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Gumede N, Jorba J, Deshpande J, Pallansch M, Yogolelo R, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Kew O, Venter M, Burns CC. Phylogeny of imported and reestablished wild polioviruses in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo from 2006 to 2011. J Infect Dis 2014; 210 Suppl 1:S361-7. [PMID: 25316856 PMCID: PMC4303083 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The last case of polio associated with wild poliovirus (WPV) indigenous to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was reported in 2001, marking a major milestone toward polio eradication in Africa. However, during 2006-2011, outbreaks associated with WPV type 1 (WPV1) were widespread in the DRC, with >250 reported cases. METHODS WPV1 isolates obtained from patients with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) were compared by nucleotide sequencing of the VP1 capsid region (906 nucleotides). VP1 sequence relationships among isolates from the DRC and other countries were visualized in phylogenetic trees, and isolates representing distinct lineage groups were mapped. RESULTS Phylogenetic analysis indicated that WPV1 was imported twice in 2004-2005 and once in approximately 2006 from Uttar Pradesh, India (a major reservoir of endemicity for WPV1 and WPV3 until 2010-2011), into Angola. WPV1 from the first importation spread to the DRC in 2006, sparking a series of outbreaks that continued into 2011. WPV1 from the second importation was widely disseminated in the DRC and spread to the Congo in 2010-2011. VP1 sequence relationships revealed frequent transmission of WPV1 across the borders of Angola, the DRC, and the Congo. Long branches on the phylogenetic tree signaled prolonged gaps in AFP surveillance and a likely underreporting of polio cases. CONCLUSIONS The reestablishment of widespread and protracted WPV1 transmission in the DRC and Angola following long-range importations highlights the continuing risks of WPV spread until global eradication is achieved, and it further underscores the need for all countries to maintain high levels of poliovirus vaccine coverage and sensitive surveillance to protect their polio-free status.
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- Nicksy Gumede
- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- National Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa/Gombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Anis E, Kopel E, Singer SR, Kaliner E, Moerman L, Moran-Gilad J, Sofer D, Manor Y, Shulman LM, Mendelson E, Gdalevich M, Lev B, Gamzu R, Grotto I. Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013. Euro Surveill 2013; 18. [DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.38.20586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Israel was certified as polio-free country in June 2002, along with the rest of the World Health Organization European Region. Some 11 years later, wild-type polio virus 1 (WPV1) was isolated initially from routine sewage samples collected between 7 and 13 April 2013 in two cities in the Southern district. WPV1-specific analysis of samples indicated WPV1 introduction into that area in early February 2013. National supplementary immunisation with oral polio vaccine has been ongoing since August 2013.
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- E Anis
- These authors contributed equally to this study
- Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
- Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Division of Epidemiology, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- These authors contributed equally to this study
- The Division of Epidemiology, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
- Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- These authors contributed equally to this study
- Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Division of Epidemiology, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Division of Epidemiology, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- South District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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Holmes EC, Garnett GP. Genes, trees and infections: Molecular evidence in epidemiology. Trends Ecol Evol 2012; 9:256-60. [PMID: 21236844 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(94)90291-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Molecular phylogenies constitute an important new way of tracking the progress of viral epidemics. The phylogenetic analysis of viral sequence data provides information on the origin, spread and maintenance of infections and can be used to reconstruct contact networks of infected individuals. Analysis of the branching structure of phylogenetic trees also allows inferences to be made about the rate of transmission and the distinction between endemic and epidemic infections, and provides estimates of the numbers of infected individuals.
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- E C Holmes
- Dept of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK 0X1 3PS
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Simonen ML, Roivainen M, Iber J, Burns C, Hovi T. Outbreak of poliomyelitis in Finland in 1984-85 - Re-analysis of viral sequences using the current standard approach. Virus Res 2009; 147:91-7. [PMID: 19883702 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In 1984, a wild type 3 poliovirus (PV3/FIN84) spread all over Finland causing nine cases of paralytic poliomyelitis and one case of aseptic meningitis. The outbreak was ended in 1985 with an intensive vaccination campaign. By limited sequence comparison with previously isolated PV3 strains, closest relatives of PV3/FIN84 were found among strains circulating in the Mediterranean region. Now we wanted to reanalyse the relationships using approaches currently exploited in poliovirus surveillance. Cell lysates of 22 strains isolated during the outbreak and stored frozen were subjected to RT-PCR amplification in three genomic regions without prior subculture. Sequences of the entire VP1 coding region, 150 nucleotides in the VP1-2A junction, most of the 5' non-coding region, partial sequences of the 3D RNA polymerase coding region and partial 3' non-coding region were compared within the outbreak and with sequences available in data banks. In addition, complete nucleotide sequences were obtained for 2 strains isolated from two different cases of disease during the outbreak. The results confirmed the previously described wide intraepidemic variation of the strains, including amino acid substitutions in antigenic sites, as well as the likely Mediterranean region origin of the strains. Simplot and bootscanning analyses of the complete genomes indicated complicated evolutionary history of the non-capsid coding regions of the genome suggesting several recombinations with different HEV-C viruses in the past.
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- Marja-Leena Simonen
- Gastrointestinal Infections Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Division of Health Protection, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
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Replication of poliovirus RNA is accomplished by the error-prone viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and hence is accompanied by numerous mutations. In addition, genetic errors may be introduced by nonreplicative mechanisms. Resulting variability is manifested by point mutations and genomic rearrangements (e.g., deletions, insertions and recombination). After description of basic mechanisms underlying this variability, the review focuses on regularities of poliovirus evolution (mutation fixation) in tissue cultures, human organisms and populations.
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- V I Agol
- M.P. Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 142782, Russia.
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Martín J, Ferguson GL, Wood DJ, Minor PD. The vaccine origin of the 1968 epidemic of type 3 poliomyelitis in Poland. Virology 2000; 278:42-9. [PMID: 11112479 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A clear association was demonstrated between the use of USOL-D-bac type 3 poliovirus live-attenuated vaccine and the 1968 poliomyelitis epidemic in Poland. The epidemic followed small-scale trials with Sabin and USOL-D-bac type 3 vaccine strains carried out in seven countries including Poland. Factors that might have contributed to the genesis and development of the epidemic were the pattern of virus excretion from vaccinees, mutations found in viruses from the epidemic, and the particular vaccination policies in Poland during the previous years. These findings may provide essential insights into the strategies for stopping polio immunisation once wild poliovirus has been eradicated.
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- J Martín
- Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, United Kingdom.
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- H Peltola
- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
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Muir P, Kämmerer U, Korn K, Mulders MN, Pöyry T, Weissbrich B, Kandolf R, Cleator GM, van Loon AM. Molecular typing of enteroviruses: current status and future requirements. The European Union Concerted Action on Virus Meningitis and Encephalitis. Clin Microbiol Rev 1998; 11:202-27. [PMID: 9457433 PMCID: PMC121380 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.11.1.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Human enteroviruses have traditionally been typed according to neutralization serotype. This procedure is limited by the difficulty in culturing some enteroviruses, the availability of antisera for serotyping, and the cost and technical complexity of serotyping procedures. Furthermore, the impact of information derived from enterovirus serotyping is generally perceived to be low. Enteroviruses are now increasingly being detected by PCR rather than by culture. Classical typing methods will therefore no longer be possible in most instances. An alternative means of enterovirus typing, employing PCR in conjunction with molecular genetic techniques such as nucleotide sequencing or nucleic acid hybridization, would complement molecular diagnosis, may overcome some of the problems associated with serotyping, and would provide additional information regarding the epidemiology and biological properties of enteroviruses. We argue the case for developing a molecular typing system, discuss the genetic basis of such a system, review the literature describing attempts to identify or classify enteroviruses by molecular methods, and suggest ways in which the goal of molecular typing may be realized.
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- P Muir
- Department of Virology, United Medical School of Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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Kew OM, Mulders MN, Lipskaya GY, da Silva EE, Patlansch MA. Molecular epidemiology of polioviruses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1044-5773(05)80017-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An exhaustive evolutionary analysis of the picornavirus family has been carried out using the amino acid sequences of several proteins of the viruses including: the capsid proteins (1D, 1B, and 1C) situated at the 5' end of the genome and responsible for the serotype of the viruses, and the viral polymerase (3D), located at the 3' end of the genome. The evolutionary relationships found among the viruses studied support the new classification, recently suggested, in contrast to the classical one, and the existence of a new genus for the picornavirus family. In the new taxonomic organization, five genera form the picornavirus family: (1) aphthoviruses, (2) cardioviruses, (3) hepatoviruses (previously classified as enteroviruses), (4) renteroviruses (which mainly constitute a combination of the previous genera rhinovirus and enterovirus), and (5) a new genus, with a new and unique representative: the echovirus 22. Our analysis also allowed us, for the first time, to propose the most probable sequence of speciation events to have given rise to the current picornavirus family. The bootstrap procedure was used to check the reliability of the phylogenetic trees obtained. The application of the method of the statistical geometry in distance space to internal branches of the tree revealed a high degree of evolutionary "noise," which makes the resolution of some internal branching points difficult.
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- M J Rodrigo
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain
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De L, Nottay B, Yang CF, Holloway BP, Pallansch M, Kew O. Identification of vaccine-related polioviruses by hybridization with specific RNA probes. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:562-71. [PMID: 7751358 PMCID: PMC227991 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.3.562-571.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We developed RNA probes for the identification of poliovirus isolates by blot hybridization. Two sets of vaccine strain-specific probes were prepared. They complemented variable genomic domains within (i) the 5'-untranslated region and (ii) the amino-terminal codons of VP1. An enterovirus group probe (EV/5UT) matching highly conserved 5'-untranslated region sequences was used to estimate the quantities of poliovirus (or enterovirus) RNA in the samples. Poliovirus sequences amplified from Sabin strain virion RNA templates by PCR were inserted into the pUC18 plasmid vector. The antisense PCR primer for each probe set contained sequences encoding a T7 promoter. Hybrids were detected by a sensitive nonisotopic method. RNA probes were labeled by incorporation of digoxigenin-uridylate into the transcripts. The binding of probe to immobilized poliovirus RNAs was visualized by hydrolysis of the chemiluminescent substrate 4-methoxy-4-(3-phosphate-phenyl)-spiro-(1,2-dioxetane-3,2'-adamant ane) catalyzed by alkaline phosphatase conjugated to anti-digoxigenin (Fab) fragments. The specificities of the probes were evaluated with a panel of poliovirus isolates that had previously been characterized by sequence analysis. The RNAs of vaccine-related isolates hybridized with the appropriate probe sets. Wild polioviruses representing a broad spectrum of contemporary genotypes were recognized by the inabilities of their genomes to form stable hybrids with the Sabin strain-specific probes.
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- L De
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Pöyry T, Kinnunen L, Hovi T. Genetic variation in vivo and proposed functional domains of the 5' noncoding region of poliovirus RNA. J Virol 1992; 66:5313-9. [PMID: 1323698 PMCID: PMC289086 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.9.5313-5319.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Poliovirus has a single-stranded RNA genome of about 7,440 nucleotides (nt) with an unusually long 750-nt noncoding region in the 5' end (5'NCR). Several regulatory functions have been assigned to the 5'NCR. We sequenced the 5'NCRs of 33 wild-type 3 poliovirus strains to study the range and distribution of naturally occurring sequence variations. In this regard, the 5'NCR can be divided into a conserved part (nt 1 to 650) and a hypervariable part (nt 651 to 750). In the conserved part, altogether 234 unevenly distributed nucleotide positions (36%) showed variation. When these positions were plotted against the predicted secondary-structure models, it was found that the existence of most of the proposed stem-loop structures was supported by extensive structure-conserving substitutions in the stems. Regions with conserved sequences, as well as mutational hot spots, were observed. The hypervariable part of the 5'NCR varied up to 56% between the strains studied. The A + U percentage was significantly higher than in the conserved part. The number of AUG codons varied between 5 and 15 in the conserved part of the 5'NCR, while none was found in the hypervariable part. These results provide information that can be used in site-directed mutagenesis and other approaches targeted to reveal the functional domains of the 5'NCR.
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- T Pöyry
- Department of Virology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Yang CF, De L, Yang SJ, Ruiz Gómez J, Cruz JR, Holloway BP, Pallansch MA, Kew OM. Genotype-specific in vitro amplification of sequences of the wild type 3 polioviruses from Mexico and Guatemala. Virus Res 1992; 24:277-96. [PMID: 1329370 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(92)90124-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The extensive nucleotide sequence heterogeneity among independent genotypes of wild polioviruses permits the systematic design of genotype-specific molecular reagents. We have prepared two sets of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer pairs specific for the genotype of wild poliovirus type 3 recently endemic to Mexico and Guatemala. Nucleotide sequences of a representative wild type 3 virus isolated in Mexico in 1989 differed from the corresponding Sabin 3 (Leon 12 a1b) sequences at 167 of 900 positions within the VP1 region. From the sequence data, wild virus-specific primer pairs were designed to complement regions of high mismatch (greater than 33%) with Sabin 3 templates. Primer binding sites were spaced along the genome so that the predicted amplification products (142 bp and 163 bp) could be easily resolved electrophoretically from the products generated with our Sabin strain-specific primers (Sabin 1: 97 bp; Sabin 2: 71 bp; Sabin 3: 53 bp). RNAs of all wild type 3 poliovirus isolates from Mexico and Guatemala obtained over a 13-year period (1977-1990) served as efficient templates for amplification of the 142-bp and 163-bp products. Genomic templates derived from vaccine-related polioviruses and most heterologous wild polioviruses were inactive under equivalent reaction conditions. Amplifications generating a 114-bp product with a broadly reacting primer pair, matching highly conserved sequences in the 5'-noncoding region, provided a positive control for the presence in samples of poliovirus (or enterovirus) RNAs. Selective amplification of wild Mexico-Guatemala type 3 poliovirus sequences was obtained with either primer set in reactions containing large stoichiometric excesses (up to 10(6)-fold) of vaccine-related RNAs. We have used wild genotype-specific PCR primer sets to facilitate identification of wild polioviruses present in both clinical and environmental samples.
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- C F Yang
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Kinnunen L, Pöyry T, Hovi T. Genetic diversity and rapid evolution of poliovirus in human hosts. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1992; 176:49-61. [PMID: 1318186 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-77011-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- L Kinnunen
- Department of Virology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Yang CF, De L, Holloway BP, Pallansch MA, Kew OM. Detection and identification of vaccine-related polioviruses by the polymerase chain reaction. Virus Res 1991; 20:159-79. [PMID: 1659060 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(91)90107-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to obtain sensitive detection and identification of poliovirus RNA genomes. Primer pairs were designed to permit identification of each Sabin poliovaccine strain by the electrophoretic mobilities of the amplified DNA products (Sabin 1: 97 bp; Sabin 2: 71 bp; Sabin 3: 44 bp). The compositions of samples containing mixtures of vaccine strains could be readily determined by PCR. When the amplified products were visualized by ethidium bromide fluorescence, as few as 250 genomic copies in the original sample could be detected. When PCR was used in combination with strain-specific 32P-labeled oligonucleotide probes, the limit of detection was less than or equal to 2.5 poliovirus genomes, exceeding the sensitivity of poliovirus isolation in cell culture by at least 100-fold. PCR amplifications may be performed on virion RNAs extracted directly from clinical specimens, potentially eliminating the requirement for virus isolation in routine identifications while yielding reliable results within 8 h.
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- C F Yang
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
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