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Title: Increased interregional virus exchange and nucleotide diversity outline the expansion of chikungunya virus in Brazil
Authors: Xavier J, Alcantara L, Fonseca V, Lima M, Castro E, Fritsch H, Oliveira C, Guimarães N, Adelino T, Evaristo M, Rodrigues E, Santos E, de La-Roque D, de Moraes L, Tosta S, Neto A, Rosewell A, Mendonça A, Leite A, Vasconcelos A, Silva de Mello A, Vasconcelos B, Montalbano C, Zanluca C, Freitas C, de Albuquerque C, Duarte dos Santos C, Santos C, dos Santos C, Gonçalves C, Teixeira D, Neto D, Cabral D, de Oliveira E, Noia Maciel E, Pereira F, Iani F, de Carvalho F, Andrade G, Bezerra G, de Castro Lichs G, Pereira G, Barroso H, Franz H, Ferreira H, Gomes I, Riediger I, Rodrigues I, de Siqueira I, Silva J, Rico J, Lima J, Abrantes J, do Nascimento J, Wasserheit J, Pastor J, de Magalhães J, Luz K, Lima Neto L, Frutuoso L, da Silva L, Sena L, de Sousa L, Pereira L, Demarchi L, Câmara M, Astete M, Almiron M, Lima M, Umaki Zardin M, Presibella M, Falcão M, Gale M, Freire N, Marques N, de Moura N, Almeida Da Silva P, Rabinowitz P, da Cunha R, Trinta K, do Carmo Said R, Kato R, Stabeli R, de Jesus R, Hans Santos R, Kashima S, Slavov S, Andrade T, Rocha T, Carneiro T, Nardy V, da Silva V, Carvalho W, Van Voorhis W, Araujo W, de Filippis A, Giovanetti M.
Journal: Nature Communications,14(1):. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40099-y.: (2023)

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AbstractThe emergence and reemergence of mosquito-borne diseases in Brazil such as yellow fever, zika, chikungunya, and dengue have had serious impacts on public health. Concerns have been raised due to the rapid dissemination of the chikungunya virus across the country since its first detection in 2014 in Northeast Brazil. In this work, we carried out on-site training activities in genomic surveillance in partnership with the National Network of Public Health Laboratories that have led to the generation of 422 chikungunya virus genomes from 12 Brazilian states over the past two years (2021–2022), a period that has seen more than 312 thousand chikungunya fever cases reported in the country. These genomes increased the amount of available data and allowed a more comprehensive characterization of the dispersal dynamics of the chikungunya virus East-Central-South-African lineage in Brazil. Tree branching patterns revealed the emergence and expansion of two distinct subclades. Phylogeographic analysis indicated that the northeast region has been the leading hub of virus spread towards other regions. Increased frequency of C?>?T transitions among the new genomes suggested that host restriction factors from the immune system such as ADAR and AID/APOBEC deaminases might be driving the genetic diversity of the chikungunya virus in Brazil.

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Citation: Xavier J, Alcantara L, Fonseca V, Lima M, Castro E, Fritsch H, Oliveira C, Guimarães N, Adelino T, Evaristo M, Rodrigues E, Santos E, de La-Roque D, de Moraes L, Tosta S, Neto A, Rosewell A, Mendonça A, Leite A, Vasconcelos A, Silva de Mello A, Vasconcelos B, Montalbano C, Zanluca C, Freitas C, de Albuquerque C, Duarte dos Santos C, Santos C, dos Santos C, Gonçalves C, Teixeira D, Neto D, Cabral D, de Oliveira E, Noia Maciel E, Pereira F, Iani F, de Carvalho F, Andrade G, Bezerra G, de Castro Lichs G, Pereira G, Barroso H, Franz H, Ferreira H, Gomes I, Riediger I, Rodrigues I, de Siqueira I, Silva J, Rico J, Lima J, Abrantes J, do Nascimento J, Wasserheit J, Pastor J, de Magalhães J, Luz K, Lima Neto L, Frutuoso L, da Silva L, Sena L, de Sousa L, Pereira L, Demarchi L, Câmara M, Astete M, Almiron M, Lima M, Umaki Zardin M, Presibella M, Falcão M, Gale M, Freire N, Marques N, de Moura N, Almeida Da Silva P, Rabinowitz P, da Cunha R, Trinta K, do Carmo Said R, Kato R, Stabeli R, de Jesus R, Hans Santos R, Kashima S, Slavov S, Andrade T, Rocha T, Carneiro T, Nardy V, da Silva V, Carvalho W, Van Voorhis W, Araujo W, de Filippis A, Giovanetti M. Increased interregional virus exchange and nucleotide diversity outline the expansion of chikungunya virus in Brazil Nature Communications,14(1):. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40099-y.: (2023).