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de Sousa LAF, Ferreira LSDS, Lobato LFL, Ferreira HLDS, Sousa LHDS, Santos VFD, Nunes PRS, Maramaldo CEC, Neto SS, Sampaio HL, Silva FVD, Brito MDC, Lima WKR, Lima CZGPA, Neto LGL. Molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 variants in circulation in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. J Med Virol 2023; 95:e29092. [PMID: 37724346 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a coronavirus belonging to the beta CoV genus, responsible for SARS in humans, which became known as COVID-19. The emergence of variants of this virus is related to the presence of cases of reinfection, reduced vaccine effectiveness and greater transmission of the virus. Objective: In this study, we evaluated the molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating in the state of Maranhão. This is a cross-sectional and retrospective epidemiological study of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. The study comprised of 338 genomes sequenced by the Next Generation Sequencing technique on Illumina's Miseq equipment, submitted to Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, 190 (56.2%) are from samples of female and 148 (43.8%) from male patients. Sequencing performed covered samples of patients aged between 1 and 108 years, with emphasis on the age groups from 30 to 39 years with 15.0% of sequenced genomes and 20 to 29 years with 12.4%. As for the distribution of sequenced genomes by health macro-regions, 285 (84.3%) are from cities in the northern macro-region. We evidenced the circulation of 29 lineages and sub-lineages, four of which belonging to the Delta variant (AY.43, AY.99.1, AY.99.2 and AY.101 responsible for 4.5% of the genomes) and the others belonging to the Omicron variant, with emphasis on: BA.1 and sub-lineages (42.8%); BA.4, BA.5 and sub-lineages (5.3% and 41.1%); the sub-lineages DL.1 and BQ.1 (5% and 2%). A strong genomic surveillance system allows the study of the natural history of the disease, when there is a resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 cases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luis Artur Ferreira de Sousa
- Virology Laboratory, Postgraduation Program in Microbial Biology, CEUMA University, UniCEUMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
- Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Central Public Health Laboratory of Maranhão-IOC/LACEN-MA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Central Public Health Laboratory of Maranhão-IOC/LACEN-MA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
- Postgraduation Program in Tropical Medicine-IOC/FIOCRUZ-RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Post-graduate Programme in Biodiversity and Biotechnology (BIONORTE), CEUMA University, UniCEUMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Central Public Health Laboratory of Maranhão-IOC/LACEN-MA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Central Public Health Laboratory of Maranhão-IOC/LACEN-MA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Virology Laboratory, Postgraduation Program in Microbial Biology, CEUMA University, UniCEUMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Central Public Health Laboratory of Maranhão-IOC/LACEN-MA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
- Postgraduation Program in Tropical Medicine-IOC/FIOCRUZ-RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Central Public Health Laboratory of Maranhão-IOC/LACEN-MA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Post-graduate Programme in Biodiversity and Biotechnology (BIONORTE), CEUMA University, UniCEUMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
- UniCEUMA, CEUMA University, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Virology Laboratory, Postgraduation Program in Microbial Biology, CEUMA University, UniCEUMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
- Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Central Public Health Laboratory of Maranhão-IOC/LACEN-MA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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Resende PC, Naveca FG, Lins RD, Dezordi FZ, Ferraz MVF, Moreira EG, Coêlho DF, Motta FC, Paixão ACD, Appolinario L, Lopes RS, Mendonça ACDF, da Rocha ASB, Nascimento V, Souza V, Silva G, Nascimento F, Neto LGL, da Silva FV, Riediger I, Debur MDC, Leite AB, Mattos T, da Costa CF, Pereira FM, dos Santos CA, Rovaris DB, Fernandes SB, Abbud A, Sacchi C, Khouri R, Bernardes AFL, Delatorre E, Gräf T, Siqueira MM, Bello G, Wallau GL. The ongoing evolution of variants of concern and interest of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil revealed by convergent indels in the amino (N)-terminal domain of the spike protein. Virus Evol 2021; 7:veab069. [PMID: 34532067 PMCID: PMC8438916 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Mutations at both the receptor-binding domain (RBD) and the amino (N)-terminal domain (NTD) of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spike (S) glycoprotein can alter its antigenicity and promote immune escape. We identified that SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating in Brazil with mutations of concern in the RBD independently acquired convergent deletions and insertions in the NTD of the S protein, which altered the NTD antigenic-supersite and other predicted epitopes at this region. Importantly, we detected the community transmission of different P.1 lineages bearing NTD indels ∆69-70 (which can impact several SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic protocols), ∆144 and ins214ANRN, and a new VOI N.10 derived from the B.1.1.33 lineage carrying three NTD deletions (∆141-144, ∆211, and ∆256-258). These findings support that the ongoing widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil generates new viral lineages that might be more resistant to antibody neutralization than parental variants of concern.
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- Department of Virology, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, FIOCRUZ-Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n – Cidade Universitária, Recife 50.740-465, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, FIOCRUZ-Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n – Cidade Universitária, Recife 50.740-465, Brazil
- Núcleo de Bioinformática (NBI), Instituto Aggeu Magalhães FIOCRUZ-Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n – Cidade Universitária, Recife 50.740-465, Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, FIOCRUZ-Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n – Cidade Universitária, Recife 50.740-465, Brazil
- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n – Cidade Universitária, Recife 50.740-560, Brazil
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- Department of Virology, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, FIOCRUZ-Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n – Cidade Universitária, Recife 50.740-465, Brazil
- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n – Cidade Universitária, Recife 50.740-560, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles (LVRS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles (LVRS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles (LVRS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles (LVRS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles (LVRS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles (LVRS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia (EDTA), Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, FIOCRUZ-Amazonas, Rua Teresina, 476. Adrianópolis, Manaus 69.057-070, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia (EDTA), Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, FIOCRUZ-Amazonas, Rua Teresina, 476. Adrianópolis, Manaus 69.057-070, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia (EDTA), Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, FIOCRUZ-Amazonas, Rua Teresina, 476. Adrianópolis, Manaus 69.057-070, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia (EDTA), Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, FIOCRUZ-Amazonas, Rua Teresina, 476. Adrianópolis, Manaus 69.057-070, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado do Maranhão (LACEN-MA), Rua João Luís, Bairro Diamente, Sao Luis 65020-320, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado do Maranhão (LACEN-MA), Rua João Luís, Bairro Diamente, Sao Luis 65020-320, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado do Paraná (LACEN-PR), Rua Ubaldino do Amaral 545 - Alto da XV, Curitiba 80060-190, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado do Paraná (LACEN-PR), Rua Ubaldino do Amaral 545 - Alto da XV, Curitiba 80060-190, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado do Alagoas (LACEN-AL), Av. Marechal Castelo Branco, 1773 Jatiúca, Alagoas, 57030340 Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Amazonas (LACEN-AM), Rua Emílio Moreira, 528 - Centro, Manaus 69020-040, Brazil
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- Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde do Amazonas, Av. Torquato Tapajós, 4.010 Colônia Santo Antônio, Manaus 69.093-018, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado da Bahia (LACEN-BA), Rua Waldemar Falcão, 123 - Bairro Brotas, Salvador 40295-001, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Sergipe (LACEN-SE), Rua Campo do Brito, 551 - Bairro São José, Aracajú, Sergipe 49020-380, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Santa Catarina (LACEN-SC), Avenida Rio Branco, 152 – Fundos, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88015-201, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Santa Catarina (LACEN-SC), Avenida Rio Branco, 152 – Fundos, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88015-201, Brazil
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- Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 351, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais (LACEN-MG), Rua Conde Pereira Carneiro, 80 - Gameleira, Belo Horizonte 30510-010, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514 - Goiabeira, Alegre 29075-910, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Measles (LVRS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de AIDS e Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ-Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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