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Boni M, Gorgé O, Mullot JU, Wurtzer S, Moulin L, Maday Y, Obépine G, Canini F, Chantre M, Teyssou R, Maréchal V, Janvier F, Tournier JN. [The French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA) and wastewater-based epidemiology: Applicability and relevance in armed forces]. Bull Acad Natl Med 2022; 206:1011-1021. [PMID: 36778592 PMCID: PMC9906811 DOI: 10.1016/j.banm.2022.04.025] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
The French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA) deeply involved in research on SARS-COV-2, participated in the creation of the Obépine sentinel network in charge of detecting, qualifying and quantifying the virus genome in wastewater in France. During this pandemic, wastewater-based epidemiology has proven to be a first class public health tool for assessing viral dynamics in populations and environment. Obépine has also conducted research demonstrating the low infectivity of faeces and wastewater and allowed for early detection of epidemic waves linked to new variants. The IRBA has adapted this powerful tool to the monitoring of viral infections on board the aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle in order to get an operational system for anticipation after the first local outbreak in 2020. The presence of this surveillance and anticipation tool has allowed a better management of SARS-CoV-2 contingent introductions on board during stopovers or crewmembers entries. The combination of a mandatory vaccination protocol and the surveillance of viral circulation in black waters has made it possible to identify and locate cases, and thus to continue the operational mission in the COVID-19 environment while limiting the spread and preserving the health of the crew. This innovative tool can easily be redirected to the search for any other pathogens in blackwater or even, in the long term, to ensure health surveillance of any military establishment, at sea or on land, in France or on overseas bases.
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- M Boni
- Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, 1, place Valérie-André, 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
- Groupement d'intérêt scientifique Obépine, France
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- Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, 1, place Valérie-André, 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Laboratoire d'analyses de surveillance et d'expertise de la Marine, 83000 Toulon, France
- Laboratoire d'analyses de surveillance et d'expertise de la Marine, 83000 Toulon, France
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- Eau de Paris, département de recherche, développement et qualité de l'eau, 33, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France
- Groupement d'intérêt scientifique Obépine, France
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- Eau de Paris, département de recherche, développement et qualité de l'eau, 33, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France
- Groupement d'intérêt scientifique Obépine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), Institut universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France
- Groupement d'intérêt scientifique Obépine, France
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- Groupement d'intérêt scientifique Obépine, France
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- Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, 1, place Valérie-André, 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
- École du Val-de-Grâce, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, 1, place Valérie-André, 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, 1, place Valérie-André, 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
- École du Val-de-Grâce, 75005 Paris, France
- Groupement d'intérêt scientifique Obépine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre de recherche Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France
- Groupement d'intérêt scientifique Obépine, France
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- Hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, service de microbiologie et hygiène hospitalière, 83000 Toulon, France
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- Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, 1, place Valérie-André, 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
- École du Val-de-Grâce, 75005 Paris, France
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Wurtzer S, Waldman P, Levert M, Cluzel N, Almayrac JL, Charpentier C, Masnada S, Gillon-Ritz M, Mouchel JM, Maday Y, Boni M, Marechal V, Moulin L. SARS-CoV-2 genome quantification in wastewaters at regional and city scale allows precise monitoring of the whole outbreaks dynamics and variants spreading in the population. Sci Total Environ 2022; 810:152213. [PMID: 34896511 PMCID: PMC8656174 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus causing a globalized outbreak called COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 transmission is associated with inhalation of contaminated respiratory droplets and could causes severe complications. Until today several "waves" of infections have been observed despite implementation of strict health policies. Decisions for such sanitary measures are based on population health monitoring. Unfortunately, for COVID-19, a significant proportion of individuals are asymptomatic but play a role in the virus transmission. To overcome these limitations, several strategies were developed including genome quantification in wastewater that could allow monitoring of the health status of population, since shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in patient stool is frequent. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was established and several countries implemented this approach to allow COVID-19 outbreak monitoring. In France, the OBEPINE project performed a quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in raw wastewater samples collected from major wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) since March 2020. In the greater Paris area 1101 samples (507 for five WWTP and 594 for sewer) were collected. This 16 months monitoring allows us to observe the outbreak dynamics. Comparison of WBE indicators with health data lead to several important observation; the good level of correlation with incidence rates, the average 3 days lead time, and the sensitivity (WBE change when incidence is > to 7/100000 inhabitants). We also compared the local monitoring (city level) with the regional monitoring, to help cluster identification. Moreover, variants of concern (VOC) emerged due to the selection pressure. We developed a specific RT-qPCR method targeting the deletion H69-V70 in the spike protein, using this deletion as a proxy of the B.1.1.7 presence in the wastewater. With this data we demonstrate the predominant role played by this strain in the third wave. All these results allow a better description and understanding of the pandemic and highlight the role of such WBE indicators.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- SIAAP, Service process-laboratoire SIAAP site Seine Amont, Valenton, France
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- Service de Virologie, Université de Paris, INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, F-75018 Paris, France
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- SIAM - STV, Avenue de la courtiere, 77400 Saint Thibault des vignes, France
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- Direction de la Propreté et de l'Eau - Service Technique de l'Eau et de l'Assainissement, rue du Commandeur, 75014 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, 1 place Valérie André, F-91220 Brétigny sur Orge, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine2, Paris, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France.
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Jacquet N, Wurtzer S, Darracq G, Wyart Y, Moulin L, Moulin P. Effect of concentration on virus removal for ultrafiltration membrane in drinking water production. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wurtzer S, Waldman P, Ferrier-Rembert A, Frenois-Veyrat G, Mouchel JM, Boni M, Maday Y, Marechal V, Moulin L. Several forms of SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in wastewaters: Implication for wastewater-based epidemiology and risk assessment. Water Res 2021; 198:117183. [PMID: 33962244 DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.19.20248508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a public health emergency of international concern. Although SARS-CoV-2 is considered to be mainly transmitted by inhalation of contaminated droplets and aerosols, SARS-CoV-2 is also detected in human feces and to a less extent in urine, and in raw wastewaters (to date viral RNA only) suggesting that other routes of infection may exist. Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 genomes in wastewaters has been proposed as a complementary approach for tracing the dynamics of virus transmission within human population connected to wastewater network. The understanding on SARS-CoV-2 transmission through wastewater surveillance, the development of epidemic modeling and the evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from contaminated wastewater are largely limited by our knowledge on viral RNA genome persistence and virus infectivity preservation in such an environment. Using an integrity based RT-qPCR assay this study led to the discovery that SARS-CoV-2 RNA can persist under several forms in wastewaters, which provides important information on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in raw wastewaters and associated risk assessment.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D and Water quality department, 33 avenue Jean Jaurès, F-94200 Ivry sur Seine, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Microbiology & Infectious diseases, Virology unit, 1 place Valérie André, F-91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Microbiology & Infectious diseases, Virology unit, 1 place Valérie André, F-91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Microbiology & Infectious diseases, Virology unit, 1 place Valérie André, F-91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, F-75012, Paris, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D and Water quality department, 33 avenue Jean Jaurès, F-94200 Ivry sur Seine, France
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Wurtzer S, Waldman P, Ferrier-Rembert A, Frenois-Veyrat G, Mouchel JM, Boni M, Maday Y, Marechal V, Moulin L. Several forms of SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in wastewaters: Implication for wastewater-based epidemiology and risk assessment. Water Res 2021; 198:117183. [PMID: 33962244 PMCID: PMC8060898 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a public health emergency of international concern. Although SARS-CoV-2 is considered to be mainly transmitted by inhalation of contaminated droplets and aerosols, SARS-CoV-2 is also detected in human feces and to a less extent in urine, and in raw wastewaters (to date viral RNA only) suggesting that other routes of infection may exist. Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 genomes in wastewaters has been proposed as a complementary approach for tracing the dynamics of virus transmission within human population connected to wastewater network. The understanding on SARS-CoV-2 transmission through wastewater surveillance, the development of epidemic modeling and the evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from contaminated wastewater are largely limited by our knowledge on viral RNA genome persistence and virus infectivity preservation in such an environment. Using an integrity based RT-qPCR assay this study led to the discovery that SARS-CoV-2 RNA can persist under several forms in wastewaters, which provides important information on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in raw wastewaters and associated risk assessment.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D and Water quality department, 33 avenue Jean Jaurès, F-94200 Ivry sur Seine, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Microbiology & Infectious diseases, Virology unit, 1 place Valérie André, F-91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Microbiology & Infectious diseases, Virology unit, 1 place Valérie André, F-91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Microbiology & Infectious diseases, Virology unit, 1 place Valérie André, F-91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, F-75012, Paris, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D and Water quality department, 33 avenue Jean Jaurès, F-94200 Ivry sur Seine, France
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Wurtzer S, Marechal V, Mouchel JM, Maday Y, Teyssou R, Richard E, Almayrac JL, Moulin L. Evaluation of lockdown effect on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics through viral genome quantification in waste water, Greater Paris, France, 5 March to 23 April 2020. Euro Surveill 2020; 25. [PMID: 33334397 DOI: 10.2807/15607917.es.2020.25.50.2000776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). People infected with SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit no or mild non-specific symptoms; thus, they may contribute to silent circulation of the virus among humans. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in stool samples, monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in waste water (WW) has been proposed as a complementary tool to investigate virus circulation in human populations.AimTo test if the quantification of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW correlates with the number of symptomatic or non-symptomatic carriers.MethodWe performed a time-course quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR in raw WW samples collected from several major WW treatment plants in Greater Paris. The study period was 5 March to 23 April 2020, including the lockdown period in France (from 17 March).ResultsWe showed that the increase of genome units in raw WW accurately followed the increase of human COVID-19 cases observed at the regional level. Of note, the viral genome could be detected before the epidemic grew massively (around 8 March). Equally importantly, a marked decrease in the quantities of genome units was observed concomitantly with the reduction in the number of new COVID-19 cases, 29 days following the lockdown.ConclusionThis work suggests that a quantitative monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW could generate important additional information for improved monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 circulation at local or regional levels and emphasises the role of WW-based epidemiology.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine2, Paris, France
- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, , e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Bretigny sur Orge, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- SIAAP, Service process-laboratoire SIAAP site Seine Amont, Valenton, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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Wurtzer S, Marechal V, Mouchel JM, Maday Y, Teyssou R, Richard E, Almayrac JL, Moulin L. Evaluation of lockdown effect on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics through viral genome quantification in waste water, Greater Paris, France, 5 March to 23 April 2020. Euro Surveill 2020. [PMID: 33334397 DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.12.20062679%j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). People infected with SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit no or mild non-specific symptoms; thus, they may contribute to silent circulation of the virus among humans. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in stool samples, monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in waste water (WW) has been proposed as a complementary tool to investigate virus circulation in human populations.AimTo test if the quantification of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW correlates with the number of symptomatic or non-symptomatic carriers.MethodWe performed a time-course quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR in raw WW samples collected from several major WW treatment plants in Greater Paris. The study period was 5 March to 23 April 2020, including the lockdown period in France (from 17 March).ResultsWe showed that the increase of genome units in raw WW accurately followed the increase of human COVID-19 cases observed at the regional level. Of note, the viral genome could be detected before the epidemic grew massively (around 8 March). Equally importantly, a marked decrease in the quantities of genome units was observed concomitantly with the reduction in the number of new COVID-19 cases, 29 days following the lockdown.ConclusionThis work suggests that a quantitative monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW could generate important additional information for improved monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 circulation at local or regional levels and emphasises the role of WW-based epidemiology.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine2, Paris, France
- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, , e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Bretigny sur Orge, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- SIAAP, Service process-laboratoire SIAAP site Seine Amont, Valenton, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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Wurtzer S, Marechal V, Mouchel JM, Maday Y, Teyssou R, Richard E, Almayrac JL, Moulin L. Evaluation of lockdown effect on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics through viral genome quantification in waste water, Greater Paris, France, 5 March to 23 April 2020. Euro Surveill 2020. [PMID: 33334397 DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.12.2006267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). People infected with SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit no or mild non-specific symptoms; thus, they may contribute to silent circulation of the virus among humans. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in stool samples, monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in waste water (WW) has been proposed as a complementary tool to investigate virus circulation in human populations.AimTo test if the quantification of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW correlates with the number of symptomatic or non-symptomatic carriers.MethodWe performed a time-course quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR in raw WW samples collected from several major WW treatment plants in Greater Paris. The study period was 5 March to 23 April 2020, including the lockdown period in France (from 17 March).ResultsWe showed that the increase of genome units in raw WW accurately followed the increase of human COVID-19 cases observed at the regional level. Of note, the viral genome could be detected before the epidemic grew massively (around 8 March). Equally importantly, a marked decrease in the quantities of genome units was observed concomitantly with the reduction in the number of new COVID-19 cases, 29 days following the lockdown.ConclusionThis work suggests that a quantitative monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW could generate important additional information for improved monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 circulation at local or regional levels and emphasises the role of WW-based epidemiology.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine2, Paris, France
- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, , e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Bretigny sur Orge, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- SIAAP, Service process-laboratoire SIAAP site Seine Amont, Valenton, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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Wurtzer S, Marechal V, Mouchel JM, Maday Y, Teyssou R, Richard E, Almayrac JL, Moulin L. Evaluation of lockdown effect on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics through viral genome quantification in waste water, Greater Paris, France, 5 March to 23 April 2020. Euro Surveill 2020; 25:2000776. [PMID: 33334397 PMCID: PMC7812418 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.50.2000776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). People infected with SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit no or mild non-specific symptoms; thus, they may contribute to silent circulation of the virus among humans. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in stool samples, monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in waste water (WW) has been proposed as a complementary tool to investigate virus circulation in human populations.AimTo test if the quantification of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW correlates with the number of symptomatic or non-symptomatic carriers.MethodWe performed a time-course quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR in raw WW samples collected from several major WW treatment plants in Greater Paris. The study period was 5 March to 23 April 2020, including the lockdown period in France (from 17 March).ResultsWe showed that the increase of genome units in raw WW accurately followed the increase of human COVID-19 cases observed at the regional level. Of note, the viral genome could be detected before the epidemic grew massively (around 8 March). Equally importantly, a marked decrease in the quantities of genome units was observed concomitantly with the reduction in the number of new COVID-19 cases, 29 days following the lockdown.ConclusionThis work suggests that a quantitative monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW could generate important additional information for improved monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 circulation at local or regional levels and emphasises the role of WW-based epidemiology.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine2, Paris, France
- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, , e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Bretigny sur Orge, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- SIAAP, Service process-laboratoire SIAAP site Seine Amont, Valenton, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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Wurtzer S, Marechal V, Mouchel JM, Maday Y, Teyssou R, Richard E, Almayrac JL, Moulin L. Evaluation of lockdown effect on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics through viral genome quantification in waste water, Greater Paris, France, 5 March to 23 April 2020. Euro Surveill 2020. [PMID: 33334397 DOI: 10.1807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.50.2000776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). People infected with SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit no or mild non-specific symptoms; thus, they may contribute to silent circulation of the virus among humans. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in stool samples, monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in waste water (WW) has been proposed as a complementary tool to investigate virus circulation in human populations.AimTo test if the quantification of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW correlates with the number of symptomatic or non-symptomatic carriers.MethodWe performed a time-course quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR in raw WW samples collected from several major WW treatment plants in Greater Paris. The study period was 5 March to 23 April 2020, including the lockdown period in France (from 17 March).ResultsWe showed that the increase of genome units in raw WW accurately followed the increase of human COVID-19 cases observed at the regional level. Of note, the viral genome could be detected before the epidemic grew massively (around 8 March). Equally importantly, a marked decrease in the quantities of genome units was observed concomitantly with the reduction in the number of new COVID-19 cases, 29 days following the lockdown.ConclusionThis work suggests that a quantitative monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW could generate important additional information for improved monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 circulation at local or regional levels and emphasises the role of WW-based epidemiology.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine2, Paris, France
- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, , e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Bretigny sur Orge, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- SIAAP, Service process-laboratoire SIAAP site Seine Amont, Valenton, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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Wurtzer S, Marechal V, Mouchel JM, Maday Y, Teyssou R, Richard E, Almayrac JL, Moulin L. Evaluation of lockdown effect on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics through viral genome quantification in waste water, Greater Paris, France, 5 March to 23 April 2020. Euro Surveill 2020. [PMID: 33334397 DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.12.20062679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [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] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). People infected with SARS-CoV-2 may exhibit no or mild non-specific symptoms; thus, they may contribute to silent circulation of the virus among humans. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in stool samples, monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in waste water (WW) has been proposed as a complementary tool to investigate virus circulation in human populations.AimTo test if the quantification of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW correlates with the number of symptomatic or non-symptomatic carriers.MethodWe performed a time-course quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR in raw WW samples collected from several major WW treatment plants in Greater Paris. The study period was 5 March to 23 April 2020, including the lockdown period in France (from 17 March).ResultsWe showed that the increase of genome units in raw WW accurately followed the increase of human COVID-19 cases observed at the regional level. Of note, the viral genome could be detected before the epidemic grew massively (around 8 March). Equally importantly, a marked decrease in the quantities of genome units was observed concomitantly with the reduction in the number of new COVID-19 cases, 29 days following the lockdown.ConclusionThis work suggests that a quantitative monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in WW could generate important additional information for improved monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 circulation at local or regional levels and emphasises the role of WW-based epidemiology.
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- S Wurtzer
- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine2, Paris, France
- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 Metis, , e-LTER Zone Atelier Seine, Paris, France
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- These authors are co-founders of the COVID-IA/PANDEMIA initiative
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université de Paris, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (LJLL), et Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Bretigny sur Orge, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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- SIAAP, Service process-laboratoire SIAAP site Seine Amont, Valenton, France
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- Eau de Paris, R&D Laboratory, DRDQE Ivry/Seine, France
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Waldman P, Lucas FS, Varrault G, Moulin L, Wurtzer S. Hydrophobic Organic Matter Promotes Coxsackievirus B5 Stabilization and Protection from Heat. Food Environ Virol 2020; 12:118-129. [PMID: 31912415 DOI: 10.1007/s12560-019-09418-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In urban rivers, many of which are used for drinking water production, viruses encounter a range of particulate, colloidal, and dissolved organic and inorganic compounds. To date, the impact of environmental organic matter on virus persistence in the environment has received little attention. In the present study, fresh water was fractioned to separate particulate natural organic matter from dissolved forms. Each fraction was tested for its ability to promote coxsackievirus B5 resistance to heat inactivation. Our results demonstrate that, at natural concentrations, environmental waters contain particulate or dissolved compounds that are able to protect viruses from heat. We also show that hydrophobic compounds promote an efficient protection against heat inactivation. This study suggests that local conditions encountered by viruses in the environment could greatly impact their persistence.
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- P Waldman
- Laboratoire Eau Environnement Et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU, UMR MA 102), Faculté des Sciences Et Technologie, Université Paris-Est, 61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94000, Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire Eau Environnement Et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU, UMR MA 102), Faculté des Sciences Et Technologie, Université Paris-Est, 61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94000, Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire Eau Environnement Et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU, UMR MA 102), Faculté des Sciences Et Technologie, Université Paris-Est, 61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94000, Créteil, France
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, 33 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200, Ivry sur Seine, France.
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, 33 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200, Ivry sur Seine, France
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Moulin L, Heraud F, Dubie E. Fracture de l’os hyoïde par hyperextension cervicale. Ann Fr Med Urgence 2019. [DOI: 10.3166/afmu-2019-0121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lecorche E, Haenn S, Mougari F, Kumanski S, Veziris N, Benmansour H, Raskine L, Moulin L, Cambau E, Aubry A, Brossier F, Chauffour A, Jaffre J, Jarlier V, Robert J, Sougakoff W. Comparison of methods available for identification of Mycobacterium chimaera. Clin Microbiol Infect 2018; 24:409-413. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Garcia-Seco D, Chiapello M, Bracale M, Pesce C, Bagnaresi P, Dubois E, Moulin L, Vannini C, Koebnik R. Transcriptome and proteome analysis reveal new insight into proximal and distal responses of wheat to foliar infection by Xanthomonas translucens. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10157. [PMID: 28860643 PMCID: PMC5579275 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10568-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The molecular details of local plant response against Xanthomonas translucens infection is largely unknown. Moreover, there is no knowledge about effects of the pathogen on the root's transcriptome and proteome. Therefore, we investigated the global gene and protein expression changes both in leaves and roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum) 24 h post leaf infection of X. translucens. This simultaneous analysis allowed us to obtain insight into possible metabolic rearrangements in above- and belowground tissues and to identify common responses as well as specific alterations. At the site of infection, we observed the implication of various components of the recognition, signaling, and amplification mechanisms in plant response to the pathogen. Moreover, data indicate a massive down-regulation of photosynthesis and confirm the chloroplast as crucial signaling hub during pathogen attack. Notably, roots responded as well to foliar attack and their response significantly differed from that locally triggered in infected leaves. Data indicate that roots as a site of energy production and synthesis of various secondary metabolites may actively influence the composition and colonisation level of root-associated microbes. Finally, our results emphasize the accumulation of jasmonic acid, pipecolic acid and/or the downstream mediator of hydrogen peroxide as long distal signals from infected leaves to roots.
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- D Garcia-Seco
- IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394, Montpellier, France.
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394, Montpellier, France
- Université catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Applied Microbiology Phytopathology, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Council for agricultural research and economics (CREA) - Genomics Research Centre, via San Protaso 302, 29017, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Piacenza, Italy
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- CNRS, Montpellier GenomiX, c/o Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, 141 rue de la Cardonille, Montpellier Cedex 34, France
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- IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394, Montpellier, France
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy.
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- IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394, Montpellier, France
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Ramisch D, Rumbo C, Echevarria C, Moulin L, Niveyro S, Orce G, Crivelli A, Martinez MI, Chavez L, Paez MA, Trentadue J, Klein F, Fernández A, Solar H, Gondolesi GE. Long-Term Outcomes of Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation at a Single Center in Argentina. Transplant Proc 2017; 48:457-62. [PMID: 27109978 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.12.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intestinal failure (IF) patients received parenteral nutrition (PN) as the only available therapy until intestinal transplantation (ITx) evolved as an accepted treatment. The aim of this article is to report the long-term outcomes of a series of ITx performed in pediatric and adult patients at a single center 9 years after its creation. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of the ITx performed between May 2006 and January 2015. Diagnoses, pre-ITx mean time on PN, indications for ITx, time on the waiting list for types of ITx, mean total ischemia time, and warm ischemia time, time until PN discontinuation, incidence of acute and chronic rejection, and 5-year actuarial patient survival are reported. RESULTS A total of 42 patients received ITx; 80% had short gut syndrome (SG); the mean time on PN was 1620 days. The main indication for ITx was lack of central venous access followed by intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD) and catheter-related infectious complications. The mean time on the waiting list was 188 days (standard deviation, ±183 days). ITx were performed in 26 children and 14 adults. In all, 32 procedures were isolated ITx (IITX); 10 were multiorgan Tx (MOT; 3 combined, 7 multivisceral Tx (MVTx), 1 modified MVTx and 2 with kidney); 2 (4.7 %) were retransplantations: 1 IITx, 1 MVTx, and 5 including the right colon. Thirteen patients (31%) received abdominal rectus fascia. All procedures were performed by the same surgical team. Total ischemia time was 7:53 ± 2:04 hours, and warm ischemia time was 40.2 ± 10.5 minutes. The mean length of implanted intestine was 325 ± 63 cm. Bishop-Koop ileostomy was performed in 67% of cases. In all, 16 of 42 Tx required early reoperations. The overall mean follow-up time was 41 ± 35.6 months. The mean time to PN discontinuation after Tx was 68 days (P = .001). The total number of acute cellular rejection (ACR) episodes until the last follow-up was 83; the total number of grafts lost due to ACR was 4; and the total graft lost due to chronic rejection was 3. At the time of writing, the overall 5-year patient survival is 55% (65% for IITx vs 22% for MOT; P = .0001); 60% for pediatric recipients vs 47% for adults (P = NS); 64% when the indication for ITx was SG vs 25% for non-SG (P = .002). CONCLUSIONS At this center, candidates with SG, in the absence of IFALD requiring IITx, showed the best long-term outcomes, independent of recipient age. A multidisciplinary approach is mandatory for the care of intestinal failure patients, to sustain a rehabilitation and transplantation program over time.
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- D Ramisch
- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Anesthesia Department, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Anesthesia Department, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Adult Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Unidad de Insuficiencia Intestinal, Rehabilitación y Trasplante de Intestino, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, CABA, Argentina.
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Moulin L, Pedraza N, Padin J, Niveyro S, Tuhay G, Rumbo C, Schelotto PB, Crivelli A, Solar Muñiz H, Ramisch D, Gondolesi G. Case Report: Spleen-preserving Multivisceral Transplant for Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome. Transplant Proc 2016; 48:546-8. [PMID: 27109998 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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CASE REPORT A 24-year-old man diagnosed with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome as a child underwent multiple surgeries owing to intussusception. Pretransplant workup showed >150 polyps along the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, some of them with high-grade dysplasia. Despite having intestinal sufficiency, a modified multivisceral transplantation was offered. PROCEDURE An 18-year-old donor was procured using University of Wisconsin solution. The recipient's surgery started with a midline incision. Mobilization of the right colon and the root of the mesentery was done to isolate the superior mesenteric artery. The same maneuver was done with the left and sigmoid colon. The common bile duct was then isolated and transected at the cystic duct level. The abdominal portion of the esophagus and the proximal stomach were isolated and divided at the gastroesophageal junction. After that, the pancreas was mobilized, preserving the spleen with the splenic vessels. The distal GI tract was transacted at the level of the proximal rectum. For engraftment, an arterial conduit was placed in the infrarenal aorta and anastomosed to the graft's aortic patch. End-to-side portal reconstruction was made at the level of the portal vein, allowing performing a duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction over a 5-Fr T-tube. A hand-sewn gastrogastric anastomosis and piloroplasty were performed; the distal anastomosis was done with circular staplers. A gastrojejunostomy and a loop ileostomy were the final steps of the procedure. RESULTS The patient stayed in intensive care for 2 days and enteral feeds were started on day 7. Currently, 23 months after transplant he is alive with an excellent quality of life.
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- L Moulin
- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Cirugía, Clínica "La Pequeña Familia", Ciudad de Junín, Argentina
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- Servicio de Anestesiología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Terapia Intensiva y Trasplante, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hepatología y Gastroenterología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Trasplante Multiorgánico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Pain S, Bardey V, André-Frei V, Moulin L, Debret R. 172 DNA methylation targeting to rescue chronological and pathological loss of skin elasticity. J Invest Dermatol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.06.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Seidl M, Da G, Ausset P, Haenn S, Géhin E, Moulin L. Evaluating exposure of pedestrians to airborne contaminants associated with non-potable water use for pavement cleaning. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:6091-6101. [PMID: 26233734 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5062-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Climate change and increasing demography press local authorities to look after affordable water resources and replacement of drinking water for city necessities like street and pavement cleaning by more available raw water. Though, the substitution of drinking by non-drinking resources demands the evaluation of sanitary hazards. This article aims therefore to evaluate the contribution of cleaning water to the overall exposure of city dwellers in case of wet pavement cleaning using crossed physical, chemical and biological approaches. The result of tracer experiments with fluorescein show that liquid water content of the cleaning aerosol produced is about 0.24 g m(-3), rending possible a fast estimation of exposure levels. In situ analysis of the aerosol particles indicates a significant increase in particle number concentration and particle diameter, though without change in particle composition. The conventional bacterial analysis using total coliforms as tracer suggests that an important part of the contamination is issued from the pavement. The qPCR results show a more than 20-fold increase of background genome concentration for Escherichia coli and 10-fold increase for Enterococcus but a negligible contribution of the cleaning water. The fluorescence analysis of the cleaning aerosol confirms the above findings identifying pavement surface as the major contributor to aerosol organic load. The physical, chemical and microbiological approaches used make it possible to describe accurately the cleaning bioaerosol and to identify the existence of significantly higher levels of all parameters studied during the wet pavement cleaning. Though, the low level of contamination and the very short time of passage of pedestrian in the zone do not suggest a significant risk for the city dwellers. As the cleaning workers remain much longer in the impacted area, more attention should be paid to their chronic exposure.
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- M Seidl
- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU), UMR MA 102, ENPC, 6 Ave Blaise Pascal, 77455, Champs-sur-Marne, France.
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- Université Paris-Est, Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Thermique, Environnement et Systèmes EA 3481 (CERTES), Université Paris-Est Créteil, 61 Ave du Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR CNRS 7583 UPEC - UP7, Université Paris-Est Créteil, 61 Ave du Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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- Eau de Paris, Direction de la Recherche & Développement et de la Qualité des Eaux (DRDQE), 33 Ave Jean Jaurès, 94200, Ivry Sur Seine, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Thermique, Environnement et Systèmes EA 3481 (CERTES), Université Paris-Est Créteil, 61 Ave du Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil Cedex, France
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- Eau de Paris, Direction de la Recherche & Développement et de la Qualité des Eaux (DRDQE), 33 Ave Jean Jaurès, 94200, Ivry Sur Seine, France
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Prevost B, Goulet M, Lucas FS, Joyeux M, Moulin L, Wurtzer S. Viral persistence in surface and drinking water: Suitability of PCR pre-treatment with intercalating dyes. Water Res 2016; 91:68-76. [PMID: 26773484 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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After many outbreaks of enteric virus associated with consumption of drinking water, the study of enteric viruses in water has increased significantly in recent years. In order to better understand the dynamics of enteric viruses in environmental water and the associated viral risk, it is necessary to estimate viral persistence in different conditions. In this study, two representative models of human enteric viruses, adenovirus 41 (AdV 41) and coxsackievirus B2 (CV-B2), were used to evaluate the persistence of enteric viruses in environmental water. The persistence of infectious particles, encapsidated genomes and free nucleic acids of AdV 41 and CV-B2 was evaluated in drinking water and surface water at different temperatures (4 °C, 20 °C and 37 °C). The infectivity of AdV 41 and CV-B2 persisted for at least 25 days, whatever the water temperature, and for more than 70 days at 4 °C and 20 °C, in both drinking and surface water. Encapsidated genomes persisted beyond 70 days, whatever the water temperature. Free nucleic acids (i.e. without capsid) also were able to persist for at least 16 days in drinking and surface water. The usefulness of a detection method based on an intercalating dye pre-treatment, which specifically targets preserved particles, was investigated for the discrimination of free and encapsidated genomes and it was compared to virus infectivity. Further, the resistance of AdV 41 and CV-B2 against two major disinfection treatments applied in drinking water plants (UV and chlorination) was evaluated. Even after the application of UV rays and chlorine at high doses (400 mJ/cm(2) and 10 mg.min/L, respectively), viral genomes were still detected with molecular biology methods. Although the intercalating dye pre-treatment had little use for the detection of the effects of UV treatment, it was useful in the case of treatment by chlorination and less than 1 log10 difference in the results was found as compared to the infectivity measurements. Finally, for the first time, the suitability of intercalating dye pre-treatment for the estimation of the quality of the water produced by treatment plants was demonstrated using samples from four drinking-water plants and two rivers. Although 55% (27/49) of drinking water samples were positive for enteric viruses using molecular detection, none of the samples were positive when the intercalating dye pre-treatment method was used. This could indicate that the viruses that were detected are not infectious.
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- B Prevost
- LEESU (UMR MA 102, Université Paris-Est, Agro ParisTech), Université Paris-Est Créteil, 61, Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, R&D biologie, 33, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200 Ivry sur seine, France
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- LEESU (UMR MA 102, Université Paris-Est, Agro ParisTech), Université Paris-Est Créteil, 61, Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, R&D biologie, 33, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200 Ivry sur seine, France
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, R&D biologie, 33, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200 Ivry sur seine, France.
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, R&D biologie, 33, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200 Ivry sur seine, France
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Prevost B, Lucas FS, Goncalves A, Richard F, Moulin L, Wurtzer S. Large scale survey of enteric viruses in river and waste water underlines the health status of the local population. Environ Int 2015; 79:42-50. [PMID: 25795193 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Although enteric viruses constitute a major cause of acute waterborne diseases worldwide, environmental data about occurrence and viral load of enteric viruses in water are not often available. In this study, enteric viruses (i.e., adenovirus, aichivirus, astrovirus, cosavirus, enterovirus, hepatitis A and E viruses, norovirus of genogroups I and II, rotavirus A and salivirus) were monitored in the Seine River and the origin of contamination was untangled. A total of 275 water samples were collected, twice a month for one year, from the river Seine, its tributaries and the major WWTP effluents in the Paris agglomeration. All water samples were negative for hepatitis A and E viruses. AdV, NVGI, NVGII and RV-A were the most prevalent and abundant populations in all water samples. The viral load and the detection frequency increased significantly between the samples collected the most upstream and the most downstream of the Paris urban area. The calculated viral fluxes demonstrated clearly the measurable impact of WWTP effluents on the viral contamination of the Seine River. The viral load was seasonal for almost all enteric viruses, in accordance with the gastroenteritis recordings provided by the French medical authorities. These results implied the existence of a close relationship between the health status of inhabitants and the viral contamination of WWTP effluents and consequently surface water contamination. Subsequently, the regular analysis of wastewater could serve as a proxy for the monitoring of the human viruses circulating in both a population and surface water.
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- B Prevost
- LEESU (UMR MA 102, Université Paris-Est, Agro ParisTech), Université Paris-Est Créteil, 61, Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle, 94010 Créteil cedex, France
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- LEESU (UMR MA 102, Université Paris-Est, Agro ParisTech), Université Paris-Est Créteil, 61, Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle, 94010 Créteil cedex, France
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- SIAAP, Direction du développement et de la prospective, 82, Avenue Kléber, 92700 Colombes, France
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- SIAAP, Direction du développement et de la prospective, 82, Avenue Kléber, 92700 Colombes, France
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, R&D biologie, 33, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200 Ivry sur Seinze, France.
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- Eau de Paris, DRDQE, R&D biologie, 33, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 94200 Ivry sur Seinze, France
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Moulin L, Rouvet I, Sommer P, Debret R. Premières données sur l’épigénome Williams-Beuren par l’analyse du méthylome de l’ADN de fibroblastes dermiques. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2014.04.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Diouf D, Fall D, Chaintreuil C, Ba A, Dreyfus B, Neyra M, Ndoye I, Moulin L. Phylogenetic analyses of symbiotic genes and characterization of functional traits of
Mesorhizobium
spp. strains associated with the promiscuous species
Acacia seyal
Del. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 108:818-830. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04500.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- D. Diouf
- Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, BP, Dakar, Senegal
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, BP, Dakar, Senegal
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- Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, BP, Dakar, Senegal
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, BP, Dakar, Senegal
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- IRD, UMR 113 Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes F‐34398, Montpellier, France
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- Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, BP, Dakar, Senegal
- Université de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor, Senegal
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- IRD, UMR 113 Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes F‐34398, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, UMR 113 Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes F‐34398, Montpellier, France
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- Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, BP, Dakar, Senegal
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, BP, Dakar, Senegal
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- IRD, UMR 113 Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes F‐34398, Montpellier, France
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Gueye F, Moulin L, Sylla S, Ndoye I, Béna G. Genetic diversity and distribution of Bradyrhizobium and Azorhizobium strains associated with the herb legume Zornia glochidiata sampled from across Senegal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:387-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nzoué A, Miché L, Klonowska A, Laguerre G, de Lajudie P, Moulin L. Multilocus sequence analysis of bradyrhizobia isolated from Aeschynomene species in Senegal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:400-12. [PMID: 19556090 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
This study reports the multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of nine house-keeping gene fragments (atpD, dnaK, glnA, glnB, gltA, gyrB, recA, rpoB and thrC) on a collection of 38 Bradyrhizobium isolated from Aeschynomene species in Senegal, which had previously been characterised by several phenotypic and genotypic techniques, allowing a comparative analysis of MLSA resolution power for species delineation in this genus. The nifH locus was also studied to compare house-keeping and symbiotic gene phylogenies and obtain insights into the unusual symbiotic properties of these Aeschynomene symbionts. Phylogenetic analyses (maximum likelihood, Bayesian) of concatenated nine loci produced a well-resolved phylogeny of the strain collection separating photosynthetic bradyrhizobial strains (PB) from non-photosynthetic bradyrhizobial (NPB) ones. The PB clade was interpreted as the remains an expanding ancient species that presently shows high diversification, giving rise to potential new species. B. denitrificans LMG8443 and BTAi1 strains formed a sub-clade that was identified as recently emerging new species. Congruence analyses (by Shimodaira-Hasegawa (S-H) tests) identified three gene-fragments (dnaK, glnB and recA) that should be preferred for MLSA analyses in Bradyrhizobium genus. The nine loci or nifH phylogenies were not correlated with the unusual symbiotic properties of PB (nod-dependent/nod-independent). Advantages and drawbacks of MLSA for species delineation in Bradyrhizobium are discussed.
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- A Nzoué
- IRD, UMR 113, Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, F-34398 Montpellier, France
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Rasolomampianina R, Bailly X, Fetiarison R, Rabevohitra R, Béna G, Ramaroson L, Raherimandimby M, Moulin L, De Lajudie P, Dreyfus B, Avarre JC. Nitrogen-fixing nodules from rose wood legume trees (Dalbergia spp.) endemic to Madagascar host seven different genera belonging to alpha- and beta-Proteobacteria. Mol Ecol 2006; 14:4135-46. [PMID: 16262864 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2005.02730.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although legume biodiversity is concentrated in tropical regions, the majority of studies on legume nodulating bacteria (LNB) are focused on cultivated leguminous plants from temperate regions. However, recent works on tropical regions tend to indicate that the actual diversity of LNB is largely underestimated. In this study, we report the isolation and characterization of 68 nitrogen-fixing root nodule bacteria collected from eight endemic tree species of Dalbergia in Madagascar. The isolates were characterized by (i) restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of 16S-IGS rDNA, (ii) 16S rDNA gene sequencing and (iii) nodulation tests. Results revealed a wide diversity of bacteria present in the nodules of Dalbergia. Among the 68 isolated bacteria, 65 belonged to Bradyrhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium, Azorhizobium and Phyllobacterium from the alpha-class of Proteobacteria, and three isolates belonged to Burkholderia and Ralstonia from the beta-class of Proteobacteria. Our results also show for the first time that a strain belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex is able to induce efficient nodules on a legume plant.
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- R Rasolomampianina
- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, UMR 113 IRD/INRA/CIRAD/UM2/Agro-M, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Debellé F, Moulin L, Mangin B, Dénarié J, Boivin C. Nod genes and Nod signals and the evolution of the Rhizobium legume symbiosis. Acta Biochim Pol 2002; 48:359-65. [PMID: 11732607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
Abstract
The establishment of the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between rhizobia and legumes requires an exchange of signals between the two partners. In response to flavonoids excreted by the host plant, rhizobia synthesize Nod factors (NFs) which elicit, at very low concentrations and in a specific manner, various symbiotic responses on the roots of the legume hosts. NFs from several rhizobial species have been characterized. They all are lipo-chitooligosaccharides, consisting of a backbone of generally four or five glucosamine residues N-acylated at the non-reducing end, and carrying various O-substituents. The N-acyl chain and the other substituents are important determinants of the rhizobial host specificity. A number of nodulation genes which specify the synthesis of NFs have been identified. All rhizobia, in spite of their diversity, possess conserved nodABC genes responsible for the synthesis of the N-acylated oligosaccharide core of NFs, which suggests that these genes are of a monophyletic origin. Other genes, the host specific nod genes, specify the substitutions of NFs. The central role of NFs and nod genes in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis suggests that these factors could be used as molecular markers to study the evolution of this symbiosis. We have studied a number of NFs which are N-acylated by alpha,beta-unsaturated fatty acids. We found that the ability to synthesize such NFs does not correlate with taxonomic position of the rhizobia. However, all rhizobia that produce NFs such nodulate plants belonging to related tribes of legumes, the Trifolieae, Vicieae, and Galegeae, all of them being members of the so-called galegoid group. This suggests that the ability to recognize the NFs with alpha-beta-unsaturated fatty acids is limited to this group of legumes, and thus might have appeared only once in the course of legume evolution, in the galegoid phylum.
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- F Debellé
- LBMRPM INRA-CNRS Castanet Tolosan, France.
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Transcription attenuation comprises several processes that affect transcript elongation and transcription termination, and has an important role in regulating gene expression. In most cases, transcription attenuation is used as a regulatory mechanism that allows the cell to adjust protein synthesis levels in response to a specific signal. Here, by using a tRNA gene as a transcriptional reporter, we characterize a new type of transcription attenuation mechanism in Escherichia coli that involves bacterial interspersed mosaic elements (BIMEs), the main family of repetitive extragenic elements. The transcription termination factor Rho is required for attenuation in association with BIMEs, thus revealing a new role for Rho as a BIMEs-dependent global regulator of gene expression. By mutational analyses, we identified nucleotide determinants of BIMEs that are required for attenuation and showed that this process relies on a sequence-specific mechanism. Our data are consistent with a model in which BIMEs provoke a pause in RNA polymerase movement and Rho acts ultimately to terminate transcription. BIME-dependent transcription attenuation may be used as a means to differentially regulate expression of adjacent genes belonging to a single operon. BIMEs are dispersed in more than 250 operons such that attenuation can simultaneously affect expression of a large number of genes encoding unrelated proteins. This attenuation phenomenon, together with the known ability of BIMEs to stabilize upstream mRNA, reveals how dispersion of these abundant repetitive elements may affect gene regulation at the genome level.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic/pharmacology
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Reporter/genetics
- Kinetics
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation/genetics
- Operon/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/biosynthesis
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Rho Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Rho Factor/metabolism
- Terminator Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
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- O Espéli
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire du CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, F-91198, France
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Moulin L. [Not Available]. Kos 2001:50-3. [PMID: 11630286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Debellé F, Moulin L, Mangin B, Dénarié J, Boivin C. Nod genes and Nod signals and the evolution of the Rhizobium legume symbiosis. Acta Biochim Pol 2001. [DOI: 10.18388/abp.2001_3921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The establishment of the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between rhizobia and legumes requires an exchange of signals between the two partners. In response to flavonoids excreted by the host plant, rhizobia synthesize Nod factors (NFs) which elicit, at very low concentrations and in a specific manner, various symbiotic responses on the roots of the legume hosts. NFs from several rhizobial species have been characterized. They all are lipo-chitooligosaccharides, consisting of a backbone of generally four or five glucosamine residues N-acylated at the non-reducing end, and carrying various O-substituents. The N-acyl chain and the other substituents are important determinants of the rhizobial host specificity. A number of nodulation genes which specify the synthesis of NFs have been identified. All rhizobia, in spite of their diversity, possess conserved nodABC genes responsible for the synthesis of the N-acylated oligosaccharide core of NFs, which suggests that these genes are of a monophyletic origin. Other genes, the host specific nod genes, specify the substitutions of NFs. The central role of NFs and nod genes in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis suggests that these factors could be used as molecular markers to study the evolution of this symbiosis. We have studied a number of NFs which are N-acylated by alpha,beta-unsaturated fatty acids. We found that the ability to synthesize such NFs does not correlate with taxonomic position of the rhizobia. However, all rhizobia that produce NFs such nodulate plants belonging to related tribes of legumes, the Trifolieae, Vicieae, and Galegeae, all of them being members of the so-called galegoid group. This suggests that the ability to recognize the NFs with alpha-beta-unsaturated fatty acids is limited to this group of legumes, and thus might have appeared only once in the course of legume evolution, in the galegoid phylum.
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Members of the Leguminosae form the largest plant family on Earth, with around 18,000 species. The success of legumes can largely be attributed to their ability to form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with specific bacteria known as rhizobia, manifested by the development of nodules on the plant roots in which the bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen, a major contributor to the global nitrogen cycle. Rhizobia described so far belong exclusively to the alpha-subclass of Proteobacteria, where they are distributed in four distinct phylogenetic branches. Although nitrogen-fixing bacteria exist in other proteobacterial subclasses, for example Herbaspirillum and Azoarcus from the phylogenetically distant beta-subclass, none has been found to harbour the nod genes essential for establishing rhizobial symbiosis. Here we report the identification of proteobacteria from the beta-subclass that nodulate legumes. This finding shows that the ability to establish a symbiosis with legumes is more widespread in bacteria than anticipated to date.
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- L Moulin
- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, IRD-INRA-CIRAD-ENSAM Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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