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2. Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus
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Palatini, Umberto, Masri, Reem A, Cosme, Luciano V, Koren, Sergey, Thibaud-Nissen, Françoise, Biedler, James K, Krsticevic, Flavia, Johnston, J Spencer, Halbach, Rebecca, Crawford, Jacob E, Antoshechkin, Igor, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Pischedda, Elisa, Marconcini, Michele, Ghurye, Jay, Rhie, Arang, Sharma, Atashi, Karagodin, Dmitry A, Jenrette, Jeremy, Gamez, Stephanie, Miesen, Pascal, Masterson, Patrick, Caccone, Adalgisa, Sharakhova, Maria V, Tu, Zhijian, Papathanos, Philippos A, Van Rij, Ronald P, Akbari, Omar S, Powell, Jeffrey, Phillippy, Adam M, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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Biological Sciences ,Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ,Genetics ,Human Genome ,Vaccine Related ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Infectious Diseases ,Biodefense ,Prevention ,Biotechnology ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Rare Diseases ,Underpinning research ,1.1 Normal biological development and functioning ,Generic health relevance ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,Aedes ,Animals ,Arboviruses ,Chromosome Mapping ,Chromosomes ,Genome ,Genome Size ,Immunity ,Insect Vectors ,Mosquito Vectors ,RNA ,Small Interfering ,Transcriptome ,Ae ,albopictus ,miRNAs ,piRNA clusters ,Viral integrations ,Sex locus ,Population differentiation ,Developmental transcriptome ,Ae. albopictus ,Environmental Sciences ,Information and Computing Sciences ,Bioinformatics - Abstract
BackgroundThe Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is globally expanding and has become the main vector for human arboviruses in Europe. With limited antiviral drugs and vaccines available, vector control is the primary approach to prevent mosquito-borne diseases. A reliable and accurate DNA sequence of the Ae. albopictus genome is essential to develop new approaches that involve genetic manipulation of mosquitoes.ResultsWe use long-read sequencing methods and modern scaffolding techniques (PacBio, 10X, and Hi-C) to produce AalbF2, a dramatically improved assembly of the Ae. albopictus genome. AalbF2 reveals widespread viral insertions, novel microRNAs and piRNA clusters, the sex-determining locus, and new immunity genes, and enables genome-wide studies of geographically diverse Ae. albopictus populations and analyses of the developmental and stage-dependent network of expression data. Additionally, we build the first physical map for this species with 75% of the assembled genome anchored to the chromosomes.ConclusionThe AalbF2 genome assembly represents the most up-to-date collective knowledge of the Ae. albopictus genome. These resources represent a foundation to improve understanding of the adaptation potential and the epidemiological relevance of this species and foster the development of innovative control measures.
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- 2020
3. Genomic Variant Analyses in Pyrethroid Resistant and Susceptible Malaria Vector, Anopheles sinensis.
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Chang, Xuelian, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Li, Yiji, Cui, Liwang, Wei, Xing, Yan, Guiyun, Wang, Xiaoming, Zhou, Guofa, and Zhong, Daibin
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Anopheles sinensis ,copy number variation ,genomic variant ,insecticide resistance ,polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism ,whole genome sequencing ,Animals ,Anopheles ,China ,DNA Copy Number Variations ,Genomics ,Insecticide Resistance ,Insecticides ,Malaria ,Mosquito Vectors ,Pyrethrins - Abstract
Anopheles sinensis is a major malaria vector in Southeast Asia. Resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in this species has impeded malaria control in the region. Previous studies found that An. sinensis populations from Yunnan Province, China were highly resistant to deltamethrin and did not carry mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene that cause knockdown resistance. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that other genomic variants are associated with the resistance phenotype. Using paired-end whole genome sequencing (DNA-seq), we generated 108 Gb of DNA sequence from deltamethrin -resistant and -susceptible mosquito pools with an average coverage of 83.3× depth. Using a stringent filtering method, we identified a total of 916,926 single nucleotide variants (SNVs), including 32,240 non-synonymous mutations. A total of 958 SNVs differed significantly in allele frequency between deltamethrin -resistant and -susceptible mosquitoes. Of these, 43 SNVs were present within 37 genes that code for immunity, detoxification, cuticular, and odorant proteins. A subset of 12 SNVs were randomly selected for genotyping of individual mosquitoes by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and showed consistent allele frequencies with the pooled DNA-seq derived allele frequencies. In addition, copy number variations (CNVs) were detected in 56 genes, including 33 that contained amplification alleles and 23 that contained deletion alleles in resistant mosquitoes compared to susceptible mosquitoes. The genomic variants described here provide a useful resource for future studies on the genetic mechanism of insecticide resistance in this important malaria vector species.
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- 2020
4. Influence of blood meal and age of mosquitoes on susceptibility to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae from Western Kenya
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Machani, Maxwell G, Ochomo, Eric, Sang, David, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Zhou, Guofa, Githeko, Andrew K, Yan, Guiyun, and Afrane, Yaw A
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Prevention ,Malaria ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Infectious Diseases ,Rare Diseases ,Prevention of disease and conditions ,and promotion of well-being ,Aetiology ,3.2 Interventions to alter physical and biological environmental risks ,2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,Age Factors ,Animals ,Anopheles ,Drug Tolerance ,Feeding Behavior ,Female ,Genotyping Techniques ,Insecticides ,Kenya ,Nitriles ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Pyrethrins ,Age ,Anopheles gambiae ,Feeding status ,Pyrethroid resistance ,Microbiology ,Medical Microbiology ,Public Health and Health Services ,Tropical Medicine - Abstract
BackgroundPhysiological characteristics (age and blood feeding status) of malaria vectors can influence their susceptibility to the current vector control tools that target their feeding and resting behaviour. To ensure the sustainability of the current and future vector control tools an understanding of how physiological characteristics may contribute to insecticide tolerance in the field is fundamental for shaping resistance management strategies and vector control tools. The aim of this study was to determine whether blood meal and mosquito age affect pyrethroid tolerance in field-collected Anopheles gambiae from western Kenya.MethodsWild mosquito larvae were reared to adulthood alongside the pyrethroid-susceptible Kisumu strain. Adult females from the two populations were monitored for deltamethrin resistance when they were young at 2-5 days old and older 14-16 days old and whether fed or unfed for each age group. Metabolic assays were also performed to determine the level of detoxification enzymes. Mosquito specimens were further identified to species level using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method.ResultsAnopheles gambiae sensu stricto was the predominant species comprising 96% of specimens and 2.75% Anopheles arabiensis. Bioassay results showed reduced pyrethroid induced mortality with younger mosquitoes compared to older ones (mortality rates 83% vs. 98%), independently of their feeding status. Reduced mortality was recorded with younger females of which were fed compared to their unfed counterparts of the same age with a mortality rate of 35.5% vs. 83%. Older blood-fed females showed reduced susceptibility after exposure when compared to unfed females of the same age (mortality rates 86% vs. 98%). For the Kisumu susceptible population, mortality was straight 100% regardless of age and blood feeding status. Blood feeding status and mosquito age had an effect on enzyme levels in both populations, with blood fed individuals showing higher enzyme elevations compared to their unfed counterparts (P
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- 2019
5. Comparative transcriptome analysis and RNA interference reveal CYP6A8 and SNPs related to pyrethroid resistance in Aedes albopictus.
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Xu, Jiabao, Su, Xinghua, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Zhong, Daibin, Li, Yiji, Zhou, Guofa, Nguyen, Hoan, Tong, Sarah, Yan, Guiyun, and Chen, Xiao-Guang
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Aedes: genetics ,virology ,Animals ,China: epidemiology ,Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System: drug effects ,genetics ,Dengue: epidemiology ,prevention & control ,transmission ,Female ,Gene Expression Profiling: methods ,Insect Proteins: genetics ,Insecticide Resistance: genetics ,Insecticides: adverse effects ,pharmacology ,Larva: drug effects ,metabolism ,Mosquito Control ,Mosquito Vectors: genetics ,Polymorphism ,Single Nucleotide: drug effects ,genetics ,Pyrethrins: adverse effects ,pharmacology ,RNA Interference - Abstract
Wide and improper application of pyrethroid insecticides for mosquito control has resulted in widespread resistance in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, an important dengue vector. Therefore, understanding the molecular regulation of insecticide resistance is urgently needed to provide a basis for developing novel resistance diagnostic methods and vector control approaches. We investigated the transcriptional profiles of deltamethrin-resistant and -susceptible Ae. albopictus by performing paired-end sequencing for RNA expression analysis. The analysis used 24 independent libraries constructed from 12 wild-caught resistant and 12 susceptible Ae. albopictus female adults. A total of 674,503,592 and 612,512,034 reads were obtained, mapped to the Ae. albopictus genome and assembled into 20,091 Ae. albopictus transcripts. A total of 1,130 significantly differentially expressed genes included 874 up-regulated genes and 256 down-regulated genes in the deltamethrin-resistant individuals. These differentially expressed genes code for cytochrome P450s, cuticle proteins, glutathione S-transferase, serine proteases, heat shock proteins, esterase, and others. We selected three highly differentially expressed candidate genes, CYP6A8 and two genes of unknown function (CCG013931 and CCG000656), to test the association between these 3 genes and deltamethrin resistance using RNAi through microinjection in adult mosquitoes and oral feeding in larval mosquitoes. We found that expression knockdown of these three genes caused significant changes in resistance. Further, we detected 1,162 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with a frequency difference of more than 50%. Among them, 5 SNPs in 4 cytochrome P450 gene families were found to be significantly associated with resistance in a genotype-phenotype association study using independent field-collected mosquitoes of known resistance phenotypes. Altogether, a combination of novel individually based transcriptome profiling, RNAi, and genetic association study identified both differentially expressed genes and SNPs associated with pyrethroid resistance in Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, and laid a useful foundation for further studies on insecticide resistance mechanisms.
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- 2018
6. Virome and nrEVEome diversity of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes from La Reunion Island and China
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Palatini, Umberto, Alfano, Niccolò, Carballar-Lejarazu, Rebeca, Chen, Xiao-Guang, Delatte, Helene, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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- 2022
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7. Correction: Virome and nrEVEome diversity of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes from La Reunion Island and China
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Palatini, Umberto, Alfano, Niccolò, Carballar-Lejarazu, Rebeca, Chen, Xiao-Guang, Delatte, Helene, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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- 2022
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8. Selection and Utility of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers to Reveal Fine-Scale Population Structure in Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
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Lo, Eugenia, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Hemming-Schroeder, Elizabeth, Ford, Anthony, Janies, Daniel A, James, Anthony A, Afrane, Yaw, Etemesi, Harrisone, Zhou, Guofa, Githeko, Andrew, and Yan, Guiyun
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Biological Sciences ,Ecology ,Genetics ,Rare Diseases ,Malaria ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Infectious Diseases ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,assignment rate ,high performance SNPs ,human malaria parasite ,microsatellites ,population clustering ,Evolutionary Biology ,Evolutionary biology ,Ecological applications - Abstract
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been shown to be useful in revealing population structure with continental-and regional-scale samples. In epidemiological study, a careful selection of SNPs to track disease spread in local communities would provide an important addition to traditional disease surveillance. This study used SNPs and microsatellites to examine population structure of Plasmodium falciparum at fine- scale in malaria-endemic areas of Western Kenya. A set of high performance (HP) SNPs were selected from a large SNP panel based on BELS ranking, FST values and minor allele frequency criteria. The discriminative power and assignment accuracy of different SNP panels including nonsynonymous SNPs, silent SNPs, previously published barcode SNPs, and the HP SNPs were evaluated together with microsatellites. Among all SNP panels, HP SNPs showed the highest level of differentiation and self-assignment accuracy on average among sites. Clear distinction was observed between the northern and southern P. falciparum samples, whereas samples from the south were least diverged from one another. These results were comparable to those by microsatellites. Nonsynonymous, silent, and barcode SNPs all showed similar levels of genetic variability to one another and weaker structure than the HP SNPs. We described here the procedure of selecting a set of HP SNPs from a large panel of SNPs that resolve population structure of P. falciparum between the northern and southern regions of Western Kenya. Future work is needed to determine if this procedure can result in SNPs panels capable of tracing Plasmodium spread at finer geographical scales.
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- 2018
9. Aedes albopictuscolonies from different geographic origins differ in their sleep and activity levels but not in the time of peak activity
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Wynne, Nicole E., primary, Applebach, Emilie, additional, Chandrasegaran, Karthikeyan, additional, Ajayi, Oluwaseun M., additional, Chakraborty, Souvik, additional, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional, Lahondère, Chloé, additional, Benoit, Joshua B., additional, and Vinauger, Clément, additional
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- 2024
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10. Computational Methods for the Discovery and Annotation of Viral Integrations
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Palatini, Umberto, primary, Pischedda, Elisa, additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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- 2022
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11. Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Becoming vectors or victims, the intriguing interplay between insects and viruses
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela and Attardo, Geoffrey
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Zoology ,Ecology ,Evolutionary Biology ,Biological Sciences ,Animals ,Host Microbial Interactions ,Humans ,Insect Vectors ,Insecta ,Virus Diseases ,Virus Physiological Phenomena ,Viruses ,Evolutionary biology - Published
- 2017
12. Landscape genetic structure and evolutionary genetics of insecticide resistance gene mutations in Anopheles sinensis
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Chang, Xuelian, Zhong, Daibin, Lo, Eugenia, Fang, Qiang, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Wang, Xiaoming, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Zhou, Guofa, Zhu, Guoding, Qin, Qian, Chen, Xiaoguang, Cui, Liwang, and Yan, Guiyun
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Biological Sciences ,Genetics ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Infectious Diseases ,Prevention ,Prevention of disease and conditions ,and promotion of well-being ,3.2 Interventions to alter physical and biological environmental risks ,Good Health and Well Being ,Animal Distribution ,Animals ,Anopheles ,Biological Evolution ,China ,Cytochromes c ,DNA ,Mitochondrial ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Enzymologic ,Insect Proteins ,Insecticide Resistance ,Mutation ,Para-type sodium channel gene ,Mitochondrial DNA ,Evolution ,Knockdown resistance ,Anopheles sinensis ,Medical Microbiology ,Public Health and Health Services ,Mycology & Parasitology ,Tropical Medicine ,Microbiology ,Medical microbiology - Abstract
BackgroundAnopheles sinensis is one of the most abundant vectors of malaria and other diseases in Asia. Vector control through the use of insecticides is the front line control method of vector-borne diseases. Pyrethroids are the most commonly used insecticides due to their low toxicity to vertebrates and low repellency. However, the extensive use of insecticides has imposed strong selection pressure on mosquito populations for resistance. High levels of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides and various mutations and haplotypes in the para sodium channel gene that confers knockdown resistance (kdr) have been detected in An. sinensis. Despite the importance of kdr mutations in pyrethroid resistance, the evolutionary origin of the kdr mutations is unknown. This study aims to examine the evolutionary genetics of kdr mutations in relation to spatial population genetic structure of An. sinensis.MethodsAdults or larvae of Anopheles sinensis were collected from various geographic locations in China. DNA was extracted from individual mosquitoes. PCR amplification and DNA sequencing of the para-type sodium channel gene were conducted to analyse kdr allele frequency distribution, kdr codon upstream and downstream intron polymorphism, population genetic diversity and kdr codon evolution. The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase COI and COII genes were amplified and sequenced to examine population variations, genetic differentiation, spatial population structure, population expansion and gene flow patterns.ResultsThree non-synonymous mutations (L1014F, L1014C, and L1014S) were detected at the kdr codon L1014 of para-type sodium channel gene. A patchy distribution of kdr mutation allele frequencies from southern to central China was found. Near fixation of kdr mutation was detected in populations from central China, but no kdr mutations were found in populations from southwestern China. More than eight independent mutation events were detected in the three kdr alleles, and at least one of them evolved multiple times subsequent to their first divergence. Based on sequence analysis of the mitochondrial COI and COII genes, significant and large genetic differentiation was detected between populations from southwestern China and central China. The patchy distribution of kdr mutation frequencies is likely a consequence of geographic isolation in the mosquito populations and the long-term insecticide selection.ConclusionOur results indicate multiple origins of the kdr insecticide-resistant alleles in An. sinensis from southern and central China. Local selection related to intense and prolonged use of insecticide for agricultural purposes, as well as frequent migrations among populations are likely the explanations for the patchy distribution of kdr mutations in China. On the contrary, the lack of kdr mutations in Yunnan and Sichuan is likely a consequence of genetic isolation and absence of strong selection pressure. The present study compares the genetic patterns revealed by a functional gene with a neutral marker and demonstrates the combined impact of demographic and selection factors on population structure.
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13. Multi-country Survey Revealed Prevalent and Novel F1534S Mutation in Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel (VGSC) Gene in Aedes albopictus.
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Xu, Jiabao, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Zhong, Daibin, Zhou, Guofa, Cai, Songwu, Li, Yiji, Wang, Xiaoming, Lo, Eugenia, Lee, Rebecca, Sheen, Roger, Duan, Jinhua, Yan, Guiyun, and Chen, Xiao-Guang
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Animals ,Aedes ,DNA ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Insecticide Resistance ,Genotype ,Mutation ,Alleles ,North America ,Asia ,Europe ,Animal Distribution ,Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels ,Tropical Medicine ,Biological Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences - Abstract
BackgroundAedes albopictus is an important dengue vector because of its aggressive biting behavior and rapid spread out of its native home range in Southeast Asia. Pyrethroids are widely used for adult mosquito control, and resistance to pyrethroids should be carefully monitored because vector control is the only effective method currently available to prevent dengue transmission. The voltage-gated sodium channel gene is the target site of pyrethroids, and mutations in this gene cause knockdown resistance (kdr). Previous studies reported various mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) gene, but the spatial distribution of kdr mutations in Ae. albopictus has not been systematically examined, and the association between kdr mutation and phenotypic resistance has not been established.MethodsA total of 597 Ae. albopictus individuals from 12 populations across Asia, Africa, America and Europe were examined for mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene. Three domains for a total of 1,107 bp were sequenced for every individual. Two populations from southern China were examined for pyrethroid resistance using the World Health Organization standard tube bioassay, and the association between kdr mutations and phenotypic resistance was tested.ResultsA total of 29 synonymous mutations were found across domain II, III and IV of the VGSC gene. Non-synonymous mutations in two codons of the VGSC gene were detected in 5 populations from 4 countries. A novel mutation at 1532 codon (I1532T) was found in Rome, Italy with a frequency of 19.7%. The second novel mutation at codon 1534 (F1534S) was detected in southern China and Florida, USA with a frequency ranging from 9.5-22.6%. The WHO insecticide susceptibility bioassay found 90.1% and 96.1% mortality in the two populations from southern China, suggesting resistance and probable resistance. Positive association between kdr mutations with deltamethrin resistance was established in these two populations.ConclusionsTwo novel kdr mutations, I1532T and F1534S were found in Ae. albopictus. This is the first report of I1532T mutations in Italy and F1534S mutation in China and US. Significant association between kdr mutation and protection from deltamethrin raised the possibility that kdr mutation may be a viable biomarker for pyrethroid resistance surveillance in Ae. albopictus. The patchy distribution of kdr mutations in Ae. albopictus mosquitoes calls for developing global surveillance plan for pyrethroid resistance and developing countermeasures to mitigate the spread of resistance.
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- 2016
14. Correction for Chen et al., Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution
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Chen, Xiao-Guang, Jiang, Xuanting, Gu, Jinbao, Xu, Meng, Wu, Yang, Deng, Yuhua, Zhang, Chi, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Dermauw, Wannes, Vontas, John, Armbruster, Peter, Huang, Xin, Yang, Yulan, Zhang, Hao, He, Weiming, Peng, Hongjuan, Liu, Yongfeng, Wu, Kun, Chen, Jiahua, Lirakis, Manolis, Topalis, Pantelis, Van Leeuwen, Thomas, Hall, Andrew Brantley, Jiang, Xiaofang, Thorpe, Chevon, Mueller, Rachel Lockridge, Sun, Cheng, Waterhouse, Robert Michael, Yan, Guiyun, Tu, Zhijian Jake, Fang, Xiaodong, and James, Anthony A
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Biological Sciences ,Genetics - Published
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15. Aalbo1200: global genetic differentiation and variability of the mosquito Aedes albopictus
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Crawford, Jacob E, primary, Beebe, Nigel, additional, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional, Caputo, Beniamino, additional, Carter, Brendan H, additional, Chen, Chun-Hong, additional, Cosme, Luciano, additional, De Marco, Carlo Maria, additional, della Torre, Alessandra, additional, Estallo, Elizabet Lilia, additional, Guo, Xiang, additional, Liu, Wei-Liang, additional, Maringer, Kevin, additional, Mains, Jimmy, additional, Maynard, Andrew, additional, Mogi, Motoyoshi, additional, Livdahl, Todd, additional, Rose, Noah H., additional, Scarafia, Patricia Y, additional, Severson, David, additional, Stein, Marina, additional, Surendran, Sinnathamby N, additional, Tuno, Nobuko, additional, Wahid, Isra, additional, Wang, Xiaoming, additional, Xu, Jiannong, additional, Yan, Guiyun, additional, Yee, Donald, additional, Armbruster, Peter A, additional, Caccone, Adalgisa, additional, and White, Bradley, additional
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16. RNA-seq analyses of changes in the Anopheles gambiae transcriptome associated with resistance to pyrethroids in Kenya: identification of candidate-resistance genes and candidate-resistance SNPs
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Ochomo, Eric, Dunn, William Augustine, Britton, Monica, Afrane, Yaw, Zhou, Guofa, Hartsel, Joshua, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Xu, Jiabao, Githeko, Andrew, Fass, Joseph, and Yan, Guiyun
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Biological Sciences ,Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Medical Microbiology ,Infectious Diseases ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Rare Diseases ,Genetics ,3.2 Interventions to alter physical and biological environmental risks ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,Animals ,Anopheles ,Gene Expression Profiling ,Genes ,Insect ,Insecticide Resistance ,Insecticides ,Kenya ,Polymorphism ,Single Nucleotide ,Pyrethrins ,Sequence Analysis ,RNA ,Anopheles gambiae ,insecticide resistance ,RNA-seq ,metabolic detoxification ,Public Health and Health Services ,Mycology & Parasitology ,Tropical Medicine ,Microbiology ,Medical microbiology - Abstract
BackgroundThe extensive use of pyrethroids for control of malaria vectors, driven by their cost, efficacy and safety, has led to widespread resistance. To favor their sustainable use, the World Health Organization (WHO) formulated an insecticide resistance management plan, which includes the identification of the mechanisms of resistance and resistance surveillance. Recognized physiological mechanisms of resistance include target site mutations in the para voltage-gated sodium channel, metabolic detoxification and penetration resistance. Such understanding of resistance mechanisms has allowed the development of resistance monitoring tools, including genotyping of the kdr mutation L1014F/S in the para gene.MethodsThe sequence-based technique RNA-seq was applied to study changes in the transcriptome of deltamethrin-resistant and -susceptible Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes from the Western Province of Kenya. The resulting gene expression profiles were compared to data in the most recent literature to derive a list of candidate resistance genes. RNA-seq data were analyzed also to identify sequence polymorphisms linked to resistance.ResultsA total of five candidate-resistance genes (AGAP04177, AGAP004572, AGAP008840, AGAP007530 and AGAP013036) were identified with altered expression between resistant and susceptible mosquitoes from West and East Africa. A change from G to C at position 36043997 of chromosome 3R resulting in A101G of the sulfotransferase gene AGAP009551 was significantly associated with the resistance phenotype (odds ratio: 5.10). The kdr L1014S mutation was detected at similar frequencies in both phenotypically resistant and susceptible mosquitoes, suggesting it is no longer fully predictive of the resistant phenotype.ConclusionsOverall, these results support the conclusion that resistance to pyrethroids is a complex and evolving phenotype, dependent on multiple gene functions including, but not limited to, metabolic detoxification. Functional convergence among metabolic detoxification genes may exist, with the role of each gene being modulated by the life history and selection pressure on mosquito populations. As a consequence, biochemical assays that quantify overall enzyme activity may be a more suitable method for predicting metabolic resistance than gene-based assays.
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- 2015
17. Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution.
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Chen, Xiao-Guang, Jiang, Xuanting, Gu, Jinbao, Xu, Meng, Wu, Yang, Deng, Yuhua, Zhang, Chi, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Dermauw, Wannes, Vontas, John, Armbruster, Peter, Huang, Xin, Yang, Yulan, Zhang, Hao, He, Weiming, Peng, Hongjuan, Liu, Yongfeng, Wu, Kun, Chen, Jiahua, Lirakis, Manolis, Topalis, Pantelis, Van Leeuwen, Thomas, Hall, Andrew Brantley, Jiang, Xiaofang, Thorpe, Chevon, Mueller, Rachel Lockridge, Sun, Cheng, Waterhouse, Robert Michael, Yan, Guiyun, Tu, Zhijian Jake, Fang, Xiaodong, and James, Anthony A
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Animals ,Aedes ,Evolution ,Molecular ,Phylogeny ,Genome ,Insect ,diapause ,flavivirus ,insecticide resistance ,mosquito genome ,transposons ,Infectious Diseases ,Rare Diseases ,Biodefense ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Vaccine Related ,Human Genome ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Biotechnology ,Prevention ,Genetics ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being - Abstract
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a highly successful invasive species that transmits a number of human viral diseases, including dengue and Chikungunya fevers. This species has a large genome with significant population-based size variation. The complete genome sequence was determined for the Foshan strain, an established laboratory colony derived from wild mosquitoes from southeastern China, a region within the historical range of the origin of the species. The genome comprises 1,967 Mb, the largest mosquito genome sequenced to date, and its size results principally from an abundance of repetitive DNA classes. In addition, expansions of the numbers of members in gene families involved in insecticide-resistance mechanisms, diapause, sex determination, immunity, and olfaction also contribute to the larger size. Portions of integrated flavivirus-like genomes support a shared evolutionary history of association of these viruses with their vector. The large genome repertory may contribute to the adaptability and success of Ae. albopictus as an invasive species.
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18. Author Correction: Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus
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Palatini, Umberto, Masri, Reem A., Cosme, Luciano V., Koren, Sergey, Thibaud-Nissen, Françoise, Biedler, James K., Krsticevic, Flavia, Johnston, J. Spencer, Halbach, Rebecca, Crawford, Jacob E., Antoshechkin, Igor, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Pischedda, Elisa, Marconcini, Michele, Ghurye, Jay, Rhie, Arang, Sharma, Atashi, Karagodin, Dmitry A., Jenrette, Jeremy, Gamez, Stephanie, Miesen, Pascal, Masterson, Patrick, Caccone, Adalgisa, Sharakhova, Maria V., Tu, Zhijian, Papathanos, Philippos A., Van Rij, Ronald P., Akbari, Omar S., Powell, Jeffrey, Phillippy, Adam M., and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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- 2021
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19. ViR: a tool to solve intrasample variability in the prediction of viral integration sites using whole genome sequencing data
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Pischedda, Elisa, Crava, Cristina, Carlassara, Martina, Zucca, Susanna, Gasmi, Leila, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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- 2021
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20. Population‐specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus: Implications for climate change.
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Carlassara, Martina, Khorramnejad, Ayda, Oker, Helen, Bahrami, Romina, Lozada‐Chávez, Alejandro Nabor, Mancini, Maria Vittoria, Quaranta, Stefano, Body, Mélanie J. A., Lahondère, Chloé, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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CHITIN ,AEDES albopictus ,CLIMATE change ,HEAT shock proteins ,MEDICAL climatology ,INSECT phenology ,PLANT phenology ,CYTOCHROME P-450 - Abstract
The increase of environmental temperature due to current global warming is not only favouring the expansion of the distribution range of many insect species, but it is also changing their phenology. Insect phenology is tightly linked to developmental timing, which is regulated by environmental temperatures. However, the degree to which the effects of developmental temperatures extend across developmental stages and their inter‐stage relationships have not been thoroughly quantified in mosquitoes. Here, we used the mosquito Aedes albopictus, which is an aggressive invasive species and an arboviral vector, to study how developmental temperature influences fitness across developmental stages, thermal traits, energy reserves, transcriptome and Wolbachia prevalence in laboratory‐reared populations originally collected from either temperate or tropical regions. We show that hatchability, larval and pupal viability and developmental speed are strongly influenced by temperature, and these effects extend to wing length, body mass, longevity and content of water, protein and lipids in adults in a population‐specific manner. On the contrary, neither adult thermal preference nor heat resistance significantly change with temperature. Wolbachia density was generally lower in adult mosquitoes reared at 18°C than at other tested temperatures, and transcriptome analysis showed enrichment for functions linked to stress responses (i.e. cuticle proteins and chitin, cytochrome p450 and heat shock proteins) in mosquitoes reared at both 18 and 32°C. Our data showed an overall reduced vector fitness performance when mosquitoes were reared at 32°C, and the absence of isomorphy in the relationship between developmental stages and temperature in the laboratory population deriving from larvae collected in northern Italy. Altogether, these results have important implications for reliable model projections of the invasion potentials of Ae. albopictus and its epidemiological impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Population-specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vectorAedes albopictus: implications for climate change
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Carlassara, Martina, primary, Khorramnejad, Ayda, additional, Oker, Helen, additional, Bahrami, Romina, additional, Lozada-Chávez, Alejandro Nabor, additional, Mancini, Maria Vittoria, additional, Body, Mélanie J.A., additional, Lahondère, Chloé, additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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22. Probing functional polymorphisms in the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Britton, Monica, Marinotti, Osvaldo, Dunn, William, Fass, Joseph, and James, Anthony A
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Abstract Background Dengue is the most prevalent arboviral disease world-wide and its primary vector is the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The current lack of commercially-available vaccines makes control of vector populations the only effective strategy to prevent dengue transmission. Aedes aegypti geographic populations exhibit great variability in insecticide resistance and susceptibility to dengue infection. The characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as molecular markers to study quantitatively this variation is needed greatly because this species has a low abundance of microsatellite markers and limited known restriction fragments length polymorphisms (RFLPs) and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) markers. Results We used RNA-seq to characterize SNPs in three Ae. aegypti strains, including the Liverpool (LVP) strain, from which the current genome annotation is derived. We identified 131,764 unique genome locations with at least one alternative nucleotide to what is reported in the reference annotation. These comprised changes in both open-reading frames (ORFs) and untranslated regions (UTRs) of transcripts. An in depth-look at sequence variation in immunity genes revealed that those associated with autophagy, MD2-like receptors and Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins had more sequence variation in their 3’UTRs than mutations associated with non-synonymous changes. This supports the conclusion that these genes had maintained their functional specificity while being adapted to different regulatory domains. In contrast, a number of peroxidases, serpins and Clip-domain serine proteases exhibited conservation of putative UTR regulatory sequences while displaying diversification of the ORFs. Transcriptome evidence also was found for ~2500 novel transcriptional units (NTUs) not annotated in the reference genome. Conclusions The transcriptome-wide assessment of within and inter-strain polymorphisms in Ae. aegypti adds considerably to the number of molecular markers available for genetic studies in this mosquito. Additionally, data supporting NTU discovery emphasizes the need for continuous amendments of the reference genome annotation.
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23. The invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus: current knowledge and future perspectives
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Gasperi, Giuliano, Chen, Xioaguang, and James, Anthony A
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Veterinary Sciences ,Agricultural ,Veterinary and Food Sciences ,Medical Microbiology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Infectious Diseases ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Vaccine Related ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Aedes ,Animals ,Arboviruses ,Ecosystem ,Feeding Behavior ,Insect Vectors ,Introduced Species ,Aedes albopietus ,public health ,arbovinises ,expansion ,vector control ,Aedes albopictus ,arboviruses ,Biological Sciences ,Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Mycology & Parasitology ,Veterinary sciences ,Medical microbiology - Abstract
One of the most dynamic events in public health is being mediated by the global spread of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus. Its rapid expansion and vectorial capacity for various arboviruses affect an increasingly larger proportion of the world population. Responses to the challenges of controlling this vector are expected to be enhanced by an increased knowledge of its biology, ecology, and vector competence. Details of population genetics and structure will allow following, and possibly predicting, the geographical and temporal dynamics of its expansion, and will inform the practical operations of control programs. Experts are now coming together to describe the history, characterize the present circumstances, and collaborate on future efforts to understand and mitigate this emerging public health threat.
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24. Genetic Analysis of Invasive Aedes albopictus Populations in Los Angeles County, California and Its Potential Public Health Impact
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Zhong, Daibin, Lo, Eugenia, Hu, Renjie, Metzger, Marco E, Cummings, Robert, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Fujioka, Kenn K, Sorvillo, Teresa E, Kluh, Susanne, Healy, Sean P, Fredregill, Chris, Kramer, Vicki L, Chen, Xiaoguang, Yan, Guiyun, and Moreira, Luciano A
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United-States ,Molecular-Identification ,Multiple Introductions ,Statistical Tests ,Dna Polymorphism ,North-America ,Culicidae ,Diptera ,Mosquitos ,Establishment - Published
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25. Relationship between Knockdown Resistance, Metabolic Detoxification and Organismal Resistance to Pyrethroids in Anopheles sinensis
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Zhong, Daibin, Chang, Xuelian, Zhou, Guofa, He, Zhengbo, Fu, Fengyang, Yan, Zhentian, Zhu, Guoding, Xu, Tielong, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Wang, Mei-Hui, Cui, Liwang, Zheng, Bin, Chen, Bin, Yan, Guiyun, and Terenius, Olle
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Malaria Vector Mosquito ,Gated Sodium-Channel ,Triatoma-Infestans Hemiptera ,Impregnated Bed Nets ,Insecticide Resistance ,Aedes-Aegypti ,Molecular Characterization ,Haematobia-Irritans ,Central-Africa ,Kdr Mutation - Published
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26. Complex Modulation of the Aedes aegypti Transcriptome in Response to Dengue Virus Infection
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Dunn, W. Augustine, Campbell, Corey L, Olson, Ken E, Marinotti, Osvaldo, James, Anthony A, and Moreira, Luciano A
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midgut serine proteases ,yellow-fever mosquito ,vector competence ,rna interference ,gene-regulation ,salivary-gland ,transmission ,drosophila ,expression ,sequence - Published
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27. Comparative Transcriptome Analyses of Deltamethrin-Resistant and -Susceptible Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes from Kenya by RNA-Seq
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Afrane, Yaw, Dunn, William Augustine, Atieli, Francis K., Zhou, Goufa, Zhong, Daibin, Li, Jun, Githeko, Andrew, and Yan, Guiyun
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malaria vector ,insecticide resistance ,knockdown resistance ,pyrethroid resistance ,gene-expression ,aedes-aegypti ,reduced susceptibility ,permethrin resistance ,southern benin ,r consensus - Abstract
Malaria causes more than 300 million clinical cases and 665,000 deaths each year, and the majority of the mortality and morbidity occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the lack of effective vaccines and wide-spread resistance to antimalarial drugs, mosquito control is the primary method of malaria prevention and control. Currently, malaria vector control relies on the use of insecticides, primarily pyrethroids. The extensive use of insecticides has imposed strong selection pressures for resistance in the mosquito populations. Consequently, resistance to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae, the main malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa, has become a major obstacle for malaria control. A key element of resistance management is the identification of resistance mechanisms and subsequent development of reliable resistance monitoring tools. Field-derived An. gambiae from Western Kenya were phenotyped as deltamethrin-resistant or -susceptible by the standard WHO tube test, and their expression profile compared by RNA-seq. Based on the current annotation of the An. gambiae genome, a total of 1,093 transcripts were detected as significantly differentially accumulated between deltamethrin-resistant and -susceptible mosquitoes. These transcripts are distributed over the entire genome, with a large number mapping in QTLs previously linked to pyrethorid resistance, and correspond to heat-shock proteins, metabolic and transport functions, signal transduction activities, cytoskeleton and others. The detected differences in transcript accumulation levels between resistant and susceptible mosquitoes reflect transcripts directly or indirectly correlated with pyrethroid resistance. RNA-seq data also were used to perform a de-novo Cufflinks assembly of the An. gambiae genome.
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28. A Low-Cost Microfluidic Chip for Rapid Genotyping of Malaria-Transmitting Mosquitoes
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Liu, Changchun, Mauk, Michael G, Hart, Robert, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Yan, Guiyun, Bau, Haim H, and Michel, Kristin
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mediated isothermal amplification ,anopheles-gambiae complex ,polymerase-chain-reaction ,sample preparation ,identification ,dna ,vectors ,cards ,differentiation ,polymorphism - Published
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29. Strain Variation in the Transcriptome of the Dengue Fever Vector, Aedes aegypti.
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Dunn, W Augustine, Campbell, Corey L, Olson, Ken E, Marinotti, Osvaldo, and James, Anthony A
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Aedes aegypti ,RNA-seq ,bloodmeal ,strain variation ,Genetics - Abstract
Studies of transcriptome dynamics provide a basis for understanding functional elements of the genome and the complexity of gene regulation. The dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti, exhibits great adaptability to diverse ecological conditions, is phenotypically polymorphic, and shows variation in vectorial capacity to arboviruses. Previous genome sequencing showed richness in repetitive DNA and transposable elements that can contribute to genome plasticity. Population genetic studies revealed a varying degree of worldwide genetic polymorphism. However, the extent of functional genetic polymorphism across strains is unknown. The transcriptomes of three Ae. aegypti strains, Chetumal (CTM), Rexville D-Puerto Rico (Rex-D) and Liverpool (LVP), were compared. CTM is more susceptible than Rex- D to infection by dengue virus serotype 2. A total of 4188 transcripts exhibit either no or small variation (
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30. Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2011–31 May 2011
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Consortium, Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development, BONIZZONI, MARIANGELA, BOURJEA, JÉRÔME, CHEN, BIN, CRAIN, BJ, CUI, LIWANG, FIORENTINO, V, HARTMANN, S, HENDRICKS, S, KETMAIER, V, MA, XIAOGUANG, MUTHS, DELPHINE, PAVESI, L, PFAUTSCH, S, RIEGER, MA, SANTONASTASO, T, SATTABONGKOT, JETSUMON, TARON, CH, TARON, DJ, TIEDEMANN, R, YAN, GUIYUN, ZHENG, BIN, and ZHONG, DAIBIN
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Biological Sciences ,Ecology ,Genetics ,Amphipoda ,Animals ,Anopheles ,Databases ,Genetic ,Gastropoda ,Genetic Markers ,Microsatellite Repeats ,Moths ,Perciformes ,Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium ,Evolutionary Biology ,Biological sciences - Abstract
This article documents the addition of 92 microsatellite marker loci to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Anopheles minimus, An. sinensis, An. dirus, Calephelis mutica, Lutjanus kasmira, Murella muralis and Orchestia montagui. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Calephelis arizonensi, Calephelis borealis, Calephelis nemesis, Calephelis virginiensis and Lutjanus bengalensis.
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31. Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2011-31 May 2011.
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Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Bourjea, Jérôme, Chen, Bin, Crain, BJ, Cui, Liwang, Fiorentino, V, Hartmann, S, Hendricks, S, Ketmaier, V, Ma, Xiaoguang, Muths, Delphine, Pavesi, L, Pfautsch, S, Rieger, MA, Santonastaso, T, Sattabongkot, Jetsumon, Taron, CH, Taron, DJ, Tiedemann, R, Yan, Guiyun, Zheng, Bin, and Zhong, Daibin
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Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium ,Animals ,Perciformes ,Amphipoda ,Anopheles ,Moths ,Genetic Markers ,Microsatellite Repeats ,Databases ,Genetic ,Gastropoda ,Evolutionary Biology ,Biological Sciences - Abstract
This article documents the addition of 92 microsatellite marker loci to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Anopheles minimus, An. sinensis, An. dirus, Calephelis mutica, Lutjanus kasmira, Murella muralis and Orchestia montagui. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Calephelis arizonensi, Calephelis borealis, Calephelis nemesis, Calephelis virginiensis and Lutjanus bengalensis.
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32. Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax malaria in China and Myanmar
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Zhong, Daibin, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Zhou, Guofa, Wang, Guangze, Chen, Bin, Vardo-Zalik, Anne, Cui, Liwang, Yan, Guiyun, and Zheng, Bin
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Biological Sciences ,Genetics ,Infectious Diseases ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Rare Diseases ,Biotechnology ,Prevention ,Malaria ,Aetiology ,2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,Antigens ,Protozoan ,China ,Endemic Diseases ,Gene Frequency ,Genetic Variation ,Genotype ,Humans ,Malaria ,Vivax ,Myanmar ,Phylogeny ,Phylogeography ,Plasmodium vivax ,Polymorphism ,Restriction Fragment Length ,Protozoan Proteins ,Merozoite surface protein ,Diversity ,Mixed strain infection ,Asia ,Microbiology ,Bioinformatics and computational biology - Abstract
Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium vivax parasites are valuable to the prediction of the origin and spread of novel variants within and between populations, and to the program evaluation of malaria control measures. Using two polymorphic genetic markers, the merozoite surface protein genes PvMSP-3α and PvMSP-3β, we investigated the genetic diversity of four Southeast Asian P. vivax populations, representing both subtropical and temperate strains with dramatically divergent relapse patterns. PCR amplification of PvMSP-3α and PvMSP-3β genes detected three and four major size polymorphisms among the 235 infections examined, respectively, while restriction analysis detected 15 and 19 alleles, respectively. Samples from different geographical areas differed dramatically in their PvMSP-3α and PvMSP-3β allele composition and frequency. Samples tended to cluster on the basis of their PCR-RFLP polymorphism. These results indicated that different parasite genotypes were circulating in each endemic area, and that geographic isolation may exist. Multiple infections were detected in all four parasite populations, ranging from 20.5% to 31.8%, strongly indicating that P. vivax populations were highly diverse and multiple clonal infections are common in these malaria-hypoendemic regions of Southeast Asia.
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33. RNA-seq analyses of blood-induced changes in gene expression in the mosquito vector species, Aedes aegypti
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Dunn, W Augustine, Campbell, Corey L, Olson, Ken E, Dimon, Michelle T, Marinotti, Osvaldo, and James, Anthony A
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innate immune-response ,anopheles-gambiae ,disease-vector ,borne diseases ,yellow-fever ,genome ,discovery ,dengue ,susceptibility ,identification - Abstract
BackgroundHematophagy is a common trait of insect vectors of disease. Extensive genome-wide transcriptional changes occur in mosquitoes after blood meals, and these are related to digestive and reproductive processes, among others. Studies of these changes are expected to reveal molecular targets for novel vector control and pathogen transmission-blocking strategies. The mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae), a vector of Dengue viruses, Yellow Fever Virus (YFV) and Chikungunya virus (CV), is the subject of this study to look at genome-wide changes in gene expression following a blood meal.ResultsTranscriptional changes that follow a blood meal in Ae. aegypti females were explored using RNA-seq technology. Over 30% of more than 18,000 investigated transcripts accumulate differentially in mosquitoes at five hours after a blood meal when compared to those fed only on sugar. Forty transcripts accumulate only in blood-fed mosquitoes. The list of regulated transcripts correlates with an enhancement of digestive activity and a suppression of environmental stimuli perception and innate immunity. The alignment of more than 65 million high-quality short reads to the Ae. aegypti reference genome permitted the refinement of the current annotation of transcript boundaries, as well as the discovery of novel transcripts, exons and splicing variants. Cis-regulatory elements (CRE) and cis-regulatory modules (CRM) enriched significantly at the 5'end flanking sequences of blood meal-regulated genes were identified.ConclusionsThis study provides the first global view of the changes in transcript accumulation elicited by a blood meal in Ae. aegypti females. This information permitted the identification of classes of potentially co-regulated genes and a description of biochemical and physiological events that occur immediately after blood feeding. The data presented here serve as a basis for novel vector control and pathogen transmission-blocking strategies including those in which the vectors are modified genetically to express anti-pathogen effector molecules.
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34. A cohort study of Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics in Western Kenya Highlands
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Baliraine, Frederick N, Afrane, Yaw A, Amenya, Dolphine A, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Vardo-Zalik, Anne M, Menge, David M, Githeko, Andrew K, and Yan, Guiyun
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asymptomatic malaria infections ,mixed-genotype infections ,papua-new-guinea ,genetic diversity ,microsatellite markers ,population-structure ,anopheles-gambiae ,african children ,holoendemic area ,transmission - Abstract
BackgroundThe Kenyan highlands were malaria-free before the 1910s, but a series of malaria epidemics have occurred in the highlands of western Kenya since the 1980s. Longitudinal studies of the genetic structure, complexity, infection dynamics, and duration of naturally acquired Plasmodium falciparum infections are needed to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of malaria epidemiology in the complex Kenyan highland eco-epidemiological systems where malaria recently expanded, as well as the evaluation of control measures.MethodsWe followed a cohort of 246 children residing in 3 villages at altitudes 1430 - 1580 m in western Kenya. Monthly parasitological surveys were undertaken for one year, yielding 866 P. falciparum isolates that were analyzed using 10 microsatellite markers.ResultsInfection complexity and genetic diversity were high (HE = 0.787-0.816), with ≥83% of infections harboring more than one parasite clone. Diversity remained high even during the low malaria transmission season. There was no significant difference between levels of genetic diversity and population structure between high and low transmission seasons. Infection turn-over rate was high, with the average infection duration of single parasite genotypes being 1.11 months, and the longest genotype persistence was 3 months.ConclusionsThese data demonstrate that despite the relatively recent spread of malaria to the highlands, parasite populations seem to have stabilized with no evidence of bottlenecks between seasons, while the ability of residents to clear or control infections indicates presence of effective anti-plasmodial immune mechanisms.
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35. Genetic structure of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in the Bannu district of Pakistan
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Khatoon, Lubna, Baliraine, Frederick N, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Malik, Salman A, and Yan, Guiyun
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Abstract Background Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are the major causative agents of malaria. While knowledge of the genetic structure of malaria parasites is useful for understanding the evolution of parasite virulence, designing anti-malarial vaccines and assessing the impact of malaria control measures, there is a paucity of information on genetic diversity of these two malaria parasites in Pakistan. This study sought to shed some light on the genetic structure of P. vivax and P. falciparum in this understudied region. Methods The genetic diversities of P. vivax and P. falciparum populations from the densely populated, malaria-endemic Bannu district of Pakistan were evaluated by analysis of their merozoite surface protein (msp) genes by PCR-RFLP. Specifically, the Pvmsp-3α and Pvmsp-3β genes of P. vivax and the Pfmsp-1 and Pfmsp-2 genes of P. falciparum were analysed. Results In P. vivax, genotyping of Pvmsp-3α and Pvmsp-3β genes showed a high level of diversity at these loci. Four distinct allele groups: A (1.9 kb), B (1.5 kb), C (1.2 kb), and D (0.3 kb) were detected for Pvmsp-3α, type A being the most prevalent (82%). Conversely, amplification of the P. vivax msp-3β locus produced two allele groups: A (1.7-2.2 kb, 62%) and B (1.4-1.5 kb, 33%), with 5% mixed-strain infections. Restriction analysis of Pvmsp-3α and Pvmsp-3β yielded 12 and 8 distinct alleles, respectively, with a combined mixed genotype prevalence of 20%. In P. falciparum, all three known genotypes of Pfmsp-1 and two of Pfmsp-2 were observed, with MAD20 occurring in 67% and 3D7/IC in 65% of the isolates, respectively. Overall, 24% P. falciparum samples exhibited mixed-strain infections. Conclusion These results indicate that both P. vivax and P. falciparum populations in Pakistan are highly diverse.
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36. Genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum populations between lowland and highland sites and antimalarial drug resistance in Western Kenya
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Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Afrane, Yaw, Baliraine, Frederick N, Amenya, Dolphine A, Githeko, Andrew K, and Yan, Guiyun
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Rare Diseases ,Genetics ,Malaria ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Infectious Diseases ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adolescent ,Animals ,Antimalarials ,Child ,Chloroquine ,Drug Combinations ,Drug Resistance ,Endemic Diseases ,Genetics ,Population ,Haplotypes ,Humans ,Kenya ,Malaria ,Falciparum ,Membrane Transport Proteins ,Microsatellite Repeats ,Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins ,Plasmodium falciparum ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Polymorphism ,Genetic ,Protozoan Proteins ,Pyrimethamine ,Sulfadoxine ,Travel ,Microbiology - Abstract
Human travel to malaria endemic lowlands from epidemic highlands has been shown to increase the risk of malaria infections in the highlands. In order to gain insight on the impact of human travel, we examined prevalence, genetic variability and population genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum in asymptomatic children from one highland site and three surrounding malaria endemic lowland sites in Western Kenya, using multilocus microsatellite genotyping. We further analyzed the frequencies of mutations at the genes conferring resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. We found a significant decrease in malaria prevalence in the highland site from 2006 to 2007, 1 year after the introduction of the artemisinin-based combination therapy as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria and the scale-up of insecticide-treated bed nets. Population genetic diversity, measured by the number of observed and effective microsatellite alleles and Nei's unbiased genetic diversity, was high and comparable for both highland and lowland populations. Analysis of molecular variance did not detect a significant genetic structure across highland and lowland regions. Similarly, mutations at key antimalarial-resistance codons of the pfcrt, pfmdr1, pfdhfr and pfdhps genes were found at comparable high frequencies in all four sites. High level of gene flow and lack of significant genetic structure in malaria parasites between highland and lowland areas suggest the importance of human travel in shaping parasite population structure.
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37. High Prevalence of Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections in a Highland Area of Western Kenya: A Cohort Study
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Baliraine, Frederick N, Afrane, Yaw A, Amenya, Dolphine A, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Menge, David M, Zhou, Goufa, Zhong, Daibin, Vardo‐Zalik, Anne M, Githeko, Andrew K, and Yan, Guiyun
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Medical Microbiology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Malaria ,Infectious Diseases ,Pediatric ,Vector-Borne Diseases ,Rare Diseases ,2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment ,Aetiology ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adolescent ,Animals ,Child ,Child ,Preschool ,Cohort Studies ,Female ,Geography ,Humans ,Kenya ,Malaria ,Falciparum ,Male ,Plasmodium falciparum ,Prevalence ,Biological Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Microbiology ,Biological sciences ,Biomedical and clinical sciences ,Health sciences - Abstract
BackgroundTransmission of malaria in an area of hypoendemicity in the highlands of western Kenya is not expected to lead to rapid acquisition of immunity to malaria. However, the subpopulation of individuals with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection may play a significant role as an infection reservoir and should be considered in malaria-control programs. Determination of the spatiotemporal dynamics of asymptomatic subpopulations provides an opportunity to estimate the epidemiological importance of this group to malaria transmission.MethodsMonthly parasitological surveys were undertaken for a cohort of 246 schoolchildren over 12 months. The prevalence of P. falciparum infection among 2,611 blood samples was analyzed by both microscopy and polymerase chain reaction, and infection durations were determined.ResultsInfection prevalence and duration (range, 1-12 months) decreased with age and altitude. The prevalence was high among pooled blood samples recovered from children aged 5-9 years (34.4%) and from those aged 10-14 years (34.1%) but was significantly lower among blood samples obtained from older children (9.1%). The prevalence decreased from 52.4% among pooled blood samples from children living at an altitude of approximately 1,430 m to 23.3% among pooled samples from children living at an altitude of 1,580 m.ConclusionsThe prevalence of asymptomatic P. falciparum infection was high, with polymerase chain reaction analysis detecting a significantly greater number of infections, compared with microscopy. Our results are consistent with gradual acquisition of immunity with increasing age upon repeated infection, and they also show that the risk of malaria transmission is highly heterogeneous in the highland area. The results provide strong support for targeted malaria-control interventions.
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38. The Widespread Occurrence and Potential Biological Roles of Endogenous Viral Elements in Insect Genomes
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Blair, Carol D., primary, Olson, Ken E., additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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39. Molecular signature of domestication in the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti
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Lozada-Chavez, Alejandro Nabor, primary, Lozada-Chavez, Irma, additional, Alfano, Niccolo, additional, Palatini, Umberto, additional, Sogliani, Davide, additional, Elfekih, Samia, additional, Degefa, Teshome, additional, Sharakhova, Maria V, additional, Badolo, Athanase, additional, Patchara, Sri, additional, Casas-Martinez, Mauricio, additional, Carlos, Bianca, additional, Carballar-Lejarazu, Rebeca, additional, Lambrechts, Louis, additional, Souza-Neto, Jayme, additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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40. Virome and nrEVEome diversity of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes from La Reunion Island and China
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Palatini, Umberto, primary, Alfano, Niccolò, additional, Lejarazu Carballar, Rebeca, additional, Chen, Xiaoguang, additional, Delatte, Helene, additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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41. Secondary Malaria Vectors of Sub-Saharan Africa: Threat to Malaria Elimination on the Continent?
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Afrane, Yaw Asare, primary, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional, and Yan, Guiyun, additional
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42. Thermal biology of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in the context of climate change
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Lahondère, Chloé, primary and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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43. Thermal biology of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in the context of climate change
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Lahondère, Chloé, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Lahondère, Chloé, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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The increasing incidence of arboviral diseases in tropical endemic areas and their emergence in new temperate countries is one of the most important challenges that Public Health agencies are currently facing. Because mosquitoes are poikilotherms, shifts in temperature influence physiological functions besides egg viability. These traits impact not only vector density, but also their interaction with their hosts and arboviruses. As such the relationship among mosquitoes, arboviral diseases and temperature is complex. Here, we summarize current knowledge on the thermal biology of Aedes invasive mosquitoes, highlighting differences among species. We also emphasize the need to expand knowledge on the variability in thermal sensitivity across populations within a species, especially in light of climate change that encompasses increase not only in mean environmental temperature but also in the frequency of hot and cold snaps. Finally, we suggest a novel experimental approach to investigate the molecular architecture of thermal adaptation in mosquitoes.
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44. Endogenous viral elements in mosquito genomes: current knowledge and outstanding questions
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Palatini, Umberto, primary, Contreras, Claudia A, additional, Gasmi, Laila, additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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Palatini, Umberto, Masri, Reem A., Cosme, Luciano V., Koren, Sergey, Thibaud-Nissen, Francoise, Biedler, James K., Krsticevic, Flavia, Johnston, J. Spencer, Halbach, Rebecca, Crawford, Jacob E., Antoshechkin, Igor, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Pischedda, Elisa, Marconcini, Michele, Ghurye, Jay, Rhie, Arang, Sharma, Atashi, Karagodin, Dmitry A., Jenrette, Jeremy, Gamez, Stephanie, Miesen, Pascal, Masterson, Patrick, Caccone, Adalgisa, Sharakhova, Maria V., Tu, Zhijian, Papathanos, Philippos A., Van Rij, Ronald P., Akbari, Omar S., Powell, Jeffrey, Phillippy, Adam M., and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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Genetics & Heredity ,Science & Technology ,Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ,Bioinformatics ,05 Environmental Sciences ,08 Information and Computing Sciences ,06 Biological Sciences ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Abstract
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the section "Distribution and structure of piRNA clusters" on page 7. The value of the SD is not correct. Instead of a SD 634.885 Kb, it should be SD 16.79. The correct statement should read: “We used small RNA libraries generated from somatic tissues (female carcass) as well as germline tissues (ovaries) to annotate 1441 piRNA clusters with an average size of 10.911 kb (SD 16.79 kb; max: 139.92 kb) … ”. Published version
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46. Computational methods for the discovery and annotation of viral integrations
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Palatini, Umberto, primary, Pischedda, Elisa, additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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47. Cross Talk between Viruses and Insect Cells Cytoskeleton
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Khorramnejad, Ayda, primary, Perdomo, Hugo D., additional, Palatini, Umberto, additional, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional, and Gasmi, Laila, additional
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48. Additional file 3 of ViR: a tool to solve intrasample variability in the prediction of viral integration sites using whole genome sequencing data
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Pischedda, Elisa, Crava, Cristina, Carlassara, Martina, Zucca, Susanna, Gasmi, Leila, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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Additional file 3: Results of ViR performance using in silico data. ViR performances were computed based on the confusion matrix, that collects raw counts of correctly and incorrectly detected integration events.
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49. Additional file 4 of ViR: a tool to solve intrasample variability in the prediction of viral integration sites using whole genome sequencing data
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Pischedda, Elisa, Crava, Cristina, Carlassara, Martina, Zucca, Susanna, Gasmi, Leila, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela
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Data_FILES - Abstract
Additional file 4: Structure of the file “Final_ChimericPairs_Info.txt”. This is the output of the script ViR _RefineCandidates.
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50. Profile of Small RNAs, vDNA Forms and Viral Integrations in Late Chikungunya Virus Infection of Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes
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Marconcini, Michele, primary, Pischedda, Elisa, additional, Houé, Vincent, additional, Palatini, Umberto, additional, Lozada-Chávez, Nabor, additional, Sogliani, Davide, additional, Failloux, Anna-Bella, additional, and Bonizzoni, Mariangela, additional
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- 2021
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