Jiufeng Sun1, Haojie Zhong1, Dawei Guan1, Huan Zhang1, Qiqi Tan1, Huiqiong Zhou1, Meng Zhang1, Dan Ning1, Baohuan Zhang1, Changwen Ke2, Tie Song1, Jinyan Lin1, Yonghui Zhang1, Marion Koopmans3, George F Gao4. 1. Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China; WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Research and Training of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Guangzhou, China. 2. Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China; WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Research and Training of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: kecw1965@aliyun.com. 3. Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 4. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Fast expansion and linkage to microcephaly and Guillain Barre syndrome have made Zika virus (ZIKV) track attention of global health authority concerns. The epidemiology, virological characteristics and genetic evolution of introduced ZIKV to Guangdong, China, were investigated. METHODS: Analyses of the epidemiological characteristics and genetic diversity of ZIKV isolates were performed. RESULTS: A total of twenty-eight confirmed ZIKV infection cases were imported into China in 2016, of which 19 were imported into Guangdong, China from Venezuela (16), the Samoa Islands (1), Suriname (1) and Guatemala (1). Serial sampling studies of the cases indicated longer shedding times of ZIKV particles from urine and saliva samples than from serum and conjunctiva swab samples. Seven ZIKV strains were successfully isolated from serum, urine and conjunctiva swab samples using cell culture and neonatal mouse injection methods. Genomic analysis indicated that all viruses belonged to the Asian lineage but had different evolutionary transmission routes with different geographic origins. The molecular clock phylogenetic analysis of the ZIKV genomes indicated independent local transmission that appeared to have been previously established in Venezuela and Samoa. Additionally, we found 7 unique non-synonymous mutations in the genomes of ZIKV that were imported to China. The mutations may indicate that ZIKV has undergone independent evolutionary history not caused by sudden adaptation to Chinese hosts. CONCLUSION: The increasing number of ex-patriot Chinese returning from ZIKV hyper-endemic areas to Guangdong combined with the presence of a variety of Aedes species indicate the potential for autochthonous transmission of ZIKV in Guangdong.
OBJECTIVES: Fast expansion and linkage to microcephaly and Guillain Barre syndrome have made Zika virus (ZIKV) track attention of global health authority concerns. The epidemiology, virological characteristics and genetic evolution of introduced ZIKV to Guangdong, China, were investigated. METHODS: Analyses of the epidemiological characteristics and genetic diversity of ZIKV isolates were performed. RESULTS: A total of twenty-eight confirmed ZIKV infection cases were imported into China in 2016, of which 19 were imported into Guangdong, China from Venezuela (16), the Samoa Islands (1), Suriname (1) and Guatemala (1). Serial sampling studies of the cases indicated longer shedding times of ZIKV particles from urine and saliva samples than from serum and conjunctiva swab samples. Seven ZIKV strains were successfully isolated from serum, urine and conjunctiva swab samples using cell culture and neonatal mouse injection methods. Genomic analysis indicated that all viruses belonged to the Asian lineage but had different evolutionary transmission routes with different geographic origins. The molecular clock phylogenetic analysis of the ZIKV genomes indicated independent local transmission that appeared to have been previously established in Venezuela and Samoa. Additionally, we found 7 unique non-synonymous mutations in the genomes of ZIKV that were imported to China. The mutations may indicate that ZIKV has undergone independent evolutionary history not caused by sudden adaptation to Chinese hosts. CONCLUSION: The increasing number of ex-patriot Chinese returning from ZIKV hyper-endemic areas to Guangdong combined with the presence of a variety of Aedes species indicate the potential for autochthonous transmission of ZIKV in Guangdong.
Authors: Marcus S C Blagrove; Cyril Caminade; Peter J Diggle; Edward I Patterson; Ken Sherlock; Gail E Chapman; Jenny Hesson; Soeren Metelmann; Philip J McCall; Gareth Lycett; Jolyon Medlock; Grant L Hughes; Alessandra Della Torre; Matthew Baylis Journal: Proc Biol Sci Date: 2020-07-08 Impact factor: 5.349
Authors: Jonathan J Miner; Derek J Platt; Cyrus M Ghaznavi; Pallavi Chandra; Andrea Santeford; Amber M Menos; Zhenyu Dong; Erin R Wang; Wei Qian; Elysse S Karozichian; Jennifer A Philips; Rajendra S Apte Journal: Cell Rep Date: 2020-11-03 Impact factor: 9.423