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Briese T, Tokarz R, Bateman L, Che X, Guo C, Jain K, Kapoor V, Levine S, Hornig M, Oleynik A, Quan PL, Wong WH, Williams BL, Vernon SD, Klimas NG, Peterson DL, Montoya JG, Ian Lipkin W. A multicenter virome analysis of blood, feces, and saliva in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. J Med Virol 2023; 95:e28993. [PMID: 37526404 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.28993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
Abstract
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is estimated to affect 0.4%-2.5% of the global population. Most cases are unexplained; however, some patients describe an antecedent viral infection or response to antiviral medications. We report here a multicenter study for the presence of viral nucleic acid in blood, feces, and saliva of patients with ME/CFS using polymerase chain reaction and high-throughput sequencing. We found no consistent group-specific differences other than a lower prevalence of anelloviruses in cases compared to healthy controls. Our findings suggest that future investigations into viral infections in ME/CFS should focus on adaptive immune responses rather than surveillance for viral gene products.
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- Thomas Briese
- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Bruce W. Carter Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Geriatric Research Education and Research Center, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Jack S. Remington Laboratory for Specialty Diagnostics of Toxoplasmosis, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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Sameroff S, Tokarz R, Jain K, Oleynik A, Carrington CVF, Lipkin WI, Oura CAL. Novel quaranjavirus and other viral sequences identified from ticks parasitizing hunted wildlife in Trinidad and Tobago. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2021; 12:101730. [PMID: 33957484 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Hunters are at a higher risk for exposure to zoonotic pathogens due to their close interactions with wildlife and arthropod vectors. In this study, high throughput sequencing was used to explore the viromes of two tick species, Amblyomma dissimile and Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, removed from hunted wildlife in Trinidad and Tobago. We identified sequences from 3 new viral species, from the viral families Orthomyxoviridae, Chuviridae and Tetraviridae in A. dissimile.
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- Stephen Sameroff
- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, United States; School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, United States
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, United States
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- Department of Preclinical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, United States
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Tufts DM, Sameroff S, Tagliafierro T, Jain K, Oleynik A, VanAcker MC, Diuk-Wasser MA, Lipkin WI, Tokarz R. A metagenomic examination of the pathobiome of the invasive tick species, Haemaphysalis longicornis, collected from a New York City borough, USA. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 11:101516. [PMID: 32993936 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Haemaphysalis longicornis, the Asian longhorned tick, is an invasive tick species that has spread rapidly across the northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States in recent years. This invasive pest species, known to transmit several tick-borne pathogens in its native range, is a potential threat to wildlife, livestock, domestic animals, and humans. Questing larval (n = 25), nymph (n = 10), and adult (n = 123), along with host-derived adult (n = 25) H. longicornis ticks were collected from various locations on Staten Island, NY. The pathobiome of each specimen was examined using two different high throughput sequencing approaches, virus enrichment and shotgun metagenomics. An average of 45,828,061 total reads per sample were recovered from the virus enriched samples and an average of 11,381,144 total reads per sample were obtained using shotgun metagenomics. Aside from endogenous viral sequences, no viruses were identified through either approach. Through shotgun metagenomics, Coxiella-like bacteria, Legionella, Sphingomonas, and other bacterial species were recovered. The Coxiella-like agent was ubiquitous and present at high abundances in all samples, suggesting it may be an endosymbiont. The other bacterial agents are not known to be transmitted by ticks. From these analyses, H. longicornis do not appear to host any endemic human tick-borne pathogens in the New York City region.
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- Danielle M Tufts
- Columbia University, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Department, 1200 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, United States.
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- Columbia University, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Columbia University, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Columbia University, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Columbia University, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Columbia University, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Department, 1200 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Department, 1200 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States; Columbia University, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Columbia University, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States; Columbia University, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States
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Heidecker B, Williams SH, Jain K, Oleynik A, Patriki D, Kottwitz J, Berg J, Garcia JA, Baltensperger N, Lovrinovic M, Baltensweiler A, Mishra N, Briese T, Hanson PJ, Lauten A, Poller W, Leistner DM, Landmesser U, Enseleit F, McManus B, Lüscher TF, Lipkin WI. Virome Sequencing in Patients With Myocarditis. Circ Heart Fail 2020; 13:e007103. [PMID: 32586108 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.007103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Polymerase chain reaction analyses of cardiac tissues have detected viral sequences in up to 67% of cases of myocarditis. However, viruses have not been implicated in giant cell myocarditis (GCM). Furthermore, efforts to detect viruses implicated in myocarditis have been unsuccessful in more accessible samples such as peripheral blood. METHODS We used Virome Capture Sequencing for Vertbrate Viruses (VirCapSeq-VERT), a method that simultaneously screens for all known vertebrate viruses, to investigate viruses in 33 patients with myocarditis. We investigated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (n=24), plasma (n=27), endomyocardial biopsies (n=2), and cardiac tissue samples from explanted hearts (n=13). RESULTS Nine patients (27%) had GCM and 4 patients (13%) had fulminant myocarditis. We found the following viruses in the blood of patients with myocarditis: Epstein Barr virus (n=11, 41%), human pegivirus (n=1, 4%), human endogenous retrovirus K (n=27, 100%), and anellovirus (n=15, 56%). All tissue samples from fulminant myocarditis (n=2) and GCM (n=13) contained human endogenous retrovirus K. CONCLUSIONS No nucleic acids from viruses previously implicated in myocarditis or other human illnesses were detected in relevant amounts in cardiac tissue samples from GCM or in blood samples from other types of myocarditis. These findings do not exclude a role for viral infection in GCM but do suggest that if viruses are implicated, the mechanism is likely to be indirect rather than due to cytotoxic infection of myocardium.
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- Bettina Heidecker
- Department of Cardiology, Charite University Hospital Berlin; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany (B.H., A.L., W.P., D.L., U.L.).,Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY (B.H., S.H.W., K.J., A.O., J.A.G., N.M., T.B., W.I.L.).,University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY (B.H., S.H.W., K.J., A.O., J.A.G., N.M., T.B., W.I.L.)
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY (B.H., S.H.W., K.J., A.O., J.A.G., N.M., T.B., W.I.L.)
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY (B.H., S.H.W., K.J., A.O., J.A.G., N.M., T.B., W.I.L.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY (B.H., S.H.W., K.J., A.O., J.A.G., N.M., T.B., W.I.L.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY (B.H., S.H.W., K.J., A.O., J.A.G., N.M., T.B., W.I.L.)
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY (B.H., S.H.W., K.J., A.O., J.A.G., N.M., T.B., W.I.L.)
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (P.J.H., B.M.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Charite University Hospital Berlin; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany (B.H., A.L., W.P., D.L., U.L.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Charite University Hospital Berlin; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany (B.H., A.L., W.P., D.L., U.L.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Charite University Hospital Berlin; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany (B.H., A.L., W.P., D.L., U.L.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Charite University Hospital Berlin; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany (B.H., A.L., W.P., D.L., U.L.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (P.J.H., B.M.)
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B.H., D.P., J.K, J.B., N.B., M.L., A.B., F.E.)
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- Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom (T.F.L.).,University of Zurich, Center for Molecular Cardiology, Switzerland (T.F.L.)
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Tokarz R, Hyams JS, Mack DR, Boyle B, Griffiths AM, LeLeiko NS, Sauer CG, Shah S, Markowitz J, Baker SS, Rosh J, Baldassano RN, Kugathasan S, Walters T, Tagliafierro T, Sameroff S, Lee B, Che X, Oleynik A, Denson LA, Lipkin WI. Characterization of Stool Virome in Children Newly Diagnosed With Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2019; 25:1656-1662. [PMID: 31112614 PMCID: PMC7108593 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izz099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Viral infections have been suggested as possible triggers for the onset of ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS We employed VirCapSeq-Vert, a high-throughput sequencing virus capture platform, to examine the stool virome of children with newly diagnosed moderate to severe UC. We surveyed fecal samples collected at presentation, after symptom remission, and from a control group diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. RESULTS Seventy subjects with UC (mean age 13 years, 45 had moderate symptoms, 25 had severe, 69 of 70 had a Mayo endoscopy subscore 2/3) were studied. We detected a wide range of animal viruses that were taxonomically classified into 12 viral families. A virus was present in 50% of fecal samples collected at presentation, 41% of samples collected after remission, and 40% of samples in our control group. The most frequently identified viruses were diet-based gyroviruses. The UC cohort had a significantly higher prevalence of anelloviruses compared with the control cohort. However, we did not identify a single virus that can be implicated in the onset of UC and did not find an association between UC disease severity and viral presence. CONCLUSION Presence of virus in stool was not associated with the onset of pediatric UC.
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- Rafal Tokarz
- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA,Address correspondence to: Rafal Tokarz, Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, Room 1701, New York, NY 10032, USA. E-mail:
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- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, USA
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- Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo WCHOB, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Atlantic Health, Morristown, NJ, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA
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- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Williams SH, Che X, Oleynik A, Garcia JA, Muller D, Zabka TS, Firth C, Corrigan RM, Briese T, Jain K, Lipkin WI. Discovery of two highly divergent negative-sense RNA viruses associated with the parasitic nematode, Capillaria hepatica, in wild Mus musculus from New York City. J Gen Virol 2019; 100:1350-1362. [PMID: 31513008 PMCID: PMC7363305 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technology have led to a rapid expansion in the number of viral sequences associated with samples from vertebrates, invertebrates and environmental samples. Accurate host identification can be difficult in assays of complex samples that contain more than one potential host. Using unbiased metagenomic sequencing, we investigated wild house mice (Mus musculus) and brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) from New York City to determine the aetiology of liver disease. Light microscopy was used to characterize liver disease, and fluorescent microscopy with in situ hybridization was employed to identify viral cell tropism. Sequences representing two novel negative-sense RNA viruses were identified in homogenates of wild house mouse liver tissue: Amsterdam virus and Fulton virus. In situ hybridization localized viral RNA to Capillaria hepatica, a parasitic nematode that had infected the mouse liver. RNA from either virus was found within nematode adults and unembryonated eggs. Expanded PCR screening identified brown rats as a second rodent host for C. hepatica as well as both nematode-associated viruses. Our findings indicate that the current diversity of nematode-associated viruses may be underappreciated and that anatomical imaging offers an alternative to computational host assignment approaches.
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- Simon H Williams
- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Development Sciences Safety Assessment, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Sameroff S, Tokarz R, Charles RA, Jain K, Oleynik A, Che X, Georges K, Carrington CV, Lipkin WI, Oura C. Viral Diversity of Tick Species Parasitizing Cattle and Dogs in Trinidad and Tobago. Sci Rep 2019; 9:10421. [PMID: 31320705 PMCID: PMC6639388 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46914-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Ticks are vectors of a wide variety of pathogens that are implicated in mild to severe disease in humans and other animals. Nonetheless, the full range of tick-borne pathogens is unknown. Viruses, in particular, have been neglected in discovery efforts targeting tick-borne agents. High throughput sequencing was used to characterize the virome of 638 ticks, including Rhipicephalus microplus (n = 320), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (n = 300), and Amblyomma ovale (n = 18) collected throughout Trinidad and Tobago in 2017 and 2018. Sequences representing nine viruses were identified, including five novel species within Tymovirales, Bunyavirales, Chuviridae, Rhabdoviridae, and Flaviviridae. Thereafter the frequency of detection of viral sequences in individual tick species was investigated.
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- Stephen Sameroff
- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA. .,School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Preclinical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Hippich M, Oleynik A, Jain K, Winkler C, Ferreira RC, Bonifacio E, Ziegler AG, Briese T. Searching peripheral blood mononuclear cells of children with viral respiratory tract infections preceding islet autoimmunity for viruses by high-throughput sequencing. Acta Diabetol 2018; 55:881-884. [PMID: 29687279 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-018-1138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Markus Hippich
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., at Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental, Munich, Germany
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- JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., at Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental, Munich, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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- Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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