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Novel SFTSV Phylogeny Reveals New Reassortment Events and Migration Routes

Journal

VIROLOGICA SINICA
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 300-310

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KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s12250-020-00289-0

Keywords

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV); Genotypes; Genomic reassortment; Virus migration; Amino acid variations

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Funding

  1. National Key R&D Programme of China [2018ZX10734404-010]
  2. Nature Science Foundation of Hubei Province [2019CFB790, 2018CFB471]
  3. Innovation Team Project of Hubei Provincial Health Commission [WJ2019C003]
  4. Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Virology [2018IOV004]
  5. Special Project of Technical Conditions [2060503]

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This study isolated 11 new SFTSV strains from patients in Hubei Province in 2017 and identified five different SFTSV genotypes circulating in the region. Additionally, 15 reassortment patterns and migration pathways correlated with each genotype were identified, indicating more complexity than previously recognized. Hubei Province was found to be more involved in the evolutionary events of SFTSV than previously thought, with significant amino acid variations observed between different genotypes.
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), the causative agent of a febrile human disease, was first identified from central and eastern provinces in China, and later in Japan and South Korea. Hubei Province is one of the major SFTS epidemic areas in the central part of China. This study reported the isolation of 11 new SFTSV strains from patients in Hubei Province collected in 2017. Extensive phylogenetic analyses were conducted based on the complete coding sequences of SFTSV segments including the new strains. It was suggested that five different SFTSV genotypes were circulating in Hubei, and 15 reassortment patterns and migration pathways correlated with each genotype were identified, which was more than previously recognized. Hubei Province was more involved in the evolutionary events of SFTSV than that previously thought in which the evolutionary events of SFTSV were reported to be independent from those in other epidemic regions. Further divergence of SFTSV strains was suggested by pairwise comparison of SFTSV sequences from each genotype and sequence identity normalized to representative strain in genotype C1. Subsequently, amino acid variations specific for genotype(s), strain(s), or cluster(s) were inspected, which may be related to differential biological activity of SFTSV strains/genotypes. In conclusion, we analyzed the current status of SFTSV phylogeny in Hubei Province and discussed the possible events correlated to SFTSV evolution. It provided an in-depth insight into SFTSV evolution, raising concerns for the use of proper SFTSV strains in future studies.

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