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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2019

Genetic diversity of Leptospira interrogans circulating isolates and vaccine strains in China from 1954-2014.

Cuicai Zhang, Zhe Li, Yinghua Xu, Ying Zhang, Shijun Li, Jinlong Zhang, Shenghui Cui, Zongli Du, Xiaofang Xin, Yung-Fu Chang and 2 more

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cuicai Zhanga State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control , National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Zhe Lic Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-8067-5491
Yinghua Xuc Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Ying Zhangc Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Shijun Lid Guizhou Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention , Guiyang , People's Republic of China.
Jinlong Zhangc Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Shenghui Cuic Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Zongli Duc Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Xiaofang Xinc Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Yung-Fu Change Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences , Cornell University , Ithaca , NY , USA.
Xiugao Jianga State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control , National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Qiang Yec Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Research on Quality and Standardization of Biotech Products , National Institutes for Food and Drug Control , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
National Institutes for Food and Drug Control · CNNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention · CNCornell University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptospirosis is one of the most important but neglected, infectious tropical diseases worldwide. Leptospira interrogans is now recognized as a leading cause of the disease. Little is known of the genetic diversity and phylogenetic characteristics of L. interrogans within China. To better understand the transmission and genetic diversity of L. interrogans populations, we characterized 271 isolates and seven vaccine strains from China during 1954-2014 using multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA). 110 different L. interrogans MLVA profiles (MTs) were identified, of which five were predominant, reflecting a high level of genetic diversity in L. interrogans population in China. Different from that of circulating isolates, seven vaccine strains have different MT, of which some are phylogenetically away from the circulating isolates. The results showed that Icterohaemorrhagiae, Hebdomadis, and Canicola ranked as the top three serogroups among L. interrogans strains tested. The cluster analysis demonstrate the clonal links between rodent and human isolates, suggesting the rodent species played a key role in the transmission of leptospirosis to humans, and contributed to the circulation of the pathogen in humans. Taken together, these findings should provide insight into a better knowledge of the epidemiology and molecular evolution of L. interrogans in China. Furthermore, the results should facilitate the selection of candidate vaccine strains in the future.

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Genetic VariationPhylogenyAnimalsBacterial Typing TechniquesBacterial VaccinesChinaCluster AnalysisEvolution, MolecularGenotypeHumansLeptospira interrogansLeptospirosisMinisatellite RepeatsMultilocus Sequence TypingSerogroupBacterial VaccinesChinahumanmurinePhylogenetictransmission

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