2024
A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus
Hill V, Cleemput S, Pereira J, Gifford R, Fonseca V, Tegally H, Brito A, Ribeiro G, de Souza V, Brcko I, Ribeiro I, De Lima I, Slavov S, Sampaio S, Elias M, Tran V, Kien D, Huynh T, Yacoub S, Dieng I, Salvato R, Wallau G, Gregianini T, Godinho F, Vogels C, Breban M, Leguia M, Jagtap S, Roy R, Hapuarachchi C, Mwanyika G, Giovanetti M, Alcantara L, Faria N, Carrington C, Hanley K, Holmes E, Dumon W, Lima A, de Oliveira T, Grubaugh N. A new lineage nomenclature to aid genomic surveillance of dengue virus. PLOS Biology 2024, 22: e3002834. PMID: 39283942, PMCID: PMC11426435, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic surveillanceSub-genotype levelPartial genome sequencesDengue virusViral genomic diversityClade sizeGenome sequenceGenomic diversityPhylogenetic studiesPhylogenetic distanceSequence dataMinor lineageVirus classificationLineagesSurveillance of dengue virusDiversityAssignment toolComplex patternsVirusCladeSequenceGeographical areasGenotypesNomenclatureEndemic settings
2023
Development of an amplicon-based sequencing approach in response to the global emergence of mpox
Chen N, Chaguza C, Gagne L, Doucette M, Smole S, Buzby E, Hall J, Ash S, Harrington R, Cofsky S, Clancy S, Kapsak C, Sevinsky J, Libuit K, Park D, Hemarajata P, Garrigues J, Green N, Sierra-Patev S, Carpenter-Azevedo K, Huard R, Pearson C, Incekara K, Nishimura C, Huang J, Gagnon E, Reever E, Razeq J, Muyombwe A, Borges V, Ferreira R, Sobral D, Duarte S, Santos D, Vieira L, Gomes J, Aquino C, Savino I, Felton K, Bajwa M, Hayward N, Miller H, Naumann A, Allman R, Greer N, Fall A, Mostafa H, McHugh M, Maloney D, Dewar R, Kenicer J, Parker A, Mathers K, Wild J, Cotton S, Templeton K, Churchwell G, Lee P, Pedrosa M, McGruder B, Schmedes S, Plumb M, Wang X, Barcellos R, Godinho F, Salvato R, Ceniseros A, Breban M, Grubaugh N, Gallagher G, Vogels C. Development of an amplicon-based sequencing approach in response to the global emergence of mpox. PLOS Biology 2023, 21: e3002151. PMID: 37310918, PMCID: PMC10263305, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health laboratoriesHealth laboratoriesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Monkeypox virusRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicAnatomical body sitesAtypical clinical presentationCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicSyndrome coronavirus 2Course of infectionDisease 2019 pandemicRapid outbreak responseWhole-genome sequencingHuman monkeypox virusCT valuesClinical presentationViral loadCoronavirus 2Viral DNA concentrationsPathogen whole-genome sequencingZika virusClinical specimensBody sitesNonsystematic Reporting Biases of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant Mu Could Impact Our Understanding of the Epidemiological Dynamics of Emerging Variants
Petrone M, Lucas C, Menasche B, Breban M, Yildirim I, Campbell M, Omer S, Holmes E, Ko A, Grubaugh N, Iwasaki A, Wilen C, Vogels C, Fauver J. Nonsystematic Reporting Biases of the SARS-CoV-2 Variant Mu Could Impact Our Understanding of the Epidemiological Dynamics of Emerging Variants. Genome Biology And Evolution 2023, 15: evad052. PMID: 36974986, PMCID: PMC10113931, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages
Oliveira G, Vogels C, Zolfaghari A, Saraf S, Klitting R, Weger-Lucarelli J, P Leon K, Ontiveros C, Agarwal R, Tsetsarkin K, Harris E, Ebel G, Wohl S, Grubaugh N, Andersen K. Genomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023, 17: e0011055. PMID: 36753510, PMCID: PMC9907835, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAedesAnimalsEvolution, MolecularGenomicsHumansMosquito VectorsZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsHuman primary cellsFitness differencesVirus lineagesRapid molecular evolutionPrimary cellsShort generation timeAmino acid sitesFitness changesHigh mutation ratePhenotypic evolutionMolecular evolutionPositive selectionMutation rateLineagesPhenotypic analysisPhenotypic changesRNA virusesGeneration timeRecombinant virusesAedes aegypti mosquitoesReplicative fitnessFitnessAegypti mosquitoesMosquitoesZika virus
2022
Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota
Petrone ME, Rothman JE, Breban MI, Ott IM, Russell A, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Badr H, Kelly K, Omerza G, Renzette N, Watkins AE, Kalinich CC, Alpert T, Brito AF, Earnest R, Tikhonova IR, Castaldi C, Kelly JP, Shudt M, Plitnick J, Schneider E, Murphy S, Neal C, Laszlo E, Altajar A, Pearson C, Muyombwe A, Downing R, Razeq J, Niccolai L, Wilson MS, Anderson ML, Wang J, Liu C, Hui P, Mane S, Taylor BP, Hanage WP, Landry ML, Peaper DR, Bilguvar K, Fauver JR, Vogels CBF, Gardner LM, Pitzer VE, St. George K, Adams MD, Grubaugh ND. Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 439. PMID: 35545661, PMCID: PMC9095641, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03347-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Real-time public health communication of local SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology
Kalinich CC, Jensen CG, Neugebauer P, Petrone ME, Peña-Hernández M, Ott IM, Wyllie AL, Alpert T, Vogels CBF, Fauver JR, Grubaugh ND, Brito AF. Real-time public health communication of local SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology. PLOS Biology 2020, 18: e3000869. PMID: 32822393, PMCID: PMC7467297, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000869.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Travel Surveillance and Genomics Uncover a Hidden Zika Outbreak during the Waning Epidemic
Grubaugh ND, Saraf S, Gangavarapu K, Watts A, Tan AL, Oidtman RJ, Ladner JT, Oliveira G, Matteson NL, Kraemer MUG, Vogels CBF, Hentoff A, Bhatia D, Stanek D, Scott B, Landis V, Stryker I, Cone MR, Kopp EW, Cannons AC, Heberlein-Larson L, White S, Gillis LD, Ricciardi MJ, Kwal J, Lichtenberger PK, Magnani DM, Watkins DI, Palacios G, Hamer DH, Network G, Gardner LM, Perkins TA, Baele G, Khan K, Morrison A, Isern S, Michael SF, Andersen KG. Travel Surveillance and Genomics Uncover a Hidden Zika Outbreak during the Waning Epidemic. Cell 2019, 178: 1057-1071.e11. PMID: 31442400, PMCID: PMC6716374, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research