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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2023

SABRes: in silico detection of drug resistance conferring mutations in subpopulations of SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

Winkie Fong, Rebecca J Rockett, Jessica E Agius, Shona Chandra, Jessica Johnson-Mckinnon, Eby Sim, Connie Lam, Alicia Arnott, Mailie Gall, Jenny Draper and 6 more

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2023. 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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16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Winkie FongCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia. winkie.fong@health.nsw.gov.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6483-1119
Rebecca J RockettCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Jessica E AgiusCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Shona ChandraCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Jessica Johnson-MckinnonCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Eby SimCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Connie LamCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Alicia ArnottSydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Mailie GallSydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Jenny DraperSydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Susan MaddocksCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Sharon ChenCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Jen KokSydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Dominic DwyerSydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Matthew O'SullivanCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
Vitali SintchenkoCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia.
The University of Sydney · AUWestmead Hospital · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of resistance to antiviral drugs increasingly used to treat SARS-CoV-2 infections has been recognised as a significant threat to COVID-19 control. In addition, some SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern appear to be intrinsically resistant to several classes of these antiviral agents. Therefore, there is a critical need for rapid recognition of clinically relevant polymorphisms in SARS-CoV-2 genomes associated with significant reduction of drug activity in virus neutralisation experiments. Here we present SABRes, a bioinformatic tool, which leverages on expanding public datasets of SARS-CoV-2 genomes and allows detection of drug resistance mutations in consensus genomes as well as in viral subpopulations. We have applied SABRes to detect resistance-conferring mutations in 25,197 genomes generated over the course of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Australia and identified 299 genomes containing resistance conferring mutations to the five antiviral therapeutics that retain effectiveness against currently circulating strains of SARS-CoV-2 - Sotrovimab, Bebtelovimab, Remdesivir, Nirmatrelvir and Molnupiravir. These genomes accounted for a 1.18% prevalence of resistant isolates discovered by SABRes, including 80 genomes with resistance conferring mutations found in viral subpopulations. Timely recognition of these mutations within subpopulations is critical as these mutations can provide an advantage under selective pressure and presents an important step forward in our ability to monitor SARS-CoV-2 drug resistance.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsHumansMutationAntiviral AgentsAntiviral ResistanceBioinformaticsCOVID-19Microbial GenomicsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID37158832
PMCPMC10165565
OpenAlexW4375955157

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