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Goes de Jesus J, Gräf T, Giovanetti M, Mares-Guia MA, Xavier J, Lima Maia M, Fonseca V, Fabri A, dos Santos RF, Mota Pereira F, Ferraz Oliveira Santos L, Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva L, Pereira Gusmão Maia Z, Gomes Cerqueira JX, Thèze J, Abade L, Cordeiro MDCS, Torquato SSC, Santana EB, de Jesus Silva NS, Dourado RSO, Alves AB, do Socorro Guedes A, da Silva Filho PM, Rodrigues Faria N, de Albuquerque CFC, de Abreu AL, Martins Romano AP, Croda J, do Carmo Said RF, Cunha GM, da Fonseca Cerqueira JM, de Mello ALES, de Filippis AMB, Alcantara LCJ. Yellow fever transmission in non-human primates, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008405. [PMID: 32780745 PMCID: PMC7418952 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Yellow fever virus (YFV) causes a clinical syndrome of acute hemorrhagic hepatitis. YFV transmission involves non-human primates (NHP), mosquitoes and humans. By late 2016, Brazil experienced the largest YFV outbreak of the last 100 years, with 2050 human confirmed cases, with 681 cases ending in death and 764 confirmed epizootic cases in NHP. Among affected areas, Bahia state in Northeastern was the only region with no autochthonous human cases. By using next generation sequence approach, we investigated the molecular epidemiology of YFV in NHP in Bahia and discuss what factors might have prevented human cases. We investigated 47 YFV positive tissue samples from NHP cases to generate 8 novel YFV genomes. ML phylogenetic tree reconstructions and automated subtyping tools placed the newly generated genomes within the South American genotype I (SA I). Our analysis revealed that the YFV genomes from Bahia formed two distinct well-supported phylogenetic clusters that emerged most likely of an introduction from Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states. Vegetation coverage analysis performed shows predominantly low to medium vegetation coverage in Bahia state. Together, our findings support the hypothesis of two independent YFV SA-I introductions. We also highlighted the effectiveness of the actions taken by epidemiological surveillance team of the state to prevented human cases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jaqueline Goes de Jesus
- Laboratório de Patologia Experimental, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil
- Laboratório de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Patologia Experimental, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Flavivirus, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
| | - Maricelia Lima Maia
- Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
- Secretaria de Saúde de Feira de Santana, Ministério da Saúde, Feira de Santana, Brazil
| | - Vagner Fonseca
- Laboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Laboratorio de Flavivirus, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Roberto Fonseca dos Santos
- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública da Bahia Professor Gonçalo Moniz (LACEN/BA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública da Bahia Professor Gonçalo Moniz (LACEN/BA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - Leandro Abade
- The Global Health Network, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Secretaria de Saúde de Feira de Santana, Ministério da Saúde, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- Vigilância Epidemiológica do Estado da Bahia, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
| | - Adeilde do Socorro Guedes
- Vigilância Epidemiológica do Estado da Bahia, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Coordenação Geral dos Laboratórios de Saúde Pública/Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, (CGLAB/SVS-MS) Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Departamento de Vigilância de Doenças Transmissíveis/Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde (DEVIT/SVS-MS)
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- Vigilância Epidemiológica do Estado da Bahia, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Flavivirus, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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