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ArticleVeterinary research2022

Evaluating the potential of whole-genome sequencing for tracing transmission routes in experimental infections and natural outbreaks of bovine respiratory syncytial virus.

Paul C D Johnson, Sara Hägglund, Katarina Näslund, Gilles Meyer, Geraldine Taylor, Richard J Orton, Siamak Zohari, Daniel T Haydon, Jean François Valarcher

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Paul C D JohnsonSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Paul.Johnson@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520
Sara HägglundHPIG. Unit of Ruminant Medicine. Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6983-5722
Katarina NäslundDepartment of Microbiology, National Veterinary Institute, SVA, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5938-8105
Gilles MeyerIHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-5774
Geraldine TaylorThe Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-8101
Richard J OrtonMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325
Siamak ZohariDepartment of Microbiology, National Veterinary Institute, SVA, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0017-4233
Daniel T HaydonSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886
Jean François ValarcherHPIG. Unit of Ruminant Medicine. Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8564-5603

Funding

HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme n633184Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/12Vetenskapsrådet 2016-00463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) is a major cause of respiratory disease in cattle. Genomic sequencing can resolve phylogenetic relationships between virus populations, which can be used to infer transmission routes and potentially inform the design of biosecurity measures. Sequencing of short (<2000 nt) segments of the 15 000-nt BRSV genome has revealed geographic and temporal clustering of BRSV populations, but insufficient variation to distinguish viruses collected from herds infected close together in space and time. This study investigated the potential for whole-genome sequencing to reveal sufficient genomic variation for inferring transmission routes between herds. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) data were generated from experimental infections and from natural outbreaks in Jämtland and Uppsala counties in Sweden. Sufficient depth of coverage for analysis of consensus and sub-consensus sequence diversity was obtained from 47 to 20 samples respectively. Few (range: 0-6 polymorphisms across the six experiments) consensus-level polymorphisms were observed along experimental transmissions. A much higher level of diversity (146 polymorphic sites) was found among the consensus sequences from the outbreak samples. The majority (144/146) of polymorphisms were between rather than within counties, suggesting that consensus whole-genome sequences show insufficient spatial resolution for inferring direct transmission routes, but might allow identification of outbreak sources at the regional scale. By contrast, within-sample diversity was generally higher in the experimental than the outbreak samples. Analyses to infer known (experimental) and suspected (outbreak) transmission links from within-sample diversity data were uninformative. In conclusion, analysis of the whole-genome sequence of BRSV from experimental samples discriminated between circulating isolates from distant areas, but insufficient diversity was observed between closely related isolates to aid local transmission route inference.

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Cattle DiseasesRespiratory Syncytial Virus, BovineRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCattlePhylogenyAntibodies, ViralBRSVcattlemolecular epidemiologytransmission treeswhole-genome sequencing

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PMID36510312
PMCPMC9746130

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