Deep sequencing of norovirus genomes defines evolutionary patterns in an urban tropical setting
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Norovirus is a highly transmissible infectious agent that causes epidemic gastroenteritis in susceptible children and adults. Norovirus infections can be severe and can be initiated from an exceptionally small number of viral particles. Detailed genome sequence data are useful for tracking norovirus transmission and evolution. To address this need, we have developed a whole-genome deep-sequencing method that generates entire genome sequences from small amounts of clinical specimens. This novel approach employs an algorithm for reverse transcription and PCR amplification primer design using all of the publically available norovirus sequence data. Deep sequencing and de novo assembly were used to generate norovirus genomes from a large set of diarrheal patients attending three hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, over a 2.5-year period. Positive-selection analysis and direct examination of protein changes in the virus over time identified codons in the regions encoding proteins VP1, p48 (NS1-2), and p22 (NS4) under positive selection and expands the known targets of norovirus evolutionary pressure.
Date Issued
2014-10-01
Date Acceptance
2014-07-10
Citation
Journal of Virology, 2014, 88 (19), pp.11056-11069
ISSN
1098-5514
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Start Page
11056
End Page
11069
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Virology
Volume
88
Issue
19
Copyright Statement
© 2014 Cotten et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Virology
NORWALK-LIKE VIRUSES
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION
PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS
PORCINE NOROVIRUSES
HERD-IMMUNITY
GENOGROUP-II
DYNAMICS
PROTEIN
GASTROENTERITIS
TRANSMISSION
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2014-09-08