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ArticleScientific reports2019

Phylogenetic surveillance of travel-related Zika virus infections through whole-genome sequencing methods.

Kimia Kamelian, Vincent Montoya, Andrea Olmstead, Winnie Dong, Richard Harrigan, Muhammad Morshed, Jeffrey B Joy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kimia KamelianUniversity of British Columbia, Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Vincent MontoyaBC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Andrea OlmsteadBC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Winnie DongBC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Richard HarriganUniversity of British Columbia, Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Muhammad MorshedBC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jeffrey B JoyBC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada. jjoy@cfenet.ubc.ca.
AIDS Vancouver · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CABC Centre for Disease Control · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2018, the World Health Organization identified the Zika virus (ZIKV) as a pathogen that should be prioritized for public health research due to its epidemic potential. In this study, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of travel-acquired ZIKV infections was used to examine the limitations of phylogenetic analysis. WGS and phylogenetic analysis were performed to investigate geographic clustering of samples from five Canadians with travel-acquired ZIKV infections and to assess the limitations of phylogenetic analysis of ZIKV sequences using a phylogenetic cluster approach. Genomic variability of ZIKV samples was assessed and for context, compared with hepatitis C virus (HCV) samples. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the suspected region of ZIKV infection for one of five samples and one sample failed to cluster with sequences from its suspected country of infection. Travel-acquired ZIKV samples depicted low genomic variability relative to HCV samples. A floating patristic distance threshold classified all pre-2000 ZIKV sequences into separate clusters, while only Cambodian, Peruvian, Malaysian, and South Korean sequences were similarly classifiable. While phylogenetic analysis of ZIKV data can identify the broad geographical region of ZIKV infection, ZIKV's low genomic variability is likely to limit precise interpretations of phylogenetic analysis of the origins of travel-related cases.

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Genome, ViralPhylogenyTravel-Related IllnessGenetic VariationGlobal HealthHumansPhylogeographyPublic Health SurveillanceTravelWhole Genome SequencingZika VirusZika Virus Infection

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PMID31712570
PMCPMC6848190
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