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2. Enterovirus-associated encephalitis in the California Encephalitis Project, 1998-2005
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Fowlkes, Ashley L., Honarmand, Somayeh, Glaser, Carol, Yagi, Shigeo, Schnurr, David, Oberste, M. Steven, Anderson, Larry, Pallansch, Mark A., and Khetsuriani, Nino
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Encephalitis -- Statistics ,Encephalitis -- Diagnosis ,Enteroviruses -- Complications and side effects ,Cerebrospinal fluid -- Analysis ,Polymerase chain reaction -- Research ,Polymerase chain reaction -- Physiological aspects ,Health - Published
- 2008
3. A large vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreak on Madura island - Indonesia, 2005
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Estivariz, Concepcion F., Watkins, Margaret A., Handoko, Darmawali, Rusipah, Rusipah, Deshpande, Jagadish, Rana, Bardan J., Irawan, Eveline, Widhiastuti, Dyah, Pallansch, Mark A., Thapa, Arun, and Imari, Sholah
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Poliomyelitis -- Distribution ,Poliomyelitis -- Forecasts and trends ,Epidemics -- Indonesia ,Epidemics -- Reports ,Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Complications and side effects ,Company distribution practices ,Market trend/market analysis ,Health - Published
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4. Serologic response to inactivated poliovirus vaccine: a randomized clinical trial comparing 2 vaccination schedules in Puerto Rico
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Dayan, Gustavo H., Thorley, Margaret, Yamamura, Yasuhiro, Rodriguez, Nayra, McLaughlin, Steve, Torres, Lourdes M., Seda, Antonio, Carbia, Marcia, Alexander, Lorraine N., Caceres, Victor, and Pallansch, Mark A.
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Serology -- Research ,Serology -- Patient outcomes ,Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Research ,Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Usage ,Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Health aspects ,Immunization -- Research ,Health ,World Health Organization -- Health policy - Published
- 2007
5. Poliovirus vaccine shedding among persons with HIV in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
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Hennessey, Karen A., Lago, Hugues, Diomande, Fabien, Akoua-Koffi, Chantal, Caceres, Victor M., Pallansch, Mark A., Kew, Olen M., Nolan, Monica, and Zuber, Patrick L.F.
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire -- Health aspects ,HIV infection ,Poliomyelitis vaccine ,Health - Published
- 2005
6. Direct sequencing of SARS-coronavirus S and N genes from clinical specimens shows limited variation
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Tong, Suxiang, Lingappa, Jairam R., Chen, Qi, Shu, Bo, LaMonte, Ashley C., Cook, Byron T., Birge, Charryse, Chern, Shur-wern Wang, Liu, Xin, Galloway, Renee, Mai, Le Quynh, Ng, Wai Fu, Yang, Jyh-Yuan, Butany, Jagdish, Comer, James A., Monroe, Stephan S., Beard, Suzanne R., Ksiazek, Thomas G., Erdman, Dean, Rota, Paul A., Pallansch, Mark A., and Anderson, Larry J.
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Coronavirus infections -- Research ,Coronavirus infections -- Genetic aspects ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome -- Research ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome -- Genetic aspects ,Health - Published
- 2004
7. Persistence of vaccine-derived polioviruses among immunodeficient persons with vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis
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Khetsuriani, Nino, Prevots, D. Rebecca, Quick, Linda, Elder, Melissa E., Pallansch, Mark, Kew, Olen, and Sutter, Roland W.
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8. The role of enteroviral infections in the development of IDDM: limitations of current approaches
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Graves, Patricia M., Norris, Jill M., Pallansch, Mark A., Gerling, Ivan C., and Rewers, Marian
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Autoimmunity -- Development and progression -- Health aspects ,Major histocompatibility complex -- Health aspects -- Complications and side effects -- Development and progression ,Diabetes -- Causes of -- Complications and side effects -- Development and progression ,Enterovirus diseases -- Complications and side effects -- Development and progression ,Health ,Complications and side effects ,Development and progression ,Health aspects ,Causes of - Abstract
Enteroviruses have been examined for their possible role in the etiology of IDDM for nearly 40 years, yet the evidence remains inconclusive. The mechanism of acute cytolytic infection of Β-cells, [...]
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9. Initial public health response and interim clinical guidance for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak — United States, December 31, 2019–February 4, 2020
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Patel, Anita, Jernigan, Daniel B., Abdirizak, Fatuma, Abedi, Glen, Aggarwal, Sharad, Albina, Denise, Allen, Elizabeth, Andersen, Lauren, Anderson, Jade, Anderson, Megan, Anderson, Tara, Anderson, Kayla, Bardossy, Ana Cecilia, Barry, Vaughn, Beer, Karlyn, Bell, Michael, Berger, Sherri, Bertulfo, Joseph, Biggs, Holly, Bornemann, Jennifer, Bornstein, Josh, Bower, Willie, Bresee, Joseph, Brown, Clive, Budd, Alicia, Buigut, Jennifer, Burke, Stephen, Burke, Rachel, Burns, Erin, Butler, Jay, Cantrell, Russell, Cardemil, Cristina, Cates, Jordan, Cetron, Marty, Chatham‐Stephens, Kevin, Chatham‐Stevens, Kevin, Chea, Nora, Christensen, Bryan, Chu, Victoria, Clarke, Kevin, Cleveland, Angela, Cohen, Nicole, Cohen, Max, Cohn, Amanda, Collins, Jennifer, Conners, Erin, Curns, Aaron, Dahl, Rebecca, Daley, Walter, Dasari, Vishal, Davlantes, Elizabeth, Dawson, Patrick, Delaney, Lisa, Donahue, Matthew, Dowell, Chad, Dyal, Jonathan, Edens, William, Eidex, Rachel, Epstein, Lauren, Evans, Mary, Fagan, Ryan, Farris, Kevin, Feldstein, Leora, Fox, LeAnne, Frank, Mark, Freeman, Brandi, Fry, Alicia, Fuller, James, Galang, Romeo, Gerber, Sue, Gokhale, Runa, Goldstein, Sue, Gorman, Sue, Gregg, William, Greim, William, Grube, Steven, Hall, Aron, Haynes, Amber, Hill, Sherrasa, Hornsby‐Myers, Jennifer, Hunter, Jennifer, Ionta, Christopher, Isenhour, Cheryl, Jacobs, Max, Jacobs Slifka, Kara, Jernigan, Daniel, Jhung, Michael, Jones‐Wormley, Jamie, Kambhampati, Anita, Kamili, Shifaq, Kennedy, Pamela, Kent, Charlotte, Killerby, Marie, Kim, Lindsay, Kirking, Hannah, Koonin, Lisa, Koppaka, Ram, Kosmos, Christine, Kuhar, David, Kuhnert‐Tallman, Wendi, Kujawski, Stephanie, Kumar, Archana, Landon, Alexander, Lee, Leslie, Leung, Jessica, Lindstrom, Stephen, Link‐Gelles, Ruth, Lively, Joana, Lu, Xiaoyan, Lynch, Brian, Malapati, Lakshmi, Mandel, Samantha, Manns, Brian, Marano, Nina, Marlow, Mariel, Marston, Barbara, McClung, Nancy, McClure, Liz, McDonald, Emily, McGovern, Oliva, Messonnier, Nancy, Midgley, Claire, Moulia, Danielle, Murray, Janna, Noelte, Kate, Noonan‐Smith, Michelle, Nordlund, Kristen, Norton, Emily, Oliver, Sara, Pallansch, Mark, Parashar, Umesh, Patel, Anita, Patel, Manisha, Pettrone, Kristen, Pierce, Taran, Pietz, Harald, Pillai, Satish, Radonovich, Lewis, Reagan‐Steiner, Sarah, Reel, Amy, Reese, Heather, Rha, Brian, Ricks, Philip, Rolfes, Melissa, Roohi, Shahrokh, Roper, Lauren, Rotz, Lisa, Routh, Janell, Sakthivel, Senthil Kumar, Sarmiento, Luisa, Schindelar, Jessica, Schneider, Eileen, Schuchat, Anne, Scott, Sarah, Shetty, Varun, Shockey, Caitlin, Shugart, Jill, Stenger, Mark, Stuckey, Matthew, Sunshine, Brittany, Sykes, Tamara, Uyeki, Timothy, Vahey, Grace, Valderrama, Amy, Villanueva, Julie, Walker, Tunicia, Wallace, Megan, Wang, Lijuan, Watson, John, Weber, Angie, Weinbaum, Cindy, Weldon, William, Westnedge, Caroline, Whitaker, Brett, Whitaker, Michael, Williams, Alcia, Willams, Ian, Wong, Karen, Xie, Amy, and Yousef, Anna
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This article summarizes what is currently known about the 2019 novel coronavirus and offers interim guidance.
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- 2020
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10. Immunogenicity of full and fractional dose of inactivated poliovirus vaccine for use in routine immunisation and outbreak response: an open-label, randomised controlled trial
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Snider, Cynthia J, Zaman, Khalequ, Estivariz, Concepcion F, Yunus, Mohammad, Weldon, William C, Wannemuehler, Kathleen A, Oberste, M Steven, Pallansch, Mark A, Wassilak, Steven GF, Bari, Tajul Islam A, and Anand, Abhijeet
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Intradermal administration of fractional inactivated poliovirus vaccine (fIPV) is a dose-sparing alternative to the intramuscular full dose. We aimed to compare the immunogenicity of two fIPV doses versus one IPV dose for routine immunisation, and also assessed the immunogenicity of an fIPV booster dose for an outbreak response.
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- 2019
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11. Breaking the Last Chains of Poliovirus Transmission: Progress and Challenges in Global Polio Eradication
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Kew, Olen and Pallansch, Mark
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Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), paralytic cases associated with wild poliovirus (WPV) have fallen from ∼350,000 in 1988 to 22 in 2017. WPV type 2 (WPV2) was last detected in 1999, WPV3 in 2012, and WPV1 appeared to be localized to Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2017. Through continuous refinement, the GPEI has overcome operational and biological challenges far more complex and daunting than originally envisioned. Operational challenges had led to sustained WPV endemicity in core reservoirs and widespread dissemination to polio-free countries. The biological challenges derive from intrinsic limitations to the oral poliovirus vaccine: ( a) reduced immunogenicity in high-risk settings and ( b) genetic instability, leading to repeated outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses and prolonged infections in individuals with primary immunodeficiencies. As polio eradication enters its multifaceted endgame, the GPEI, with its technical, operational, and social innovations, stands as the preeminent model for control of vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide.
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- 2018
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12. Severe respiratory illness associated with a nationwide outbreak of enterovirus D68 in the USA (2014): a descriptive epidemiological investigation
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Midgley, Claire M, Watson, John T, Nix, W Allan, Curns, Aaron T, Rogers, Shannon L, Brown, Betty A, Conover, Craig, Dominguez, Samuel R, Feikin, Daniel R, Gray, Samantha, Hassan, Ferdaus, Hoferka, Stacey, Jackson, Mary Anne, Johnson, Daniel, Leshem, Eyal, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Janell Bezdek, Nyquist, Ann-Christine, Obringer, Emily, Patel, Ajanta, Patel, Megan, Rha, Brian, Schneider, Eileen, Schuster, Jennifer E, Selvarangan, Rangaraj, Seward, Jane F, Turabelidze, George, Oberste, M Steven, Pallansch, Mark A, and Gerber, Susan I
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Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has been infrequently reported historically, and is typically associated with isolated cases or small clusters of respiratory illness. Beginning in August, 2014, increases in severe respiratory illness associated with EV-D68 were reported across the USA. We aimed to describe the clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory features of this outbreak, and to better understand the role of EV-D68 in severe respiratory illness.
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- 2015
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13. CDC's Early Response to a Novel Viral Disease, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), September 2012–May 2014
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Williams, Holly Ann, Dunville, Richard L., Gerber, Susan I., Erdman, Dean D., Pesik, Nicki, Kuhar, David, Mason, Karen A., Haynes, Lia, Rotz, Lisa, St. Pierre, Jeanette, Poser, Sarah, Bunga, Sudhir, Pallansch, Mark A., and Swerdlow, David L.
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The first ever case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was reported in September 2012. This report describes the approaches taken by CDC, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, to respond to this novel virus, and outlines the agency responses prior to the first case appearing in the United States in May 2014. During this time, CDC's response integrated multiple disciplines and was divided into three distinct phases: before, during, and after the initial activation of its Emergency Operations Center. CDC's response to MERS-CoV required a large effort, deploying at least 353 staff members who worked in the areas of surveillance, laboratory capacity, infection control guidance, and travelers' health. This response built on CDC's experience with previous outbreaks of other pathogens and provided useful lessons for future emerging threats.
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- 2015
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14. Development of an Efficient Entire-Capsid-Coding-Region Amplification Method for Direct Detection of Poliovirus from Stool Extracts
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Arita, Minetaro, Kilpatrick, David R., Nakamura, Tomofumi, Burns, Cara C., Bukbuk, David, Oderinde, Soji B., Oberste, M. Steven, Kew, Olen M., Pallansch, Mark A., and Shimizu, Hiroyuki
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ABSTRACTLaboratory diagnosis has played a critical role in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative since 1988, by isolating and identifying poliovirus (PV) from stool specimens by using cell culture as a highly sensitive system to detect PV. In the present study, we aimed to develop a molecular method to detect PV directly from stool extracts, with a high efficiency comparable to that of cell culture. We developed a method to efficiently amplify the entire capsid coding region of human enteroviruses (EVs) including PV. cDNAs of the entire capsid coding region (3.9 kb) were obtained from as few as 50 copies of PV genomes. PV was detected from the cDNAs with an improved PV-specific real-time reverse transcription-PCR system and nucleotide sequence analysis of the VP1 coding region. For assay validation, we analyzed 84 stool extracts that were positive for PV in cell culture and detected PV genomes from 100% of the extracts (84/84 samples) with this method in combination with a PV-specific extraction method. PV could be detected in 2/4 stool extract samples that were negative for PV in cell culture. In PV-positive samples, EV species C viruses were also detected with high frequency (27% [23/86 samples]). This method would be useful for direct detection of PV from stool extracts without using cell culture.
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- 2014
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15. First Confirmed Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection in the United States, Updated Information on the Epidemiology of MERS-CoV Infection, and Guidance for the Public, Clinicians, and Public Health Authorities—May 2014
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Bialek, Stephanie R., Allen, Donna, Alvarado-Ramy, Francisco, Arthur, Ray, Balajee, Arunmozhi, Bell, David, Best, Susan, Blackmore, Carina, Breakwell, Lucy, Cannons, Andrew, Brown, Clive, Cetron, Martin, Chea, Nora, Chommanard, Christina, Cohen, Nicole, Conover, Craig, Crespo, Antonio, Creviston, Jeanean, Curns, Aaron T., Dahl, Rebecca, Dearth, Stephanie, DeMaria, Alfred, Echols, Fred, Erdman, Dean D., Feikin, Daniel, Frias, Mabel, Gerber, Susan I., Gulati, Reena, Hale, Christa, Haynes, Lia M., Heberlein-Larson, Lea, Holton, Kelly, Ijaz, Kashef, Kapoor, Minal, Kohl, Katrin, Kuhar, David T., Kumar, Alan M., Kundich, Marianne, Lippold, Susan, Liu, Lixia, Lovchik, Judith C., Madoff, Larry, Martell, Sandra, Matthews, Sarah, Moore, Jessica, Murray, Linda R., Onofrey, Shauna, Pallansch, Mark A., Pesik, Nicki, Pham, Huong, Pillai, Satish, Pontones, Pam, Pringle, Kimberly, Pritchard, Scott, Rasmussen, Sonja, Richards, Shawn, Sandoval, Michelle, Schneider, Eileen, Schuchat, Anne, Sheedy, Kristine, Sherin, Kevin, Swerdlow, David L., Tappero, Jordan W., Vernon, Michael O., Watkins, Sharon, and Watson, John
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This report highlights the first two cases of MERS coronavirus in the United States. Although these patients were not transplant recipients, it is important for transplant professionals to be aware of this infection and to consider it when evaluating patients with respiratory illnesses and travel to the Arabian peninsula.
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16. Characterization of Poliovirus Variants Selected for Resistance to the Antiviral Compound V-073
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Liu, Hong-Mei, Roberts, Jason A., Moore, Deborah, Anderson, Barbara, Pallansch, Mark A., Pevear, Daniel C., Collett, Marc S., and Oberste, M. Steven
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ABSTRACTV-073, a small-molecule capsid inhibitor originally developed for nonpolio enterovirus indications is considerably more potent against polioviruses. All poliovirus isolates tested to date (n= 45), including wild, vaccine, vaccine-derived, and laboratory strains, are susceptible to the antiviral capsid inhibitor V-073. We grew poliovirus in the presence of V-073 to allow for the identification of variants with reduced susceptibility to the drug. Sequence analysis of 160 independent resistant variants (80 isolates of poliovirus type 1, 40 isolates each of types 2 and 3) established that V-073 resistance involved a single amino acid change in either of two virus capsid proteins, VP1 (67 of 160 [42%]) or VP3 (93 of 160 [58%]). In resistant variants with a VP1 change, the majority (53 of 67 [79%]) exhibited a substitution of isoleucine at position 194 (equivalent position 192 in type 3) with either methionine or phenylalanine. Of those with a VP3 change, alanine at position 24 was replaced with valine in all variants (n= 93). The resistance phenotype was relatively stable upon passage of viruses in cell culture in the absence of drug. Single-step growth studies showed no substantial differences between drug-resistant variants and the virus stocks from which they were derived, while the resistant viruses were generally more thermally labile than the corresponding drug-susceptible parental viruses. These studies provide a foundation from which to build a greater understanding of resistance to antiviral compound V-073.
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- 2012
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17. Trends in the Risk of U.S. Polio Outbreaks and Poliovirus Vaccine Availability for Response
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Thompson, Kimberly M., Wallace, Gregory S., Tebbens, Radboud J. Duintjer, Smith, Philip J., Barskey, Albert E., Pallansch, Mark A., Gallagher, Kathleen M., Alexander, James P., Armstrong, Gregory L., Cochi, Stephen L., and Wassilak, Steven G. F.
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Objectives. The United States eliminated indigenous wild polioviruses (WPVs) in 1979 and switched to inactivated poliovirus vaccine in 2000, which quickly ended all indigenous live poliovirus transmission. Continued WPV circulation and use of oral poliovirus vaccine globally allow for the possibility of reintroduction of these viruses. We evaluated the risk of a U.S. polio outbreak and explored potential vaccine needs for outbreak response.Methods. We synthesized information available on vaccine coverage, exemptor populations, and population immunity. We used an infection transmission model to explore the potential dynamics of a U.S. polio outbreak and potential vaccine needs for outbreak response, and assessed the impacts of heterogeneity in population immunity for two different subpopulations with potentially low coverage.Results. Although the risk of poliovirus introduction remains real, widespread transmission of polioviruses appears unlikely in the U.S., given high routine coverage. However, clusters of un- or underimmunized children might create pockets of susceptibility that could potentially lead to one or more paralytic polio cases. We found that the shift toward combination vaccine utilization, with limited age indications for use, and other current trends (e.g., decreasing proportion of the population with immunity induced by live polioviruses and aging of vaccine exemptor populations) might increase the vulnerability to poliovirus reintroduction at the same time that the ability to respond may decrease.Conclusions. The U.S. poliovirus vaccine stockpile remains an important resource that may potentially be needed in the future to respond to an outbreak if a live poliovirus gets imported into a subpopulation with low vaccination coverage.
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- 2012
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18. Detection of All Known Parechoviruses by Real-Time PCR
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Nix, W. Allan, Maher, Kaija, Johansson, E. Susanne, Niklasson, Bo, Lindberg, A. Michael, Pallansch, Mark A., and Oberste, M. Steven
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ABSTRACTThe Parechovirusgenus of the Picornaviridaefamily contains two species, Human parechovirus(HPeV) and Ljungan virus(LV). The HPeVs (including the former echoviruses 22 and 23, now HPeV type 1 (HPeV1) and HPeV2, respectively) cause a wide spectrum of disease, including aseptic meningitis, gastroenteritis, encephalitis, acute respiratory illness, and neonatal sepsis-like disease. The LVs were isolated from bank voles in Sweden during a search for an infectious agent linked to fatal myocarditis cases in humans. Because of the decline in use of cell culture and neutralization to investigate enterovirus-like disease, very few laboratories currently have the capability to test for parechoviruses. We have developed a real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assay for detection of all known members of the genus Parechovirus. The assay targets the conserved regions in the 5' nontranslated region (5'NTR) of the parechovirus genome and can detect both HPeVs and LVs, unlike other published parechovirus 5' NTR assays, which only detect known HPeVs or only LVs. HPeV and LV can be differentiated by sequencing the 5'NTR real-time RT-PCR amplicon, when needed. The assay is approximately 100 times more sensitive than cell culture and may be used to test original clinical specimens. The availability of a broad-specificity PCR method should facilitate the detection of new human parechoviruses, as well as new parechoviruses in other mammalian species, and provide an opportunity to investigate the role of these viruses in human and animal disease.
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- 2008
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19. Sensitive and Broadly Reactive Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays To Detect Novel Paramyxoviruses
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Tong, Suxiang, Chern, Shur-Wern Wang, Li, Yan, Pallansch, Mark A., and Anderson, Larry J.
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ABSTRACTWe have developed a set of reverse transcription-PCR assays for the detection and identification of known and novel paramyxoviruses in clinical specimens. Primers were designed from the conserved motifs of the polymerase polgene sequences to detect members of the Paramyxovirinaeor Pneumovirinaesubfamily or groups of genera within the Paramyxovirinaesubfamily. The consensus-degenerate hybrid oligonucleotide primer design and seminested or nested PCR assay design were used to enhance the breadth of reactivity and sensitivity of the respective assays. Using expressed RNA and 10-fold dilution series of virus-infected tissue culture isolates from different members of the family or genera, these assays were able to detect on average between 100 and 500 copies of template RNA. The assays were specific to the respective group of genera or subfamily viruses. This set of primers enhances our ability to look for novel viruses in outbreaks and diseases of unknown etiology.
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- 2008
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20. Neonatal Enterovirus Infections Reported to the National Enterovirus Surveillance System in the United States, 1983–2003
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Khetsuriani, Nino, LaMonte, Ashley, Oberste, M Steven, and Pallansch, Mark
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Neonatal enterovirus (EV) infections lead to a wide range of clinical manifestations, from mild febrile illness to severe, sometimes fatal, sepsislike disease.
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21. Sensitive, Seminested PCR Amplification of VP1 Sequences for Direct Identification of All Enterovirus Serotypes from Original Clinical Specimens
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Nix, W. Allan, Oberste, M. Steven, and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTA reverse transcription-seminested PCR (RT-snPCR) assay was developed for the detection and identification of enterovirus (EV) RNA in clinical specimens. Three conserved protein motifs were identified by aligning the VP3 and VP1 sequences of prototype EV strains. Consensus degenerate primers were designed from a conserved VP3 motif and a distal VP1 motif for the first PCR. Consensus-degenerate hybrid oligonucleotide primers were designed from an internal VP1 motif and used with the same distal VP1 motif for the second, seminested PCR step. The primers were designed for broad target specificity and amplified all recognized and proposed EV serotypes and other antigenic variant strains tested. The VP1 RT-snPCR assay was slightly more sensitive than our in-house EV 5' nontranslated region RT-snPCR assay, detecting as few as 10 RNA copies per reaction. As an example application, the VP1 RT-snPCR assay was used to identify EVs in clinical specimens. A product of the expected size was successfully amplified and sequenced from cerebrospinal fluid; serum; stool suspensions; and nasopharyngeal, eye, and rectal swab specimens, allowing unambiguous identification of the infecting virus in all cases. The VP1 sequences derived from the RT-snPCR products allow rapid phylogenetic and molecular epidemiologic analysis of strains circulating during the EV season and comparison with EV sequences from past seasons or from different locations around the world.
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- 2006
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22. Enterovirus molecular detection and typing
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Oberste, M Steven and Pallansch, Mark A
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Cell culture and neutralization have been considered the gold standard for enterovirus detection and identification for more than 50 years, but molecular amplification technologies are rapidly replacing the traditional methods in clinical and public health laboratories. Assays based on reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction or nucleic acid sequence-based amplification may be used to detect enterovirus genome in all types of clinical specimens. More recently, nucleotide sequence has been used as a surrogate for antigenic typing (determination of serotype) by targeting parts of the enterovirus capsid-coding region that contain serotype-specific neutralization epitopes. This review will describe the molecular methods currently being used to diagnose enterovirus infection and disease, starting with the broadest level (family/genus detection) and proceeding through species/serotype identification to genotyping and molecular epidemiology. The commonly used molecular assays are usually more sensitive and more specific than cell culture and antigenic typing. They can reduce the turnaround time for testing of clinical diagnostic specimens to a clinically relevant timeframe and should supplant culture/neutralization as the gold standard in the near future. However, further evaluation and, in particular, more rigorous validation are required before a molecular diagnostic standard can be established.
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- 2005
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23. Population Immunity to Polioviruses Among Preschool Children From Four Urban Underserved Low Income Communities, United States, 1997–2001
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Prevots, D Rebecca, Pascual, F Brian, Angellili, Mary Lu, Brayden, Robert, Irigoyen, Matilde, Larussa, Philip, Sawyer, Mark, Baughman, Andrew L., and Pallansch, Mark A.
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In 1997, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended a change in polio vaccination policy, the first in 30 years, from the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to a combined OPV/inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) sequential schedule for routine childhood vaccination. To evaluate the impact of the change in polio vaccination schedule on population immunity, we conducted a seroprevalence survey among low income preschool children from selected urban areas.
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24. Establishing Evidence for Enterovirus Infection in Chronic Disease
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OBERSTE, M. STEVEN and PALLANSCH, MARK A.
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Viruses have long been considered among potential environmental triggers of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Epidemiologic and seroprevalence studies have associated enterovirus infection with development of prediabetic autoimmunity and with the onset of clinical diabetes. Enterovirus infection has also been temporally correlated with disease onset by virus isolation or by detection of viral genome by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). For the large-scale prospective studies that are required to firmly establish a causal relationship between enterovirus infection and development of prediabetic autoimmunity or progression from autoimmunity to clinical diabetes, sensitive RT-PCR methods must be used to detect virus prior to the onset of diabetic symptoms. We have developed an RT-seminested PCR protocol to detect enteroviruses in clinical specimens. This method is approximately 10,000-fold more sensitive than conventional, single-amplification PCR. Further, we have developed molecular methods to rapidly and reliably identify enterovirus serotype, bypassing the cumbersome and often problematic neutralization test. The molecular serotyping approach will be valuable in examining the relationships between particular virus serotypes or genotypes and specific diseases.
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- 2003
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25. Poliovirus detection in wastewater and stools following an immunization campaign in Havana, Cuba.
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Más Lago, Pedro, Gary, Howard E, Pérez, Luis Sarmientos, Cáceres, Victor, Olivera, Julio Barrios, Puentes, Rosa Palomera, Corredor, Marité Bello, Jímenez, Patricia, Pallansch, Mark A, and Cruz, Roberto González
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Recent outbreaks of poliomyelitis caused by vaccine-derived virus have raised concerns that vaccine-derived poliovirus may continue to circulate after eradication. In these outbreaks, the virus appears to have replicated for > or =2 years before detection. Early detection is critical for an effective response to these outbreaks. Although acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance will remain the standard for poliovirus detection, wastewater sampling could be a useful supplement. In this study, we evaluated the sensitivity of wastewater sampling by concurrently collecting stools from children aged < 3 years attending two neighbourhood clinics in Havana, Cuba, and wastewater from the same neighbourhoods.
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- 2003
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26. Molecular Phylogeny and Proposed Classification of the Simian Picornaviruses
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Oberste, M. Steven, Maher, Kaija, and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTThe simian picornaviruses were isolated from various primate tissues during the development of general tissue culture methods in the 1950s to 1970s or from specimens derived from primates used in biomedical research. Twenty simian picornavirus serotypes are recognized, and all are presently classified within the Enterovirusgenus. To determine the phylogenetic relationships among all of the simian picornaviruses and to evaluate their classification, we have determined complete VP1 sequences for 19 of the 20 serotypes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that A13, SV19, SV26, SV35, SV43, and SV46 are members of human enterovirus species A, a group that contains enterovirus 71 and 11 of the coxsackie A viruses. SA5 is a member of human enterovirus species B, which contains the echoviruses, coxsackie B viruses, coxsackievirus A9, and enterovirus 69. SV6, N125, and N203 are related to one another and, more distantly, to species A human enteroviruses, but could not be definitely assigned to a species. SV4 and SV28 are closely related to one another and to A-2 plaque virus, but distinct from other enteroviruses, suggesting that these simian viruses are members of a new enterovirus species. SV2, SV16, SV18, SV42, SV44, SV45, and SV49 are related to one another but distinct from viruses in all other picornavirus genera, suggesting that they may comprise a previously unknown genus in Picornaviridae. Several simian virus VP1 sequences (N125 and N203; SV4 and SV28; SV19, SV26, and SV35; SV18 and SV44; SV16, SV42, and SV45) are greater than 75% identical to one another (and/or greater than 85% amino acid identity), suggesting that the true number of distinct serotypes among the viruses surveyed is less than 20.
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- 2002
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27. Type-Specific Detection of Echovirus 30 Isolates Using Degenerate Reverse Transcriptase PCR Primers
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Kilpatrick, David R., Quay, Jacqueline, Pallansch, Mark A., and Oberste, M. Steven
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ABSTRACTFollowing an approach used to specifically identify polioviruses and enterovirus 71, we have developed reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR primers containing mixed-base residues or deoxyinosine at positions of codon degeneracy. These primers permit specific RT-PCR amplification of echovirus 30 (E30) sequences by targeting sites that encode conserved amino acid motifs within the major capsid protein, VP1. All 221 E30 strains tested, isolated in 16 countries over a 44-year period, yielded the predicted 158-bp PCR product. No specific products were obtained by PCR assays containing templates from any of the other 63 EV serotypes. Inosine-containing degenerate primers may be widely applicable to the identification of echovirus serotypes by PCR.
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28. Molecular Evolution of a Type 1 Wild-Vaccine Poliovirus Recombinant during Widespread Circulation in China
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Liu, Hong-Mei, Zheng, Du-Ping, Zhang, Li-Bi, Oberste, M. Steven, Pallansch, Mark A., and Kew, Olen M.
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ABSTRACTType 1 wild-vaccine recombinant polioviruses were isolated from poliomyelitis patients in China from 1991 to 1993. We compared the sequences of 34 recombinant isolates over the 1,353-nucleotide (nt) genomic interval (nt 2480 to 3832) encoding the major capsid protein, VP1, and the protease, 2A. All recombinants had a 367-nt block of sequence (nt 3271 to 3637) derived from the Sabin 1 oral poliovirus vaccine strain spanning the 3'-terminal sequences of VP1 (115 nt) and the 5' half of 2A (252 nt). The remaining VP1 sequences were closely (up to 99.5%) related to those of a major genotype of wild type 1 poliovirus endemic to China up to 1994. In contrast, the non-vaccine-derived sequences at the 3' half of 2A were more distantly related (<90% nucleotide sequence match) to those of other contemporary wild polioviruses from China. The vaccine-derived sequences of the earliest (April 1991) isolates completely matched those of Sabin 1. Later isolates diverged from the early isolates primarily by accumulation of synonymous base substitutions (at a rate of ~3.7 × 10-2substitutions per synonymous site per year) over the entire VP1-2A interval. Distinct evolutionary lineages were found in different Chinese provinces. From the combined epidemiologic and evolutionary analyses, we propose that the recombinant virus arose during mixed infection of a single individual in northern China in early 1991 and that its progeny spread by multiple independent chains of transmission into some of the most populous areas of China within a year of the initiating infection.
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29. Comparison of Classic and Molecular Approaches for the Identification of Untypeable Enteroviruses
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Oberste, M. Steven, Maher, Kaija, Flemister, Mary R., Marchetti, George, Kilpatrick, David R., and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTMembers of the family Picornaviridaeare the most common viruses infecting humans, and species in several genera also infect a wide variety of other mammals. Picornaviruses have traditionally been classified by antigenic type, based on a serum neutralization assay. However, this method is time-consuming and labor-intensive, is sensitive to virus aggregation and antigenic variation, and requires a large number of antisera to identify all serotypes, even when antiserum pools are used. We developed generic reverse transcription (RT)-PCR primers that will amplify all human enterovirus serotypes, as well as many rhinoviruses and other picornaviruses, and used RT-PCR amplification of the VP1 gene and amplicon sequencing to identify enteroviruses that were refractory to typing by neutralization with pooled antisera. Enterovirus serotypes determined by sequencing were confirmed by neutralization with monospecific antisera. Of 55 isolates tested, 49 were of known enterovirus serotypes, two were rhinoviruses, and four were clearly picornaviruses but did not match any known picornavirus sequence. All four untyped picornaviruses were closely related to one another in sequence, suggesting that they are of the same serotype. RT-PCR, coupled with amplicon sequencing, is a simple and rapid method for the typing and classification of picornaviruses and may lead to the identification of many new picornavirus serotypes.
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30. Resolution of the Pathways of Poliovirus Type 1 Transmission during an Outbreak
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Shulman, Lester M., Handsher, Rachel, Yang, Chen-Fu, Yang, Su-Ju, Manor, Joseph, Vonsover, Ami, Grossman, Zehava, Pallansch, Mark, Mendelson, Ella, and Kew, Olen M.
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ABSTRACTAn outbreak of poliomyelitis with 20 cases occurred in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank from October 1987 to October 1988. The wild type 1 poliovirus associated with the outbreak was most closely related to viruses found in the Nile Delta. The epidemiologic links among patients involved in the outbreak and patients with community-acquired infections during the outbreak were inferred from the evolutionary relationships among isolates of the outbreak virus. Complete VP1 sequences (906 nucleotides) were determined for 12 clinical and 4 sewage isolates. A total of 58 nucleotide differences were found among the 16 isolates; 74% of all substitutions were synonymous third-position transitions. An evolutionary tree, representing both the pathways of VP1 sequence evolution and the inferred chains of virus transmission during the outbreak, was constructed under the assumption that each substitution had occurred only once. The combined epidemiologic and molecular data suggest that a single founder strain was introduced into Israel from the vicinity of Gaza in the fall of 1987. Poliovirus circulation was apparently localized to southern communities during the winter and spread north by the following summer into the Hadera subdistrict of Israel, where it radiated via multiple chains of transmission into other communities in northern Israel and the West Bank. The close sequence matches (>99%) between clinical and sewage isolates from the same communities confirm the utility of environmental sampling as a tool for monitoring wild poliovirus circulation.
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31. Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Echovirus Type 30 (E30): Genotypes Correlate with Temporal Dynamics of E30 Isolation
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Oberste, M. Steven, Maher, Kaija, Kennett, Margery L., Campbell, Janice J., Carpenter, Michael S., Schnurr, David, and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTEchovirus type 30 (E30) (genus, Enterovirus; family,Picornaviridae) has caused large outbreaks of aseptic meningitis in many regions of the world in the last 40 years. U.S. enterovirus surveillance data for the period 1961 to 1998 indicated that the annual proportion of E30 isolations relative to total enterovirus isolations has fluctuated widely, from a low of 0% in 1966 to a high of 42% in 1998. Peaks of E30 isolations occurred in the years 1968 to 1969, 1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1993, and 1997 to 1998, coincident with large nationwide outbreaks of E30-associated aseptic meningitis. Analysis of the complete VP1 sequence (876 nucleotides) of 136 E30 strains isolated in geographically dispersed regions of the United States and nine other countries between 1956 and 1998 indicated that the currently circulating E30 strains are genetically distinct from those isolated 30 to 40 years ago. Phylogenetic reconstruction demonstrated the existence of at least four distinct genetic groups, three of which have not been isolated in North America since 1981. Two of the three groups disappeared during periods when E30 was isolated infrequently. All North American E30 strains isolated after 1988 were closely related to one another, and all post-1993 isolates were of the same lineage within this group. Surveillance data indicate that E30 causes large national outbreaks of 2- to 4-year durations, separated by periods of relative quiescence. Our results show that shifts in the overall genetic diversity of E30 and the predominant genetic type correlate temporally with the dynamics of E30 isolation. The sequence data also provide a basis for the application of molecular techniques for future epidemiologic investigations of E30 disease.
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32. Specific detection of echoviruses 22 and 23 in cell culture supernatants by RT‐PCR
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Oberste, M. Steven, Maher, Kaija, and Pallansch, Mark A.
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Reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) methods are available for the rapid detection of enteroviruses in clinical specimens or virus isolates. Pan‐enterovirus PCR primers, however, fail to amplify echovirus (E) type 22 or 23 because of their extreme sequence divergence from the other enteroviruses. We have developed an RT‐PCR method to detect specifically E22 and E23 RNA directly in tissue culture supernatants without a viral RNA purification step. The E22/E23 primers successfully amplified 20 of 20 clinical isolates of E22 and 4 of 4 E23 isolates representing viruses isolated in 15 states over a 19‐year period, as well as E22 and E23 prototype strains isolated in the 1950s. The primers did not amplify any of the other 64 enterovirus prototype strains. J. Med. Virol. 58:178–181, 1999. Published 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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33. Typing of Human Enteroviruses by Partial Sequencing of VP1
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Oberste, M. Steven, Maher, Kaija, Kilpatrick, David R., Flemister, Mary R., Brown, Betty A., and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTHuman enteroviruses (family Picornaviridae) are the major cause of aseptic meningitis and also cause a wide range of other acute illnesses, including neonatal sepsis-like disease, acute flaccid paralysis, and acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. The neutralization assay is usually used for enterovirus typing, but it is labor-intensive and time-consuming and standardized antisera are in limited supply. We have developed a molecular typing system based on reverse transcription-PCR and nucleotide sequencing of the 3' half of the genomic region encoding VP1. The standard PCR primers amplify approximately 450 bp of VP1 for most known human enterovirus serotypes. The serotype of an “unknown” may be inferred by comparison of the partial VP1 sequence to those in a database containing VP1 sequences for the prototype strains of all 66 human enterovirus serotypes. Fifty-one clinical isolates of known serotypes from the years 1991 to 1998 were amplified and sequenced, and the antigenic and molecular typing results agreed for all isolates. With one exception, the nucleotide sequences of homologous strains were at least 75% identical to one another (>88% amino acid identity). Strains with homologous serotypes were easily discriminated from those with heterologous serotypes by using these criteria for identification. This method can greatly reduce the time required to type an enterovirus isolate and can be used to type isolates that are difficult or impossible to type with standard immunological reagents. The technique may also be useful for the rapid determination of whether viruses isolated during an outbreak are epidemiologically related.
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34. Molecular Epidemiology and Evolution of Enterovirus 71 Strains Isolated from 1970 to 1998
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Brown, Betty A., Oberste, M. Steven, Alexander, James P., Kennett, Margery L., and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTEnterovirus 71 (EV71) (genus Enterovirus, familyPicornaviridae), a common cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), may also cause severe neurological diseases, such as encephalitis and poliomyelitis-like paralysis. To examine the genetic diversity and rate of evolution of EV71, we have determined and analyzed complete VP1 sequences (891 nucleotides) for 113 EV71 strains isolated in the United States and five other countries from 1970 to 1998. Nucleotide sequence comparisons demonstrated three distinct EV71 genotypes, designated A, B, and C. The genetic variation within genotypes (12% or fewer nucleotide differences) was less than the variation between genotypes (16.5 to 19.7%). Strains of all three genotypes were at least 94% identical to one another in deduced amino acid sequence. The EV71 prototype strain, BrCr-CA-70, isolated in California in 1970, is the sole member of genotype A. Strains isolated in the United States and Australia during the period from 1972 to 1988, a 1994 Colombian isolate, and isolates from a large HFMD outbreak in Malaysia in 1997 are all members of genotype B. Although strains of genotype B continue to circulate in other parts of the world, none have been isolated in the United States since 1988. Genotype C contains strains isolated in 1985 or later in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Republic of China. The annual rate of evolution within both the B and C genotypes was estimated to be approximately 1.35 × 10-2substitutions per nucleotide and is similar to the rate observed for poliovirus. The results indicate that EV71 is a genetically diverse, rapidly evolving virus. Its worldwide circulation and potential to cause severe disease underscore the need for additional surveillance and improved methods to identify EV71 in human disease.
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35. Molecular Evolution of the Human Enteroviruses: Correlation of Serotype with VP1 Sequence and Application to Picornavirus Classification
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Oberste, M. Steven, Maher, Kaija, Kilpatrick, David R., and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTSixty-six human enterovirus serotypes have been identified by serum neutralization, but the molecular determinants of the serotypes are unknown. Since the picornavirus VP1 protein contains a number of neutralization domains, we hypothesized that the VP1 sequence should correspond with neutralization (serotype) and, hence, with phylogenetic lineage. To test this hypothesis and to analyze the phylogenetic relationships among the human enteroviruses, we determined the complete VP1 sequences of the prototype strains of 47 human enterovirus serotypes and 10 antigenic variants. Our sequences, together with those available from GenBank, comprise a database of complete VP1 sequences for all 66 human enterovirus serotypes plus additional strains of seven serotypes. Phylogenetic trees constructed from complete VP1 sequences produced the same four major clusters as published trees based on partial VP2 sequences; in contrast to the VP2 trees, however, in the VP1 trees strains of the same serotype were always monophyletic. In pairwise comparisons of complete VP1 sequences, enteroviruses of the same serotype were clearly distinguished from those of heterologous serotypes, and the limits of intraserotypic divergence appeared to be about 25% nucleotide sequence difference or 12% amino acid sequence difference. Pairwise comparisons suggested that coxsackie A11 and A15 viruses should be classified as strains of the same serotype, as should coxsackie A13 and A18 viruses. Pairwise identity scores also distinguished between enteroviruses of different clusters and enteroviruses from picornaviruses of different genera. The data suggest that VP1 sequence comparisons may be valuable in enterovirus typing and in picornavirus taxonomy by assisting in the genus assignment of unclassified picornaviruses.
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36. Outbreak of poliomyelitislike paralysis associated with enterovirus 71
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HAYWARD, JEAN C., GILLESPIE, SHEILA M., KAPLAN, KAREN M., PACKER, ROGER, PALLANSCH, MARK, PLOTKIN, STANLEY, and SCHONBERGER, LAWRENCE B.
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In the summer of 1987 five children were seen at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia because of acute onset of flaccid paralysis of an arm or leg(s). Although there were documented exposures to oral poliovirus vaccine and coxsackievirus B3 in some of the cases, the clinical, epidemiologic and laboratory findings indicate that enterovirus 71 was the common etiologic agent for this unusual outbreak of poliomyelitislike paralysis. Of the five children three recovered completely; the other two had residual paralysis with weakness and muscle wasting. Imaging studies of the spinal cord in the two children with residual paralysis revealed defects in the ventral aspect of the spinal cord. This series of paralytic cases attributed to enterovirus 71 is the largest reported in the United States.
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37. Simultaneous administration of rhesus rotavirus vaccine and oral poliovirus vaccine
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HO, MEI-SHANG, FLOYD, R. LOUISE, GLASS, ROGER I., PALLANSCH, MARK A., JONES, BETTY, HAMBY, BEVERLIE, WOODS, PATRICLA, PENARANDA, MARIA E., KAPIKIAN, ALBERT Z., BOHAN, GUNAR, WILCOX, W. D., and BLUMBERG, RICHARD
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Rotavirus vaccine could be administered most efficiently if it were incorporated into routine childhood immunizations and did not interfere with the immune response to the other vaccines, principally oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). We conducted a placebo-controlled randomized trial giving oral rhesus rotavirus vaccine (RRV) (strain MMU 18006) alone and together with a child's first dose of OPV and diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-pertussis to examine the possible interaction of these vaccines. A total of 102 infants 2 to 3 months of age were randomized into 3 groups to receive (1) RRV with OPV, (2) placebo with OPV and (3) RRV 2 weeks after OPV. All infants were given diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-pertussis. Serum sample were collected at the time of OPV immunization and 3 to 5 weeks later. Three to 5 weeks after OPV immunization 60 of infants had a 4-fold rise in neutralization titer to at least one of the three poliovirus serotypes. The rate of antibody response to poliovirus did not differ by RRV groups but a lower rate was correlated with a shorter interval (3 vs. 5 weeks) between OPV vaccination and antibody measurement. Fifty-six percent of infants had a 4-fold rise of IgA and 62 had a 4-fold rise of neutralizing antibody to RRV; this risc did not differ according to time of OPV immunization. RRV was not associated with side effects and may be safely given with OPV to infants 2 to 3 months of age.
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38. Serotype-Specific Identification of Polioviruses by PCR Using Primers Containing Mixed-Base or Deoxyinosine Residues at Positions of Codon Degeneracy
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Kilpatrick, David R., Nottay, Baldev, Yang, Chen-Fu, Yang, Su-Ju, Da Silva, Edson, aranda, Pallansch, Mark, and Kew, Olen
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ABSTRACTWe have developed a method for determining the serotypes of poliovirus isolates by PCR. Three sets of serotype-specific antisense PCR-initiating primers (primers seroPV1A, seroPV2A, and seroPV3A) were designed to pair with codons of VP1 amino acid sequences that are conserved within but that differ across serotypes. The sense polarity primers (primers seroPV1S, seroPV2S, and seroPV3S) matched codons of more conserved capsid sequences. The primers contain mixed-base and deoxyinosine residues to compensate for the high rate of degeneracy of the targeted codons. The serotypes of all polioviruses tested (48 vaccine-related isolates and 110 diverse wild isolates) were correctly identified by PCR with the serotype-specific primers. None of the genomic sequences of 49 nonpolio enterovirus reference strains were amplified under equivalent reaction conditions with any of the three primer sets. These primers are useful for the rapid screening of poliovirus isolates and for determining the compositions of cultures containing mixtures of poliovirus serotypes.
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39. Immunogenicity of Tetravalent Rhesus Rotavirus Vaccine Administered With Buffer and Oral Polio Vaccine
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Ing, Donna J., Glass, Roger I., Woods, Patricia A., Simonetti, Murri, Pallansch, Mark A., Wilcox, Wallace D., Davidson, Bruce L., and Sievert, Alan J.
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• Between January and November 1989, we studied 174 infants aged 6 to 16 weeks in a randomized clinical trial to (1) determine the immunogenicity of a single dose of tetravalent rhesus rotavirus vaccine (RRV-TV) when administered with three different buffer regimens: no antacid buffer and small-volume (2.5-mL) and large-volume (30-mL) antacid buffer; and (2) examine the potential interference of RRV-TV on the immune response to oral polio vaccine. Immunogenicity of RRV-TV, measured as a fourfold rise in antibody titers to rotavirus, was similar in the groups receiving small- and large-dose buffer (45% and 49%, respectively) and significantly less in the group that received RRV-TV alone (23%). Administration of RRV-TV with oral polio vaccine did not significantly interfere with the neutralization response of oral polio vaccine poliovirus serotypes 1, 2, or 3, and overall, 29%, 87%, and 24% of the infants had a fourfold rise in titer to each serotype, respectively.(AJDC. 1991;145:892-897)
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40. Molecular approaches to enteroviral diagnosis in idiopathic cardiomyopathy and myocarditis
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Tracy, Steven, Wiegand, Volker, McManus, Bruce, Gauntt, Charles, Pallansch, Mark, Beck, Melinda, and Chapman, Nora
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Enteroviruses are thought to be etiologic agents in some cases of human myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy. Murine models of acute coxsackievirus E3 myocarditis implicate coxsackie E viruses as possible causes of human myocarditis. Indirect evidence implicating enteroviruses as causative agents in human heart disease derives from serologic studies. More recently, direct evidence for enteroviral presence in diseased human heart tissues has been obtained by nucleic acid hybridization analyses.
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41. Sites other than nucleotide 234 determine cardiovirulence in natural isolates of coxsackievirus B3
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Chapman, Nora M., Romero, José R., Pallansch, Mark A., and Tracy, Steven
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The genetic site(s) that naturally determine the cardiovirulence phenotype of coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) have yet to be mapped. Using two closely related CVB3 strains that differed in terms of cardiovirulence phenotype in mice, we previously reported the difference in phenotype mapped to a single site, nucleotide 234 (nt234) in the 5′ non‐translated region (NTR) of the CVB3 genome. When nt234 was C, the virus was attenuated and when U, the virus was cardiovirulent. To determine whether this finding was applicable to other strains of CVB3, we examined 13 different naturally occurring CVB3 strains isolated in different years in the United States. We determined that only two isolates induced severe inflammatory heart muscle disease in C3H/HeJ male mice. Using PCR products as sequencing templates, we determined the 5′ NTR sequence from each viral genome. Alignment of these sequences and other published CVB3 5′ NTR sequences suggests as many as four separate lineages, with commonly used laboratory strains clustering closely in one branch. An examination of the sequences showed that regardless of cardiovirulence phenotype, nt234 was invariably uridine. Thus, the previously reported cytidine at nt234 is most likely the result of a rare mutation and is not a naturally occurring variation and other sites must account for the variance in virulence seen in natural isolates of CVB3. J. Med. Virol. 52:258–261, 1997.© 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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42. Prolonged Replication of a Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in an Immunodeficient Patient
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Kew, Olen M., Sutter, Roland W., Nottay, Baldev K., McDonough, Michael J., Prevots, D. Rebecca, Quick, Linda, and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTVP1 sequences were determined for poliovirus type 1 isolates obtained over a 189-day period from a poliomyelitis patient with common variable immunodeficiency syndrome (a defect in antibody formation). The isolate from the first sample, taken 11 days after onset of paralysis, contained two poliovirus populations, differing from the Sabin 1 vaccine strain by ~10%, differing from diverse type 1 wild polioviruses by 19 to 24%, and differing from each other by 5.5% of nucleotides. Specimens taken after day 11 appeared to contain only one major poliovirus population. Evolution of VP1 sequences at synonymous third-codon positions occurred at an overall rate of ~3.4% per year over the 189-day period. Assuming this rate to be constant throughout the period of infection, the infection was calculated to have started ~9.3 years earlier. This estimate is about the time (6.9 years earlier) the patient received his last oral poliovirus vaccine dose, approximately 2 years before the diagnosis of immunodeficiency. These findings may have important implications for the strategy to eliminate poliovirus immunization after global polio eradication.
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43. In Vitro Antiviral Activity of V-073 against Polioviruses
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Oberste, M. Steven, Moore, Deborah, Anderson, Barbara, Pallansch, Mark A., Pevear, Daniel C., and Collett, Marc S.
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ABSTRACTV-073, an enterovirus capsid inhibitor, was evaluated for its spectrum of antipoliovirus activity. V-073 inhibited all 45 polioviruses tested in a virus-induced cytopathic effect protection assay, with 50% effective concentration (EC50) values ranging from 0.003 to 0.126 μM. Ninety percent of the polioviruses tested were inhibited at EC50s of ≤0.076 μM (MIC90= 32 ng/ml). V-073 is a promising antiviral candidate for the posteradication management of poliovirus incidents.
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44. Multiplex PCR Method for Identifying Recombinant Vaccine-Related Polioviruses
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Kilpatrick, David R., Ching, Karen, Iber, Jane, Campagnoli, Ray, Freeman, Christopher J., Mishrik, Nada, Liu, Hong-Mei, Pallansch, Mark A., and Kew, Olen M.
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ABSTRACTThe recent discovery of recombinant circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (recombinant cVDPV) has highlighted the need for enhanced global poliovirus surveillance to assure timely detection of any future cVDPV outbreaks. Six pairs of Sabin strain-specific recombinant primers were designed to permit rapid screening for VDPV recombinants by PCR.
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45. Acute Flaccid Paralysis from Echovirus Type 33 Infection
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Grimwood, Keith, Huang, Q. Sue, Sadleir, Lynette G., Nix, W. Allan, Kilpatrick, David R., Oberste, M. Steven, and Pallansch, Mark A.
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ABSTRACTDuring a community echovirus type 33 outbreak, the virus was detected in the feces and cerebrospinal fluid of a 3-year-old boy with right arm weakness that followed a mild nonspecific febrile illness. This is the first time an association between echovirus type 33 infection and acute flaccid paralysis has been reported.
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46. Enterovirus 71 encephalitis: a new vaccine on the horizon?
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Pallansch, Mark A and Oberste, M Steven
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47. Fatal Encephalitis In Young Children, Taiwan, 1998
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Goldsmith, Cynthia S, Shieh, Wun-Ju, Pallansch, Mark A, Ksiazek, Thomas G, Hsueh, Chuen, Jung, Shih-Ming, Kuo, Tseng-Tong, Chen, Yi-Ping, and Zaki, Sherif R
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During April-July 1998, an increase in fatal cases of neurologic disease in young children occurred in Taiwan, with at least 55 fatalities reported. Concurrently, an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) was also occurring. In fatal cases, the acute illness was characterized by fever, or rash, or mouth ulcers, followed by a rapid cardiopulmonary failure; death frequently occurred within 24 hours of hospitalization. Approximately three-fourths of the fatalities were in children less than 3 years of age. We report here the findings from autopsy specimens from two of the fatal cases of encephalomyelitis.In Case 1, a 9-year-old female, H&E sections of central neurologic system (CNS) tissue showed perivascular infiltrate, areas of inflammation, necrosis, and neuronal degeneration. Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining was positive when using a monoclonal antibody for enterovirus 71 (EV71), a picornavirus associated with HFMD.
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48. Molecular Epidemiology and Evolution of Enterovirus 71 Strains Isolated from 1970 to 1998
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Brown, Betty A., Oberste, M. Steven, Alexander, James P., Kennett, Margery L., and Pallansch, Mark A.
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49. New Onset Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDMS): Comparisons with a healthy cohort and children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. • 1845
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Pachman*, Lauren M., Hayford*, Jennifer R., Hochberg, Marc C., Pallansch, Mark A., Daugherty#, Claire D., Athreya, Balu H., Bowyer**, Suzanne L., Fink¶, Chester W., Gewanter, Harry L., Jerath*, Rita, Lang§, Bianca A., Szer†, Ilona S., Sinacore#, James, and Dyer#, Alan R.
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50. Juvenile Dermatomyositis at Onset: Demographics, Clinical Characteristics, and Access to Care. ♦ 1844
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Pachman*, Lauren M., Hayford*, Jennifer R., Chung*, Ahn, Daugherty#, Claire D., Pallansch, Mark A., Fink¶, Chester W., Gewanter, Harry L., Jerath*, Rita, Lang§, Bianca A., Sinacore#, James, Szer†, Ilona S., Dyer#, Alan R., and Hochberg, Marc C.
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