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Moragas M, Golemba MD, Fernández MF, Palladino M, Gómez S, Borgnia D, Ruhle M, Arias A, Ruvinsky S, Bologna R, Mangano A. COVID-19 in immunocompromised children: comparison of SARS-CoV-2 viral load dynamics between the first and third waves. Braz J Microbiol 2023; 54:1859-1864. [PMID: 37258876 PMCID: PMC10232338 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-023-01009-y] [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: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 dynamics across different COVID-19 waves has been unclear in immunocompromised children. We aimed to compare the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 RNA viral load (VL) during the first and third waves of COVID-19 in immunocompromised children. A retrospective and longitudinal cohort study was conducted in a pediatric referral hospital of Argentina. The study included 28 admitted immunocompromised children with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thirteen acquired the infection during COVID-19 first wave (May to August 2020, group 1 (G1)) and fifteen in the third wave (January to March 2022, group 2 (G2)). RNA viral load measure and its dynamic reconstruction were performed in nasopharyngeal swabs by validated quantitative, real time RT-PCR, and linear mixed-effects model, respectively. Of the 28 children included, 54% were girls, most of them had hemato-oncological pathology (57%), and the median age was 8 years (interquartile range (IQR): 3-13). The dynamic of VL was similar in both groups (P = 0.148), starting from a level of 5.34 log10 copies/mL (95% confidence interval (CI): 4.47-6.21) in G1 and 5.79 log10 copies/mL (95% CI: 4.93-6.65) in G2. Then, VL decayed with a rate of 0.059 (95% CI: 0.038-0.080) and 0.088 (95% CI: 0.058-0.118) log10 copies/mL per day since diagnosis and fell below the limit of quantification at days 51 and 39 after diagnosis in G1 and G2, respectively. Our results evidenced a longer viral RNA persistence in immunocompromised pediatric patients and no difference in VL dynamic between COVID-19 first wave-attributed to ancestral infections-and third wave-attributed to Omicron infections.
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- Matías Moragas
- Unidad de Virología y Epidemiología Molecular - CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Unidad de Virología y Epidemiología Molecular - CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Virología y Epidemiología Molecular - CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Cuidados Intermedios y Moderados, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Virología y Epidemiología Molecular - CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Virología y Epidemiología Molecular - CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Coordinación de Investigación, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Virología y Epidemiología Molecular - CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Aulicino PC, Zapiola I, Kademian S, Valle MM, Fernandez Giuliano S, Toro R, Barbas G, Cañizal AM, Mayon P, Golemba MD, Ortiz de Zarate M, Corazza MS, Cudola A, Mecikovsky D, Bologna R, Mangano A, Sen L. Pre-treatment drug resistance and HIV-1 subtypes in infants from Argentina with and without exposure to antiretroviral drugs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission. J Antimicrob Chemother 2020; 74:722-730. [PMID: 30517632 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and patterns of pre-treatment HIV drug resistance (PDR) and HIV-1 subtype in infants from Argentina with exposure to different antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS HIV-1 genotyping was performed in 115 infants (median age = 2.3 months) born between 2007 and 2014 to screen for drug resistance mutations (DRMs) before starting first-line ART. HIV-1 subtype was characterized by phylogenetic and recombination analysis. RESULTS Overall, DRMs were found in 34 of 115 infants (PDR level 30% to any ARV, 3.5% to PIs, 12% to NRTIs and 22% to NNRTIs). Of the 115 infants, 22 (19.1%) were ARV-unexposed. Another 93 were ARV-exposed: 28 (24.3%) to short-course zidovudine monotherapy ARV prophylaxis; 25 (21.7%) to nevirapine-based ARV prophylaxis; 12 (10.4%) to perinatal infant zidovudine prophylaxis + maternal combination ART with NNRTIs; and 28 (24.3%) to perinatal infant zidovudine prophylaxis+maternal combination ART with PIs. Transmitted drug resistance among ARV-unexposed infants was 32% (5% to PIs, 9% to NRTIs and 18% to NNRTIs). ART-exposed infants showed multi-class ARV resistance. Importantly, vertical transmission of a triple-class-resistant virus was confirmed in one case. Patterns of DRMs predicted high-level resistance to NNRTIs in a similar and high proportion (>50%) of infants with at least one DRM independently of ARV exposure. BF recombinants were found in 74%, subtype B in 20%, subtype C in 3% and novel AG and AB recombinants in 3%. CONCLUSIONS PDR in HIV-1-infected children from Argentina is among the highest reported, jeopardizing successful lifelong suppressive ART as well as the efficacy of current PMTCT regimens.
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- Paula C Aulicino
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan"-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Virología, Hospital de Infecciosas "Francisco J. Muñiz", Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Central, Ministerio de Salud, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro Provincial VIH/SIDA y Hepatitis Virales de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Instituto Biológico Dr Tomás Perón, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro Provincial VIH/SIDA y Hepatitis Virales de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Instituto Biológico Dr Tomás Perón, La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Central, Ministerio de Salud, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Unidad de Virología, Hospital de Infecciosas "Francisco J. Muñiz", Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro Provincial VIH/SIDA y Hepatitis Virales de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Instituto Biológico Dr Tomás Perón, La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan"-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro Provincial VIH/SIDA y Hepatitis Virales de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Instituto Biológico Dr Tomás Perón, La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Central, Ministerio de Salud, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan", Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan", Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan"-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan"-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Olguin Perglione C, Golemba MD, Torres C, Barrandeguy M. Molecular Epidemiology and Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the H3N8 Equine Influenza Virus in South America. Pathogens 2016; 5:E61. [PMID: 27754468 PMCID: PMC5198161 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens5040061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Equine influenza virus (EIV) is considered the most important respiratory pathogen of horses as outbreaks of the disease lead to substantial economic losses. The H3N8 EIV has caused respiratory disease in horses across the world, including South American countries. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences for the complete haemagglutinin gene of the H3N8 EIV detected in South America since 1963 were analyzed. Phylogenetic and Bayesian coalescent analyses were carried out to study the origin, the time of the most recent common ancestors (tMRCA), the demographic and the phylogeographic patterns of the H3N8 EIV. The phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the H3N8 EIV detected in South America grouped in 5 well-supported monophyletic clades, each associated with strains of different origins. The tMRCA estimated for each group suggested that the virus was circulating in North America at least one year before its effective circulation in the South American population. Phylogenetic and coalescent analyses revealed a polyphyletic behavior of the viruses causing the outbreaks in South America between 1963 and 2012, possibly due to the introduction of at least 4 different EIVs through the international movement of horses. In addition, phylodynamic analysis suggested South America as the starting point of the spread of the H3N8 EIV in 1963 and showed migration links from the United States to South America in the subsequent EIV irruptions. Further, an increase in the relative genetic diversity was observed between 2006 and 2007 and a subsequent decline since 2009, probably due to the co-circulation of different lineages and as a result of the incorporation of the Florida clade 2 strain in vaccines, respectively. The observed data highlight the importance of epidemiological surveillance and the implementation of appropriate quarantine procedures to prevent outbreaks of the disease.
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- Cecilia Olguin Perglione
- Instituto de Virología CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Dr. Nicolás Repetto y De Los Reseros s/n Hurlingham B1686LQF, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Combate de los Pozos 1881, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1245AAM, Argentina.
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- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1113AAD, Argentina.
- CONICET, Av. Rivadavia 1917, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1033AAJ, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Virología CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Dr. Nicolás Repetto y De Los Reseros s/n Hurlingham B1686LQF, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Escuela de Veterinaria, Universidad del Salvador, Viamonte 1856, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1056ABB, Argentina.
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Fernández MF, Golemba MD, Terrones C, Paradiso P, Nassif JC, Bologna R, Mangano A, Sen L, Aulicino PC. Short communication: Emergence of novel A/G recombinant HIV-1 strains in Argentina. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2015; 31:293-7. [PMID: 25417788 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The predominant circulating HIV-1 strains in South America are subtype B and B/F recombinants with different distributions among countries. However, the emergence of other subtypes is a matter of concern and needs continuous monitoring. We identified three different A/G recombinants in Argentina, two of them in vertically infected children from unlinked mothers and one in an adult female. HIV-1 pol sequences from the children showed novel A/G recombination patterns and no phylogenetic relationship with previously reported South American A/G sequences. The third A/G recombinant was a CRF06_cpx with African origin. The detection of new or unusual subtypes is important to avoid false-negative PCR HIV-1 early diagnosis due to detection failures and for future vaccine development.
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- María F. Fernández
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría “Juan P. Garrahan”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría “Juan P. Garrahan”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría “Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría “Juan P. Garrahan”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría “Juan P. Garrahan”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Retrovirus, Hospital de Pediatría “Juan P. Garrahan”–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Landone Vescovo IA, Golemba MD, Di Lello FA, Culasso ACA, Levin G, Ruberto L, Mac Cormack WP, López JL. Rich bacterial assemblages from Maritime Antarctica (Potter Cove, South Shetlands) reveal several kinds of endemic and undescribed phylotypes. Rev Argent Microbiol 2014; 46:218-30. [PMID: 25444131 DOI: 10.1016/s0325-7541(14)70076-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bacterial richness in maritime Antarctica has been poorly described to date. Phylogenetic affiliation of seawater free-living microbial assemblages was studied from three locations near the Argentinean Jubany Station during two Antarctic summers. Sixty 16S RNA cloned sequences were phylogenetically affiliated to Alphaproteobacteria (30/60 clones), Gammaproteobacteria(19/60 clones), Betaproteobacteria and Cytophaga-Flavobacteriia-Bacteroides (CFB), which were (2/60) and (3/60) respectively. Furthermore, six out of 60 clones could not be classified. Both, Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, showed several endemic and previously undescribed sequences. Moreover, the absence of Cyanobacteria sequences in our samples is remarkable. In conclusion, we are reporting a rich sequence assemblage composed of widely divergent isolates among themselves and distant from the most closely related sequences currently deposited in data banks.
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- Cátedra de Virología, FFyB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, FFyB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, FFyB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología, FFyB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología, FFyB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología, FFyB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, FFyB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Golemba MD, Culasso ACA, Villamil FG, Bare P, Gadano A, Ridruejo E, Martinez A, Di Lello FA, Campos RH. Hepatitis C virus diversification in Argentina: comparative analysis between the large city of Buenos Aires and the small rural town of O'Brien. PLoS One 2013; 8:e84007. [PMID: 24386322 PMCID: PMC3875501 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background The estimated prevalence of HCV infection in Argentina is around 2%. However, higher rates of infection have been described in population studies of small urban and rural communities. The aim of this work was to compare the origin and diversification of HCV-1b in samples from two different epidemiological scenarios: Buenos Aires, a large cosmopolitan city, and O'Brien, a small rural town with a high prevalence of HCV infection. Patients and Methods The E1/E2 and NS5B regions of the viral genome from 83 patients infected with HCV-1b were sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis and Bayesian Coalescent methods were used to study the origin and diversification of HCV-1b in both patient populations. Results Samples from Buenos Aires showed a polyphyletic behavior with a tMRCA around 1887–1900 and a time of spread of infection approximately 60 years ago. In contrast, samples from ÓBrien showed a monophyletic behavior with a tMRCA around 1950–1960 and a time of spread of infection more recent than in Buenos Aires, around 20–30 years ago. Conclusion Phylogenetic and coalescence analysis revealed a different behavior in the epidemiological histories of Buenos Aires and ÓBrien. HCV infection in Buenos Aires shows a polyphyletic behavior and an exponential growth in two phases, whereas that in O'Brien shows a monophyletic cluster and an exponential growth in one single step with a more recent tMRCA. The polyphyletic origin and the probability of encountering susceptible individuals in a large cosmopolitan city like Buenos Aires are in agreement with a longer period of expansion. In contrast, in less populated areas such as O'Brien, the chances of HCV transmission are strongly restricted. Furthermore, the monophyletic character and the most recent time of emergence suggest that different HCV-1b ancestors (variants) that were in expansion in Buenos Aires had the opportunity to colonize and expand in O’Brien.
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- Marcelo D. Golemba
- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Argentina y Unidad de Trasplante Hepático, Hospital El Cruce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Sección Virología, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hepatology Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pecora A, Malacari DA, Ridpath JF, Perez Aguirreburualde MS, Combessies G, Odeón AC, Romera SA, Golemba MD, Wigdorovitz A. First finding of genetic and antigenic diversity in 1b-BVDV isolates from Argentina. Res Vet Sci 2013; 96:204-12. [PMID: 24295740 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Infection with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Viruses (BVDV) in cattle results in a wide range of clinical manifestations, ranging from mild respiratory disease to fetal death and mucosal disease, depending on the virulence of the virus and the immune and reproductive status of the host. In this study 30 Argentinean BVDV isolates were characterized by phylogenetic analysis. The isolates were genotyped based on comparison of the 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) and the E2 gene. In both phylogenetic trees, 76% of the viruses were assigned to BVDV 1b, whereas BVDV 1a, 2a and 2b were also found. Eight of the BVDV 1b isolates were further characterized by cross-neutralization tests using guinea pig antisera and sera from bovines vaccinated with two different commercial vaccines. The results demonstrated the presence of a marked antigenic diversity among Argentinean BVDV isolates and suggest the need to incorporate BVDV 1b isolates in diagnostic strategies.
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- A Pecora
- Virology Institute, Veterinary and Agricultural Science Research Centre, INTA Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Virology Institute, Veterinary and Agricultural Science Research Centre, INTA Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit USDA, Ames, USA
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- Virology Institute, Veterinary and Agricultural Science Research Centre, INTA Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Azul Diagnóstico, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Sanidad Animal, INTA Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Virology Institute, Veterinary and Agricultural Science Research Centre, INTA Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Virology Institute, Veterinary and Agricultural Science Research Centre, INTA Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Golemba MD, Di Lello FA, Bessone F, Fay F, Benetti S, Jones LR, Campos RH. High prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b infection in a small town of Argentina. Phylogenetic and Bayesian coalescent analysis. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8751. [PMID: 20090919 PMCID: PMC2807465 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Previous studies in Argentina have documented a general prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection close to 2%. In addition, a high prevalence of HCV has been recently reported in different Argentinean small rural communities. In this work, we performed a study aimed at analyzing the origins and diversification patterns of an HCV outbreak in Wheelwright, a small rural town located in Santa Fe province (Argentina).A total of 89 out of 1814 blood samples collected from people living in Wheelwright, were positive for HCV infection. The highest prevalence (4.9%) was observed in people older than 50 years, with the highest level for the group aged between 70-79 years (22%). The RFLP analyses showed that 91% of the positive samples belonged to the HCV-1b genotype. The E1/E2 and NS5B genes were sequenced, and their phylogenetic analysis showed that the HCV-1b sequences from Wheelwright were monophyletic. Bayesian coalescent-based methods were used to estimate substitution rates and time of the most recent common ancestor (tMRCA). The mean estimated substitution rates and the tMRCA for E1/E2 with and without HVR1 and NS5B were 7.41E-03 s/s/y and 61 years, 5.05E-03 s/s/y and 58 years and 3.24E-03 s/s/y and 53 years, respectively. In summary, the tMRCA values, the demographic model with constant population size, and the fact that the highest prevalence of infection was observed in elder people support the hypothesis that the HCV-1b introduction in Wheelwright initially occurred at least five decades ago and that the early epidemic was characterized by a fast rate of virus transmission. The epidemic seems to have been controlled later on down to the standard transmission rates observed elsewhere.
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- Marcelo D. Golemba
- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hospital Provincial del Centenario, Servicio de Gastroenterología y Hepatología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Cibic-Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Estación de Fotobiología Playa Unión, CC 15, (9103) Rawson, Chubut, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Rodriguez SM, Golemba MD, Campos RH, Trono K, Jones LR. Bovine leukemia virus can be classified into seven genotypes: evidence for the existence of two novel clades. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:2788-2797. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.011791-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previous studies have classified the env sequences of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) provirus from different locations worldwide into between two and four genetic groupings. These different studies gave unique names to the identified groups and no study has yet integrated all the available sequences. Thus, we hypothesized that many of the different groups previously identified actually correspond to a limited group of genotypes that are unevenly distributed worldwide. To examine this hypothesis, we sequenced the env gene from 28 BLV field strains and compared these sequences to 46 env sequences that represent all the genetic groupings already identified. By using phylogenetic analyses, we recovered six clades, or genotypes, that we have called genotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Genotypes 1–5 have counterparts among the sequence groupings identified previously. One env sequence did not cluster with any of the others and was highly divergent when compared with the six genotypes identified here. Thus, an extra genotype, which we named 7, may exist. Similarity comparisons were highly congruent with phylogenetic analyses. Furthermore, our analyses confirmed the existence of geographical clusters.
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- Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, UBA, Argentina
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- Instituto de Virología, CNIA, INTA-Castelar, Argentina
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Estación de Fotobiología Playa Unión, CC 15, Rawson, Chubut 9103, Argentina
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Golemba MD, Parreño V, Jones LR. Simple procedures to obtain exogenous internal controls for use in RT-PCR detection of bovine pestiviruses. Mol Cell Probes 2008; 22:212-4. [PMID: 18395415 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2007] [Accepted: 12/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Pestiviruses are ubiquitous pathogens of cattle and frequent adventitious viruses in biologicals. Furthermore, it has been suggested that these agents might be related to infantile gastroenteritis and microencephaly. Since the virus is highly prevalent in fetal bovine serum, the risk of contamination is high in most laboratories. Thus, the implementation of detection methods in all laboratories is of worth. Despite continuous surveillance, these agents have been detected in cell lines, fetal bovine serum, live and inactivated animal and human vaccines and interferon for human use. In this report, DNA and RNA internal controls (ICs) which can be implemented in laboratories with minimal equipment are described. The developed standards can be added before RNA purification, allowing to monitor all steps of the protocol (viral RNA extraction, reverse transcription and cDNA amplification). It is shown that inhibitory effects that could lead to decreased sensitivity can be minimized by controlling the amount of mimic molecules added to the samples. A method to avoid the problem of DNA traces present in in vitro transcribed RNA preparations is provided.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcelo D Golemba
- Instituto de Virología, CICVyA, INTA-Castelar, CC 25 (1712) Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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