Molecular analysis of the 2012 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak.
Cell Rep Med
; 2(8): 100351, 2021 08 17.
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ABSTRACT
Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) is one of four ebolaviruses known to cause disease in humans. Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreaks occurred in 2007-2008 in Bundibugyo District, Uganda, and in 2012 in Isiro, Province Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 2012 BVD outbreak resulted in 38 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection, 13 of whom died. However, only 4 BDBV specimens from the 2012 outbreak have been sequenced. Here, we provide BDBV sequences from seven additional patients. Analysis of the molecular epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of the 2012 outbreak with these additional isolates challenges the current hypothesis that the outbreak was the result of a single spillover event. In addition, one patient record indicates that BDBV's initial emergence in Isiro occurred 50 days earlier than previously accepted. Collectively, this work demonstrates how retrospective sequencing can be used to elucidate outbreak origins and provide epidemiological contexts to a medically relevant pathogen.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Épidémies de maladies
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Fièvre hémorragique à virus Ebola
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Ebolavirus
Limites:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Animals
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Langue:
En
Journal:
Cell Rep Med
Année:
2021
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
États-Unis d'Amérique