Phylogenetic analysis of rabies surveillance samples from north and northeast Brazil

Viruses of the Lyssavirus genus are classified into several genotypes (GT1 to GT7), of which only GT1 (classic rabies virus—RABV) has a cosmopolitan distribution and circulates in Brazil. GT1 is subdivided into several antigenic variants (AgV) maintained in independent cycles with a narrow host range and distinct geographic distributions, namely, AgV1 and AgV2 found in dogs, AgV3 in the vampire bats Desmodus rotundus, and AgV4 and AgV6 in bats non-hematophagous Tadarida brasiliensis and Lasiurus cinereus, a common variant of marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), and crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous). In this study, we performed phylogenetic analysis to identify at the antigenic variant level; six RABV genomes derived from the Rabies Surveillance in the north and northeast regions of Brazil. The analysis resulted in the formation of 11 monophyletic clusters, each corresponding to a particular variant, with high bootstrap support values. The samples were positioned inside the AgV3, AgV6, and Callithrix variant clades. This is the first report of the AgV6 variant found in northern Brazil, which provides valuable information for rabies surveillance in the country. The possibility of viral spillover has been much debated, as it deals with the risk of shifting transmission from a primary to a secondary host. However, more genomic surveillance studies should be performed, with a greater number and diversity of samples to better understand the transmission dynamics of each variant to detect changes in its geographic distribution and spillover events

Caracterização genética parcial e completa da nucleoproteína de hantavírus na Amazônia brasileira

The Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) has been diagnosed in the Brazilian Amazon since 1995. Until december 2010 have been diagnosed 289 cases in the Brazilian Amazon, registered in the states of Mato Grosso, Pará, Maranhão, Amazonas and Rondônia. The overall objective of this study was to characterize genetically hantavirus strains circulating in these states. Samples of viscera from wild rodents positive for IgG antibodies against hantavirus caught in ecoepidemiológicos studies, conducted in the municipalities of Itacoatiara/AM, Alto Paraíso/RO and Campo Novo do Parecis/MT, and serum/blood of human cases of HPS from the municipalities in the area of influence of BR-163 in the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, Tomé-Açu/PA, Tangará da Serra/MT, and viscera of a pool of death coming from Anajatuba/MA. The samples were extracted viral RNA, followed by the reactions of RT-Hemi-Nested-PCR for samples from rodents, RT-Nested-PCR for human samples and nucleotide sequencing using the Sanger method and pyrosequencing, and later, scanned for matters such as identity (BLAST search), similarity (Simplot) and nucleotide and aminoacidic homology with other hantaviruses (Clustal W). We obtained partial sequences of hantavirus in five species of rodents Oligoryzomys microtis (n=2 from Itacoatiara/AM; n=3 from Alto Paraíso/RO) and in eight samples from humans (n=1 from Tomé-Açu/PA; n=1 from Altamira/Cachoeira da Serra; n=1 from Novo Progresso/PA; n=1 from Guarantã do Norte/MT; n=1 de Anajatuba/MA and n=3 de Altamira/Castelo dos Sonhos). Using the strategy of pyrosequencing were obtained complete sequences of the gene N, S-RNA of three hantavirus in rodents (n=2 from Alto Paraíso/RO and n=1 from Campo Novo do Parecis/MT) and two human cases (n=1 from Tangará da Serra/MT and n=1 from Novo Progresso/PA). Analysis of complete sequences showed the presence of ORFs for possible NSs protein, as described for other hantaviruses. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequences obtained in this study and other hantaviruses available in GenBank suggests that the virus Castelo dos Sonhos is responsible for cases of HPS in municipalities in the area of influence of BR-163, obtaining for the first time, the complete sequence of this virus in rodent Oligoryzomys utiaritensis, coming from Mato Grosso; confirmed the continued circulation of Laguna Negra-like virus associated with HPS cases in the state of Mato Grosso; the Rio Mamoré-like virus was first time detected in O.microtis rodents, the state of Amazonas and Rondônia, but not associated with human cases; the virus Anajatuba was responsible for a case of death from Maranhão. This work will serve as support for future epidemiological and molecular studies, therefore, provides new data about the spread of hantaviruses in the Brazilian Amazon.A Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavírus (SPH) vem sendo diagnosticada na Amazônia brasileira desde 1995. Até dezembro de 2010 já foram diagnosticados 289 casos na Amazônia brasileira, registrados nos estados do Mato Grosso, Pará, Maranhão, Amazonas e Rondônia. O objetivo geral do presente estudo foi caracterizar geneticamente cepas de hantavirus circulantes nesses estados. Foram utilizadas amostras de vísceras de roedores silvestres positivos para anticorpos IgG contra hantavírus, capturados em estudos ecoepidemiológicos, realizados nos municípios de Itacoatiara/AM, Alto Paraíso/RO e Campo Novo do Parecis/MT, e soro/sangue de casos humanos de SPH provenientes dos municípios da área de influência da BR-163, nos estados do Pará e Mato Grosso, Tomé-Açu/PA, Tangará da Serra/MT, além de pool de vísceras de um óbito procedente de Anajatuba/MA. As amostras foram submetidas à extração de RNA viral, seguida das reações de RT-Hemi-Nested-PCR para amostras de roedores, RT-Nested-PCR para amostras de humanos e sequenciamento nucleotídico, utilizando o método de Sanger e o pirossequenciamento, sendo, posteriormente, verificados quanto a aspectos como, identidade (BLAST search), similaridade (SimPlot) e homologia nucleotídica e aminoacídica com outros hantavírus (Clustal W). Foram obtidas as sequências parciais dos hantavírus em cinco roedores da espécie Oligoryzomys microtis (n=2 de Itacoatiara/AM; n=3 de Alto Paraíso/RO) e em oito amostras de humanos (n=1 de Tomé-Açu/PA; n=1 de Altamira/Cachoeira da Serra; n=1 de Novo Progresso/PA; n=1 de Guarantã do Norte/MT; n=1 de Anajatuba/MA e n=3 de Altamira/Castelo dos Sonhos). Com a utilização da estratégia do pirossequenciamento foram obtidas as sequências completas do gene N, S-RNA dos hantavírus em três roedores (n=2 de Alto Paraíso/RO e n=1 de Campo Novo do Parecis/MT) e dois casos humanos (n=1 de Tangará da Serra/MT e n=1 de Novo Progresso/PA). As análises das sequências completas demonstraram a presença de ORFs para uma possível proteína NSs, já descrita para outros hantavírus. As análises filogenéticas entre as sequências obtidas neste estudo e de outros hantavírus disponíveis no GenBank sugerem que, o vírus Castelo dos Sonhos é o responsável pelos casos de SPH em municípios da área de influência da BR-163, obtendo-se, pela primeira vez, a sequência completa desse vírus em roedor Oligoryzomys utiaritensis, capturado no Mato Grosso; confirmou-se a circulação contínua do vírus Laguna Negra-like, associado aos casos de SPH no estado do Mato Grosso; o vírus Mamoré-like foi detectado pela primeira vez em roedores O.microtis, nos estado do Amazonas e Rondônia, porém não associado a casos humanos; o vírus Anajatuba foi o responsável por um caso de óbito proveniente do Maranhão. Esse trabalho servirá como suporte para estudos moleculares e epidemiológicos futuros, pois, fornece dados inéditos acerca da transmissão das hantaviroses na Amazônia brasileira

Hantaviroses

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Drosha, DGCR8, and Dicer mRNAs are down-regulated in human cells infected with dengue virus 4, and play a role in viral pathogenesis

Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Dengue virus (DENV) and its four serotypes (DENV1- 4) belong to the Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family. DENV infection is a life-threatening disease, which results in up to 20,000 deaths each year. Viruses have been shown to encode trans-regulatory small RNAs, or microRNAs (miRNAs), which bind to messenger RNA and negatively regulate host or viral gene expression. During DENV infections, miRNAs interact with proteins in the RNAi pathway, and are processed by ribonucleases such as Dicer and Drosha. This study aims to investigate Drosha, DGCR8, and Dicer expression levels in human A-549 cells following DENV4 infection. DENV4 infected A-549 cells were collected daily for 5 days, and RNA was extracted to quantify viral load. Gene expression of Drosha, Dicer, and DGCR8 was determined using quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). We found that DENV4 infection exhibited the highest viral load 3 days post-infection. Dicer, Drosha, and DGCR8 showed reduced expression following S.M.M. Casseb et al. 2 Genetics and Molecular Research 15 (2): gmr.15027891 ©FUNPEC-RP www.funpecrp.com.br DENV4 infection as compared with negative controls. In addition, we hypothesize that reduced expression of DGCR8 may not only be related to miRNA biogenesis, but also other small RNAs. This study may change our understanding regarding the relationship between host cells and the dengue virus

Development of RT-qPCR and semi-nested RT-PCR assays for molecular diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is an, often fatal, emerging zoonotic disease in the Americas caused by hantaviruses (family: Hantaviridae). In Brazil, hantavirus routine diagnosis is based on serology (IgM-ELISA) while RT-PCR is often used to confirm acute infection. A Semi-nested RT-PCR and an internally controlled RT-qPCR assays were developed for detection and quantification of four hantaviruses strains circulating in the Brazilian Amazon: Anajatuba (ANAJV) and Castelo dos Sonhos (CASV) strains of Andes virus (ANDV) species; and Rio Mamoré (RIOMV) and Laguna Negra (LNV) strains of LNV species. A consensus region in the N gene of these hantaviruses was used to design the primer sets and a hydrolysis probe. In vitro transcribed RNA was diluted in standards with known concentration. MS2 bacteriophage RNA was detected together with hantavirus RNA as an exogenous control in a duplex reaction. RT-qPCR efficiency was around 100% and the limit of detection was 0.9 copies/μL of RNA for RT-qPCR and 10 copies/μL of RNA for Semi-nested RT-PCR. There was no amplification of either negative samples or samples positive to other pathogens. To assess the protocol for clinical sensitivity, specificity and general accuracy values, both assays were used to test two groups of samples: one comprising patients with disease (n = 50) and other containing samples from healthy individuals (n = 50), according to IgM-ELISA results. A third group of samples (n = 27) infected with other pathogens were tested for specificity analysis. RT-qPCR was more sensitive than semi-nested RT-PCR, being able to detect three samples undetected by conventional RT-PCR. RT-qPCR clinical sensitivity, specificity and general accuracy values were 92.5%, 100% and 97.63%, respectively. Thus, the assays developed in this study were able to detect the four Brazilian Amazon hantaviruses with good specificity and sensitivity, and may become powerful tools in diagnostic, surveillance and research applications of these and possibly other hantaviruses

Prenatal disorders and congenital Zika syndrome in squirrel monkeys

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Histopathological lesions of congenital Zika syndrome in newborn squirrel monkeys

This study was supported by grants from CNPq, CAPES (Zika Fast-Track, 440405/2016-5) and FINEP agencies to P.F.C.V. (CNPq: 303999/2016-0) and D.B.A.M. (CNPq: 306581/2016-7).Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Virologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Centro Nacional de Primatas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Pará State University. Belém, PA, Brazil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Centro Nacional de Primatas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Centro Nacional de Primatas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Pará State University. Belém, PA, Brazil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.The absence of an adequate animal model for studies has limited the understanding of congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) in humans during the outbreak in America. In this study, we used squirrel monkeys (Saimiri collinsi), a neotropical primate (which mimics the stages of human pregnancy), as a model of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. Seven pregnant female squirrel monkeys were experimentally infected at three different gestational stages, and we were able reproduce a broad range of clinical manifestations of ZIKV lesions observed in newborn humans. Histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses of early-infected newborns (2/4) revealed damage to various areas of the brain and ZIKV antigens in the cytoplasm of neurons and glial cells, indicative of CZS. The changes caused by ZIKV infection were intrauterine developmental delay, ventriculomegaly, simplified brain gyri, vascular impairment and neuroprogenitor cell dysfunction. Our data show that the ZIKV infection outcome in squirrel monkeys is similar to that in humans, indicating that this model can be used to help answer questions about the effect of ZIKV infection on neuroembryonic development and the morphological changes induced by CZS

Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

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Instituto Evandro Chagas. Departamento de Arbovirologia e Febres Hemorrágicas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Brazil has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV), with ~30,000 cases reported to date. ZIKV was first detected in Brazil in May 2015 and cases of microcephaly potentially associated with ZIKV infection were identified in November 2015. Using next generation sequencing we generated seven Brazilian ZIKV genomes, sampled from four self-limited cases, one blood donor, one fatal adult case, and one newborn with microcephaly and congenital malformations. Phylogenetic and molecular clock analyses show a single introduction of ZIKV into the Americas, estimated to have occurred between May-Dec 2013, more than 12 months prior to the detection of ZIKV in Brazil. The estimated date of origin coincides with an increase in air passengers to Brazil from ZIKV endemic areas, and with reported outbreaks in Pacific Islands. ZIKV genomes from Brazil are phylogenetically interspersed with those from other South American and Caribbean countries. Mapping mutations onto existing structural models revealed the context of viral amino acid changes present in the outbreak lineage; however no shared amino acid changes were found among the three currently available virus genomes from microcephaly cases. Municipality-level incidence data indicate that reports of suspected microcephaly in Brazil best correlate with ZIKV incidence around week 17 of pregnancy, although this does not demonstrate causation. Our genetic description and analysis of ZIKV isolates in Brazil provide a baseline for future studies of the evolution and molecular epidemiology in the Americas of this emerging virus

Data from: Zika virus in the Americas: early epidemiological and genetic findings

Brazil has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV), with ~30,000 cases reported to date. ZIKV was first detected in Brazil in May 2015 and cases of microcephaly potentially associated with ZIKV infection were identified in November 2015. Using next generation sequencing we generated seven Brazilian ZIKV genomes, sampled from four self-limited cases, one blood donor, one fatal adult case, and one newborn with microcephaly and congenital malformations. Phylogenetic and molecular clock analyses show a single introduction of ZIKV into the Americas, estimated to have occurred between May-Dec 2013, more than 12 months prior to the detection of ZIKV in Brazil. The estimated date of origin coincides with an increase in air passengers to Brazil from ZIKV endemic areas, and with reported outbreaks in Pacific Islands. ZIKV genomes from Brazil are phylogenetically interspersed with those from other South American and Caribbean countries. Mapping mutations onto existing structural models revealed the context of viral amino acid changes present in the outbreak lineage; however no shared amino acid changes were found among the three currently available virus genomes from microcephaly cases. Municipality-level incidence data indicate that reports of suspected microcephaly in Brazil best correlate with ZIKV incidence around week 17 of pregnancy, although this does not demonstrate causation. Our genetic description and analysis of ZIKV isolates in Brazil provide a baseline for future studies of the evolution and molecular epidemiology in the Americas of this emerging virus

Epidemiological Data: Numbers of suspected ZIKV cases and suspected microcephaly cases per state and per epidemiological week.

Contains 1) CSV file with number suspected ZIKV cases from January 2015 to the end of December 2015; 2) CSV file with number of suspected microcephaly cases from January 2015 to the first week of January 2016. Numbers correspond to suspected microcephaly cases at week 20 of pregnancy; 3) CSV file with codes of state of residence and municipality of residence in Brazil; and 4) R scripts for correlation analysis described in SI Section 1.5