pratiksha Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India
- Royal School of Pharmacy, The Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Pratiksha Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam Downtown University, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, KLE College of Pharmacy, Belagavi, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER), Belagavi, India
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Shakirova V, Markelova M, Davidyuk Y, Stott-Marshall RJ, Foster TL, Khaiboullina S, Rizvanov A, Martynova E. Rosuvastatin as a Supplemental Treatment for the Clinical Symptoms of Nephropathia Epidemica: A Pilot Clinical Study. Viruses 2024; 16:306. [PMID: 38400081 PMCID: PMC10892398 DOI: 10.3390/v16020306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Nephropathis epidemica (NE), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), is an acute zoonotic disease endemic in the Republic of Tatarstan. This study aimed to assess the impact of rosuvastatin on the clinical and laboratory results of NE. A total of 61 NE patients and 30 controls were included in this study; 22 NE patients and 7 controls received a daily dose of rosuvastatin (10 mg) for ten consecutive days. Serum samples were collected on days 1, 5, and 10 after admission to the hospital. These samples were analyzed to determine the levels of lipids, cytokines, and kidney toxicity markers. Our findings indicate that rosuvastatin reduced the duration of the second wave of fever and alleviated back pain and headache symptoms. Additionally, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) serum levels were significantly decreased on days 5 and 10 upon rosuvastatin treatment. Furthermore, rosuvastatin decreased the levels of cytokines in the serum, particularly proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-8. NE patients had significantly altered levels of the kidney toxicity markers albumin and osteopontin. The data from our study provide evidence supporting the therapeutic potential of rosuvastatin in NE cases.
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- Venera Shakirova
- Department of Infection Diseases, Kazan State Medical Academy, Kazan 420012, Russia;
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (M.M.); (Y.D.); (S.K.); (A.R.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (M.M.); (Y.D.); (S.K.); (A.R.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; (R.J.S.-M.); (T.L.F.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; (R.J.S.-M.); (T.L.F.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (M.M.); (Y.D.); (S.K.); (A.R.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (M.M.); (Y.D.); (S.K.); (A.R.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (M.M.); (Y.D.); (S.K.); (A.R.)
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Martynova E, Stott-Marshall RJ, Shakirova V, Saubanova A, Bulatova A, Davidyuk YN, Kabwe E, Markelova M, Khaertynova I, Foster TL, Khaiboullina S. Differential Cytokine Responses and the Clinical Severity of Adult and Pediatric Nephropathia Epidemica. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087016. [PMID: 37108178 PMCID: PMC10139191 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Nephropathia epidemica (NE), caused by the hantavirus infection, is endemic in Tatarstan Russia. The majority of patients are adults, with infection rarely diagnosed in children. This limited number of pediatric NE cases means there is an inadequate understanding of disease pathogenesis in this age category. Here, we have analyzed clinical and laboratory data in adults and children with NE to establish whether and how the disease severity differs between the two age groups. Serum cytokines were analyzed in samples collected from 11 children and 129 adult NE patients during an outbreak in 2019. A kidney toxicity panel was also used to analyze urine samples from these patients. Additionally, serum and urine samples were analyzed from 11 control children and 26 control adults. Analysis of clinical and laboratory data revealed that NE was milder in children than in adults. A variation in serum cytokine activation could explain the differences in clinical presentation. Cytokines associated with activation of Th1 lymphocytes were prominent in adults, while they were obscured in sera from pediatric NE patients. In addition, a prolonged activation of kidney injury markers was found in adults with NE, whilst only a short-lasting activation of these markers was observed in children with NE. These findings support previous observations of age differences in NE severity, which should be considered when diagnosing the disease in children.
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- Ekaterina Martynova
- "Gene and Cell Technologies" Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, OpenLab, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK
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- "Gene and Cell Technologies" Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, OpenLab, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- "Gene and Cell Technologies" Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, OpenLab, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- "Gene and Cell Technologies" Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, OpenLab, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK
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- "Gene and Cell Technologies" Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, OpenLab, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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Serum Cytokine Alterations Associated with Age of Patients with Nephropathia Epidemica. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 2022:4685288. [PMID: 35059462 PMCID: PMC8766188 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4685288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Nephropathia epidemica (NE) is a zoonotic disease caused by hantaviruses transmitted from rodents, endemic in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. The disease presents clinically with mild, moderate, and severe forms, and time-dependent febrile, oliguric, and polyuric stages of the disease are also recognized. The patient's cytokine responses have been suggested to play a central role in disease pathogenesis; however, little is known about the different patterns of cytokine expression in NE in cohorts of different ages and sexes. Serum samples and clinical records were collected from 139 patients and 57 controls (healthy donors) and were used to analyze 48 analytes with the Bio-Plex multiplex magnetic bead-based antibody detection kits. Principal component analysis of 137 patient and 55 controls (for which there was full data) identified two components that individually accounted for >15% of the total variance in results and together for 38% of the total variance. PC1 represented a proinflammatory TH17/TH2 cell antiviral cytokine profile and PC2 a more antiviral cytokine profile with patients tending to display one or the other of these. Severity of disease and stage of illness did not show any correlation with PC1 profiles; however, significant differences were seen in patients with high PC1 profiles vs. lower for a number of individual clinical parameters: High PC1 patients showed a reduced number of febrile days, but higher maximum urine output, higher creatinine levels, and lower platelet levels. Overall, the results of this study point towards a stronger proinflammatory profile occurring in younger NE patients, this being associated with markers of acute kidney injury and low levels of high-density cholesterol. This is consistent with previous work indicating that the pathology of NE is immune driven, with an inflammatory immune response being associated with disease and that this immune response is more extreme in younger patients.
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Shkair L, Garanina EE, Martynova EV, Kolesnikova AI, Arkhipova SS, Titova AA, Rizvanov AA, Khaiboullina SF. Immunogenic Properties of MVs Containing Structural Hantaviral Proteins: An Original Study. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14010093. [PMID: 35056989 PMCID: PMC8779827 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14010093] [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: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an emerging infectious disease that remains a global public health threat. The highest incidence rate is among zoonotic disease cases in Russia. Most cases of HFRS are reported in the Volga region of Russia, which commonly identifies the Puumala virus (PUUV) as a pathogen. HFRS management is especially challenging due to the lack of specific treatments and vaccines. This study aims to develop new approaches for HFRS prevention. Our goal is to test the efficacy of microvesicles (MVs) as PUUV nucleocapsid (N) and glycoproteins (Gn/Gc) delivery vehicles. Our findings show that MVs could deliver the PUUV N and Gn/Gc proteins in vitro. We have also demonstrated that MVs loaded with PUUV proteins could elicit a specific humoral and cellular immune response in vivo. These data suggest that an MV-based vaccine could control HFRS.
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Martynova E, Davidyuk Y, Kabwe E, Garanina EE, Shakirova V, Pavelkina V, Uskova Y, Stott RJ, Foster TL, Markelova M, Goyal M, Gupta A, Bhola M, Kumar V, Baranwal M, Rizvanov AA, Khaiboullina SF. Cytokine, Chemokine, and Metalloprotease Activation in the Serum of Patients with Nephropathia Epidemica from the Republic of Tatarstan and the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10050527. [PMID: 33925451 PMCID: PMC8145562 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10050527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Nephropathia Epidemica (NE), endemic to several Volga regions of Russia, including the Republic of Tatarstan (RT) and the Republic of Mordovia (RM), is a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by infection with rodent-borne orthohantaviruses. Although NE cases have been reported for decades, little is known about the hantavirus strains associated with human infection in these regions. There is also limited understanding of the pathogenesis of NE in the RT and the RM. To address these knowledge gaps, we conducted comparative analyses of patients with NE in the RT and the RM. Clinical symptoms were more severe in patients with NE from the RM with longer observed duration of fever symptoms and hospitalization. Analysis of patient sera showed changes in the levels of numerous cytokines, chemokines, and matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) in patients with NE from both the RT and the RM, suggesting leukocyte activation, extracellular matrix degradation, and leukocyte chemotaxis. Interestingly, levels of several cytokines were distinctly different between patients NE from the RT when compared with those from the RM. These differences were not related to the genetic variation of orthohantaviruses circulating in those regions, as sequence analysis showed that Puumala virus (PUUV) was the causative agent of NE in these regions. Additionally, only the “Russia” (RUS) genetic lineage of PUUV was detected in the serum samples of patients with NE from both the RT and the RM. We therefore conclude that differences in serum cytokine, chemokine, and MMP levels between the RT and the RM are related to environmental factors and lifestyle differences that influence individual immune responses to orthohantavirus infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ekaterina Martynova
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (Y.D.); (E.K.); (E.E.G.); (M.M.); (A.A.R.); (S.F.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (Y.D.); (E.K.); (E.E.G.); (M.M.); (A.A.R.); (S.F.K.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (Y.D.); (E.K.); (E.E.G.); (M.M.); (A.A.R.); (S.F.K.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (Y.D.); (E.K.); (E.E.G.); (M.M.); (A.A.R.); (S.F.K.)
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Kazan State Medical Academy, 420012 Kazan, Russia;
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- Infectious Diseases Department, National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, 430005 Saransk, Russia; (V.P.); (Y.U.)
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- Infectious Diseases Department, National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, 430005 Saransk, Russia; (V.P.); (Y.U.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, The University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; (R.J.S.); (T.L.F.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, The University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; (R.J.S.); (T.L.F.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (Y.D.); (E.K.); (E.E.G.); (M.M.); (A.A.R.); (S.F.K.)
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- Doconvid.ai, Bestech Business Tower, Mohali 160055, India;
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, India;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, India; (M.B.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, India;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, India; (M.B.); (M.B.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (Y.D.); (E.K.); (E.E.G.); (M.M.); (A.A.R.); (S.F.K.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (Y.D.); (E.K.); (E.E.G.); (M.M.); (A.A.R.); (S.F.K.)
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Prevalence of the Puumala orthohantavirus Strains in the Pre-Kama Area of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9070540. [PMID: 32640614 PMCID: PMC7400482 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9070540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) causes nephropathia epidemica (NE), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) commonly diagnosed in Europe. The majority of HFRS cases in the European part of Russia are diagnosed in the Volga Federal District, which includes the Republic of Tatarstan (RT). The current study aims to analyze the genetic variability of PUUV in Pre-Kama region of the RT bounded by the Volga, Kama, and Vyatka rivers. In 2017, bank voles were caught in seven isolated forest traps in the Pre-Kama region and for the 26 PUUV-positive samples, the partial small (S), medium (M), and large (L) genome segment sequences were obtained and analyzed. It was determined that all identified PUUV strains belong to the Russian (RUS) genetic lineage; however, the genetic distance between strains is not directly correlated with the geographical distance between bank vole populations. One of the identified strains has S and L segments produced from one parental strain, while the M segment was supplied by another, suggesting that this strain could be the reassortant. We suggest that the revealed pattern of the PUUV strains distribution could be the result of a series of successive multidirectional migratory flows of the bank voles to the Pre-Kama region in the postglacial period.
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