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ArticleMicroorganisms2022

Unique Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the Second Large Cruise Ship Cluster in Japan.

Haruka Abe, Yuri Ushijima, Murasaki Amano, Yasuteru Sakurai, Rokusuke Yoshikawa, Takaaki Kinoshita, Yohei Kurosaki, Katsunori Yanagihara, Koichi Izumikawa, Kouichi Morita and 2 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haruka AbeDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0141-5059
Yuri UshijimaDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Murasaki AmanoDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Yasuteru SakuraiDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Rokusuke YoshikawaDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Takaaki KinoshitaDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Yohei KurosakiDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Katsunori YanagiharaGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Koichi IzumikawaGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Kouichi MoritaGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Shigeru KohnoNagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
Jiro YasudaDepartment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Nagasaki University · JPNagasaki University Hospital · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP21jm0110013Japan International Cooperation Agency JP21jm0110013Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP19K24679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the initial phase of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a large-scale cluster on the cruise ship Diamond Princess (DP) emerged in Japan. Genetic analysis of the DP strains has provided important information for elucidating the possible transmission process of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on a cruise ship. However, genome-based analyses of SARS-CoV-2 detected in large-scale cruise ship clusters other than the DP cluster have rarely been reported. In the present study, whole-genome sequences of 94 SARS-CoV-2 strains detected in the second large cruise ship cluster, which emerged on the Costa Atlantica (CA) in Japan, were characterized to understand the evolution of the virus in a crowded and confined place. Phylogenetic and haplotype network analysis indicated that the CA strains were derived from a common ancestral strain introduced on the CA cruise ship and spread in a superspreading event-like manner, resulting in several mutations that might have affected viral characteristics, including the P681H substitution in the spike protein. Moreover, there were significant genetic distances between CA strains and other strains isolated in different environments, such as cities under lockdown. These results provide new insights into the unique evolution patterns of SARS-CoV-2 in the CA cruise ship cluster.

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Costa Atlanticacruise shipevolutionJapanphylogenySARS-CoV-2

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PMID35056548
PMCPMC8778844
OpenAlexW4205911714

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