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  1. Artikel ; Online: SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic UK Cats from Alpha to Omicron: Swab Surveillance and Case Reports.

    Jones, Sarah / Tyson, Grace B / Orton, Richard J / Smollett, Katherine / Manna, Federica / Kwok, Kirsty / Suárez, Nicolás M / Logan, Nicola / McDonald, Michael / Bowie, Andrea / Filipe, Ana Da Silva / Willett, Brian J / Weir, William / Hosie, Margaret J

    Viruses

    2023  Band 15, Heft 8

    Abstract: Although domestic cats are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the role of the virus in causing feline disease is less well defined. We conducted a large-scale study to identify SARS-CoV-2 infections in UK pet cats, using active and passive ... ...

    Abstract Although domestic cats are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the role of the virus in causing feline disease is less well defined. We conducted a large-scale study to identify SARS-CoV-2 infections in UK pet cats, using active and passive surveillance. Remnant feline respiratory swab samples, submitted for other pathogen testing between May 2021 and February 2023, were screened using RT-qPCR. In addition, we appealed to veterinarians for swab samples from cats suspected of having clinical SARS-CoV-2 infections. Bespoke testing for SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies was also performed, on request, in suspected cases. One RT-qPCR-positive cat was identified by active surveillance (1/549, 0.18%), during the Delta wave (1/175, 0.57%). Passive surveillance detected one cat infected with the Alpha variant, and two of ten cats tested RT-qPCR-positive during the Delta wave. No cats tested RT-qPCR-positive after the emergence of Omicron BA.1 and its descendants although 374 were tested by active and eleven by passive surveillance. We describe four cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pet cats, identified by RT-qPCR and/or serology, that presented with a range of clinical signs, as well as their SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences. These cases demonstrate that, although uncommon in cats, a variety of clinical signs can occur.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Cats ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19/veterinary ; Antibodies, Viral ; United Kingdom/epidemiology
    Chemische Substanzen Antibodies, Viral
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2023-08-19
    Erscheinungsland Switzerland
    Dokumenttyp Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2516098-9
    ISSN 1999-4915 ; 1999-4915
    ISSN (online) 1999-4915
    ISSN 1999-4915
    DOI 10.3390/v15081769
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  2. Artikel ; Online: Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning.

    Meehan, Gavin R / Herder, Vanessa / Allan, Jay / Huang, Xinyi / Kerr, Karen / Mendonca, Diogo Correa / Ilia, Georgios / Wright, Derek W / Nomikou, Kyriaki / Gu, Quan / Molina Arias, Sergi / Hansmann, Florian / Hardas, Alexandros / Attipa, Charalampos / De Lorenzo, Giuditta / Cowton, Vanessa / Upfold, Nicole / Palmalux, Natasha / Brown, Jonathan C /
    Barclay, Wendy S / Filipe, Ana Da Silva / Furnon, Wilhelm / Patel, Arvind H / Palmarini, Massimo

    PLoS pathogens

    2023  Band 19, Heft 11, Seite(n) e1011589

    Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has continued to evolve throughout the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, giving rise to multiple variants of concern (VOCs) with different biological properties. As the pandemic ... ...

    Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has continued to evolve throughout the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, giving rise to multiple variants of concern (VOCs) with different biological properties. As the pandemic progresses, it will be essential to test in near real time the potential of any new emerging variant to cause severe disease. BA.1 (Omicron) was shown to be attenuated compared to the previous VOCs like Delta, but it is possible that newly emerging variants may regain a virulent phenotype. Hamsters have been proven to be an exceedingly good model for SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. Here, we aimed to develop robust quantitative pipelines to assess the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters. We used various approaches including RNAseq, RNA in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and digital pathology, including software assisted whole section imaging and downstream automatic analyses enhanced by machine learning, to develop methods to assess and quantify virus-induced pulmonary lesions in an unbiased manner. Initially, we used Delta and Omicron to develop our experimental pipelines. We then assessed the virulence of recent Omicron sub-lineages including BA.5, XBB, BQ.1.18, BA.2, BA.2.75 and EG.5.1. We show that in experimentally infected hamsters, accurate quantification of alveolar epithelial hyperplasia and macrophage infiltrates represent robust markers for assessing the extent of virus-induced pulmonary pathology, and hence virus virulence. In addition, using these pipelines, we could reveal how some Omicron sub-lineages (e.g., BA.2.75 and EG.5.1) have regained virulence compared to the original BA.1. Finally, to maximise the utility of the digital pathology pipelines reported in our study, we developed an online repository containing representative whole organ histopathology sections that can be visualised at variable magnifications (https://covid-atlas.cvr.gla.ac.uk). Overall, this pipeline can provide unbiased and invaluable data for rapidly assessing newly emerging variants and their potential to cause severe disease.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Cricetinae ; Humans ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; COVID-19 ; Virulence ; Machine Learning
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2023-11-07
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2205412-1
    ISSN 1553-7374 ; 1553-7374
    ISSN (online) 1553-7374
    ISSN 1553-7374
    DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011589
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  3. Artikel ; Online: Population genomics of louping ill virus provide new insights into the evolution of tick-borne flaviviruses.

    Clark, Jordan J / Gilray, Janice / Orton, Richard J / Baird, Margaret / Wilkie, Gavin / Filipe, Ana da Silva / Johnson, Nicholas / McInnes, Colin J / Kohl, Alain / Biek, Roman

    PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    2020  Band 14, Heft 9, Seite(n) e0008133

    Abstract: The emergence and spread of tick-borne arboviruses pose an increased challenge to human and animal health. In Europe this is demonstrated by the increasingly wide distribution of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV, Flavivirus, Flaviviridae), which has ... ...

    Abstract The emergence and spread of tick-borne arboviruses pose an increased challenge to human and animal health. In Europe this is demonstrated by the increasingly wide distribution of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV, Flavivirus, Flaviviridae), which has recently been found in the United Kingdom (UK). However, much less is known about other tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFV), such as the closely related louping ill virus (LIV), an animal pathogen which is endemic to the UK and Ireland, but which has been detected in other parts of Europe including Scandinavia and Russia. The emergence and potential spatial overlap of these viruses necessitates improved understanding of LIV genomic diversity, geographic spread and evolutionary history. We sequenced a virus archive composed of 22 LIV isolates which had been sampled throughout the UK over a period of over 80 years. Combining this dataset with published virus sequences, we detected no sign of recombination and found low diversity and limited evidence for positive selection in the LIV genome. Phylogenetic analysis provided evidence of geographic clustering as well as long-distance movement, including movement events that appear recent. However, despite genomic data and an 80-year time span, we found that the data contained insufficient temporal signal to reliably estimate a molecular clock rate for LIV. Additional analyses revealed that this also applied to TBEV, albeit to a lesser extent, pointing to a general problem with phylogenetic dating for TBFV. The 22 LIV genomes generated during this study provide a more reliable LIV phylogeny, improving our knowledge of the evolution of tick-borne flaviviruses. Our inability to estimate a molecular clock rate for both LIV and TBEV suggests that temporal calibration of tick-borne flavivirus evolution should be interpreted with caution and highlight a unique aspect of these viruses which may be explained by their reliance on tick vectors.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Cell Line ; Cricetinae ; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/classification ; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/genetics ; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/virology ; Evolution, Molecular ; Genetics, Population ; Genome, Viral ; Metagenomics ; Phylogeny ; Sequence Analysis, RNA ; Sheep ; United Kingdom
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2020-09-14
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2429704-5
    ISSN 1935-2735 ; 1935-2735
    ISSN (online) 1935-2735
    ISSN 1935-2735
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008133
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  4. Artikel ; Online: Epidemiology and biology of a herpesvirus in rabies endemic vampire bat populations.

    Griffiths, Megan E / Bergner, Laura M / Broos, Alice / Meza, Diana K / Filipe, Ana da Silva / Davison, Andrew / Tello, Carlos / Becker, Daniel J / Streicker, Daniel G

    Nature communications

    2020  Band 11, Heft 1, Seite(n) 5951

    Abstract: Rabies is a viral zoonosis transmitted by vampire bats across Latin America. Substantial public health and agricultural burdens remain, despite decades of bats culls and livestock vaccinations. Virally vectored vaccines that spread autonomously through ... ...

    Abstract Rabies is a viral zoonosis transmitted by vampire bats across Latin America. Substantial public health and agricultural burdens remain, despite decades of bats culls and livestock vaccinations. Virally vectored vaccines that spread autonomously through bat populations are a theoretically appealing solution to managing rabies in its reservoir host. We investigate the biological and epidemiological suitability of a vampire bat betaherpesvirus (DrBHV) to act as a vaccine vector. In 25 sites across Peru with serological and/or molecular evidence of rabies circulation, DrBHV infects 80-100% of bats, suggesting potential for high population-level vaccine coverage. Phylogenetic analysis reveals host specificity within neotropical bats, limiting risks to non-target species. Finally, deep sequencing illustrates DrBHV super-infections in individual bats, implying that DrBHV-vectored vaccines might invade despite the highly prevalent wild-type virus. These results indicate DrBHV as a promising candidate vector for a transmissible rabies vaccine, and provide a framework to discover and evaluate candidate viral vectors for vaccines against bat-borne zoonoses.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Betaherpesvirinae/classification ; Betaherpesvirinae/genetics ; Betaherpesvirinae/physiology ; Biological Coevolution ; Cattle ; Chiroptera/classification ; Chiroptera/virology ; Genome, Viral/genetics ; Herpesviridae Infections/epidemiology ; Herpesviridae Infections/veterinary ; Herpesviridae Infections/virology ; Host Specificity ; Mammals/classification ; Mammals/virology ; Peru/epidemiology ; Phylogeny ; Rabies/epidemiology ; Rabies/prevention & control ; Rabies/transmission ; Rabies/veterinary ; Rabies virus/immunology ; Rabies virus/physiology ; Seroepidemiologic Studies ; Superinfection/veterinary ; Superinfection/virology
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2020-11-23
    Erscheinungsland England
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-19832-4
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  5. Artikel ; Online: Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning

    Meehan, Gavin R / Herder, Vanessa / Allan, Jay / Huang, Xinyi / Kerr, Karen / Mendonca, Diogo Correa / Ilia, Georgios / Wright, Derek W / Nomikou, Kyriaki / Gu, Quan / Arias, Sergi Molina / De Lorenzo, Giuditta / Cowton, Vanessa / Upfold, Nicole / Palmalux, Natasha / Brown, Jonathan / Barclay, Wendy / Filipe, Ana Da Silva / Furnon, Wilhelm /
    Patel, Arvind H / Palmarini, Massimo

    bioRxiv

    Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 has continued to evolve throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, giving rise to multiple variants of concern (VOCs) with different biological properties. As the pandemic progresses, it will be essential to test in near real time the potential of any ... ...

    Abstract SARS-CoV-2 has continued to evolve throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, giving rise to multiple variants of concern (VOCs) with different biological properties. As the pandemic progresses, it will be essential to test in near real time the potential of any new emerging variant to cause severe disease. BA.1 (Omicron) was shown to be attenuated compared to the previous VOCs like Delta, but it is possible that newly emerging variants may regain a virulent phenotype. Hamsters have been proven to be an exceedingly good model for SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. Here, we aimed to develop robust quantitative pipelines to assess the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters. We used various approaches including RNAseq, RNA in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and digital pathology, including  software assisted whole section imaging and downstream automatic analyses enhanced by machine learning, to develop methods to assess and quantify virus-induced pulmonary lesions in an unbiased manner. Initially, we used Delta and Omicron to develop our experimental pipelines. We then assessed the virulence of recent Omicron sub-lineages including BA.5, XBB, BQ.1.18, BA.2 and BA.2.75. We show that in experimentally infected hamsters, accurate quantification of alveolar epithelial hyperplasia and macrophage infiltrates represent robust markers for assessing the extent of virus-induced pulmonary pathology, and hence virus virulence. In addition, using these pipelines, we could reveal how some Omicron sub-lineages (e.g., BA.2.75) have regained virulence compared to the original BA.1. Finally, to maximise the utility of the digital pathology pipelines reported in our study, we developed an online repository containing representative whole organ histopathology sections that can be visualised at variable magnifications (https://covid-atlas.cvr.gla.ac.uk). Overall, this pipeline can provide unbiased and invaluable data for rapidly assessing newly emerging variants and their potential to cause severe disease.
    Schlagwörter covid19
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2023-08-01
    Verlag Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Dokumenttyp Artikel ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2023.08.01.551417
    Datenquelle COVID19

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  6. Artikel ; Online: A polymorphic residue that attenuates the antiviral potential of interferon lambda 4 in hominid lineages.

    Bamford, Connor G G / Aranday-Cortes, Elihu / Filipe, Ines Cordeiro / Sukumar, Swathi / Mair, Daniel / Filipe, Ana da Silva / Mendoza, Juan L / Garcia, K Christopher / Fan, Shaohua / Tishkoff, Sarah A / McLauchlan, John

    PLoS pathogens

    2018  Band 14, Heft 10, Seite(n) e1007307

    Abstract: As antimicrobial signalling molecules, type III or lambda interferons (IFNλs) are critical for defence against infection by diverse pathogens, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Counter-intuitively, expression of one member of the family, IFNλ4, is ... ...

    Abstract As antimicrobial signalling molecules, type III or lambda interferons (IFNλs) are critical for defence against infection by diverse pathogens, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Counter-intuitively, expression of one member of the family, IFNλ4, is associated with decreased clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the human population; by contrast, a natural frameshift mutation that abrogates IFNλ4 production improves HCV clearance. To further understand how genetic variation between and within species affects IFNλ4 function, we screened a panel of all known extant coding variants of human IFNλ4 for their antiviral potential and identify three that substantially affect activity: P70S, L79F and K154E. The most notable variant was K154E, which was found in African Congo rainforest 'Pygmy' hunter-gatherers. K154E greatly enhanced in vitro activity in a range of antiviral (HCV, Zika virus, influenza virus and encephalomyocarditis virus) and gene expression assays. Remarkably, E154 is the ancestral residue in mammalian IFNλ4s and is extremely well conserved, yet K154 has been fixed throughout evolution of the hominid genus Homo, including Neanderthals. Compared to chimpanzee IFNλ4, the human orthologue had reduced activity due to amino acid K154. Comparison of published gene expression data from humans and chimpanzees showed that this difference in activity between K154 and E154 in IFNλ4 correlates with differences in antiviral gene expression in vivo during HCV infection. Mechanistically, our data show that the human-specific K154 negatively affects IFNλ4 activity through a novel means by reducing its secretion and potency. We thus demonstrate that attenuated activity of IFNλ4 is conserved among humans and postulate that differences in IFNλ4 activity between species contribute to distinct host-specific responses to-and outcomes of-infection, such as HCV infection. The driver of reduced IFNλ4 antiviral activity in humans remains unknown but likely arose between 6 million and 360,000 years ago in Africa.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use ; Biological Evolution ; Cardiovirus Infections/drug therapy ; Cardiovirus Infections/genetics ; Cardiovirus Infections/virology ; Cells, Cultured ; Encephalomyocarditis virus/drug effects ; Encephalomyocarditis virus/isolation & purification ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Hepacivirus/drug effects ; Hepacivirus/isolation & purification ; Hepatitis C/drug therapy ; Hepatitis C/genetics ; Hepatitis C/virology ; Humans ; Interleukins/genetics ; Pan troglodytes ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Species Specificity ; Zika Virus/drug effects ; Zika Virus/isolation & purification ; Zika Virus Infection/drug therapy ; Zika Virus Infection/genetics ; Zika Virus Infection/virology
    Chemische Substanzen Antiviral Agents ; IFNL4 protein, human ; Interleukins
    Schlagwörter covid19
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2018-10-11
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2205412-1
    ISSN 1553-7374 ; 1553-7374
    ISSN (online) 1553-7374
    ISSN 1553-7374
    DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007307
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  7. Artikel ; Online: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing aids the diagnosis of viral infections in febrile returning travellers.

    Jerome, Hanna / Taylor, Callum / Sreenu, Vattipally B / Klymenko, Tanya / Filipe, Ana Da Silva / Jackson, Celia / Davis, Chris / Ashraf, Shirin / Wilson-Davies, Eleri / Jesudason, Natasha / Devine, Karen / Harder, Lisbeth / Aitken, Celia / Gunson, Rory / Thomson, Emma C

    The Journal of infection

    2019  Band 79, Heft 4, Seite(n) 383–388

    Abstract: Objectives: Travel-associated infections are challenging to diagnose because of the broad spectrum of potential aetiologies. As a proof-of-principle study, we used MNGS to identify viral pathogens in clinical samples from returning travellers in a ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Travel-associated infections are challenging to diagnose because of the broad spectrum of potential aetiologies. As a proof-of-principle study, we used MNGS to identify viral pathogens in clinical samples from returning travellers in a single center to explore its suitability as a diagnostic tool.
    Methods: Plasma samples from 40 returning travellers presenting with a fever of ≥38°C were sequenced using MNGS on the Illumina MiSeq platform and compared with standard-of-care diagnostic assays.
    Results: In total, 11/40 patients were diagnosed with a viral infection. Standard of care diagnostics revealed 5 viral infections using plasma samples; dengue virus 1 (n = 2), hepatitis E (n = 1), Ebola virus (n = 1) and hepatitis A (n = 1), all of which were detected by MNGS. Three additional patients with Chikungunya virus (n = 2) and mumps virus were diagnosed by MNGS only. Respiratory infections detected by nasal/throat swabs only were not detected by MNGS of plasma. One patient had infection with malaria and mumps virus during the same admission.
    Conclusions: MNGS analysis of plasma samples improves the sensitivity of diagnosis of viral infections and has potential as an all-in-one diagnostic test. It can be used to identify infections that have not been considered by the treating physician, co-infections and new or emerging pathogens.
    Summary: Next generation sequencing (NGS) has potential as an all-in-one diagnostic test. In this study we used NGS to diagnose returning travellers with acute febrile illness in the UK, highlighting cases where the diagnosis was missed using standard methods.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Adult ; Bacterial Infections/diagnosis ; Bacterial Infections/microbiology ; Fever/virology ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods ; Humans ; Metagenomics ; Parasitic Diseases/diagnosis ; Parasitic Diseases/parasitology ; Proof of Concept Study ; RNA, Viral/genetics ; Respiratory Tract Infections/blood ; Respiratory Tract Infections/diagnosis ; Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology ; Respiratory Tract Infections/virology ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Travel/statistics & numerical data ; Travel-Related Illness ; Virus Diseases/blood ; Virus Diseases/diagnosis ; Viruses/genetics ; Viruses/pathogenicity
    Chemische Substanzen RNA, Viral
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2019-08-06
    Erscheinungsland England
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 424417-5
    ISSN 1532-2742 ; 0163-4453
    ISSN (online) 1532-2742
    ISSN 0163-4453
    DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.08.003
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  8. Artikel ; Online: "Frozen evolution" of an RNA virus suggests accidental release as a potential cause of arbovirus re-emergence.

    Pascall, David J / Nomikou, Kyriaki / Bréard, Emmanuel / Zientara, Stephan / Filipe, Ana da Silva / Hoffmann, Bernd / Jacquot, Maude / Singer, Joshua B / De Clercq, Kris / Bøtner, Anette / Sailleau, Corinne / Viarouge, Cyril / Batten, Carrie / Puggioni, Giantonella / Ligios, Ciriaco / Savini, Giovanni / van Rijn, Piet A / Mertens, Peter P C / Biek, Roman /
    Palmarini, Massimo

    PLoS biology

    2020  Band 18, Heft 4, Seite(n) e3000673

    Abstract: The mechanisms underlying virus emergence are rarely well understood, making the appearance of outbreaks largely unpredictable. Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8), an arthropod-borne virus of ruminants, emerged in livestock in northern Europe in 2006, ... ...

    Abstract The mechanisms underlying virus emergence are rarely well understood, making the appearance of outbreaks largely unpredictable. Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8), an arthropod-borne virus of ruminants, emerged in livestock in northern Europe in 2006, spreading to most European countries by 2009 and causing losses of billions of euros. Although the outbreak was successfully controlled through vaccination by early 2010, puzzlingly, a closely related BTV-8 strain re-emerged in France in 2015, triggering a second outbreak that is still ongoing. The origin of this virus and the mechanisms underlying its re-emergence are unknown. Here, we performed phylogenetic analyses of 164 whole BTV-8 genomes sampled throughout the two outbreaks. We demonstrate consistent clock-like virus evolution during both epizootics but found negligible evolutionary change between them. We estimate that the ancestor of the second outbreak dates from the height of the first outbreak in 2008. This implies that the virus had not been replicating for multiple years prior to its re-emergence in 2015. Given the absence of any known natural mechanism that could explain BTV-8 persistence over this long period without replication, we hypothesise that the second outbreak could have been initiated by accidental exposure of livestock to frozen material contaminated with virus from approximately 2008. Our work highlights new targets for pathogen surveillance programmes in livestock and illustrates the power of genomic epidemiology to identify pathways of infectious disease emergence.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Biological Evolution ; Bluetongue/epidemiology ; Bluetongue/virology ; Bluetongue virus/genetics ; Bluetongue virus/physiology ; Disease Outbreaks ; Europe/epidemiology ; France ; Genome, Viral ; Livestock/virology ; Mutation ; Phylogeny
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2020-04-28
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2126776-5
    ISSN 1545-7885 ; 1544-9173
    ISSN (online) 1545-7885
    ISSN 1544-9173
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000673
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  9. Artikel ; Online: Subgenomic RNA identification in SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing data.

    Parker, Matthew D / Lindsey, Benjamin B / Leary, Shay / Gaudieri, Silvana / Chopra, Abha / Wyles, Matthew / Angyal, Adrienn / Green, Luke R / Parsons, Paul / Tucker, Rachel M / Brown, Rebecca / Groves, Danielle / Johnson, Katie / Carrilero, Laura / Heffer, Joe / Partridge, David G / Evans, Cariad / Raza, Mohammad / Keeley, Alexander J /
    Smith, Nikki / Filipe, Ana Da Silva / Shepherd, James G / Davis, Chris / Bennett, Sahan / Sreenu, Vattipally B / Kohl, Alain / Aranday-Cortes, Elihu / Tong, Lily / Nichols, Jenna / Thomson, Emma C / Wang, Dennis / Mallal, Simon / de Silva, Thushan I

    Genome research

    2021  Band 31, Heft 4, Seite(n) 645–658

    Abstract: We have developed periscope, a tool for the detection and quantification of subgenomic RNA (sgRNA) in SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence data. The translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome for most open reading frames (ORFs) occurs via RNA intermediates termed " ... ...

    Abstract We have developed periscope, a tool for the detection and quantification of subgenomic RNA (sgRNA) in SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence data. The translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome for most open reading frames (ORFs) occurs via RNA intermediates termed "subgenomic RNAs." sgRNAs are produced through discontinuous transcription, which relies on homology between transcription regulatory sequences (TRS-B) upstream of the ORF start codons and that of the TRS-L, which is located in the 5' UTR. TRS-L is immediately preceded by a leader sequence. This leader sequence is therefore found at the 5' end of all sgRNA. We applied periscope to 1155 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Sheffield, United Kingdom, and validated our findings using orthogonal data sets and in vitro cell systems. By using a simple local alignment to detect reads that contain the leader sequence, we were able to identify and quantify reads arising from canonical and noncanonical sgRNA. We were able to detect all canonical sgRNAs at the expected abundances, with the exception of ORF10. A number of recurrent noncanonical sgRNAs are detected. We show that the results are reproducible using technical replicates and determine the optimum number of reads for sgRNA analysis. In VeroE6
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Base Sequence ; Chlorocebus aethiops ; Genome, Viral ; Humans ; Limit of Detection ; RNA, Viral/genetics ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods ; Vero Cells
    Chemische Substanzen RNA, Viral
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2021-03-15
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1284872-4
    ISSN 1549-5469 ; 1088-9051 ; 1054-9803
    ISSN (online) 1549-5469
    ISSN 1088-9051 ; 1054-9803
    DOI 10.1101/gr.268110.120
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  10. Artikel ; Online: Viral genotype correlates with distinct liver gene transcription signatures in chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

    Robinson, Mark W / Aranday-Cortes, Elihu / Gatherer, Derek / Swann, Rachael / Liefhebber, Jolanda M P / Filipe, Ana Da Silva / Sigruener, Alex / Barclay, Stephen T / Mills, Peter R / Patel, Arvind H / McLauchlan, John

    Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver

    2015  Band 35, Heft 10, Seite(n) 2256–2264

    Abstract: Background: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of the liver with either genotype 1 or genotype 3 gives rise to distinct pathologies, and the two viral genotypes respond differently to antiviral therapy.: Methods: To understand these clinical ... ...

    Abstract Background: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of the liver with either genotype 1 or genotype 3 gives rise to distinct pathologies, and the two viral genotypes respond differently to antiviral therapy.
    Methods: To understand these clinical differences, we compared gene transcription profiles in liver biopsies from patients infected with either gt1 or gt3, and uninfected controls.
    Results: Gt1-infected biopsies displayed elevated levels of transcripts regulated by type I and type III interferons (IFN), including genes that predict response to IFN-α therapy. In contrast, genes controlled by IFN-γ were induced in gt3-infected biopsies. Moreover, IFN-γ levels were higher in gt3-infected biopsies. Analysis of hepatocyte-derived cell lines confirmed that the genes upregulated in gt3 infection were preferentially induced by IFN-γ. The transcriptional profile of gt3 infection was unaffected by IFNL4 polymorphisms, providing a rationale for the reduced predictive power of IFNL genotyping in gt3-infected patients.
    Conclusions: The interactions between HCV genotypes 1 and 3 and hepatocytes are distinct. These unique interactions provide avenues to explore the biological mechanisms that drive viral genotype-specific differences in disease progression and treatment response. A greater understanding of the distinct host-pathogen interactions of the different HCV genotypes is required to facilitate optimal management of HCV infection.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Adult ; Cell Line ; Female ; Genotype ; Hepatitis C/genetics ; Hepatitis C, Chronic/genetics ; Host-Pathogen Interactions ; Humans ; Interferon-gamma/metabolism ; Interleukins/genetics ; Liver/pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transcriptome
    Chemische Substanzen IFNG protein, human ; IFNL4 protein, human ; Interleukins ; Interferon-gamma (82115-62-6)
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2015-04-07
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2102783-3
    ISSN 1478-3231 ; 1478-3223
    ISSN (online) 1478-3231
    ISSN 1478-3223
    DOI 10.1111/liv.12830
    Datenquelle MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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