Journal
VIRUSES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v11100895
Keywords
enterovirus; molecular epidemiology; enterovirus 71 (EV-A71); laboratory escape
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- Russian Science Foundation [19-15-00055]
- Russian Science Foundation [19-15-00055] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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Neurovirulent enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) caused a massive epidemic in China in 2008-2011. While subgenotype C4 was the major causative agent, a few isolates were almost identical to the prototype EV-A71 strain and belonged to genotype A. This variant was allegedly extinct since 1970, and its identification in this epidemic suggests reintroduction of the archive virus. Regression analysis of genetic distances (TempEst software) was of moderate utility due to the low resolution of classical phylogenetic methods. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis (BEAST software) suggested artificial introduction event based on highly aberrant phylogenetic tree branch rates that differed by over three standard deviations from the mean substitution rate for EV71. Manual nucleotide-level analysis was used to further explore the virus spread pattern after introduction into circulation. Upon reintroduction, the virus accumulated up to seven substitutions in VP1, most of them non-synonymous and located within the capsid's canyon or at its rims, compatible with readaptation of a lab strain to natural circulation.
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