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1. SARS-CoV-2 lineage dynamics in England from September to November 2021: high diversity of Delta sub-lineages and increased transmissibility of AY.4.2

Author: Eales, O, Page, AJ, de Oliveira Martins, L, Wang, H, Bodinier, B, Haw, D, Jonnerby, J, Atchison, C, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Nunez, RTM, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, A, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Lythgoe, K, Torok, ME, Goodfellow, IG, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, Moore, C, Thomson, EC, Harrison, EM, Smith, CP, Rogan, F, Beckwith, SM, Murray, A, Singleton, D, Eastick, K, Sheridan, LA, Randell, P, Jackson, LM, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Fairley, DJ, Loose, MW, Watkins, J, Moses, S, Nicholls, S, Bull, M, Amato, R, Smith, DL, Aanensen, DM, Barrett, JC, Aggarwal, D, Shepherd, JG, Curran, MD, Parmar, S, Parker, MD, Williams, C, Glaysher, S, Underwood, AP, Bashton, M, Pacchiarini, N, Loveson, KF, Byott, M, Carabelli, AM, Templeton, KE, de Silva, TI, Wang, D, Langford, CF, Sillitoe, J, Gunson, RN, Cottrell, S, O’Grady, J, Kwiatkowski, D, Lillie, PJ, Cortes, N, Moore, N, Thomas, C, Burns, PJ, Mahungu, TW, Liggett, S, Beckett, AH, Holden, MTG, Levett, LJ, Osman, H, Hassan-Ibrahim, MO, Simpson, DA, Chand, M, Gupta, RK, Darby, AC, Paterson, S, Pybus, OG, Volz, EM, de Angelis, D, Robertson, DL, Martincorena, I, Aigrain, L, Bassett, AR, Wong, N, Taha, Y, Erkiert, MJ, Chapman, MHS, Dewar, R, McHugh, MP, Mookerjee, S, Aplin, S, Harvey, M, Sass, T, Umpleby, H, Wheeler, H, McKenna, JP, Warne, B, Taylor, JF, Chaudhry, Y, Izuagbe, R, Jahun, AS, Young, GR, McMurray, C, McCann, CM, Nelson, A, Elliott, S, Lowe, H, Price, A, Crown, MR, Rey, S, Roy, S, Temperton, B, Shaaban, S, Hesketh, AR, Laing, KG, Monahan, IM, Heaney, J, Pelosi, E, Silviera, S, Wilson-Davies, E, Fryer, H, Adams, H, du Plessis, L, Johnson, R, Harvey, WT, Hughes, J, Orton, RJ, Spurgin, LG, Bourgeois, Y, Ruis, C, O’Toole, Á, Gourtovaia, M, Sanderson, T, Fraser, C, Edgeworth, J, Breuer, J, Michell, SL, Todd, JA, John, M, Buck, D, Gajee, K, Kay, GL, Peacock, SJ, Heyburn, D, Kitchman, K, McNally, A, Pritchard, DT, Dervisevic, S, Muir, P, Robinson, E, Vipond, BB, Ramadan, NA, Jeanes, C, Weldon, D, Catalan, J, Jones, N, da Silva Filipe, A, Fuchs, M, Miskelly, J, Jeffries, AR, Oliver, K, Park, NR, Ash, A, Koshy, C, Barrow, M, Buchan, SL, Mantzouratou, A, Clark, G, Holmes, CW, Campbell, S, Davis, T, Tan, NK, Brown, JR, Harris, KA, Kidd, SP, Grant, PR, Xu-McCrae, L, Cox, A, Madona, P, Pond, M, Randell, PA, Withell, KT, Graham, C, Denton-Smith, R, Swindells, E, Turnbull, R, Sloan, TJ, Bosworth, A, Hutchings, S, Pymont, HM, Casey, A, Ratcliffe, L, Jones, CR, Knight, BA, Haque, T, Hart, J, Irish-Tavares, D, Witele, E, Mower, C, Watson, LK, Collins, J, Eltringham, G, Crudgington, D, Macklin, B, Iturriza-Gomara, M, Lucaci, AO, McClure, PC, Carlile, M, Holmes, N, Storey, N, Rooke, S, Yebra, G, Craine, N, Perry, M, Alikhan, N - F, Bridgett, S, Cook, KF, Fearn, C, Goudarzi, S, Lyons, RA, Williams, T, Haldenby, ST, Durham, J, Leonard, S, Davies, RM, Batra, R, Blane, B, Spyer, MJ, Smith, P, Yavus, M, Williams, RJ, Mahanama, AIK, Samaraweera, B, Girgis, ST, Hansford, SE, Green, A, Beaver, C, Bellis, KL, Dorman, MJ, Kay, S, Prestwood, L, Rajatileka, S, Quick, J, Poplawski, R, Reynolds, N, Mack, A, Morriss, A, Whalley, T, Patel, B, Georgana, I, Hosmillo, M, Pinckert, ML, Stockton, J, Henderson, JH, Hollis, A, Stanley, W, Yew, WC, Myers, R, Thornton, A, Adams, A, Annett, T, Asad, H, Birchley, A, Coombes, J, Evans, JM, Fina, L, Gatica-Wilcox, B, Gilbert, L, Graham, L, Hey, J, Hilvers, E, Jones, S, Jones, H, Kumziene-Summerhayes, S, McKerr, C, Powell, J, Pugh, G, Taylor, S, Trotter, AJ, Williams, CA, Kermack, LM, Foulkes, BH, Gallis, M, Hornsby, HR, Louka, SF, Pohare, M, Wolverson, P, Zhang, P, MacIntyre-Cockett, G, Trebes, A, Moll, RJ, Ferguson, L, Goldstein, EJ, Maclean, A, Tomb, R, Starinskij, I, Thomson, L, Southgate, J, Kraemer, MUG, Raghwani, J, Zarebski, AE, Boyd, O, Geidelberg, L, Illingworth, CJ, Jackson, C, Pascall, D, Vattipally, S, Freeman, TM, Hsu, SN, Lindsey, BB, James, K, Lewis, K, Tonkin-Hill, G, Tovar-Corona, JM, Cox, MG, Abudahab, K, Menegazzo, M, MEng, BEWT, Yeats, CA, Mukaddas, A, Wright, DW, Colquhoun, R, Hill, V, Jackson, B, McCrone, JT, Medd, N, Scher, E, Keatley, J - P, Curran, T, Morgan, S, Maxwell, P, Smith, K, Eldirdiri, S, Kenyon, A, Holmes, AH, Price, JR, Wyatt, T, Mather, AE, Skvortsov, T, Hartley, JA, Guest, M, Kitchen, C, Merrick, I, Munn, R, Bertolusso, B, Lynch, J, Vernet, G, Kirk, S, Wastnedge, E, Stanley, R, Idle, G, Bradley, DT, Poyner, J, Mori, M, Jones, O, Wright, V, Brooks, E, Churcher, CM, Fragakis, M, Galai, K, Jermy, A, Judges, S, McManus, GM, Smith, KS, Westwick, E, Attwood, SW, Bolt, F, Davies, A, De Lacy, E, Downing, F, Edwards, S, Meadows, L, Jeremiah, S, Smith, N, Foulser, L, Charalampous, T, Patel, A, Berry, L, Boswell, T, Fleming, VM, Howson-Wells, HC, Joseph, A, Khakh, M, Lister, MM, Bird, PW, Fallon, K, Helmer, T, McMurray, CL, Odedra, M, Shaw, J, Tang, JW, Willford, NJ, Blakey, V, Raviprakash, V, Sheriff, N, Williams, L - A, Feltwell, T, Bedford, L, Cargill, JS, Hughes, W, Moore, J, Stonehouse, S, Atkinson, L, Lee, JCD, Shah, D, Alcolea-Medina, A, Ohemeng-Kumi, N, Ramble, J, Sehmi, J, Williams, R, Chatterton, W, Pusok, M, Everson, W, Castigador, A, Macnaughton, E, Bouzidi, KE, Lampejo, T, Sudhanva, M, Breen, C, Sluga, G, Ahmad, SSY, George, RP, Machin, NW, Binns, D, James, V, Blacow, R, Coupland, L, Smith, L, Barton, E, Padgett, D, Scott, G, Cross, A, Mirfenderesky, M, Greenaway, J, Cole, K, Clarke, P, Duckworth, N, Walsh, S, Bicknell, K, Impey, R, Wyllie, S, Hopes, R, Bishop, C, Chalker, V, Harrison, I, Gifford, L, Molnar, Z, Auckland, C, Evans, C, Johnson, K, Partridge, DG, Raza, M, Baker, P, Bonner, S, Essex, S, Murray, LJ, Lawton, AI, Burton-Fanning, S, Payne, BAI, Waugh, S, Gomes, AN, Kimuli, M, Murray, DR, Ashfield, P, Dobie, D, Ashford, F, Best, A, Crawford, L, Cumley, N, Mayhew, M, Megram, O, Mirza, J, Moles-Garcia, E, Percival, B, Driscoll, M, Ensell, L, Lowe, HL, Maftei, L, Mondani, M, Chaloner, NJ, Cogger, BJ, Easton, LJ, Huckson, H, Lewis, J, Lowdon, S, Malone, CS, Munemo, F, Mutingwende, M, Nicodemi, R, Podplomyk, O, Somassa, T, Beggs, A, Richter, A, Cormie, C, Dias, J, Forrest, S, Higginson, EE, Maes, M, Young, J, Davidson, RK, Jackson, KA, Turtle, L, Keeley, AJ, Ball, J, Byaruhanga, T, Chappell, JG, Dey, J, Hill, JD, Park, EJ, Fanaie, A, Hilson, RA, Yaze, G, Lo, S, Afifi, S, Beer, R, Maksimovic, J, McCluggage, K, Spellman, K, Bresner, C, Fuller, W, Marchbank, A, Workman, T, Shelest, E, Debebe, J, Sang, F, Zamudio, ME, Francois, S, Gutierrez, B, Vasylyeva, TI, Flaviani, F, Ragonnet-Cronin, M, Smollett, KL, Broos, A, Mair, D, Nichols, J, Nomikou, K, Tong, L, Tsatsani, I, O’Brien, PS, Rushton, S, Sanderson, R, Perkins, J, Cotton, S, Gallagher, A, Allara, E, Pearson, C, Bibby, D, Dabrera, G, Ellaby, N, Gallagher, E, Hubb, J, Lackenby, A, Lee, D, Manesis, N, Mbisa, T, Platt, S, Twohig, KA, Morgan, M, Aydin, A, Baker, DJ, Foster-Nyarko, E, Prosolek, SJ, Rudder, S, Baxter, C, Carvalho, SF, Lavin, D, Mariappan, A, Radulescu, C, Singh, A, Tang, M, Morcrette, H, Bayzid, N, Cotic, M, Balcazar, CE, Gallagher, MD, Maloney, D, Stanton, TD, Williamson, KA, Manley, R, Michelsen, ML, Sambles, CM, Studholme, DJ, Warwick-Dugdale, J, Eccles, R, Gemmell, M, Gregory, R, Hughes, M, Nelson, C, Rainbow, L, Vamos, EE, Webster, HJ, Whitehead, M, Wierzbicki, C, Angyal, A, Green, LR, Whiteley, M, Betteridge, E, Bronner, IF, Farr, BW, Goodwin, S, Lensing, SV, McCarthy, SA, Quail, MA, Rajan, D, Redshaw, NM, Scott, C, Shirley, L, Thurston, SAJ, Rowe, W, Gaskin, A, Le-Viet, T, Bonfield, J, Liddle, J, Whitwham, A, Ashby, D, Barclay, W, Taylor, G, Cooke, G, Ward, H, Darzi, A, Riley, S, Chadeau-Hyam, M, Donnelly, CA, Elliott, P, The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, Department of Health, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding, Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Commission of the European Communities, Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health Research, and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Research Capability Funding (RCF)
Subjects: Delta variant, Science & Technology, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, 1103 Clinical Sciences, C500, Microbiology, Genetic diversity, B900, Infectious Diseases, England, COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, 1108 Medical Microbiology, Mutation, Humans, Transmission advantage, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Phylogeny, 0605 Microbiology
Abstract: Background Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, evolutionary pressure has driven large increases in the transmissibility of the virus. However, with increasing levels of immunity through vaccination and natural infection the evolutionary pressure will switch towards immune escape. Genomic surveillance in regions of high immunity is crucial in detecting emerging variants that can more successfully navigate the immune landscape. Methods We present phylogenetic relationships and lineage dynamics within England (a country with high levels of immunity), as inferred from a random community sample of individuals who provided a self-administered throat and nose swab for rt-PCR testing as part of the REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission-1 (REACT-1) study. During round 14 (9 September–27 September 2021) and 15 (19 October–5 November 2021) lineages were determined for 1322 positive individuals, with 27.1% of those which reported their symptom status reporting no symptoms in the previous month. Results We identified 44 unique lineages, all of which were Delta or Delta sub-lineages, and found a reduction in their mutation rate over the study period. The proportion of the Delta sub-lineage AY.4.2 was increasing, with a reproduction number 15% (95% CI 8–23%) greater than the most prevalent lineage, AY.4. Further, AY.4.2 was less associated with the most predictive COVID-19 symptoms (p = 0.029) and had a reduced mutation rate (p = 0.050). Both AY.4.2 and AY.4 were found to be geographically clustered in September but this was no longer the case by late October/early November, with only the lineage AY.6 exhibiting clustering towards the South of England. Conclusions As SARS-CoV-2 moves towards endemicity and new variants emerge, genomic data obtained from random community samples can augment routine surveillance data without the potential biases introduced due to higher sampling rates of symptomatic individuals.
Published: 2022

2. Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England

Author: Vöhringer, HS, Sanderson, T, Sinnott, M, De Maio, N, Nguyen, T, Goater, R, Schwach, F, Harrison, I, Hellewell, J, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Jackson, DK, Johnston, I, Jung, AW, Saint, C, Sillitoe, J, Suciu, M, Goldman, N, Panovska-Griffiths, J, Abnizova, I, Aigrain, L, Alderton, A, Ali, M, Allen, L, Amato, R, Anderson, R, Ariani, C, Austin-Guest, S, Bala, S, Barrett, J, Bassett, A, Battleday, K, Beal, J, Beale, M, Beaver, C, Bellany, S, Bellerby, T, Bellis, K, Berger, D, Berriman, M, Betteridge, E, Bevan, P, Binley, S, Bishop, J, Blackburn, K, Bonfield, J, Boughton, N, Bowker, S, Brendler-Spaeth, T, Bronner, I, Brooklyn, T, Buddenborg, SK, Bush, R, Caetano, C, Cagan, A, Carter, N, Cartwright, J, Monteiro, TC, Chapman, L, Chillingworth, T-J, Clapham, P, Clark, R, Clarke, A, Clarke, C, Cole, D, Cook, E, Coppola, M, Cornell, L, Cornwell, C, Corton, C, Crackett, A, Cranage, A, Craven, H, Craw, S, Crawford, M, Cutts, T, Dabrowska, M, Davies, M, Davies, R, Dawson, J, Day, C, Densem, A, Dibling, T, Dockree, C, Dodd, D, Dogga, S, Dorman, M, Dougan, G, Dougherty, M, Dove, A, Drummond, L, Drury, E, Dudek, M, Durham, J, Durrant, L, Easthope, E, Eckert, S, Ellis, P, Farr, B, Fenton, M, Ferrero, M, Flack, N, Fordham, H, Forsythe, G, Foulser, L, Francis, M, Fraser, A, Freeman, A, Galvin, A, Garcia-Casado, M, Gedny, A, Girgis, S, Glover, J, Goncalves, S, Goodwin, S, Gould, O, Gourtovaia, M, Gray, A, Gray, E, Griffiths, C, Gu, Y, Guerin, F, Hamilton, W, Hanks, H, Harrison, E, Harrott, A, Harry, E, Harvison, J, Heath, P, Hernandez-Koutoucheva, A, Hobbs, R, Holland, D, Holmes, S, Hornett, G, Hough, N, Huckle, L, Hughes-Hallet, L, Hunter, A, Inglis, S, Iqbal, S, Jackson, A, Jackson, D, James, K, Jamrozy, D, Verdejo, CJ, Jones, M, Kallepally, K, Kane, L, Kay, K, Kay, S, Keatley, J, Keith, A, King, A, Kitchin, L, Kleanthous, M, Klimekova, M, Korlevic, P, Krasheninnkova, K, Lane, G, Langford, C, Laverack, A, Law, K, Lawniczak, M, Lensing, S, Leonard, S, Letchford, L, Lewis, K, Lewis-Wade, A, Liddle, J, Lin, Q, Lindsay, S, Linsdell, S, Livett, R, Lo, S, Long, R, Lovell, J, Ludden, C, Mack, J, Maddison, M, Makunin, A, Mamun, I, Mansfield, J, Marriott, N, Martin, M, Mayho, M, McCarthy, S, McClintock, J, McGuigan, S, McHugh, S, McMinn, L, Meadows, C, Mobley, E, Moll, R, Morra, M, Morrow, L, Murie, K, Nash, S, Nathwani, C, Naydenova, P, Neaverson, A, Nelson, R, Nerou, E, Nicholson, J, Nimz, T, Noell, GG, O’Meara, S, Ohan, V, Oliver, K, Olney, C, Ormond, D, Oszlanczi, A, Palmer, S, Pang, YF, Pardubska, B, Park, N, Parmar, A, Patel, G, Patel, M, Payne, M, Peacock, S, Petersen, A, Plowman, D, Preston, T, Prestwood, L, Puethe, C, Quail, M, Rajan, D, Rajatileka, S, Rance, R, Rawlings, S, Redshaw, N, Reynolds, J, Reynolds, M, Rice, S, Richardson, M, Roberts, C, Robinson, K, Robinson, M, Robinson, D, Rogers, H, Rojo, EM, Roopra, D, Rose, M, Rudd, L, Sadri, R, Salmon, N, Saul, D, Scott, C, Seekings, P, Shirley, L, Simms, A, Sivadasan, S, Siwek, B, Sizer, D, Skeldon, K, Skelton, J, Slater-Tunstill, J, Sloper, L, Smerdon, N, Smith, C, Smith, J, Smith, K, Smith, M, Smith, S, Smith, T, Sneade, L, Soria, CD, Sousa, C, Souster, E, Sparkes, A, Spencer-Chapman, M, Squares, J, Stanley, R, Steed, C, Stickland, T, Still, I, Stratton, MR, Strickland, M, Swann, A, Swiatkowska, A, Sycamore, N, Swift, E, Symons, E, Szluha, S, Taluy, E, Tao, N, Taylor, K, Taylor, S, Thompson, S, Thompson, M, Thomson, M, Thomson, N, Thurston, S, Tonkin-Hill, G, Toombs, D, Topping, B, Tovar-Corona, J, Ungureanu, D, Uphill, J, Urbanova, J, Van Vuuren, PJ, Vancollie, V, Voak, P, Walker, D, Walker, M, Waller, M, Ward, G, Weatherhogg, C, Webb, N, Weldon, D, Wells, A, Wells, E, Westwood, L, Whipp, T, Whiteley, T, Whitton, G, Whitwham, A, Widaa, S, Williams, M, Wilson, M, Wright, S, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Martinez Nunez, RT, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, A, Snell, LB, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Lythgoe, K, Torok, ME, Goodfellow, IG, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, Moore, C, Thomson, EC, Harrison, EM, Smith, CP, Rogan, F, Beckwith, SM, Murray, A, Singleton, D, Eastick, K, Sheridan, LA, Randell, P, Jackson, LM, Fairley, DJ, Loose, MW, Watkins, J, Moses, S, Nicholls, S, Bull, M, Smith, DL, Aanensen, DM, Aggarwal, D, Shepherd, JG, Curran, MD, Parmar, S, Parker, MD, Williams, C, Glaysher, S, Underwood, AP, Bashton, M, Pacchiarini, N, Loveson, KF, Byott, M, Carabelli, AM, Templeton, KE, de Silva, TI, Wang, D, Langford, CF, Gunson, RN, Cottrell, S, O’Grady, J, Kwiatkowski, D, Lillie, PJ, Cortes, N, Moore, N, Thomas, C, Burns, PJ, Mahungu, TW, Liggett, S, Beckett, AH, Holden, MTG, Levett, LJ, Osman, H, Hassan-Ibrahim, MO, Simpson, DA, Chand, M, Gupta, RK, Darby, AC, Paterson, S, Pybus, OG, Volz, EM, de Angelis, D, Robertson, DL, Page, AJ, Bassett, AR, Wong, N, Taha, Y, Erkiert, MJ, Spencer Chapman, MH, Dewar, R, McHugh, MP, Mookerjee, S, Aplin, S, Harvey, M, Sass, T, Umpleby, H, Wheeler, H, McKenna, JP, Warne, B, Taylor, JF, Chaudhry, Y, Izuagbe, R, Jahun, AS, Young, GR, McMurray, C, McCann, CM, Nelson, A, Elliott, S, Lowe, H, Price, A, Crown, MR, Rey, S, Roy, S, Temperton, B, Shaaban, S, Hesketh, AR, Laing, KG, Monahan, IM, Heaney, J, Pelosi, E, Silviera, S, Wilson-Davies, E, Fryer, H, Adams, H, du Plessis, L, Johnson, R, Harvey, WT, Hughes, J, Orton, RJ, Spurgin, LG, Bourgeois, Y, Ruis, C, O’Toole, Á, Fraser, C, Edgeworth, J, Breuer, J, Michell, SL, Todd, JA, John, M, Buck, D, Gajee, K, Kay, GL, Peacock, SJ, Heyburn, D, Kitchman, K, McNally, A, Pritchard, DT, Dervisevic, S, Muir, P, Robinson, E, Vipond, BB, Ramadan, NA, Jeanes, C, Catalan, J, Jones, N, da Silva Filipe, A, Fuchs, M, Miskelly, J, Jeffries, AR, Park, NR, Ash, A, Koshy, C, Barrow, M, Buchan, SL, Mantzouratou, A, Clark, G, Holmes, CW, Campbell, S, Davis, T, Tan, NK, Brown, JR, Harris, KA, Kidd, SP, Grant, PR, Xu-McCrae, L, Cox, A, Madona, P, Pond, M, Randell, PA, Withell, KT, Graham, C, Denton-Smith, R, Swindells, E, Turnbull, R, Sloan, TJ, Bosworth, A, Hutchings, S, Pymont, HM, Casey, A, Ratcliffe, L, Jones, CR, Knight, BA, Haque, T, Hart, J, Irish-Tavares, D, Witele, E, Mower, C, Watson, LK, Collins, J, Eltringham, G, Crudgington, D, Macklin, B, Iturriza-Gomara, M, Lucaci, AO, McClure, PC, Carlile, M, Holmes, N, Storey, N, Rooke, S, Yebra, G, Craine, N, Perry, M, Alikhan, N-F, Bridgett, S, Cook, KF, Fearn, C, Goudarzi, S, Lyons, RA, Williams, T, Haldenby, ST, Davies, RM, Batra, R, Blane, B, Spyer, MJ, Smith, P, Yavus, M, Williams, RJ, Mahanama, AIK, Samaraweera, B, Girgis, ST, Hansford, SE, Green, A, Bellis, KL, Dorman, MJ, Quick, J, Poplawski, R, Reynolds, N, Mack, A, Morriss, A, Whalley, T, Patel, B, Georgana, I, Hosmillo, M, Pinckert, ML, Stockton, J, Henderson, JH, Hollis, A, Stanley, W, Yew, WC, Myers, R, Thornton, A, Adams, A, Annett, T, Asad, H, Birchley, A, Coombes, J, Evans, JM, Fina, L, Gatica-Wilcox, B, Gilbert, L, Graham, L, Hey, J, Hilvers, E, Jones, S, Jones, H, Kumziene-Summerhayes, S, McKerr, C, Powell, J, Pugh, G, Trotter, AJ, Williams, CA, Kermack, LM, Foulkes, BH, Gallis, M, Hornsby, HR, Louka, SF, Pohare, M, Wolverson, P, Zhang, P, MacIntyre-Cockett, G, Trebes, A, Moll, RJ, Ferguson, L, Goldstein, EJ, Maclean, A, Tomb, R, Starinskij, I, Thomson, L, Southgate, J, Kraemer, MUG, Raghwani, J, Zarebski, AE, Boyd, O, Geidelberg, L, Illingworth, CJ, Jackson, C, Pascall, D, Vattipally, S, Freeman, TM, Hsu, SN, Lindsey, BB, Tovar-Corona, JM, Cox, M, Abudahab, K, Menegazzo, M, Taylor, BEW, Yeats, CA, Mukaddas, A, Wright, DW, de Oliveira Martins, L, Colquhoun, R, Hill, V, Jackson, B, McCrone, JT, Medd, N, Scher, E, Keatley, J-P, Curran, T, Morgan, S, Maxwell, P, Eldirdiri, S, Kenyon, A, Holmes, AH, Price, JR, Wyatt, T, Mather, AE, Skvortsov, T, Hartley, JA, Guest, M, Kitchen, C, Merrick, I, Munn, R, Bertolusso, B, Lynch, J, Vernet, G, Kirk, S, Wastnedge, E, Idle, G, Bradley, DT, Poyner, J, Mori, M, Jones, O, Wright, V, Brooks, E, Churcher, CM, Fragakis, M, Galai, K, Jermy, A, Judges, S, McManus, GM, Smith, KS, Westwick, E, Attwood, SW, Bolt, F, Davies, A, De Lacy, E, Downing, F, Edwards, S, Meadows, L, Jeremiah, S, Smith, N, Charalampous, T, Patel, A, Berry, L, Boswell, T, Fleming, VM, Howson-Wells, HC, Joseph, A, Khakh, M, Lister, MM, Bird, PW, Fallon, K, Helmer, T, McMurray, CL, Odedra, M, Shaw, J, Tang, JW, Willford, NJ, Blakey, V, Raviprakash, V, Sheriff, N, Williams, L-A, Feltwell, T, Bedford, L, Cargill, JS, Hughes, W, Moore, J, Stonehouse, S, Atkinson, L, Lee, JCD, Shah, D, Alcolea, A, Ohemeng-Kumi, N, Ramble, J, Sehmi, J, Williams, R, Chatterton, W, Pusok, M, Everson, W, Castigador, A, Macnaughton, E, El Bouzidi, K, Lampejo, T, Sudhanva, M, Breen, C, Sluga, G, Ahmad, SSY, George, RP, Machin, NW, Binns, D, James, V, Blacow, R, Coupland, L, Smith, L, Barton, E, Padgett, D, Scott, G, Cross, A, Mirfenderesky, M, Greenaway, J, Cole, K, Clarke, P, Duckworth, N, Walsh, S, Bicknell, K, Impey, R, Wyllie, S, Hopes, R, Bishop, C, Chalker, V, Gifford, L, Molnar, Z, Auckland, C, Evans, C, Johnson, K, Partridge, DG, Raza, M, Baker, P, Bonner, S, Essex, S, Murray, LJ, Lawton, AI, Burton-Fanning, S, Payne, BAI, Waugh, S, Gomes, AN, Kimuli, M, Murray, DR, Ashfield, P, Dobie, D, Ashford, F, Best, A, Crawford, L, Cumley, N, Mayhew, M, Megram, O, Mirza, J, Moles-Garcia, E, Percival, B, Ensell, L, Lowe, HL, Maftei, L, Mondani, M, Chaloner, NJ, Cogger, BJ, Easton, LJ, Huckson, H, Lewis, J, Lowdon, S, Malone, CS, Munemo, F, Mutingwende, M, Nicodemi, R, Podplomyk, O, Somassa, T, Beggs, A, Richter, A, Cormie, C, Dias, J, Forrest, S, Higginson, EE, Maes, M, Young, J, Davidson, RK, Jackson, KA, Turtle, L, Keeley, AJ, Ball, J, Byaruhanga, T, Chappell, JG, Dey, J, Hill, JD, Park, EJ, Fanaie, A, Hilson, RA, Yaze, G, Afifi, S, Beer, R, Maksimovic, J, Masters, KM, Spellman, K, Bresner, C, Fuller, W, Marchbank, A, Workman, T, Shelest, E, Debebe, J, Sang, F, Zamudio, ME, Francois, S, Gutierrez, B, Vasylyeva, TI, Flaviani, F, Ragonnet-Cronin, M, Smollett, KL, Broos, A, Mair, D, Nichols, J, Nomikou, K, Tong, L, Tsatsani, I, O’Brien, S, Rushton, S, Sanderson, R, Perkins, J, Cotton, S, Gallagher, A, Allara, E, Pearson, C, Bibby, D, Dabrera, G, Ellaby, N, Gallagher, E, Hubb, J, Lackenby, A, Lee, D, Manesis, N, Mbisa, T, Platt, S, Twohig, KA, Morgan, M, Aydin, A, Baker, DJ, Foster-Nyarko, E, Prosolek, SJ, Rudder, S, Baxter, C, Carvalho, SF, Lavin, D, Mariappan, A, Radulescu, C, Singh, A, Tang, M, Morcrette, H, Bayzid, N, Cotic, M, Balcazar, CE, Gallagher, MD, Maloney, D, Stanton, TD, Williamson, KA, Manley, R, Michelsen, ML, Sambles, CM, Studholme, DJ, Warwick-Dugdale, J, Eccles, R, Gemmell, M, Gregory, R, Hughes, M, Nelson, C, Rainbow, L, Vamos, EE, Webster, HJ, Whitehead, M, Wierzbicki, C, Angyal, A, Green, LR, Whiteley, M, Bronner, IF, Farr, BW, Lensing, SV, McCarthy, SA, Quail, MA, Redshaw, NM, Thurston, SAJ, Rowe, W, Gaskin, A, Le-Viet, T, Birney, E, Volz, E, Funk, S, Martincorena, I, Barrett, JC, and Gerstung, M
Abstract: The evolution of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus leads to new variants that warrant timely epidemiological characterization. Here we use the dense genomic surveillance data generated by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium to reconstruct the dynamics of 71 different lineages in each of 315 English local authorities between September 2020 and June 2021. This analysis reveals a series of subepidemics that peaked in early autumn 2020, followed by a jump in transmissibility of the B.1.1.7/Alpha lineage. The Alpha variant grew when other lineages declined during the second national lockdown and regionally tiered restrictions between November and December 2020. A third more stringent national lockdown suppressed the Alpha variant and eliminated nearly all other lineages in early 2021. Yet a series of variants (most of which contained the spike E484K mutation) defied these trends and persisted at moderately increasing proportions. However, by accounting for sustained introductions, we found that the transmissibility of these variants is unlikely to have exceeded the transmissibility of the Alpha variant. Finally, B.1.617.2/Delta was repeatedly introduced in England and grew rapidly in early summer 2021, constituting approximately 98% of sampled SARS-CoV-2 genomes on 26 June 2021.
Published: 2021

3. The genome sequence of the European golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758.

Author: Mead, D, Ogden, R, Meredith, A, Peniche, G, Smith, M, Corton, C, Oliver, K, Skelton, J, Betteridge, E, Doulcan, J, Holmes, N, Wright, V, Loose, M, Quail, MA, McCarthy, SA, Howe, K, Chow, W, Torrance, J, Collins, J, Challis, R, Durbin, R, Blaxter, M, Mead, D, Ogden, R, Meredith, A, Peniche, G, Smith, M, Corton, C, Oliver, K, Skelton, J, Betteridge, E, Doulcan, J, Holmes, N, Wright, V, Loose, M, Quail, MA, McCarthy, SA, Howe, K, Chow, W, Torrance, J, Collins, J, Challis, R, Durbin, R, and Blaxter, M
Abstract: We present a genome assembly from an individual female Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos (the European golden eagle; Chordata; Aves; Accipitridae). The genome sequence is 1.23 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 28 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes.
Published: 2021

4. The genome sequence of the eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788

Author: Mead, D, Fingland, K, Cripps, R, PORTELA MIGUEZ, ROBERTO, Smith, M, Corton, C, Oliver, K, Skelton, J, Betteridge, E, Doulcan, J, Quail, MA, McCarthy, SA, Howe, K, Sims, Y, Torrance, J, Tracey, A, Challis, R, Durbin, R, Blaxter, M, Mead, D, Fingland, K, Cripps, R, PORTELA MIGUEZ, ROBERTO, Smith, M, Corton, C, Oliver, K, Skelton, J, Betteridge, E, Doulcan, J, Quail, MA, McCarthy, SA, Howe, K, Sims, Y, Torrance, J, Tracey, A, Challis, R, Durbin, R, and Blaxter, M
Abstract: We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sciurus carolinensis (the eastern grey squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.82 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly (92.3%) is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal-level scaffolds, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.
Published: 2020

5. Low-frequency variation in TP53 has large effects on head circumference and intracranial volume

Author: Haworth, S, Shapland, CY, Hayward, C, Prins, BP, Felix, JF, Medina-Gomez, C, Rivadeneira, F, Wang, C, Ahluwalia, TS, Vrijheid, M, Guxens, M, Sunyer, J, Tachmazidou, I, Walter, K, Iotchkova, V, Jackson, A, Cleal, L, Huffmann, J, Min, JL, Sass, L, Timmers, PRHJ, Al Turki, S, Anderson, CA, Anney, R, Antony, D, Artigas, MS, Ayub, M, Bala, S, Barrett, JC, Barroso, I, Beales, P, Bentham, J, Bhattacharya, S, Birney, E, Blackwood, D, Bobrow, M, Bochukova, E, Bolton, PF, Bounds, R, Boustred, C, Breen, G, Calissano, M, Carss, K, Charlton, R, Chatterjee, K, Chen, L, Ciampi, A, Cirak, S, Clapham, P, Clement, G, Coates, G, Cocca, M, Collier, DA, Cosgrove, C, Cox, T, Craddock, N, Crooks, L, Curran, S, Curtis, D, Daly, A, Danecek, P, Day, INM, Day-Williams, A, Dominiczak, A, Down, T, Du, Y, Dunham, I, Durbin, R, Edkins, S, Ekong, R, Ellis, P, Evans, DM, Farooqi, IS, Fitzpatrick, DR, Flicek, P, Floyd, J, Foley, AR, Franklin, CS, Futema, M, Gallagher, L, Gaunt, TR, Geihs, M, Geschwind, D, Greenwood, CMT, Griffin, H, Grozeva, D, Guo, X, Gurling, H, Hart, D, Hendricks, AE, Holmans, P, Howie, B, Huang, J, Huang, L, Hubbard, T, Humphries, SE, Hurles, ME, Hysi, P, Jackson, DK, Jamshidi, Y, Joyce, C, Karczewski, KJ, Kaye, J, Keane, T, Kemp, JP, Kennedy, K, Kent, A, Keogh, J, Khawaja, F, van Kogelenberg, M, Kolb-Kokocinski, A, Lachance, G, Langford, C, Lawson, D, Lee, I, Lek, M, Li, R, Li, Y, Liang, J, Lin, H, Liu, R, Lonnqvist, J, Lopes, LR, Lopes, M, MacArthur, DG, Mangino, M, Marchini, J, Marenne, G, Maslen, J, Mathieson, I, McCarthy, S, McGuffin, P, McIntosh, AM, McKechanie, AG, McQuillin, A, Memari, Y, Metrustry, S, Migone, N, Mitchison, HM, Moayyeri, A, Morris, A, Morris, J, Muddyman, D, Muntoni, F, Northstone, K, O'Donovan, MC, O'Rahilly, S, Onoufriadis, A, Oualkacha, K, Owen, MJ, Palotie, A, Panoutsopoulou, K, Parker, V, Parr, JR, Paternoster, L, Paunio, T, Payne, F, Payne, SJ, Perry, JRB, Pietilainen, O, Plagnol, V, Pollitt, RC, Porteous, DJ, Povey, S, Quail, MA, Quaye, L, Raymond, FL, Rehnstrom, K, Richards, JB, Ridout, CK, Ring, S, Ritchie, GRS, Roberts, N, Robinson, RL, Savage, DB, Scambler, P, Schiffels, S, Schmidts, M, Schoenmakers, N, Scott, RH, Semple, RK, Serra, E, Sharp, SI, Shaw, A, Shihab, HA, Shin, S-Y, Skuse, D, Small, KS, Smee, C, Smith, BH, Soranzo, N, Southam, L, Spasic-Boskovic, O, Spector, TD, St Clair, D, Stalker, J, Stevens, E, Sun, J, Surdulescu, G, Suvisaari, J, Syrris, P, Taylor, R, Tian, J, Tobin, MD, Valdes, AM, Vandersteen, AM, Vijayarangakannan, P, Visscher, PM, Wain, LV, Walters, JTR, Wang, G, Wang, J, Wang, Y, Ward, K, Wheeler, E, Whyte, T, Williams, HJ, Williamson, KA, Wilson, C, Wilson, SG, Wong, K, Xu, C, Yang, J, Zhang, F, Zhang, P, Zheng, H-F, Smith, GD, Fisher, SE, Wilson, JF, Cole, TJ, Fernandez-Orth, D, Bonnelykke, K, Bisgaard, H, Pennell, CE, Jaddoe, VWV, Dedoussis, G, Timpson, N, Zeggini, E, Vitart, V, St Pourcain, B, UK10K Consortium, Epidemiology, Erasmus MC other, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology
Abstract: Cranial growth and development is a complex process which affects the closely related traits of head circumference (HC) and intracranial volume (ICV). The underlying genetic influences shaping these traits during the transition from childhood to adulthood are little understood, but might include both age-specific genetic factors and low-frequency genetic variation. Here, we model the developmental genetic architecture of HC, showing this is genetically stable and correlated with genetic determinants of ICV. Investigating up to 46,000 children and adults of European descent, we identify association with final HC and/or final ICV + HC at 9 novel common and low-frequency loci, illustrating that genetic variation from a wide allele frequency spectrum contributes to cranial growth. The largest effects are reported for low-frequency variants within TP53, with 0.5 cm wider heads in increaser-allele carriers versus non-carriers during mid-childhood, suggesting a previously unrecognized role of TP53 transcripts in human cranial development.
Published: 2019

6. Low-frequency variation in TP53 has large effects on head circumference and intracranial volume

Author: Haworth, S., Shapland, C.Y., Hayward, C. (Caroline), Prins, B.P. (Bram), Felix, J.F. (Janine), Medina-Gomez, M.C. (Carolina), Rivadeneira Ramirez, F. (Fernando), Wang, C., Ahluwalia, TS, Vrijheid, M. (Martine), Guxens Junyent, M. (Mònica), Sunyer, J. (Jordi), Tachmazidou, I, Walter, K., Iotchkova, V, Jackson, A.U. (Anne), Cleal, L., Huffmann, J., Min, J. (Josine), Sass, L., Timmers, P, Al Turki, S., Anderson, CA, Anney, R. (Richard), Antony, D, Soler Artigas, M. (Maria), Ayub, M, Bala, S, Barrett, JC, Barroso, I.E. (Inês), Beales, P., Bentham, J, Bhattacharya, S. (Shoumo), Birney, E. (Ewan), Blackwood, D, Bobrow, M, Bochukova, E, Bolton, PF, Bounds, R, Boustred, C, Breen, G. (Gerome), Calissano, M, Carss, K, Charlton, R, Chatterjee, K. (Krishna), Chen, L. (Leslie), Ciampi, A. (Antonio), Cirak, S, Clapham, P, Clement, G, Coates, G, Cocca, M, Collier, D.A. (David), Cosgrove, C, Cox, T. (Tessa), Craddock, N.J. (Nick), Crooks, L, Curran, S, Curtis, D. (David), Daly, A, Danecek, P, Day, I.N.M. (Ian), Day-Williams, A, Dominiczak, A. (Anna), Down, T, Li, Y. (Yingrui), Dunham, D.M. (David), Durbin, R, Edkins, T. (Ted), Ekong, R. (Rosemary), Ellis, P. (Paul), Evans, D.M. (David), Farooqi, I.S. (Sadaf), Fitzpatrick, D.R. (David), Flicek, P, Floyd, J. (Jamie), Foley, AR, Franklin, C.S. (Christopher), Futema, M, Gallagher, L. (Louise), Gaunt, T.R. (Tom), Geihs, M, Geschwind, D., Greenwood, J.P. (John), Griffin, H, Grozeva, D. (Detelina), Guo, X.S., Guo, X. (Xiuqing), Gurling, H. (Hugh), Hart, D.J. (Deborah), Hendricks, AE, Holmans, P.A. (Peter), Howie, B, Huang, J. (Jian), Huang, L.R., Hubbard, T., Humphries, S.E. (Steve), Hurles, M.E. (Matthew), Hysi, P.G. (Pirro), Jackson, DK, Jamshidi, Y. (Yalda), Joyce, C, Karczewski, KJ, Kaye, J. (Jane), Keane, T, Kemp, J.P., Kennedy, K. (Karen), Kent, A. (Alistair), Keogh, J, Khawaja, F, van Kogelenberg, M., Kolb-Kokocinski, A, Lachance, G, Langford, C. (Cordelia), Lawson, D, Lee, I. van der, Lek, M, Li, R. (Rui), Li, Y.R. (Yun), Liang, J.Q., Lin, H., Liu, R, Lonnqvist, J, Lopes, LR, Lopes, M., MacArthur, DG, Mangino, M. (Massimo), Marchini, J. (Jonathan), Marenne, G., Maslen, J., Mathieson, I. (Iain), McCarthy, S. (Sean), Mcguffin, P. (Peter), Mcintosh, A.M. (Andrew), McKechanie, AG, McQuillin, A. (Andrew), Memari, Y, Metrustry, S. (Sarah), Migone, N, Mitchison, H.M. (Hannah), Moayyeri, A. (Alireza), Morris, A.D. (Andrew), Morris, J, Muddyman, D, Muntoni, F., Northstone, K. (Kate), O'Donovan, M. (Michael), O'Rahilly, S. (Stephen), Onoufriadis, A, Oualkacha, K., Owen, M.J., Palotie, A. (Aarno), Panoutsopoulou, K, Parker, V., Parr, D., Paternoster, L. (Lavinia), Paunio, T, Payne, F. (Felicity), Payne, SJ, Perry, J.B. (John), Pietiläinen, O.P.H. (Olli), Plagnol, V, Pollitt, RC, Porteous, D.J. (David J.), Povey, S. (Sue), Quail, MA, Quaye, L. (Lydia), Raymond, FL, Rehnström, K. (Karola), Richards, J.B. (Brent), Ridout, CK, Ring, S.M. (Susan), Ritchie, GRS, Roberts, N. (Nicola), Robinson, RL, Savage, D.B. (David), Scambler, P., Schiffels, S, Schmidts, M, Schoenmakers, N. (Nadia), Scott, RH, Semple, R.K. (Robert), Serra, E, Sharp, S.I., Shaw, A. (Alison), Shihab, HA, Shin, S.-Y., Skuse, D, Small, K.S. (Kerrin), Smee, C, Smith, B.H. (Blair), Soranzo, N. (Nicole), Southam, L. (Lorraine), Spasic-Boskovic, O, Spector, T.D. (Timothy), St. Clair, D. (David), Stalker, J, Stevens, E, Sun, J.P., Surdulescu, G, Suvisaari, J. (Jaana), Syrris, P, R. Taylor (Rohan), Tian, J., Tobin, M.D. (Martin), Valdes, A.M. (Ana Maria), Vandersteen, AM, Vijayarangakannan, P, Visscher, P.M. (Peter), Wain, L.V. (Louise), Walters, JTR, Wang, G. B., Wang, J. (Jinxia), Wang, Y. (Ying), Ward, K, Wheeler, E. (Eleanor), Whyte, T, Williams, HJ, Williamson, K.A., Wilson, C, Wilson, S.G. (Scott), Wong, K. (Kenny), Xu, CJ, Yang, J. (Jian), Zhang, F. (Feng), Zhang, P.B., Zheng, H.-F. (Hou-Feng), Smith, A.V. (Davey), Fisher, SE, Wilson, J.F. (James F), Cole, T.J. (T.), Fernandez-Orth, D., Bønnelykke, K. (Klaus), Bisgaard, H. (Hans), Pennell, C.E. (Craig), Jaddoe, V.W.V. (Vincent), Dedoussis, G, Timpson, N.J. (Nicholas), Zeggini, E. (Eleftheria), Vitart, V. (Veronique), Pourcain, B.S. (Beate), Haworth, S., Shapland, C.Y., Hayward, C. (Caroline), Prins, B.P. (Bram), Felix, J.F. (Janine), Medina-Gomez, M.C. (Carolina), Rivadeneira Ramirez, F. (Fernando), Wang, C., Ahluwalia, TS, Vrijheid, M. (Martine), Guxens Junyent, M. (Mònica), Sunyer, J. (Jordi), Tachmazidou, I, Walter, K., Iotchkova, V, Jackson, A.U. (Anne), Cleal, L., Huffmann, J., Min, J. (Josine), Sass, L., Timmers, P, Al Turki, S., Anderson, CA, Anney, R. (Richard), Antony, D, Soler Artigas, M. (Maria), Ayub, M, Bala, S, Barrett, JC, Barroso, I.E. (Inês), Beales, P., Bentham, J, Bhattacharya, S. (Shoumo), Birney, E. (Ewan), Blackwood, D, Bobrow, M, Bochukova, E, Bolton, PF, Bounds, R, Boustred, C, Breen, G. (Gerome), Calissano, M, Carss, K, Charlton, R, Chatterjee, K. (Krishna), Chen, L. (Leslie), Ciampi, A. (Antonio), Cirak, S, Clapham, P, Clement, G, Coates, G, Cocca, M, Collier, D.A. (David), Cosgrove, C, Cox, T. (Tessa), Craddock, N.J. (Nick), Crooks, L, Curran, S, Curtis, D. (David), Daly, A, Danecek, P, Day, I.N.M. (Ian), Day-Williams, A, Dominiczak, A. (Anna), Down, T, Li, Y. (Yingrui), Dunham, D.M. (David), Durbin, R, Edkins, T. (Ted), Ekong, R. (Rosemary), Ellis, P. (Paul), Evans, D.M. (David), Farooqi, I.S. (Sadaf), Fitzpatrick, D.R. (David), Flicek, P, Floyd, J. (Jamie), Foley, AR, Franklin, C.S. (Christopher), Futema, M, Gallagher, L. (Louise), Gaunt, T.R. (Tom), Geihs, M, Geschwind, D., Greenwood, J.P. (John), Griffin, H, Grozeva, D. (Detelina), Guo, X.S., Guo, X. (Xiuqing), Gurling, H. (Hugh), Hart, D.J. (Deborah), Hendricks, AE, Holmans, P.A. (Peter), Howie, B, Huang, J. (Jian), Huang, L.R., Hubbard, T., Humphries, S.E. (Steve), Hurles, M.E. (Matthew), Hysi, P.G. (Pirro), Jackson, DK, Jamshidi, Y. (Yalda), Joyce, C, Karczewski, KJ, Kaye, J. (Jane), Keane, T, Kemp, J.P., Kennedy, K. (Karen), Kent, A. (Alistair), Keogh, J, Khawaja, F, van Kogelenberg, M., Kolb-Kokocinski, A, Lachance, G, Langford, C. (Cordelia), Lawson, D, Lee, I. van der, Lek, M, Li, R. (Rui), Li, Y.R. (Yun), Liang, J.Q., Lin, H., Liu, R, Lonnqvist, J, Lopes, LR, Lopes, M., MacArthur, DG, Mangino, M. (Massimo), Marchini, J. (Jonathan), Marenne, G., Maslen, J., Mathieson, I. (Iain), McCarthy, S. (Sean), Mcguffin, P. (Peter), Mcintosh, A.M. (Andrew), McKechanie, AG, McQuillin, A. (Andrew), Memari, Y, Metrustry, S. (Sarah), Migone, N, Mitchison, H.M. (Hannah), Moayyeri, A. (Alireza), Morris, A.D. (Andrew), Morris, J, Muddyman, D, Muntoni, F., Northstone, K. (Kate), O'Donovan, M. (Michael), O'Rahilly, S. (Stephen), Onoufriadis, A, Oualkacha, K., Owen, M.J., Palotie, A. (Aarno), Panoutsopoulou, K, Parker, V., Parr, D., Paternoster, L. (Lavinia), Paunio, T, Payne, F. (Felicity), Payne, SJ, Perry, J.B. (John), Pietiläinen, O.P.H. (Olli), Plagnol, V, Pollitt, RC, Porteous, D.J. (David J.), Povey, S. (Sue), Quail, MA, Quaye, L. (Lydia), Raymond, FL, Rehnström, K. (Karola), Richards, J.B. (Brent), Ridout, CK, Ring, S.M. (Susan), Ritchie, GRS, Roberts, N. (Nicola), Robinson, RL, Savage, D.B. (David), Scambler, P., Schiffels, S, Schmidts, M, Schoenmakers, N. (Nadia), Scott, RH, Semple, R.K. (Robert), Serra, E, Sharp, S.I., Shaw, A. (Alison), Shihab, HA, Shin, S.-Y., Skuse, D, Small, K.S. (Kerrin), Smee, C, Smith, B.H. (Blair), Soranzo, N. (Nicole), Southam, L. (Lorraine), Spasic-Boskovic, O, Spector, T.D. (Timothy), St. Clair, D. (David), Stalker, J, Stevens, E, Sun, J.P., Surdulescu, G, Suvisaari, J. (Jaana), Syrris, P, R. Taylor (Rohan), Tian, J., Tobin, M.D. (Martin), Valdes, A.M. (Ana Maria), Vandersteen, AM, Vijayarangakannan, P, Visscher, P.M. (Peter), Wain, L.V. (Louise), Walters, JTR, Wang, G. B., Wang, J. (Jinxia), Wang, Y. (Ying), Ward, K, Wheeler, E. (Eleanor), Whyte, T, Williams, HJ, Williamson, K.A., Wilson, C, Wilson, S.G. (Scott), Wong, K. (Kenny), Xu, CJ, Yang, J. (Jian), Zhang, F. (Feng), Zhang, P.B., Zheng, H.-F. (Hou-Feng), Smith, A.V. (Davey), Fisher, SE, Wilson, J.F. (James F), Cole, T.J. (T.), Fernandez-Orth, D., Bønnelykke, K. (Klaus), Bisgaard, H. (Hans), Pennell, C.E. (Craig), Jaddoe, V.W.V. (Vincent), Dedoussis, G, Timpson, N.J. (Nicholas), Zeggini, E. (Eleftheria), Vitart, V. (Veronique), and Pourcain, B.S. (Beate)
Abstract: Cranial growth and development is a complex process which affects the closely related traits of head circumference (HC) and intracranial volume (ICV). The underlying genetic influences shaping these traits during the transition from childhood to adulthood are little understood, but might include both age-specific genetic factors and low-frequency genetic variation. Here, we model the developmental genetic architecture of HC, showing this is genetically stable and correlated with genetic determinants of ICV. Investigating up to 46,000 children and adults of European descent, we identify association with final HC and/or final ICV + HC at 9 novel common and low-frequency loci, illustrating that genetic variation from a wide allele frequency spectrum contributes to cranial growth. The largest effects are reported for lowfrequency variants within TP53, with 0.5 cm wider heads in increaser-allele carriers versus non-carrie
Published: 2019
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7. A method to implement the reservoir-wave hypothesis using phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Author: Gray, RDM, Parker, KH, Quail, MA, Taylor, AM, and Biglino, G
Subjects: Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology, Implementation of the reservoir-wave hypothesis using phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging, Magnetic resonance imaging, Hemodynamics, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Ventriculo-arterial coupling, Windkessel, Wave intensity analysis, Reservoir
Abstract: The reservoir-wave hypothesis states that the blood pressure waveform can be usefully divided into a “reservoir pressure” related to the global compliance and resistance of the arterial system, and an “excess pressure” that depends on local conditions. The formulation of the reservoir-wave hypothesis applied to the area waveform is shown, and the analysis is applied to area and velocity data from high-resolution phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. A validation study shows the success of the principle, with the method producing largely robust and physically reasonable parameters, and the linear relationship between flow and wave pressure seen in the traditional pressure formulation is retained. The method was successfully tested on a cohort of 20 subjects (age range: 20–74 years; 17 males). This paper: • Demonstrates the feasibility of deriving reservoir data non-invasively from CMR. • Includes a validation cohort (CMR data). • Suggests clinical applications of the method.
Published: 2016
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8. Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing

Author: Manske, M, Miotto, O, Campino, S, Auburn, S, Almagro-Garcia, J, Maslen, G, O'Brien, J, Djimde, A, Doumbo, O, Zongo, I, Ouedraogo, JB, Michon, P, Mueller, I, Siba, P, Nzila, A, Borrmann, S, Kiara, SM, Marsh, K, Jiang, H, Su, XZ, Amaratunga, C, Fairhurst, R, Socheat, D, Nosten, F, Imwong, M, White, NJ, Sanders, M, Anastasi, E, Alcock, D, Drury, E, Oyola, S, Quail, MA, Turner, DJ, Ruano-Rubio, V, Jyothi, D, Amenga-Etego, L, Hubbart, C, Jeffreys, A, Rowlands, K, Sutherland, C, Roper, C, Mangano, V, Modiano, D, Tan, JC, Ferdig, MT, Amambua-Ngwa, A, Conway, DJ, Takala-Harrison, S, Plowe, CV, Rayner, JC, Rockett, KA, Clark, TG, Newbold, CI, Berriman, M, MacInnis, B, and Kwiatkowski, DP
Subjects: Genotype, 030231 tropical medicine, Population, Plasmodium falciparum, Genomics, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Deep sequencing, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, parasitic diseases, Humans, Genetic variability, Malaria, Falciparum, education, Genotyping, Alleles, Phylogeny, 030304 developmental biology, Genetics, Whole genome sequencing, 0303 health sciences, Genetic diversity, education.field_of_study, Principal Component Analysis, Multidisciplinary, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Biodiversity, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, Genome, Protozoan
Abstract: methods for the large-scale analysis of genetic variation in Plasmodium falciparum by deep sequencing of parasite DNA obtained from the blood of patients with malaria, either directly or after short-term culture. Analysis of 86,158 exonic single nucleotide polymorphisms that passed genotyping quality control in 227 samples from Africa, Asia and Oceania provides genomewide estimates of allele frequency distribution, population structure and linkage disequilibrium. By comparing the genetic diversity of individual infections with that of the local parasite population, we derive a metric of within-host diversity that is related to the level of inbreeding in the population. An open-access web application has been established for the exploration of regional differences in allele frequency and of highly differentiated loci in the P. falciparum genome. The genetic diversity and evolutionary plasticity of P. falciparum are major obstacles for malaria elimination. New forms of resistance against antimalarial drugs are continually emerging 1,2 , and new forms of antigenic variation are a critical point of vulnerability for future malaria vaccines. Effective tools are needed to detect evolutionary changes in the parasite population and to monitor the spread of genetic variants that affect malaria control. Here we describe the use of deep sequencing to analyse P. falciparum diversity, using blood samples from patients with malaria. The P. falciparum genome has several unusual features that greatly complicate sequence analysis, such as extreme AT bias, large tracts of nonunique sequence and several large families of intensely polymorphic genes 3 . Our aim was therefore not to determine the entire genome sequence of individual field samples—which would be prohibitively expensive with current technologies—but to define an initial set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) distributed across the P. falciparum genome, whose genotype can be ascertained with confidence in parasitized blood samples by deep sequencing. An additional complication in the analysis of P. falciparum genome variation is that the billions of haploid parasites that infect a single individual can be a complex mixture of genetic types. Previous studies 4–8 have largely focused on laboratory-adapted parasite clones, but the within-host diversity of natural infections is of fundamental biological interest. Parasites in the blood replicate asexually, but when they are taken up in the blood meal of an Anopheles mosquito they undergo sexual mating. If the parasites in the blood are of diverse genetic types, this process of sexual mating can generate novel recombinant forms. Deep sequencing provides new ways of investigating within-host diversity and the role of sexual recombination in parasite evolution.
Published: 2016

9. Zero tolerance for healthcare-associated MRSA bacteraemia: is it realistic?

Author: Török, ME, Harris, SR, Cartwright, EJ, Raven, KE, Brown, NM, Allison, ME, Greaves, D, Quail, MA, Limmathurotsakul, D, Holden, MT, Parkhill, J, and Peacock, SJ
Subjects: biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition, bacterial infections and mycoses
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The term 'zero tolerance' has recently been applied to healthcare-associated infections, implying that such events are always preventable. This may not be the case for healthcare-associated infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia. METHODS: We combined information from an epidemiological investigation and bacterial whole-genome sequencing to evaluate a cluster of five MRSA bacteraemia episodes in four patients in a specialist hepatology unit. RESULTS: The five MRSA bacteraemia isolates were highly related by multilocus sequence type (ST) (four isolates were ST22 and one isolate was a single-locus variant, ST2046). Whole-genome sequencing demonstrated unequivocally that the bacteraemia cases were unrelated. Placing the MRSA bacteraemia isolates within a local and global phylogenetic tree of MRSA ST22 genomes demonstrated that the five bacteraemia isolates were highly diverse. This was consistent with the acquisition and importation of MRSA from the wider referral network. Analysis of MRSA carriage and disease in patients within the hepatology service demonstrated a higher risk of both initial MRSA acquisition compared with the nephrology service and a higher risk of progression from MRSA carriage to bacteraemia, compared with patients in nephrology or geriatric services. A root cause analysis failed to reveal any mechanism by which three of five MRSA bacteraemia episodes could have been prevented. CONCLUSIONS: This study illustrates the complex nature of MRSA carriage and bacteraemia in patients in a specialized hepatology unit. Despite numerous ongoing interventions to prevent MRSA bacteraemia in healthcare settings, these are unlikely to result in a zero incidence in referral centres that treat highly complex patients.
Published: 2016

10. Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

Author: Huang, J, Howie, B, Mccarthy, S, Memari, Y, Walter, K, Min, Jl, Danecek, P, Malerba, Giovanni, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Zheng, Hf, Gambaro, G, Richards, Jb, Durbin, R, Timpson, Nj, Marchini, J, Soranzo, N, Al Turki, S, Amuzu, A, Anderson, Ca, Anney, R, Antony, D, Artigas, Ms, Ayub, M, Bala, S, Barrett, Jc, Barroso, I, Beales, P, Benn, M, Bentham, J, Bhattacharya, S, Birney, E, Blackwood, D, Bobrow, M, Bochukova, E, Bolton, Pf, Bounds, R, Boustred, C, Breen, G, Calissano, M, Carss, K, Casas, Jp, Chambers, Jc, Charlton, R, Chatterjee, K, Chen, L, Ciampi, A, Cirak, S, Clapham, P, Clement, G, Coates, G, Cocca, M, Collier, Da, Cosgrove, C, Cox, T, Craddock, N, Crooks, L, Curran, S, Curtis, D, Daly, A, Day, In, Day Williams, A, Dedoussis, G, Down, T, Du, Y, van Duijn, Cm, Dunham, I, Edkins, S, Ekong, R, Ellis, P, Evans, Dm, Farooqi, Is, Fitzpatrick, Dr, Flicek, P, Floyd, J, Foley, Ar, Franklin, Cs, Futema, M, Gallagher, L, Gasparini, P, Gaunt, Tr, Geihs, M, Geschwind, D, Greenwood, C, Griffin, H, Grozeva, D, Guo, X, Gurling, H, Hart, D, Hendricks, Ae, Holmans, P, Huang, L, Hubbard, T, Humphries, Se, Hurles, Me, Hysi, P, Iotchkova, V, Isaacs, A, Jackson, Dk, Jamshidi, Y, Johnson, J, Joyce, C, Karczewski, Kj, Kaye, J, Keane, T, Kemp, Jp, Kennedy, K, Kent, A, Keogh, J, Khawaja, F, Kleber, Me, van Kogelenberg, M, Kolb Kokocinski, A, Kooner, Js, Lachance, G, Langenberg, C, Langford, C, Lawson, D, Lee, I, van Leeuwen, Em, Lek, M, Li, R, Li, Y, Liang, J, Lin, H, Liu, R, Lönnqvist, J, Lopes, Lr, Lopes, M, Luan, J, Macarthur, Dg, Mangino, M, Marenne, G, März, W, Maslen, J, Matchan, A, Mathieson, I, Mcguffin, P, Mcintosh, Am, Mckechanie, Ag, Mcquillin, A, Metrustry, S, Migone, N, Mitchison, Hm, Moayyeri, A, Morris, J, Morris, R, Muddyman, D, Muntoni, F, Nordestgaard, Bg, Northstone, K, O'Donovan, Mc, O'Rahilly, S, Onoufriadis, A, Oualkacha, K, Owen, Mj, Palotie, A, Panoutsopoulou, K, Parker, V, Parr, Jr, Paternoster, L, Paunio, T, Payne, F, Payne, Sj, Perry, Jr, Pietilainen, O, Plagnol, V, Pollitt, Rc, Povey, S, Quail, Ma, Quaye, L, Raymond, L, Rehnström, K, Ridout, Ck, Ring, S, Ritchie, Gr, Roberts, N, Robinson, Rl, Savage, Db, Scambler, P, Schiffels, S, Schmidts, M, Schoenmakers, N, Scott, Rh, Scott, Ra, Semple, Rk, Serra, E, Sharp, Si, Shaw, A, Shihab, Ha, Shin, Sy, Skuse, D, Small, Ks, Smee, C, Smith, Gd, Southam, L, Spasic Boskovic, O, Spector, Td, St Clair, D, St Pourcain, B, Stalker, J, Stevens, E, Sun, J, Surdulescu, G, Suvisaari, J, Syrris, P, Tachmazidou, I, Taylor, R, Tian, J, Tobin, Md, Toniolo, D, Traglia, M, Tybjaerg Hansen, A, Valdes, Am, Vandersteen, Am, Varbo, A, Vijayarangakannan, P, Visscher, Pm, Wain, Lv, Walters, Jt, Wang, G, Wang, J, Wang, Y, Ward, K, Wheeler, E, Whincup, P, Whyte, T, Williams, Hj, Williamson, Ka, Wilson, C, Wilson, Sg, Wong, K, Xu, C, Yang, J, Zaza, Gianluigi, Zeggini, E, Zhang, F, Zhang, P, Zhang, W., Clinicum, Department of Psychiatry, Jie, Huang, Bryan, Howie, Shane, Mccarthy, Yasin, Memari, Klaudia, Walter, Josine L., Min, Petr, Danecek, Giovanni, Malerba, Elisabetta, Trabetti, Hou Feng, Zheng, Saeed Al, Turki, Antoinette, Amuzu, Carl A., Anderson, Richard, Anney, Dinu, Antony, María Soler, Artiga, Muhammad, Ayub, Senduran, Bala, Jeffrey C., Barrett, Inês, Barroso, Phil, Beale, Marianne, Benn, Jamie, Bentham, Shoumo, Bhattacharya, Ewan, Birney, Douglas, Blackwood, Martin, Bobrow, Elena, Bochukova, Patrick F., Bolton, Rebecca, Bound, Chris, Boustred, Gerome, Breen, Mattia, Calissano, Keren, Car, Juan Pablo, Casa, John C., Chamber, Ruth, Charlton, Krishna, Chatterjee, Lu, Chen, Antonio, Ciampi, Sebahattin, Cirak, Peter, Clapham, Gail, Clement, Guy, Coate, Cocca, Massimiliano, David A., Collier, Catherine, Cosgrove, Tony, Cox, Nick, Craddock, Lucy, Crook, Sarah, Curran, David, Curti, Allan, Daly, Ian N. M., Day, Aaron Day, William, George, Dedoussi, Thomas, Down, Yuanping, Du, Cornelia M., van Duijn, Ian, Dunham, Sarah, Edkin, Rosemary, Ekong, Peter, Elli, David M., Evan, I., Sadaf Farooqi, David R., Fitzpatrick, Paul, Flicek, James, Floyd, A., Reghan Foley, Christopher S., Franklin, Marta, Futema, Louise, Gallagher, Gasparini, Paolo, Tom R., Gaunt, Matthias, Geih, Daniel, Geschwind, Celia, Greenwood, Heather, Griffin, Detelina, Grozeva, Xiaosen, Guo, Xueqin, Guo, Hugh, Gurling, Deborah, Hart, Audrey E., Hendrick, Peter, Holman, Liren, Huang, Tim, Hubbard, Steve E., Humphrie, Matthew E., Hurle, Pirro, Hysi, Valentina, Iotchkova, Aaron, Isaac, David K., Jackson, Yalda, Jamshidi, Jon, Johnson, Chris, Joyce, Konrad J., Karczewski, Jane, Kaye, Thomas, Keane, John P., Kemp, Karen, Kennedy, Alastair, Kent, Julia, Keogh, Farrah, Khawaja, Marcus E., Kleber, Margriet van, Kogelenberg, Anja Kolb, Kokocinski, Jaspal S., Kooner, Genevieve, Lachance, Claudia, Langenberg, Cordelia, Langford, Daniel, Lawson, Irene, Lee, Elisabeth M., van Leeuwen, Monkol, Lek, Rui, Li, Yingrui, Li, Jieqin, Liang, Hong, Lin, Ryan, Liu, Jouko, Lönnqvist, Luis R., Lope, Margarida, Lope, Jian'An, Luan, Daniel G., Macarthur, Massimo, Mangino, Gaëlle, Marenne, Winfried, März, John, Maslen, Angela, Matchan, Iain, Mathieson, Peter, Mcguffin, Andrew M., Mcintosh, Andrew G., Mckechanie, Andrew, Mcquillin, Sarah, Metrustry, Nicola, Migone, Hannah M., Mitchison, Alireza, Moayyeri, James, Morri, Richard, Morri, Dawn, Muddyman, Francesco, Muntoni, Børge G., Nordestgaard, Kate, Northstone, Michael C., O'Donovan, Stephen, O'Rahilly, Alexandros, Onoufriadi, Karim, Oualkacha, Michael J., Owen, Aarno, Palotie, Kalliope, Panoutsopoulou, Victoria, Parker, Jeremy R., Parr, Lavinia, Paternoster, Tiina, Paunio, Felicity, Payne, Stewart J., Payne, John R. B., Perry, Olli, Pietilainen, Vincent, Plagnol, Rebecca C., Pollitt, Sue, Povey, Michael A., Quail, Lydia, Quaye, Lucy, Raymond, Karola, Rehnström, Cheryl K., Ridout, Susan, Ring, Graham R. S., Ritchie, Nicola, Robert, Rachel L., Robinson, David B., Savage, Peter, Scambler, Stephan, Schiffel, Miriam, Schmidt, Nadia, Schoenmaker, Richard H., Scott, Robert A., Scott, Robert K., Semple, Eva, Serra, Sally I., Sharp, Adam, Shaw, Hashem A., Shihab, So Youn, Shin, David, Skuse, Kerrin S., Small, Carol, Smee, George Davey, Smith, Lorraine, Southam, Olivera Spasic, Boskovic, Timothy D., Spector, David St, Clair, Beate St, Pourcain, Jim, Stalker, Elizabeth, Steven, Jianping, Sun, Gabriela, Surdulescu, Jaana, Suvisaari, Petros, Syrri, Ioanna, Tachmazidou, Rohan, Taylor, Jing, Tian, Martin D., Tobin, Daniela, Toniolo, Michela, Traglia, Anne Tybjaerg, Hansen, Ana M., Valde, Anthony M., Vandersteen, Anette, Varbo, Parthiban, Vijayarangakannan, Peter M., Visscher, Louise V., Wain, James T. R., Walter, Guangbiao, Wang, Jun, Wang, Yu, Wang, Kirsten, Ward, Eleanor, Wheeler, Peter, Whincup, Tamieka, Whyte, Hywel J., William, Kathleen A., Williamson, Crispian, Wilson, Scott G., Wilson, Kim, Wong, Changjiang, Xu, Jian, Yang, Gianluigi, Zaza, Eleftheria, Zeggini, Feng, Zhang, Pingbo, Zhang, Weihua, Zhang, Giovanni, Gambaro, J., Brent Richard, Richard, Durbin, Nicholas J., Timpson, Jonathan, Marchini, and Nicole, Soranzo
Subjects: Computer science, General Physics and Astronomy, Genome-wide association study, 0302 clinical medicine, Gene Frequency, Haplotype, Genetics,Biological sciences, Settore MED/14 - NEFROLOGIA, Aged, 80 and over, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, TWINSUK, Middle Aged, single-nucleotide polymorphism, Whole-genome sequencing, WGS imputation panel, single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biological sciences, Italy, MAP, Adult, Adolescent, Genotype, WGS imputation panel, Population, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, FORMAT, Computational biology, GENOTYPE IMPUTATION, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, White People, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Humans, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, 1000 Genomes Project, education, Allele frequency, Alleles, Aged, 030304 developmental biology, Whole-genome sequencing, Models, Statistical, Models, Genetic, Genome, Human, Genetic Variation, General Chemistry, United Kingdom, Minor allele frequency, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Haplotypes, 3111 Biomedicine, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Imputation (genetics)
Abstract: Imputing genotypes from reference panels created by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) provides a cost-effective strategy for augmenting the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) content of genome-wide arrays. The UK10K Cohorts project has generated a data set of 3,781 whole genomes sequenced at low depth (average 7x), aiming to exhaustively characterize genetic variation down to 0.1% minor allele frequency in the British population. Here we demonstrate the value of this resource for improving imputation accuracy at rare and low-frequency variants in both a UK and an Italian population. We show that large increases in imputation accuracy can be achieved by re-phasing WGS reference panels after initial genotype calling. We also present a method for combining WGS panels to improve variant coverage and downstream imputation accuracy, which we illustrate by integrating 7,562 WGS haplotypes from the UK10K project with 2,184 haplotypes from the 1000 Genomes Project. Finally, we introduce a novel approximation that maintains speed without sacrificing imputation accuracy for rare variants., Imputation uses genotype information from SNP arrays to infer the genotypes of missing markers. Here, the authors show that an imputation reference panel derived from whole-genome sequencing of 3,781 samples from the UK10K project improves the imputation accuracy and coverage of low frequency variants compared to existing methods.
Published: 2015

11. The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

Author: Walter, K, Min, JL, Huang, J, Crooks, L, Memari, Y, McCarthy, S, Perry, JRB, Xu, C, Futema, M, Lawson, D, Iotchkova, V, Schiffels, S, Hendricks, AE, Danecek, P, Li, R, Floyd, J, Wain, LV, Barroso, I, Humphries, SE, Hurles, ME, Zeggini, E, Barrett, JC, Plagnol, V, Richards, JB, Greenwood, CMT, Timpson, NJ, Durbin, R, Soranzo, N, Bala, S, Clapham, P, Coates, G, Cox, T, Daly, A, Du, Y, Edkins, S, Ellis, P, Flicek, P, Guo, X, Huang, L, Jackson, DK, Joyce, C, Keane, T, Kolb-Kokocinski, A, Langford, C, Li, Y, Liang, J, Lin, H, Liu, R, Maslen, J, Muddyman, D, Quail, MA, Stalker, J, Sun, J, Tian, J, Wang, G, Wang, J, Wang, Y, Wong, K, Zhang, P, Birney, E, Boustred, C, Chen, L, Clement, G, Cocca, M, Smith, GD, Day, INM, Day-Williams, A, Down, T, Dunham, I, Evans, DM, Gaunt, TR, Geihs, M, Hart, D, Howie, B, Hubbard, T, Hysi, P, Jamshidi, Y, Karczewski, KJ, Kemp, JP, Lachance, G, Lek, M, Lopes, M, MacArthur, DG, Marchini, J, Mangino, M, Mathieson, I, Metrustry, S, Moayyeri, A, Northstone, K, Panoutsopoulou, K, Paternoster, L, Quaye, L, Ring, S, Ritchie, GRS, Shihab, HA, Shin, S-Y, Small, KS, Artigas, MS, Southam, L, Spector, TD, St Pourcain, B, Surdulescu, G, Tachmazidou, I, Tobin, MD, Valdes, AM, Visscher, PM, Ward, K, Wilson, SG, Yang, J, Zhang, F, Zheng, H-F, Anney, R, Ayub, M, Blackwood, D, Bolton, PF, Breen, G, Collier, DA, Craddock, N, Curran, S, Curtis, D, Gallagher, L, Geschwind, D, Gurling, H, Holmans, P, Lee, I, Lonnqvist, J, McGuffin, P, McIntosh, AM, McKechanie, AG, McQuillin, A, Morris, J, O'Donovan, MC, Owen, MJ, Palotie, A, Parr, JR, Paunio, T, Pietilainen, O, Rehnstrom, K, Sharp, SI, Skuse, D, St Clair, D, Suvisaari, J, Walters, JTR, Williams, HJ, Bochukova, E, Bounds, R, Dominiczak, A, Farooqi, IS, Keogh, J, Marenne, GL, Morris, A, O'Rahilly, S, Porteous, DJ, Smith, BH, Wheeler, E, Al Turki, S, Anderson, CA, Antony, D, Beales, P, Bentham, J, Bhattacharya, S, Calissano, M, Carss, K, Chatterjee, K, Cirak, S, Cosgrove, C, Fitzpatrick, DR, Foley, AR, Franklin, CS, Grozeva, D, Mitchison, HM, Muntoni, F, Onoufriadis, A, Parker, V, Payne, F, Raymond, FL, Roberts, N, Savage, DB, Scambler, P, Schmidts, M, Schoenmakers, N, Semple, RK, Serra, E, Spasic-Boskovic, O, Stevens, E, van Kogelenberg, M, Vijayarangakannan, P, Williamson, KA, Wilson, C, Whyte, T, Ciampi, A, Oualkacha, K, Bobrow, M, Griffin, H, Kaye, J, Kennedy, K, Kent, A, Smee, C, Charlton, R, Ekong, R, Khawaja, F, Lopes, LR, Migone, N, Payne, SJ, Pollitt, RC, Povey, S, Ridout, CK, Robinson, RL, Scott, RH, Shaw, A, Syrris, P, Taylor, R, Vandersteen, AM, Amuzu, A, Casas, JP, Chambers, JC, Dedoussis, G, Gambaro, G, Gasparini, P, Isaacs, A, Johnson, J, Kleber, ME, Kooner, JS, Langenberg, C, Luan, J, Malerba, G, Maerz, W, Matchan, A, Morris, R, Nordestgaard, BG, Benn, M, Scott, RA, Toniolo, D, Traglia, M, Tybjaerg-Hansen, A, van Duijn, CM, van Leeuwen, EM, Varbo, A, Whincup, P, Zaza, G, Zhang, W, Walter, K, Min, JL, Huang, J, Crooks, L, Memari, Y, McCarthy, S, Perry, JRB, Xu, C, Futema, M, Lawson, D, Iotchkova, V, Schiffels, S, Hendricks, AE, Danecek, P, Li, R, Floyd, J, Wain, LV, Barroso, I, Humphries, SE, Hurles, ME, Zeggini, E, Barrett, JC, Plagnol, V, Richards, JB, Greenwood, CMT, Timpson, NJ, Durbin, R, Soranzo, N, Bala, S, Clapham, P, Coates, G, Cox, T, Daly, A, Du, Y, Edkins, S, Ellis, P, Flicek, P, Guo, X, Huang, L, Jackson, DK, Joyce, C, Keane, T, Kolb-Kokocinski, A, Langford, C, Li, Y, Liang, J, Lin, H, Liu, R, Maslen, J, Muddyman, D, Quail, MA, Stalker, J, Sun, J, Tian, J, Wang, G, Wang, J, Wang, Y, Wong, K, Zhang, P, Birney, E, Boustred, C, Chen, L, Clement, G, Cocca, M, Smith, GD, Day, INM, Day-Williams, A, Down, T, Dunham, I, Evans, DM, Gaunt, TR, Geihs, M, Hart, D, Howie, B, Hubbard, T, Hysi, P, Jamshidi, Y, Karczewski, KJ, Kemp, JP, Lachance, G, Lek, M, Lopes, M, MacArthur, DG, Marchini, J, Mangino, M, Mathieson, I, Metrustry, S, Moayyeri, A, Northstone, K, Panoutsopoulou, K, Paternoster, L, Quaye, L, Ring, S, Ritchie, GRS, Shihab, HA, Shin, S-Y, Small, KS, Artigas, MS, Southam, L, Spector, TD, St Pourcain, B, Surdulescu, G, Tachmazidou, I, Tobin, MD, Valdes, AM, Visscher, PM, Ward, K, Wilson, SG, Yang, J, Zhang, F, Zheng, H-F, Anney, R, Ayub, M, Blackwood, D, Bolton, PF, Breen, G, Collier, DA, Craddock, N, Curran, S, Curtis, D, Gallagher, L, Geschwind, D, Gurling, H, Holmans, P, Lee, I, Lonnqvist, J, McGuffin, P, McIntosh, AM, McKechanie, AG, McQuillin, A, Morris, J, O'Donovan, MC, Owen, MJ, Palotie, A, Parr, JR, Paunio, T, Pietilainen, O, Rehnstrom, K, Sharp, SI, Skuse, D, St Clair, D, Suvisaari, J, Walters, JTR, Williams, HJ, Bochukova, E, Bounds, R, Dominiczak, A, Farooqi, IS, Keogh, J, Marenne, GL, Morris, A, O'Rahilly, S, Porteous, DJ, Smith, BH, Wheeler, E, Al Turki, S, Anderson, CA, Antony, D, Beales, P, Bentham, J, Bhattacharya, S, Calissano, M, Carss, K, Chatterjee, K, Cirak, S, Cosgrove, C, Fitzpatrick, DR, Foley, AR, Franklin, CS, Grozeva, D, Mitchison, HM, Muntoni, F, Onoufriadis, A, Parker, V, Payne, F, Raymond, FL, Roberts, N, Savage, DB, Scambler, P, Schmidts, M, Schoenmakers, N, Semple, RK, Serra, E, Spasic-Boskovic, O, Stevens, E, van Kogelenberg, M, Vijayarangakannan, P, Williamson, KA, Wilson, C, Whyte, T, Ciampi, A, Oualkacha, K, Bobrow, M, Griffin, H, Kaye, J, Kennedy, K, Kent, A, Smee, C, Charlton, R, Ekong, R, Khawaja, F, Lopes, LR, Migone, N, Payne, SJ, Pollitt, RC, Povey, S, Ridout, CK, Robinson, RL, Scott, RH, Shaw, A, Syrris, P, Taylor, R, Vandersteen, AM, Amuzu, A, Casas, JP, Chambers, JC, Dedoussis, G, Gambaro, G, Gasparini, P, Isaacs, A, Johnson, J, Kleber, ME, Kooner, JS, Langenberg, C, Luan, J, Malerba, G, Maerz, W, Matchan, A, Morris, R, Nordestgaard, BG, Benn, M, Scott, RA, Toniolo, D, Traglia, M, Tybjaerg-Hansen, A, van Duijn, CM, van Leeuwen, EM, Varbo, A, Whincup, P, Zaza, G, and Zhang, W
Abstract: The contribution of rare and low-frequency variants to human traits is largely unexplored. Here we describe insights from sequencing whole genomes (low read depth, 7×) or exomes (high read depth, 80×) of nearly 10,000 individuals from population-based and disease collections. In extensively phenotyped cohorts we characterize over 24 million novel sequence variants, generate a highly accurate imputation reference panel and identify novel alleles associated with levels of triglycerides (APOB), adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLR and RGAG1) from single-marker and rare variant aggregation tests. We describe population structure and functional annotation of rare and low-frequency variants, use the data to estimate the benefits of sequencing for association studies, and summarize lessons from disease-specific collections. Finally, we make available an extensive resource, including individual-level genetic and phenotypic data and web-based tools to facilitate the exploration of association results.
Published: 2015

12. Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

Author: Jostins, Luke, Ripke, Stephan, Weersma, Rinse K., Duerr, Richard H., Mcgovern, Dermot P., Hui, Ken Y., Lee, James C., Philip Schumm, L., Sharma, Yashoda, Anderson, Carl A., Essers, Jonah, Mitrovic, Mitja, Ning, Kaida, Cleynen, Isabelle, Theatre, Emilie, Spain, Sarah L., Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Goyette, Philippe, Wei, Zhi, Abraham, Clara, Achkar, Jean Paul, Ahmad, Tariq, Amininejad, Leila, Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N., Andersen, Vibeke, Andrews, Jane M., Baidoo, Leonard, Balschun, Tobias, Bampton, Peter A., Bitton, Alain, Boucher, Gabrielle, Brand, Stephan, Büning, Carsten, Cohain, Ariella, Cichon, Sven, D'Amato, Mauro, De Jong, Dirk, Devaney, Kathy L., Dubinsky, Marla, Edwards, Cathryn, Ellinghaus, David, Ferguson, Lynnette R., Franchimont, Denis, Fransen, Karin, Gearry, Richard, Georges, Michel, Gieger, Christian, Glas, Jürgen, Haritunians, Talin, Hart, Ailsa, Hawkey, Chris, Hedl, Matija, Xinli, Hu, Karlsen, Tom H., Kupcinskas, Limas, Kugathasan, Subra, Latiano, Anna, Laukens, Debby, Lawrance, Ian C., Lees, Charlie W., Louis, Edouard, Mahy, Gillian, Mansfield, John, Morgan, Angharad R., Mowat, Craig, Newman, William, Palmieri, Orazio, Ponsioen, Cyriel Y., Potocnik, Uros, Prescott, Natalie J., Regueiro, Miguel, Rotter, Jerome I., Russell, Richard K., Sanderson, Jeremy D., Sans, Miquel, Satsangi, Jack, Schreiber, Stefan, Simms, Lisa A., Sventoraityte, Jurgita, Targan, Stephan R., Taylor, Kent D., Tremelling, Mark, Verspaget, Hein W., De Vos, Martine, Wijmenga, Cisca, Wilson, David C., Winkelmann, Juliane, Xavier, Ramnik J., Zeissig, Sebastian, Zhang, Bin, Zhang, Clarence K., Zhao, Hongyu, Silverberg, Mark S., Annese, Vito, Hakonarson, Hakon, Brant, Steven R., Radford Smith, Graham, Mathew, Christopher G., Rioux, John D., Schadt, Eric E., Daly, Mark J., Franke, Andre, Parkes, Miles, Vermeire, Severine, Barrett, Jeffrey C., Cho, Judy H., Barclay, M, Peyrin Biroulet, L, Chamaillard, M, Colombel, Jf, Cottone, M, Croft, A, D'Incà, R, Halfvarson J, Hanigan K, Henderson, P, Hugot, Jp, Karban, A, Kennedy, Na, Khan, Ma, Lémann, M, Levine, A, Massey, D, Milla, M, Montgomery, Gw, Ng, Sm, Oikonomou, I, Peeters, H, Proctor, Dd, Rahier, Jf, Roberts, R, Rutgeerts, P, Seibold, F, Stronati, Laura, Taylor, Km, Törkvist, L, Ublick, K, Van Limbergen, J, Van Gossum, A, Vatn, Mh, Zhang, H, Zhang, W, Andrews, Jm, Bampton, Pa, Florin, Th, Gearry, R, Krishnaprasad, K, Lawrance, Ic, Mahy, G, Radford Smith, G, Roberts, Rl, Simms, La, Amininijad, L, Cleynen, I, Dewit, O, Franchimont, D, Georges, M, Laukens, D, Theatre, E, Vermeire, S, Aumais, G, Baidoo, L, Barrie AM 3rd, Beck, K, Bernard, Ej, Binion, Dg, Bitton, A, Brant, Sr, Cho, Jh, Cohen, A, Croitoru, K, Daly, Mj, Datta, Lw, Deslandres, C, Duerr, Rh, Dutridge, D, Ferguson, J, Fultz, J, Goyette, P, Greenberg, Gr, Haritunians, T, Jobin, G, Katz, S, Lahaie, Rg, Mcgovern, Dp, Nelson, L, Ning, K, Paré, P, Regueiro, Md, Rioux, Jd, Ruggiero, E, Schumm, L, Schwartz, M, Scott, R, Sharma, Y, Silverberg, Ms, Spears, D, Steinhart, A, Stempak, Jm, Swoger, Jm, Tsagarelis, C, Zhang, C, Zhao, H, Aerts, J, Ahmad, T, Arbury, H, Attwood, A, Auton, A, Ball, Sg, Balmforth, Aj, Barnes, C, Barrett, Jc, Barroso, I, Barton, A, Bennett, Aj, Bhaskar, S, Blaszczyk, K, Bowes, J, Brand, Oj, Braund, Ps, Bredin, F, Breen, G, Brown, Mj, Bruce, In, Bull, J, Burren, Os, Burton, J, Byrnes, J, Caesar, S, Cardin, N, Clee, Cm, Coffey, Aj, Connell, Jm, Conrad, Df, Cooper, Jd, Dominiczak, Af, Downes, K, Drummond, He, Dudakia, D, Dunham, A, Ebbs, B, Eccles, D, Edkins, S, Edwards, C, Elliot, A, Emery, P, Evans, Dm, Evans, G, Eyre, S, Farmer, A, Ferrier, In, Flynn, E, Forbes, A, Forty, L, Franklyn, Ja, Frayling, Tm, Freathy, Rm, Giannoulatou, E, Gibbs, P, Gilbert, P, Gordon Smith, K, Gray, E, Green, E, Groves, Cj, Grozeva, D, Gwilliam, R, Hall, A, Hammond, N, Hardy, M, Harrison, P, Hassanali, N, Hebaishi, H, Hines, S, Hinks, A, Hitman, Ga, Hocking, L, Holmes, C, Howard, E, Howard, P, Howson, Jm, Hughes, D, Hunt, S, Isaacs, Jd, Jain, M, Jewell, Dp, Johnson, T, Jolley, Jd, Jones, Ir, Jones, La, Kirov, G, Langford, Cf, Lango Allen, H, Lathrop, Gm, Lee, J, Lee, Kl, Lees, C, Lewis, K, Lindgren, Cm, Maisuria Armer, M, Maller, J, Mansfield, J, Marchini, Jl, Martin, P, Massey, Dc, Mcardle, Wl, Mcguffin, P, Mclay, Ke, Mcvean, G, Mentzer, A, Mimmack, Ml, Morgan, Ae, Morris, Ap, Mowat, C, Munroe, Pb, Myers, S, Newman, W, Nimmo, Er, O'Donovan, Mc, Onipinla, A, Ovington, Nr, Owen, Mj, Palin, K, Palotie, A, Parnell, K, Pearson, R, Pernet, D, Perry, Jr, Phillips, A, Plagnol, V, Prescott, Nj, Prokopenko, I, Quail, Ma, Rafelt, S, Rayner, Nw, Reid, Dm, Renwick, A, Ring, Sm, Robertson, N, Robson, S, Russell, E, St Clair, D, Sambrook, Jg, Sanderson, Jd, Sawcer, Sj, Schuilenburg, H, Scott, Ce, Seal, S, Shaw Hawkins, S, Shields, Bm, Simmonds, Mj, Smyth, Dj, Somaskantharajah, E, Spanova, K, Steer, S, Stephens, J, Stevens, He, Stirrups, K, Stone, Ma, Strachan, Dp, Su, Z, Symmons, Dp, Thompson, Jr, Thomson, W, Tobin, Md, Travers, Me, Turnbull, C, Vukcevic, D, Wain, Lv, Walker, M, Walker, Nm, Wallace, C, Warren Perry, M, Watkins, Na, Webster, J, Weedon, Mn, Wilson, Ag, Woodburn, M, Wordsworth, Bp, Yau, C, Young, Ah, Zeggini, E, Brown, Ma, Burton, Pr, Caulfield, Mj, Compston, A, Farrall, M, Gough, Sc, Hall, As, Hattersley, At, Hill, Av, Mathew, Cg, Pembrey, M, Satsangi, J, Stratton, Mr, Worthington, J, Hurles, Me, Duncanson, A, Ouwehand, Wh, Parkes, M, Rahman, N, Todd, Ja, Samani, Nj, Kwiatkowski, Dp, Mccarthy, Mi, Craddock, N, Deloukas, P, Donnelly, P, Blackwell, Jm, Bramon, E, Casas, Jp, Corvin, A, Jankowski, J, Markus, Hs, Palmer, Cn, Plomin, R, Rautanen, A, Trembath, Rc, Viswanathan, Ac, Wood, Nw, Spencer, Cc, Band, G, Bellenguez, C, Freeman, C, Hellenthal, G, Pirinen, M, Strange, A, Blackburn, H, Bumpstead, Sj, Dronov, S, Gillman, M, Jayakumar, A, Mccann, Ot, Liddle, J, Potter, Sc, Ravindrarajah, R, Ricketts, M, Waller, M, Weston, P, Widaa, S, Whittaker, P., AGEM - Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI)
Subjects: Genome-wide association study, Disease, SUSCEPTIBILITY, Inflammatory bowel disease, NUMBER, 0302 clinical medicine, Crohn Disease, NETWORK, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, Multidisciplinary, Genomics, Ulcerative colitis, 3. Good health, Colitis, Ulcerative, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome, Human, Haplotypes, Humans, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Mycobacterium, Mycobacterium Infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Reproducibility of Results, Genome-Wide Association Study, Host-Pathogen Interactions, IRGM, Medical genetics, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, EXPRESSION, medicine.medical_specialty, Immunology, Biology, Molecular gastro-enterology and hepatology Pathogenesis and modulation of inflammation [IGMD 2], TUBERCULOSIS, 03 medical and health sciences, Medical research, medicine, Allele, METAANALYSIS, 030304 developmental biology, HYPER-IGE SYNDROME, MUTATIONS, medicine.disease, RISK LOCI, Genetic architecture, digestive system diseases
Abstract: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the two common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), affect over 2.5 million people of European ancestry, with rising prevalence in other populations(1). Genome-wide association studies and subsequent meta-analyses of these two diseases(2,3) as separate phenotypes have implicated previously unsuspected mechanisms, such as autophagy(4), in their pathogenesis and showed that some IBD loci are shared with other inflammatory diseases(5). Here we expand on the knowledge of relevant pathways by undertaking a meta-analysis of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis genome-wide association scans, followed by extensive validation of significant findings, with a combined total of more than 75,000 cases and controls. We identify 71 new associations, for a total of 163 IBD loci, that meet genome-wide significance thresholds. Most loci contribute to both phenotypes, and both directional (consistently favouring one allele over the course of human history) and balancing (favouring the retention of both alleles within populations) selection effects are evident. Many IBD loci are also implicated in other immune-mediated disorders, most notably with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriasis. We also observe considerable overlap between susceptibility loci for IBD and mycobacterial infection. Gene co-expression network analysis emphasizes this relationship, with pathways shared between host responses to mycobacteria and those predisposing to IBD.
Published: 2012

13. The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (vol 415, pg 871, 2002)

Author: Wood, V, Gwilliam, R, Rajandream, MA, Lyne, M, Lyne, R, Stewart, A, Sgouros, J, Peat, N, Hayles, J, Baker, S, Basham, D, Bowman, S, Brooks, K, Brown, D, Brown, S, Chillingworth, T, Churcher, C, Collins, M, Connor, R, Cronin, A, Davis, P, Feltwell, T, Fraser, A, Gentles, S, Goble, A, Hamlin, N, Harris, D, Hidalgo, J, Hodgson, G, Holroyd, S, Hornsby, T, Howarth, S, Huckle, EJ, Hunt, S, Jagels, K, James, K, Jones, L, Jones, M, Leather, S, McDonald, S, McLean, J, Mooney, P, Moule, S, Mungall, K, Murphy, L, Niblett, D, Odell, C, Oliver, K, O'Neil, S, Pearson, D, Quail, MA, Rabbinowitsch, E, Rutherford, K, Rutter, S, Saunders, D, Seeger, K, Sharp, S, Skelton, J, Simmonds, M, Squares, R, Squares, S, Stevens, K, Taylor, K, Taylor, RG, Tivey, A, Walsh, S, Warren, T, Whitehead, S, Woodward, J, Volckaert, G, Aert, R, Robben, J, Grymonprez, B, Weltjens, I, Vanstreels, E, Rieger, M, Schafer, M, Muller-Auer, S, Gabel, C, Fuchs, M, Dusterhoft, A, Fritzc, C, Holzer, E, Moestl, D, Hilbert, H, Borzym, K, Langer, I, Beck, A, Lehrach, H, Reinhardt, R, Pohl, TM, Eger, P, Zimmermann, W, Wedler, H, Wambutt, R, Purnelle, B, Goffeau, A, Cadieu, E, Dreano, S, Gloux, S, Lelaure, V, Mottier, S, Galibert, F, Aves, SJ, Xiang, Z, Hunt, C, Moore, K, Hurst, SM, Lucas, M, Rochet, M, Gaillardin, C, Tallada, VA, Garzon, A, Thode, G, Daga, RR, Cruzado, L, Jimenez, J, Sanchez, M, del Rey, F, Benito, J, Dominguez, A, Revuelta, JL, Moreno, S, Armstrong, J, Forsburg, SL, Cerutti, L, Lowe, T, McCombie, WR, Paulsen, I, Potashkin, J, Shpakovski, GV, Ussery, D, Barrell, BG, and Nurse, P
Published: 2003

14. Genomic analysis of smooth tubercle bacilli provides insights into ancestry and pathoadaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Author: Supply, P, Marceau, M, Mangenot, S, Roche, D, Rouanet, C, Khanna, V, Majlessi, L, Criscuolo, A, Tap, J, Pawlik, A, Fiette, L, Orgeur, M, Fabre, M, Parmentier, C, Frigui, W, Simeone, R, Boritsch, EC, Debrie, A-S, Willery, E, Walker, D, Quail, MA, Ma, L, Bouchier, C, Salvignol, G, Sayes, F, Cascioferro, A, Seemann, T, Barbe, V, Locht, C, Gutierrez, M-C, Leclerc, C, Bentley, SD, Stinear, TP, Brisse, S, Medigue, C, Parkhill, J, Cruveiller, S, Brosch, R, Supply, P, Marceau, M, Mangenot, S, Roche, D, Rouanet, C, Khanna, V, Majlessi, L, Criscuolo, A, Tap, J, Pawlik, A, Fiette, L, Orgeur, M, Fabre, M, Parmentier, C, Frigui, W, Simeone, R, Boritsch, EC, Debrie, A-S, Willery, E, Walker, D, Quail, MA, Ma, L, Bouchier, C, Salvignol, G, Sayes, F, Cascioferro, A, Seemann, T, Barbe, V, Locht, C, Gutierrez, M-C, Leclerc, C, Bentley, SD, Stinear, TP, Brisse, S, Medigue, C, Parkhill, J, Cruveiller, S, and Brosch, R
Abstract: Global spread and limited genetic variation are hallmarks of M. tuberculosis, the agent of human tuberculosis. In contrast, Mycobacterium canettii and related tubercle bacilli that also cause human tuberculosis and exhibit unusual smooth colony morphology are restricted to East Africa. Here, we sequenced and analyzed the whole genomes of five representative strains of smooth tubercle bacilli (STB) using Sanger (4-5× coverage), 454/Roche (13-18× coverage) and/or Illumina DNA sequencing (45-105× coverage). We show that STB isolates are highly recombinogenic and evolutionarily early branching, with larger genome sizes, higher rates of genetic variation, fewer molecular scars and distinct CRISPR-Cas systems relative to M. tuberculosis. Despite the differences, all tuberculosis-causing mycobacteria share a highly conserved core genome. Mouse infection experiments showed that STB strains are less persistent and virulent than M. tuberculosis. We conclude that M. tuberculosis emerged from an ancestral STB-like pool of mycobacteria by gain of persistence and virulence mechanisms, and we provide insights into the molecular events involved.
Published: 2013

15. Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing

Author: Manske, M, Miotto, O, Campino, S, Auburn, S, Almagro-Garcia, J, Maslen, G, O'Brien, J, Djimde, A, Doumbo, O, Zongo, I, Ouedraogo, J-B, Michon, P, Mueller, I, Siba, P, Nzila, A, Borrmann, S, Kiara, SM, Marsh, K, Jiang, H, Su, X-Z, Amaratunga, C, Fairhurst, R, Socheat, D, Nosten, F, Imwong, M, White, NJ, Sanders, M, Anastasi, E, Alcock, D, Drury, E, Oyola, S, Quail, MA, Turner, DJ, Ruano-Rubio, V, Jyothi, D, Amenga-Etego, L, Hubbart, C, Jeffreys, A, Rowlands, K, Sutherland, C, Roper, C, Mangano, V, Modiano, D, Tan, JC, Ferdig, MT, Amambua-Ngwa, A, Conway, DJ, Takala-Harrison, S, Plowe, CV, Rayner, JC, Rockett, KA, Clark, TG, Newbold, CI, Berriman, M, MacInnis, B, Kwiatkowski, DP, Manske, M, Miotto, O, Campino, S, Auburn, S, Almagro-Garcia, J, Maslen, G, O'Brien, J, Djimde, A, Doumbo, O, Zongo, I, Ouedraogo, J-B, Michon, P, Mueller, I, Siba, P, Nzila, A, Borrmann, S, Kiara, SM, Marsh, K, Jiang, H, Su, X-Z, Amaratunga, C, Fairhurst, R, Socheat, D, Nosten, F, Imwong, M, White, NJ, Sanders, M, Anastasi, E, Alcock, D, Drury, E, Oyola, S, Quail, MA, Turner, DJ, Ruano-Rubio, V, Jyothi, D, Amenga-Etego, L, Hubbart, C, Jeffreys, A, Rowlands, K, Sutherland, C, Roper, C, Mangano, V, Modiano, D, Tan, JC, Ferdig, MT, Amambua-Ngwa, A, Conway, DJ, Takala-Harrison, S, Plowe, CV, Rayner, JC, Rockett, KA, Clark, TG, Newbold, CI, Berriman, M, MacInnis, B, and Kwiatkowski, DP
Abstract: Malaria elimination strategies require surveillance of the parasite population for genetic changes that demand a public health response, such as new forms of drug resistance. Here we describe methods for the large-scale analysis of genetic variation in Plasmodium falciparum by deep sequencing of parasite DNA obtained from the blood of patients with malaria, either directly or after short-term culture. Analysis of 86,158 exonic single nucleotide polymorphisms that passed genotyping quality control in 227 samples from Africa, Asia and Oceania provides genome-wide estimates of allele frequency distribution, population structure and linkage disequilibrium. By comparing the genetic diversity of individual infections with that of the local parasite population, we derive a metric of within-host diversity that is related to the level of inbreeding in the population. An open-access web application has been established for the exploration of regional differences in allele frequency and of highly differentiated loci in the P. falciparum genome.
Published: 2012

16. High-Resolution Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis Distinguishes Recrudescence and Reinfection in Recurrent Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonella Typhimurium Disease

Author: Okoro, CK, Kingsley, RA, Quail, MA, Kankwatira, AM, Feasey, NA, Parkhill, J, Dougan, G, Gordon, MA, Okoro, CK, Kingsley, RA, Quail, MA, Kankwatira, AM, Feasey, NA, Parkhill, J, Dougan, G, and Gordon, MA
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Bloodstream infection with invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) is common and severe among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiology of iNTS is poorly understood. Survivors frequently experience multiply recurrent iNTS disease, despite appropriate antimicrobial therapy, but recrudescence and reinfection have previously been difficult to distinguish. METHODS: We used high-resolution single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) typing and whole-genome phylogenetics to investigate 47 iNTS isolates from 14 patients with multiple recurrences following an index presentation with iNTS disease in Blantyre, Malawi. We isolated nontyphoidal salmonellae organisms from blood (n = 35), bone marrow (n = 8), stool (n = 2), urine (n = 1), and throat (n = 1) samples; these isolates comprised serotypes Typhimurium (n = 43) and Enteritidis (n = 4). RESULTS: Recrudescence with identical or highly phylogenetically related isolates accounted for 78% of recurrences, and reinfection with phylogenetically distinct isolates accounted for 22% of recurrences. Both recrudescence and reinfection could occur in the same individual, and reinfection could either precede or follow recrudescence. The number of days to recurrence (23-486 d) was not different for recrudescence or reinfection. The number of days to recrudescence was unrelated to the number of SNPs accumulated by recrudescent organisms, suggesting that there was little genetic change during persistence in the host, despite exposure to multiple courses of antibiotics. Of Salmonella Typhimurium isolates, 42 of 43 were pathovar ST313. CONCLUSIONS: High-resolution whole-genome phylogenetics successfully discriminated recrudescent iNTS from reinfection, despite a high level of clonality within and among individuals, giving insights into pathogenesis and management. These methods also have adequate resolution to investigate the epidemiology and transmission of this important Afric
Published: 2012

17. Exploration of signals of positive selection derived from genotype-based human genome scans using re-sequencing data

Author: Hu, M, Ayub, Q, Guerra-Assuncao, JA, Long, Q, Ning, Z, Huang, N, Romero, IG, Mamanova, L, Akan, P, Liu, X, Coffey, AJ, Turner, DJ, Swerdlow, H, Burton, J, Quail, MA, Conrad, DF, Enright, AJ, Tyler-Smith, C, Xue, Y, Hu, M, Ayub, Q, Guerra-Assuncao, JA, Long, Q, Ning, Z, Huang, N, Romero, IG, Mamanova, L, Akan, P, Liu, X, Coffey, AJ, Turner, DJ, Swerdlow, H, Burton, J, Quail, MA, Conrad, DF, Enright, AJ, Tyler-Smith, C, and Xue, Y
Abstract: We have investigated whether regions of the genome showing signs of positive selection in scans based on haplotype structure also show evidence of positive selection when sequence-based tests are applied, whether the target of selection can be localized more precisely, and whether such extra evidence can lead to increased biological insights. We used two tools: simulations under neutrality or selection, and experimental investigation of two regions identified by the HapMap2 project as putatively selected in human populations. Simulations suggested that neutral and selected regions should be readily distinguished and that it should be possible to localize the selected variant to within 40 kb at least half of the time. Re-sequencing of two ~300 kb regions (chr4:158Mb and chr10:22Mb) lacking known targets of selection in HapMap CHB individuals provided strong evidence for positive selection within each and suggested the micro-RNA gene hsa-miR-548c as the best candidate target in one region, and changes in regulation of the sperm protein gene SPAG6 in the other.
Published: 2012

18. Citrobacter rodentium is an Unstable Pathogen Showing Evidence of Significant Genomic Flux

Author: Ochman, H, Petty, NK, Feltwell, T, Pickard, D, Clare, S, Toribio, AL, Fookes, M, Roberts, K, Monson, R, Nair, S, Kingsley, RA, Bulgin, R, Wiles, S, Goulding, D, Keane, T, Corton, C, Lennard, N, Harris, D, Willey, D, Rance, R, Yu, L, Choudhary, JS, Churcher, C, Quail, MA, Parkhill, J, Frankel, G, Dougan, G, Salmond, GPC, Thomson, NR, Ochman, H, Petty, NK, Feltwell, T, Pickard, D, Clare, S, Toribio, AL, Fookes, M, Roberts, K, Monson, R, Nair, S, Kingsley, RA, Bulgin, R, Wiles, S, Goulding, D, Keane, T, Corton, C, Lennard, N, Harris, D, Willey, D, Rance, R, Yu, L, Choudhary, JS, Churcher, C, Quail, MA, Parkhill, J, Frankel, G, Dougan, G, Salmond, GPC, and Thomson, NR
Abstract: Citrobacter rodentium is a natural mouse pathogen that causes attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions. It shares a common virulence strategy with the clinically significant human A/E pathogens enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and is widely used to model this route of pathogenesis. We previously reported the complete genome sequence of C. rodentium ICC168, where we found that the genome displayed many characteristics of a newly evolved pathogen. In this study, through PFGE, sequencing of isolates showing variation, whole genome transcriptome analysis and examination of the mobile genetic elements, we found that, consistent with our previous hypothesis, the genome of C. rodentium is unstable as a result of repeat-mediated, large-scale genome recombination and because of active transposition of mobile genetic elements such as the prophages. We sequenced an additional C. rodentium strain, EX-33, to reveal that the reference strain ICC168 is representative of the species and that most of the inactivating mutations were common to both isolates and likely to have occurred early on in the evolution of this pathogen. We draw parallels with the evolution of other bacterial pathogens and conclude that C. rodentium is a recently evolved pathogen that may have emerged alongside the development of inbred mice as a model for human disease.
Published: 2011

19. Citrobacter rodentium is an unstable pathogen showing evidence of significant genomic flux

Author: Petty, NK, Feltwell, T, Pickard, D, Clare, S, Toribio, AL, Fookes, M, Roberts, K, Monson, R, Nair, S, Kingsley, RA, Bulgin, R, Wiles, S, Goulding, D, Keane, T, Corton, C, Lennard, N, Harris, D, Willey, D, Rance, R, Yu, L, Choudhary, JS, Churcher, C, Quail, MA, Parkhill, J, Frankel, G, Dougan, G, Salmond, GPC, Thomson, NR, Petty, NK, Feltwell, T, Pickard, D, Clare, S, Toribio, AL, Fookes, M, Roberts, K, Monson, R, Nair, S, Kingsley, RA, Bulgin, R, Wiles, S, Goulding, D, Keane, T, Corton, C, Lennard, N, Harris, D, Willey, D, Rance, R, Yu, L, Choudhary, JS, Churcher, C, Quail, MA, Parkhill, J, Frankel, G, Dougan, G, Salmond, GPC, and Thomson, NR
Abstract: Citrobacter rodentium is a natural mouse pathogen that causes attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions. It shares a common virulence strategy with the clinically significant human A/E pathogens enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and is widely used to model this route of pathogenesis. We previously reported the complete genome sequence of C. rodentium ICC168, where we found that the genome displayed many characteristics of a newly evolved pathogen. In this study, through PFGE, sequencing of isolates showing variation, whole genome transcriptome analysis and examination of the mobile genetic elements, we found that, consistent with our previous hypothesis, the genome of C. rodentium is unstable as a result of repeat-mediated, large-scale genome recombination and because of active transposition of mobile genetic elements such as the prophages. We sequenced an additional C. rodentium strain, EX-33, to reveal that the reference strain ICC168 is representative of the species and that most of the inactivating mutations were common to both isolates and likely to have occurred early on in the evolution of this pathogen. We draw parallels with the evolution of other bacterial pathogens and conclude that C. rodentium is a recently evolved pathogen that may have emerged alongside the development of inbred mice as a model for human disease. © 2011 Petty et al.
Published: 2011

20. Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

Author: Craddock, N, Hurles, ME, Cardin, N, Pearson, RD, Plagnol, V, Robson, S, Vukcevic, D, Barnes, C, Conrad, DF, Giannoulatou, E, Holmes, C, Marchini, JL, Stirrups, K, Tobin, MD, Wain, LV, Yau, C, Aerts, J, Ahmad, T, Andrews, TD, Arbury, H, Attwood, A, Auton, A, Ball, SG, Balmforth, AJ, Barrett, JC, Barroso, I, Barton, A, Bennett, AJ, Bhaskar, S, Blaszczyk, K, Bowes, J, Brand, OJ, Braund, PS, Bredin, F, Breen, G, Brown, MJ, Bruce, IN, Bull, J, Burren, OS, Burton, J, Byrnes, J, Caesar, S, Clee, CM, Coffey, AJ, Connell, JMC, Cooper, JD, Dominiczak, AF, Downes, K, Drummond, HE, Dudakia, D, Dunham, A, Ebbs, B, Eccles, D, Edkins, S, Edwards, C, Elliot, A, Emery, P, Evans, DM, Evans, G, Eyre, S, Farmer, A, Ferrier, IN, Feuk, L, Fitzgerald, T, Flynn, E, Forbes, A, Forty, L, Franklyn, JA, Freathy, RM, Gibbs, P, Gilbert, P, Gokumen, O, Gordon-Smith, K, Gray, E, Green, E, Groves, CJ, Grozeva, D, Gwilliam, R, Hall, A, Hammond, N, Hardy, M, Harrison, P, Hassanali, N, Hebaishi, H, Hines, S, Hinks, A, Hitman, GA, Hocking, L, Howard, E, Howard, P, Howson, JMM, Hughes, D, Hunt, S, Isaacs, JD, Jain, M, Jewell, DP, Johnson, T, Jolley, JD, Jones, IR, Jones, LA, Kirov, G, Langford, CF, Lango-Allen, H, Lathrop, GM, Lee, J, Lee, KL, Lees, C, Lewis, K, Lindgren, CM, Maisuria-Armer, M, Maller, J, Mansfield, J, Martin, P, Massey, DCO, McArdle, WL, McGuffin, P, McLay, KE, Mentzer, A, Mimmack, ML, Morgan, AE, Morris, AP, Mowat, C, Myers, S, Newman, W, Nimmo, ER, O'Donovan, MC, Onipinla, A, Onyiah, I, Ovington, NR, Owen, MJ, Palin, K, Parnell, K, Pernet, D, Perry, JRB, Phillips, A, Pinto, D, Prescott, NJ, Prokopenko, I, Quail, MA, Rafelt, S, Rayner, NW, Redon, R, Reid, DM, Renwick, A, Ring, SM, Robertson, N, Russell, E, St Clair, D, Sambrook, JG, Sanderson, JD, Schuilenburg, H, Scott, CE, Scott, R, Seal, S, Shaw-Hawkins, S, Shields, BM, Simmonds, MJ, Smyth, DJ, Somaskantharajah, E, Spanova, K, Steer, S, Stephens, J, Stevens, HE, Stone, MA, Su, Z, Symmons, DPM, Thompson, JR, Thomson, W, Travers, ME, Turnbull, C, Valsesia, A, Walker, M, Walker, NM, Wallace, C, Warren-Perry, M, Watkins, NA, Webster, J, Weedon, MN, Wilson, AG, Woodburn, M, Wordsworth, BP, Young, AH, Zeggini, E, Carter, NP, Frayling, TM, Lee, C, McVean, G, Munroe, PB, Palotie, A, Sawcer, SJ, Scherer, SW, Strachan, DP, Tyler-Smith, C, Brown, MA, Burton, PR, Caulfield, MJ, Compston, A, Farrall, M, Gough, SCL, Hall, AS, Hattersley, AT, Hill, AVS, Mathew, CG, Pembrey, M, Satsangi, J, Stratton, MR, Worthington, J, Deloukas, P, Duncanson, A, Kwiatkowski, DP, McCarthy, MI, Ouwehand, WH, Parkes, M, Rahman, N, Todd, JA, Samani, NJ, Donnelly, P, Craddock, N, Hurles, ME, Cardin, N, Pearson, RD, Plagnol, V, Robson, S, Vukcevic, D, Barnes, C, Conrad, DF, Giannoulatou, E, Holmes, C, Marchini, JL, Stirrups, K, Tobin, MD, Wain, LV, Yau, C, Aerts, J, Ahmad, T, Andrews, TD, Arbury, H, Attwood, A, Auton, A, Ball, SG, Balmforth, AJ, Barrett, JC, Barroso, I, Barton, A, Bennett, AJ, Bhaskar, S, Blaszczyk, K, Bowes, J, Brand, OJ, Braund, PS, Bredin, F, Breen, G, Brown, MJ, Bruce, IN, Bull, J, Burren, OS, Burton, J, Byrnes, J, Caesar, S, Clee, CM, Coffey, AJ, Connell, JMC, Cooper, JD, Dominiczak, AF, Downes, K, Drummond, HE, Dudakia, D, Dunham, A, Ebbs, B, Eccles, D, Edkins, S, Edwards, C, Elliot, A, Emery, P, Evans, DM, Evans, G, Eyre, S, Farmer, A, Ferrier, IN, Feuk, L, Fitzgerald, T, Flynn, E, Forbes, A, Forty, L, Franklyn, JA, Freathy, RM, Gibbs, P, Gilbert, P, Gokumen, O, Gordon-Smith, K, Gray, E, Green, E, Groves, CJ, Grozeva, D, Gwilliam, R, Hall, A, Hammond, N, Hardy, M, Harrison, P, Hassanali, N, Hebaishi, H, Hines, S, Hinks, A, Hitman, GA, Hocking, L, Howard, E, Howard, P, Howson, JMM, Hughes, D, Hunt, S, Isaacs, JD, Jain, M, Jewell, DP, Johnson, T, Jolley, JD, Jones, IR, Jones, LA, Kirov, G, Langford, CF, Lango-Allen, H, Lathrop, GM, Lee, J, Lee, KL, Lees, C, Lewis, K, Lindgren, CM, Maisuria-Armer, M, Maller, J, Mansfield, J, Martin, P, Massey, DCO, McArdle, WL, McGuffin, P, McLay, KE, Mentzer, A, Mimmack, ML, Morgan, AE, Morris, AP, Mowat, C, Myers, S, Newman, W, Nimmo, ER, O'Donovan, MC, Onipinla, A, Onyiah, I, Ovington, NR, Owen, MJ, Palin, K, Parnell, K, Pernet, D, Perry, JRB, Phillips, A, Pinto, D, Prescott, NJ, Prokopenko, I, Quail, MA, Rafelt, S, Rayner, NW, Redon, R, Reid, DM, Renwick, A, Ring, SM, Robertson, N, Russell, E, St Clair, D, Sambrook, JG, Sanderson, JD, Schuilenburg, H, Scott, CE, Scott, R, Seal, S, Shaw-Hawkins, S, Shields, BM, Simmonds, MJ, Smyth, DJ, Somaskantharajah, E, Spanova, K, Steer, S, Stephens, J, Stevens, HE, Stone, MA, Su, Z, Symmons, DPM, Thompson, JR, Thomson, W, Travers, ME, Turnbull, C, Valsesia, A, Walker, M, Walker, NM, Wallace, C, Warren-Perry, M, Watkins, NA, Webster, J, Weedon, MN, Wilson, AG, Woodburn, M, Wordsworth, BP, Young, AH, Zeggini, E, Carter, NP, Frayling, TM, Lee, C, McVean, G, Munroe, PB, Palotie, A, Sawcer, SJ, Scherer, SW, Strachan, DP, Tyler-Smith, C, Brown, MA, Burton, PR, Caulfield, MJ, Compston, A, Farrall, M, Gough, SCL, Hall, AS, Hattersley, AT, Hill, AVS, Mathew, CG, Pembrey, M, Satsangi, J, Stratton, MR, Worthington, J, Deloukas, P, Duncanson, A, Kwiatkowski, DP, McCarthy, MI, Ouwehand, WH, Parkes, M, Rahman, N, Todd, JA, Samani, NJ, and Donnelly, P
Abstract: Copy number variants (CNVs) account for a major proportion of human genetic polymorphism and have been predicted to have an important role in genetic susceptibility to common disease. To address this we undertook a large, direct genome-wide study of association between CNVs and eight common human diseases. Using a purpose-designed array we typed approximately 19,000 individuals into distinct copy-number classes at 3,432 polymorphic CNVs, including an estimated approximately 50% of all common CNVs larger than 500 base pairs. We identified several biological artefacts that lead to false-positive associations, including systematic CNV differences between DNAs derived from blood and cell lines. Association testing and follow-up replication analyses confirmed three loci where CNVs were associated with disease-IRGM for Crohn's disease, HLA for Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, and TSPAN8 for type 2 diabetes-although in each case the locus had previously been identified in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based studies, reflecting our observation that most common CNVs that are well-typed on our array are well tagged by SNPs and so have been indirectly explored through SNP studies. We conclude that common CNVs that can be typed on existing platforms are unlikely to contribute greatly to the genetic basis of common human diseases.
Published: 2010

21. The Citrobacter rodentium genome sequence reveals convergent evolution with human pathogenic Escherichia coli

Author: Petty, NK, Bulgin, R, Crepin, VF, Cerdeño-Tárraga, AM, Schroeder, GN, Quail, MA, Lennard, N, Corton, C, Barron, A, Clark, L, Toribio, AL, Parkhill, J, Dougan, G, Frankel, G, Thomson, NR, Petty, NK, Bulgin, R, Crepin, VF, Cerdeño-Tárraga, AM, Schroeder, GN, Quail, MA, Lennard, N, Corton, C, Barron, A, Clark, L, Toribio, AL, Parkhill, J, Dougan, G, Frankel, G, and Thomson, NR
Abstract: Citrobacter rodentium (formally Citrobacter freundii biotype 4280) is a highly infectious pathogen that causes colitis and transmissible colonic hyperplasia in mice. In common with enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EPEC and EHEC, respectively), C. rodentium exploits a type III secretion system (T3SS) to induce attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions that are essential for virulence. Here, we report the fully annotated genome sequence of the 5.3-Mb chromosome and four plasmids harbored by C. rodentium strain ICC168. The genome sequence revealed key information about the phylogeny of C. rodentium and identified 1,585 C. rodentium-specific (without orthologues in EPEC or EHEC) coding sequences, 10 prophage-like regions, and 17 genomic islands, including the locus for enterocyte effacement (LEE) region, which encodes a T3SS and effector proteins. Among the 29 T3SS effectors found in C. rodentium are all 22 of the core effectors of EPEC strain E2348/69. In addition, we identified a novel C. rodentium effector, named EspS. C. rodentium harbors two type VI secretion systems (T6SS) (CTS1 and CTS2), while EHEC contains only one T6SS (EHS). Our analysis suggests that C. rodentium and EPEC/EHEC have converged on a common host infection strategy through access to a common pool of mobile DNA and that C. rodentium has lost gene functions associated with a previous pathogenic niche. Copyright © 2010, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Published: 2010

22. Evidence for niche adaptation in the genome of the bovine pathogen Streptococcus uberis.

Author: Ward, PN, Holden, MTG, Leigh, JA, Lennard, N, Bignell, A, Barron, A, Clark, L, Quail, MA, Woodward, J, Barrell, BG, Egan, SA, Field, TR, Maskell, D, Kehoe, M, Dowson, CG, Chanter, N, Whatmore, AM, Bentley, SD, Parkhill, J, Ward, PN, Holden, MTG, Leigh, JA, Lennard, N, Bignell, A, Barron, A, Clark, L, Quail, MA, Woodward, J, Barrell, BG, Egan, SA, Field, TR, Maskell, D, Kehoe, M, Dowson, CG, Chanter, N, Whatmore, AM, Bentley, SD, and Parkhill, J
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Streptococcus uberis, a Gram positive bacterial pathogen responsible for a significant proportion of bovine mastitis in commercial dairy herds, colonises multiple body sites of the cow including the gut, genital tract and mammary gland. Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of S. uberis strain 0140J was undertaken to help elucidate the biology of this effective bovine pathogen. RESULTS: The genome revealed 1,825 predicted coding sequences (CDSs) of which 62 were identified as pseudogenes or gene fragments. Comparisons with related pyogenic streptococci identified a conserved core (40%) of orthologous CDSs. Intriguingly, S. uberis 0140J displayed a lower number of mobile genetic elements when compared with other pyogenic streptococci, however bacteriophage-derived islands and a putative genomic island were identified. Comparative genomics analysis revealed most similarity to the genomes of Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. In contrast, streptococcal orthologs were not identified for 11% of the CDSs, indicating either unique retention of ancestral sequence, or acquisition of sequence from alternative sources. Functions including transport, catabolism, regulation and CDSs encoding cell envelope proteins were over-represented in this unique gene set; a limited array of putative virulence CDSs were identified. CONCLUSION: S. uberis utilises nutritional flexibility derived from a diversity of metabolic options to successfully occupy a discrete ecological niche. The features observed in S. uberis are strongly suggestive of an opportunistic pathogen adapted to challenging and changing environmental parameters.
Published: 2009

23. Genomic evidence for the evolution of Streptococcus equi: host restriction, increased virulence, and genetic exchange with human pathogens.

Author: Wessels, MR, Holden, MTG, Heather, Z, Paillot, R, Steward, KF, Webb, K, Ainslie, F, Jourdan, T, Bason, NC, Holroyd, NE, Mungall, K, Quail, MA, Sanders, M, Simmonds, M, Willey, D, Brooks, K, Aanensen, DM, Spratt, BG, Jolley, KA, Maiden, MCJ, Kehoe, M, Chanter, N, Bentley, SD, Robinson, C, Maskell, DJ, Parkhill, J, Waller, AS, Wessels, MR, Holden, MTG, Heather, Z, Paillot, R, Steward, KF, Webb, K, Ainslie, F, Jourdan, T, Bason, NC, Holroyd, NE, Mungall, K, Quail, MA, Sanders, M, Simmonds, M, Willey, D, Brooks, K, Aanensen, DM, Spratt, BG, Jolley, KA, Maiden, MCJ, Kehoe, M, Chanter, N, Bentley, SD, Robinson, C, Maskell, DJ, Parkhill, J, and Waller, AS
Abstract: The continued evolution of bacterial pathogens has major implications for both human and animal disease, but the exchange of genetic material between host-restricted pathogens is rarely considered. Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi) is a host-restricted pathogen of horses that has evolved from the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (S. zooepidemicus). These pathogens share approximately 80% genome sequence identity with the important human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. We sequenced and compared the genomes of S. equi 4047 and S. zooepidemicus H70 and screened S. equi and S. zooepidemicus strains from around the world to uncover evidence of the genetic events that have shaped the evolution of the S. equi genome and led to its emergence as a host-restricted pathogen. Our analysis provides evidence of functional loss due to mutation and deletion, coupled with pathogenic specialization through the acquisition of bacteriophage encoding a phospholipase A(2) toxin, and four superantigens, and an integrative conjugative element carrying a novel iron acquisition system with similarity to the high pathogenicity island of Yersinia pestis. We also highlight that S. equi, S. zooepidemicus, and S. pyogenes share a common phage pool that enhances cross-species pathogen evolution. We conclude that the complex interplay of functional loss, pathogenic specialization, and genetic exchange between S. equi, S. zooepidemicus, and S. pyogenes continues to influence the evolution of these important streptococci.
Published: 2009

24. A simple method for directional transcriptome sequencing using Illumina technology

Author: Croucher, NJ, Fookes, MC, Perkins, TT, Turner, DJ, Marguerat, SB, Keane, T, Quail, MA, He, M, Assefa, S, Baehler, J, Kingsley, RA, Parkhill, J, Bentley, SD, Dougan, G, Thomson, NR, Croucher, NJ, Fookes, MC, Perkins, TT, Turner, DJ, Marguerat, SB, Keane, T, Quail, MA, He, M, Assefa, S, Baehler, J, Kingsley, RA, Parkhill, J, Bentley, SD, Dougan, G, and Thomson, NR
Abstract: High-throughput sequencing of cDNA has been used to study eukaryotic transcription on a genome-wide scale to single base pair resolution. In order to compensate for the high ribonuclease activity in bacterial cells, we have devised an equivalent technique optimized for studying complete prokaryotic transcriptomes that minimizes the manipulation of the RNA sample. This new approach uses Illumina technology to sequence single-stranded (ss) cDNA, generating information on both the direction and level of transcription throughout the genome. The protocol, and associated data analysis programs, are freely available from http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/Pathogens/Transcriptome/. We have successfully applied this method to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella bongori and Streptococcus pneumoniae and the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. This method enables experimental validation of genetic features predicted in silico and allows the easy identification of novel transcripts throughout the genome. We also show that there is a high correlation between the level of gene expression calculated from ss-cDNA and double-stranded-cDNA sequencing, indicting that ss-cDNA sequencing is both robust and appropriate for use in quantitative studies of transcription. Hence, this simple method should prove a useful tool in aiding genome annotation and gene expression studies in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Published: 2009

25. Pseudogene accumulation in the evolutionary histories of Salmonella enterica serovars Paratyphi A and Typhi

Author: Holt, KE, Thomson, NR, Wain, J, Langridge, GC, Hasan, R, Bhutta, ZA, Quail, MA, Norbertczak, H, Walker, D, Simmonds, M, White, B, Bason, N, Mungall, K, Dougan, G, Parkhill, J, Holt, KE, Thomson, NR, Wain, J, Langridge, GC, Hasan, R, Bhutta, ZA, Quail, MA, Norbertczak, H, Walker, D, Simmonds, M, White, B, Bason, N, Mungall, K, Dougan, G, and Parkhill, J
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Of the > 2000 serovars of Salmonella enterica subspecies I, most cause self-limiting gastrointestinal disease in a wide range of mammalian hosts. However, S. enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A are restricted to the human host and cause the similar systemic diseases typhoid and paratyphoid fever. Genome sequence similarity between Paratyphi A and Typhi has been attributed to convergent evolution via relatively recent recombination of a quarter of their genomes. The accumulation of pseudogenes is a key feature of these and other host-adapted pathogens, and overlapping pseudogene complements are evident in Paratyphi A and Typhi. RESULTS: We report the 4.5 Mbp genome of a clinical isolate of Paratyphi A, strain AKU_12601, completely sequenced using capillary techniques and subsequently checked using Illumina/Solexa resequencing. Comparison with the published genome of Paratyphi A ATCC9150 revealed the two are collinear and highly similar, with 188 single nucleotide polymorphisms and 39 insertions/deletions. A comparative analysis of pseudogene complements of these and two finished Typhi genomes (CT18, Ty2) identified several pseudogenes that had been overlooked in prior genome annotations of one or both serovars, and identified 66 pseudogenes shared between serovars. By determining whether each shared and serovar-specific pseudogene had been recombined between Paratyphi A and Typhi, we found evidence that most pseudogenes have accumulated after the recombination between serovars. We also divided pseudogenes into relative-time groups: ancestral pseudogenes inherited from a common ancestor, pseudogenes recombined between serovars which likely arose between initial divergence and later recombination, serovar-specific pseudogenes arising after recombination but prior to the last evolutionary bottlenecks in each population, and more recent strain-specific pseudogenes. CONCLUSION: Recombination and pseudogene-formation have been important mechanisms of geneti
Published: 2009

26. Rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance in the emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis.

Author: Ratner, AJ, Holden, MTG, Hauser, H, Sanders, M, Ngo, TH, Cherevach, I, Cronin, A, Goodhead, I, Mungall, K, Quail, MA, Price, C, Rabbinowitsch, E, Sharp, S, Croucher, NJ, Chieu, TB, Mai, NTH, Diep, TS, Chinh, NT, Kehoe, M, Leigh, JA, Ward, PN, Dowson, CG, Whatmore, AM, Chanter, N, Iversen, P, Gottschalk, M, Slater, JD, Smith, HE, Spratt, BG, Xu, J, Ye, C, Bentley, S, Barrell, BG, Schultsz, C, Maskell, DJ, Parkhill, J, Ratner, AJ, Holden, MTG, Hauser, H, Sanders, M, Ngo, TH, Cherevach, I, Cronin, A, Goodhead, I, Mungall, K, Quail, MA, Price, C, Rabbinowitsch, E, Sharp, S, Croucher, NJ, Chieu, TB, Mai, NTH, Diep, TS, Chinh, NT, Kehoe, M, Leigh, JA, Ward, PN, Dowson, CG, Whatmore, AM, Chanter, N, Iversen, P, Gottschalk, M, Slater, JD, Smith, HE, Spratt, BG, Xu, J, Ye, C, Bentley, S, Barrell, BG, Schultsz, C, Maskell, DJ, and Parkhill, J
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that infects pigs and can occasionally cause serious infections in humans. S. suis infections occur sporadically in human Europe and North America, but a recent major outbreak has been described in China with high levels of mortality. The mechanisms of S. suis pathogenesis in humans and pigs are poorly understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The sequencing of whole genomes of S. suis isolates provides opportunities to investigate the genetic basis of infection. Here we describe whole genome sequences of three S. suis strains from the same lineage: one from European pigs, and two from human cases from China and Vietnam. Comparative genomic analysis was used to investigate the variability of these strains. S. suis is phylogenetically distinct from other Streptococcus species for which genome sequences are currently available. Accordingly, approximately 40% of the approximately 2 Mb genome is unique in comparison to other Streptococcus species. Finer genomic comparisons within the species showed a high level of sequence conservation; virtually all of the genome is common to the S. suis strains. The only exceptions are three approximately 90 kb regions, present in the two isolates from humans, composed of integrative conjugative elements and transposons. Carried in these regions are coding sequences associated with drug resistance. In addition, small-scale sequence variation has generated pseudogenes in putative virulence and colonization factors. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The genomic inventories of genetically related S. suis strains, isolated from distinct hosts and diseases, exhibit high levels of conservation. However, the genomes provide evidence that horizontal gene transfer has contributed to the evolution of drug resistance.
Published: 2009

27. Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile 027 strains provides insight into the evolution of a hypervirulent bacterium

Author: Stabler, RA, He, M, Dawson, L, Martin, M, Valiente, E, Corton, C, Lawley, TD, Sebaihia, M, Quail, MA, Rose, G, Gerding, DN, Gibert, M, Popoff, MR, Parkhill, J, Dougan, G, Wren, BW, Stabler, RA, He, M, Dawson, L, Martin, M, Valiente, E, Corton, C, Lawley, TD, Sebaihia, M, Quail, MA, Rose, G, Gerding, DN, Gibert, M, Popoff, MR, Parkhill, J, Dougan, G, and Wren, BW
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The continued rise of Clostridium difficile infections worldwide has been accompanied by the rapid emergence of a highly virulent clone designated PCR-ribotype 027. To understand more about the evolution of this virulent clone, we made a three-way genomic and phenotypic comparison of an 'historic' non-epidemic 027 C. difficile (CD196), a recent epidemic and hypervirulent 027 (R20291) and a previously sequenced PCR-ribotype 012 strain (630). RESULTS: Although the genomes are highly conserved, the 027 genomes have 234 additional genes compared to 630, which may contribute to the distinct phenotypic differences we observe between these strains relating to motility, antibiotic resistance and toxicity. The epidemic 027 strain has five unique genetic regions, absent from both the non-epidemic 027 and strain 630, which include a novel phage island, a two component regulatory system and transcriptional regulators. CONCLUSIONS: A comparison of a series of 027 isolates showed that some of these genes appeared to have been gained by 027 strains over the past two decades. This study provides genetic markers for the identification of 027 strains and offers a unique opportunity to explain the recent emergence of a hypervirulent bacterium.
Published: 2009

28. Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes

Author: Butler, G, Rasmussen, MD, Lin, MF, Santos, MAS, Sakthikumar, S, Munro, CA, Rheinbay, E, Grabherr, M, Forche, A, Reedy, JL, Agrafioti, I, Arnaud, MB, Bates, S, Brown, AJP, Brunke, S, Costanzo, MC, Fitzpatrick, DA, de Groot, PWJ, Harris, D, Hoyer, LL, Hube, B, Klis, FM, Kodira, C, Lennard, N, Logue, ME, Martin, R, Neiman, AM, Nikolaou, E, Quail, MA, Quinn, J, Santos, MC, Schmitzberger, FF, Sherlock, G, Shah, P, Silverstein, KAT, Skrzypek, MS, Soll, D, Staggs, R, Stansfield, I, Stumpf, MPH, Sudbery, PE, Srikantha, T, Zeng, Q, Berman, J, Berriman, M, Heitman, J, Gow, NAR, Lorenz, MC, Birren, BW, Kellis, M, Cuomo, CA, Butler, G, Rasmussen, MD, Lin, MF, Santos, MAS, Sakthikumar, S, Munro, CA, Rheinbay, E, Grabherr, M, Forche, A, Reedy, JL, Agrafioti, I, Arnaud, MB, Bates, S, Brown, AJP, Brunke, S, Costanzo, MC, Fitzpatrick, DA, de Groot, PWJ, Harris, D, Hoyer, LL, Hube, B, Klis, FM, Kodira, C, Lennard, N, Logue, ME, Martin, R, Neiman, AM, Nikolaou, E, Quail, MA, Quinn, J, Santos, MC, Schmitzberger, FF, Sherlock, G, Shah, P, Silverstein, KAT, Skrzypek, MS, Soll, D, Staggs, R, Stansfield, I, Stumpf, MPH, Sudbery, PE, Srikantha, T, Zeng, Q, Berman, J, Berriman, M, Heitman, J, Gow, NAR, Lorenz, MC, Birren, BW, Kellis, M, and Cuomo, CA
Abstract: Candida species are the most common cause of opportunistic fungal infection worldwide. Here we report the genome sequences of six Candida species and compare these and related pathogens and non-pathogens. There are significant expansions of cell wall, secreted and transporter gene families in pathogenic species, suggesting adaptations associated with virulence. Large genomic tracts are homozygous in three diploid species, possibly resulting from recent recombination events. Surprisingly, key components of the mating and meiosis pathways are missing from several species. These include major differences at the mating-type loci (MTL); Lodderomyces elongisporus lacks MTL, and components of the a1/2 cell identity determinant were lost in other species, raising questions about how mating and cell types are controlled. Analysis of the CUG leucine-to-serine genetic-code change reveals that 99% of ancestral CUG codons were erased and new ones arose elsewhere. Lastly, we revise the Candida albicans gene catalogue, identifying many new genes.
Published: 2009

29. The complete genome sequence and comparative genome analysis of the high pathogenicity Yersinia enterocolitica strain 8081

Author: Thomson, NR, Howard, S, Wren, BW, Holden, MTG, Crossman, L, Challis, GL, Churcher, C, Mungall, K, Brooks, K, Chillingworth, T, Feltwell, T, Abdellah, Z, Hauser, H, Jagels, K, Maddison, M, Moule, S, Sanders, M, Whitehead, S, Quail, MA, Dougan, G, Parkhill, J, Prentice, MB, Thomson, NR, Howard, S, Wren, BW, Holden, MTG, Crossman, L, Challis, GL, Churcher, C, Mungall, K, Brooks, K, Chillingworth, T, Feltwell, T, Abdellah, Z, Hauser, H, Jagels, K, Maddison, M, Moule, S, Sanders, M, Whitehead, S, Quail, MA, Dougan, G, Parkhill, J, and Prentice, MB
Abstract: The human enteropathogen, Yersinia enterocolitica, is a significant link in the range of Yersinia pathologies extending from mild gastroenteritis to bubonic plague. Comparison at the genomic level is a key step in our understanding of the genetic basis for this pathogenicity spectrum. Here we report the genome of Y. enterocolitica strain 8081 (serotype 0:8; biotype 1B) and extensive microarray data relating to the genetic diversity of the Y. enterocolitica species. Our analysis reveals that the genome of Y. enterocolitica strain 8081 is a patchwork of horizontally acquired genetic loci, including a plasticity zone of 199 kb containing an extraordinarily high density of virulence genes. Microarray analysis has provided insights into species-specific Y. enterocolitica gene functions and the intraspecies differences between the high, low, and nonpathogenic Y. enterocolitica biotypes. Through comparative genome sequence analysis we provide new information on the evolution of the Yersinia. We identify numerous loci that represent ancestral clusters of genes potentially important in enteric survival and pathogenesis, which have been lost or are in the process of being lost, in the other sequenced Yersinia lineages. Our analysis also highlights large metabolic operons in Y. enterocolitica that are absent in the related enteropathogen, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, indicating major differences in niche and nutrients used within the mammalian gut. These include clusters directing, the production of hydrogenases, tetrathionate respiration, cobalamin synthesis, and propanediol utilisation. Along with ancestral gene clusters, the genome of Y. enterocolitica has revealed species-specific and enteropathogen-specific loci. This has provided important insights into the pathology of this bacterium and, more broadly, into the evolution of the genus. Moreover, wider investigations looking at the patterns of gene loss and gain in the Yersinia have highlighted common themes in the genome
Published: 2006

30. Seronegative autoimmune hepatitis presenting after diagnosis of coeliac disease: a case report.

Author: Quail MA, Russell RK, Bellamy C, Mieli-Vergani G, Gillett PM, Quail, Michael A, Russell, Richard K, Bellamy, Chris, Mieli-Vergani, Giorgina, and Gillett, Peter M
Published: 2009
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31. Question 3 Does a higher initial dose of adenosine improve cardioversion rates in supraventricular tachycardia?

Author: Quail MA, Till J, Quail, Michael A, and Till, Jan
Published: 2012
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32. The genome sequence of the European turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur Linnaeus 1758

Author: Dunn, Jenny, Hamer, KC, Morris, AJ, Grice, PV, Smith, M, Corton, C, Oliver, K, Skelton, J, Betteridge, E, Dolucan, J, Quail, MA, McCarthy, SA, Uliano-Silva, M, Howe, K, Torrance, J, Chow, W, Pelan, S, Sims, Y, Challis, R, Threlfall, J, Mead, D, Blaxter, M, Dunn, Jenny, Hamer, KC, Morris, AJ, Grice, PV, Smith, M, Corton, C, Oliver, K, Skelton, J, Betteridge, E, Dolucan, J, Quail, MA, McCarthy, SA, Uliano-Silva, M, Howe, K, Torrance, J, Chow, W, Pelan, S, Sims, Y, Challis, R, Threlfall, J, Mead, D, and Blaxter, M
Abstract: We present a genome assembly from an individual female Streptopelia turtur (the European turtle dove; Chordata; Aves; Columbidae). The genome sequence is 1.18 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 35 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the W and Z sex chromosomes assembled.

33. Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England

Author: Vöhringer, HS, Sanderson, T, Sinnott, M, De Maio, N, Nguyen, T, Goater, R, Schwach, F, Harrison, I, Hellewell, J, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Jackson, DK, Johnston, I, Jung, AW, Saint, C, Sillitoe, J, Suciu, M, Goldman, N, Panovska-Griffiths, J, Abnizova, I, Aigrain, L, Alderton, A, Ali, M, Allen, L, Amato, R, Anderson, R, Ariani, C, Austin-Guest, S, Bala, S, Barrett, J, Bassett, A, Battleday, K, Beal, J, Beale, M, Beaver, C, Bellany, S, Bellerby, T, Bellis, K, Berger, D, Berriman, M, Betteridge, E, Bevan, P, Binley, S, Bishop, J, Blackburn, K, Bonfield, J, Boughton, N, Bowker, S, Brendler-Spaeth, T, Bronner, I, Brooklyn, T, Buddenborg, SK, Bush, R, Caetano, C, Cagan, A, Carter, N, Cartwright, J, Monteiro, TC, Chapman, L, Chillingworth, TJ, Clapham, P, Clark, R, Clarke, A, Clarke, C, Cole, D, Cook, E, Coppola, M, Cornell, L, Cornwell, C, Corton, C, Crackett, A, Cranage, A, Craven, H, Craw, S, Crawford, M, Cutts, T, Dabrowska, M, Davies, M, Davies, R, Dawson, J, Day, C, Densem, A, Dibling, T, Dockree, C, Dodd, D, Dogga, S, Dorman, M, Dougan, G, Dougherty, M, Dove, A, Drummond, L, Drury, E, Dudek, M, Durham, J, Durrant, L, Easthope, E, Eckert, S, Ellis, P, Farr, B, Fenton, M, Ferrero, M, Flack, N, Fordham, H, Forsythe, G, Foulser, L, Francis, M, Fraser, A, Freeman, A, Galvin, A, Garcia-Casado, M, Gedny, A, Girgis, S, Glover, J, Goncalves, S, Goodwin, S, Gould, O, Gourtovaia, M, Gray, A, Gray, E, Griffiths, C, Gu, Y, Guerin, F, Hamilton, W, Hanks, H, Harrison, E, Harrott, A, Harry, E, Harvison, J, Heath, P, Hernandez-Koutoucheva, A, Hobbs, R, Holland, D, Holmes, S, Hornett, G, Hough, N, Huckle, L, Hughes-Hallet, L, Hunter, A, Inglis, S, Iqbal, S, Jackson, A, Jackson, D, James, K, Jamrozy, D, Verdejo, CJ, Jones, M, Kallepally, K, Kane, L, Kay, K, Kay, S, Keatley, J, Keith, A, King, A, Kitchin, L, Kleanthous, M, Klimekova, M, Korlevic, P, Krasheninnkova, K, Lane, G, Langford, C, Laverack, A, Law, K, Lawniczak, M, Lensing, S, Leonard, S, Letchford, L, Lewis, K, 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Gerstung, M
Abstract: The evolution of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus leads to new variants that warrant timely epidemiological characterization. Here we use the dense genomic surveillance data generated by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium to reconstruct the dynamics of 71 different lineages in each of 315 English local authorities between September 2020 and June 2021. This analysis reveals a series of subepidemics that peaked in early autumn 2020, followed by a jump in transmissibility of the B.1.1.7/Alpha lineage. The Alpha variant grew when other lineages declined during the second national lockdown and regionally tiered restrictions between November and December 2020. A third more stringent national lockdown suppressed the Alpha variant and eliminated nearly all other lineages in early 2021. Yet a series of variants (most of which contained the spike E484K mutation) defied these trends and persisted at moderately increasing proportions. However, by accounting for sustained introductions, we found that the transmissibility of these variants is unlikely to have exceeded the transmissibility of the Alpha variant. Finally, B.1.617.2/Delta was repeatedly introduced in England and grew rapidly in early summer 2021, constituting approximately 98% of sampled SARS-CoV-2 genomes on 26 June 2021.

34. Investigation of hospital discharge cases and SARS-CoV-2 introduction into Lothian care homes

Author: Cotton, S, McHugh, MP, Dewar, R, Haas, JG, Templeton, K, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Martinez Nunez, RT, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, A, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, Moore, C, Thomson, EC, Cutino-Moguel, T, Harrison, EM, Smith, CP, Rogan, F, Beckwith, SM, Murray, A, Singleton, D, Eastick, K, Sheridan, LA, Randell, P, Jackson, LM, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Fairley, DJ, Loose, MW, Watkins, J, Moses, S, Nicholls, S, Bull, M, Amato, R, Smith, DL, Aanensen, DM, Barrett, JC, Kele, B, Aggarwal, D, Shepherd, JG, Curran, MD, Parmar, S, Parker, MD, Williams, C, Glaysher, S, Underwood, AP, Bashton, M, Pacchiarini, N, Loveson, KF, Byott, M, Carabelli, AM, Templeton, KE, Peacock, SJ, de Silva, TI, Wang, D, Langford, CF, Sillitoe, J, Gunson, RN, Cottrell, S, O’Grady, J, Kwiatkowski, D, Lillie, PJ, Cortes, N, Moore, N, Thomas, C, Burns, PJ, Mahungu, TW, Liggett, S, Beckett, AH, Holden, MTG, Levett, LJ, Osman, H, Hassan-Ibrahim, MO, Simpson, DA, Chand, M, Gupta, RK, Darby, AC, Paterson, S, Pybus, OG, Volz, EM, de Angelis, D, Robertson, DL, Page, AJ, Martincorena, I, Aigrain, L, Bassett, AR, Wong, N, Taha, Y, Erkiert, MJ, Spencer Chapman, MH, Mookerjee, S, Aplin, S, Harvey, M, Sass, T, Umpleby, H, Wheeler, H, McKenna, JP, Warne, B, Taylor, JF, Chaudhry, Y, Izuagbe, R, Jahun, AS, Young, GR, McMurray, C, McCann, CM, Nelson, A, Elliott, S, Lowe, H, Price, A, Crown, MR, Rey, S, Roy, S, Temperton, B, Shaaban, S, Hesketh, AR, Laing, KG, Monahan, IM, Heaney, J, Pelosi, E, Silviera, S, Wilson-Davies, E, Fryer, H, Adams, H, du Plessis, L, Johnson, R, Harvey, WT, Hughes, J, Orton, RJ, Spurgin, LG, Bourgeois, Y, Ruis, C, O'Toole, Á, Gourtovaia, M, Sanderson, T, Fraser, C, Edgeworth, J, Breuer, J, Michell, SL, Todd, JA, John, M, Buck, D, Gajee, K, Kay, GL, Heyburn, D, Charalampous, T, Alcolea-Medina, A, Kitchman, K, McNal, A, Pritch, DT, Dervisevic, S, Muir, P, Robinson, E, Vipond, BB, Ramadan, NA, Jeanes, C, Weldon, D, Catalan, J, Jones, N, da Silva Filipe, A, Fuchs, M, Miskelly, J, Jeffries, AR, Oliver, K, Park, NR, Ash, A, Koshy, C, Barrow, M, Buchan, SL, Mantzouratou, Anna, Clark, G, Holmes, CW, Campbell, S, Davis, T, Tan, NK, Brown, JR, Harris, KA, Kidd, SP, Grant, PR, Xu-McCrae, L, Cox, A, Madona, P, Pond, M, Randell, PA, Withell, KT, Graham, C, Denton-Smith, R, Swindells, E, Turnbull, R, Sloan, TJ, Bosworth, A, Hutchings, S, Pymont, HM, Casey, A, Ratcliffe, L, Jones, CR, Knight, BA, Haque, T, Hart, J, Irish-Tavares, D, Witele, E, Mower, C, Watson DipHe, LK, Collins, J, Eltringham, G, Crudgington, D, Macklin, B, Iturriza-Gomara, M, Lucaci, AO, McClure, PC, Carlile, M, Holmes, N, Storey, N, Rooke, S, Yebra, G, Craine, N, Perry, M, Alikhan, N, Bridgett, S, Cook, KF, Fearn, C, Goudarzi, S, Lyons, RA, Williams, T, Haldenby, ST, Durham, J, Leonard, S, Davies, RM, Batra, R, Blane, B, Spyer, MJ, Smith, P, Yavus, M, Williams, RJ, Mahanama, AIK, Samaraweera, B, Girgis, ST, Hansford, SE, Green, A, Beaver, C, Bellis, KL, Dorman, MJ, Kay, S, Prestwood, L, Rajatileka, S, Quick, J, Poplawski, R, Reynolds, N, Mack, A, Morriss, A, Whalley, T, Patel, B, Georgana, I, Hosmillo, M, Pinckert, ML, Stockton, J, Henderson, JH, Hollis, A, Stanley, W, Yew, WC, Myers, R, Thornton, A, Adams, A, Annett, T, Asad, H, Birchley, A, Coombes, J, Evans, JM, Fina, L, Gatica-Wilcox, B, Gilbert, L, Graham, L, Hey, J, Hilvers, E, Jones, S, Jones, H, Kumziene-Summerhayes, S, McKerr, C, Powell, J, Pugh, G, Taylor, S, Trotter, AJ, Williams, CA, Kermack, LM, Foulkes, BH, Gallis, M, Hornsby, HR, Louka, SF, Pohare, M, Wolverson, P, Zhang, P, MacIntyre-Cockett, G, Trebes, A, Moll, RJ, Ferguson, L, Goldstein, EJ, Maclean, A, Tomb, R, Starinskij, I, Thomson, L, Southgate, J, Kraemer, MUG, Raghwani, J, Zarebski, AE, Boyd, O, Geidelberg, L, Illingworth, CJ, Jackson, C, Pascall, D, Vattipally, S, Freeman, TM, Hsu, SN, 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Foster-Nyarko, E, Prosolek, SJ, Rudder, S, Baxter, C, Carvalho, SF, Lavin, D, Mariappan, A, Radulescu, C, Singh, A, Tang, M, Morcrette, H, Bayzid, N, Cotic, M, Balcazar, CE, Gallagher, MD, Maloney, D, Stanton, TD, Williamson, KA, Manley, R, Michelsen, ML, Sambles, CM, Studholme, DJ, Warwick-Dugdale, J, Eccles, R, Gemmell, M, Gregory, R, Hughes, M, Nelson, C, Rainbow, L, Vamos, EE, Webster, HJ, Whitehead, M, Wierzbicki, C, Angyal, A, Green, LR, Whiteley, M, Betteridge, E, Bronner, IF, Farr, BW, Goodwin, S, Lensing, SV, McCarthy, SA, Quail, MA, Rajan, D, Redshaw, NM, Scott, C, Shirley, L, Thurston, SAJ, Rowe, W, Gaskin, A, Le-Viet, T, Bonfield, J, Liddle, J, Whitwham, A, Cotton, S, McHugh, MP, Dewar, R, Haas, JG, Templeton, K, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Martinez Nunez, RT, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, A, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, 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Abstract: Summary Background The first epidemic wave of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Scotland resulted in high case numbers and mortality in care homes. In Lothian, over one-third of care homes reported an outbreak, while there was limited testing of hospital patients discharged to care homes. Aim To investigate patients discharged from hospitals as a source of SARS-CoV-2 introduction into care homes during the first epidemic wave. Methods A clinical review was performed for all patients discharges from hospitals to care homes from 1st March 2020 to 31st May 2020. Episodes were ruled out based on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test history, clinical assessment at discharge, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data and an infectious period of 14 days. Clinical samples were processed for WGS, and consensus genomes generated were used for analysis using Cluster Investigation and Virus Epidemiological Tool software. Patient timelines were obtained using electronic hospital records. Findings In total, 787 patients discharged from hospitals to care homes were identified. Of these, 776 (99%) were ruled out for subsequent introduction of SARS-CoV-2 into care homes. However, for 10 episodes, the results were inconclusive as there was low genomic diversity in consensus genomes or no sequencing data were available. Only one discharge episode had a genomic, time and location link to positive cases during hospital admission, leading to 10 positive cases in their care home. Conclusion The majority of patients discharged from hospitals were ruled out for introduction of SARS-CoV-2 into care homes, highlighting the importance of screening all new admissions when faced with a novel emerging virus and no available vaccine.

35. SARS-CoV-2 lineage dynamics in England from September to November 2021: high diversity of Delta sub-lineages and increased transmissibility of AY.4.2

Author: Eales, O, Page, AJ, de Oliveira Martins, L, Wang, H, Bodinier, B, Haw, D, Jonnerby, J, Atchison, C, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Nunez, RTM, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, A, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Lythgoe, K, Torok, ME, Goodfellow, IG, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, Moore, C, Thomson, EC, Harrison, EM, Smith, CP, Rogan, F, Beckwith, SM, Murray, A, Singleton, D, Eastick, K, Sheridan, LA, Randell, P, Jackson, LM, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Fairley, DJ, Loose, MW, Watkins, J, Moses, S, Nicholls, S, Bull, M, Amato, R, Smith, DL, Aanensen, DM, Barrett, JC, Aggarwal, D, Shepherd, JG, Curran, MD, Parmar, S, Parker, MD, Williams, C, Glaysher, S, Underwood, AP, Bashton, M, Pacchiarini, N, Loveson, KF, Byott, M, Carabelli, AM, Templeton, KE, de Silva, TI, Wang, D, Langford, CF, Sillitoe, J, Gunson, RN, Cottrell, S, O’Grady, J, Kwiatkowski, D, 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Nicodemi, R, Podplomyk, O, Somassa, T, Beggs, A, Richter, A, Cormie, C, Dias, J, Forrest, S, Higginson, EE, Maes, M, Young, J, Davidson, RK, Jackson, KA, Turtle, L, Keeley, AJ, Ball, J, Byaruhanga, T, Chappell, JG, Dey, J, Hill, JD, Park, EJ, Fanaie, A, Hilson, RA, Yaze, G, Lo, S, Afifi, S, Beer, R, Maksimovic, J, McCluggage, K, Spellman, K, Bresner, C, Fuller, W, Marchbank, A, Workman, T, Shelest, E, Debebe, J, Sang, F, Zamudio, ME, Francois, S, Gutierrez, B, Vasylyeva, TI, Flaviani, F, Ragonnet-Cronin, M, Smollett, KL, Broos, A, Mair, D, Nichols, J, Nomikou, K, Tong, L, Tsatsani, I, O’Brien, PS, Rushton, S, Sanderson, R, Perkins, J, Cotton, S, Gallagher, A, Allara, E, Pearson, C, Bibby, D, Dabrera, G, Ellaby, N, Gallagher, E, Hubb, J, Lackenby, A, Lee, D, Manesis, N, Mbisa, T, Platt, S, Twohig, KA, Morgan, M, Aydin, A, Baker, DJ, Foster-Nyarko, E, Prosolek, SJ, Rudder, S, Baxter, C, Carvalho, SF, Lavin, D, Mariappan, A, Radulescu, C, Singh, A, Tang, M, Morcrette, H, Bayzid, N, Cotic, M, Balcazar, CE, Gallagher, MD, Maloney, D, Stanton, TD, Williamson, KA, Manley, R, Michelsen, ML, Sambles, CM, Studholme, DJ, Warwick-Dugdale, J, Eccles, R, Gemmell, M, Gregory, R, Hughes, M, Nelson, C, Rainbow, L, Vamos, EE, Webster, HJ, Whitehead, M, Wierzbicki, C, Angyal, A, Green, LR, Whiteley, M, Betteridge, E, Bronner, IF, Farr, BW, Goodwin, S, Lensing, SV, McCarthy, SA, Quail, MA, Rajan, D, Redshaw, NM, Scott, C, Shirley, L, Thurston, SAJ, Rowe, W, Gaskin, A, Le-Viet, T, Bonfield, J, Liddle, J, Whitwham, A, Ashby, D, Barclay, W, Taylor, G, Cooke, G, Ward, H, Darzi, A, Riley, S, Chadeau-Hyam, M, Donnelly, CA, Elliott, P, and The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium
Abstract: Background: Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, evolutionary pressure has driven large increases in the transmissibility of the virus. However, with increasing levels of immunity through vaccination and natural infection the evolutionary pressure will switch towards immune escape. Genomic surveillance in regions of high immunity is crucial in detecting emerging variants that can more successfully navigate the immune landscape. Methods: We present phylogenetic relationships and lineage dynamics within England (a country with high levels of immunity), as inferred from a random community sample of individuals who provided a self-administered throat and nose swab for rt-PCR testing as part of the REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission-1 (REACT-1) study. During round 14 (9 September–27 September 2021) and 15 (19 October–5 November 2021) lineages were determined for 1322 positive individuals, with 27.1% of those which reported their symptom status reporting no symptoms in the previous month. Results: We identified 44 unique lineages, all of which were Delta or Delta sub-lineages, and found a reduction in their mutation rate over the study period. The proportion of the Delta sub-lineage AY.4.2 was increasing, with a reproduction number 15% (95% CI 8–23%) greater than the most prevalent lineage, AY.4. Further, AY.4.2 was less associated with the most predictive COVID-19 symptoms (p = 0.029) and had a reduced mutation rate (p = 0.050). Both AY.4.2 and AY.4 were found to be geographically clustered in September but this was no longer the case by late October/early November, with only the lineage AY.6 exhibiting clustering towards the South of England. Conclusions: As SARS-CoV-2 moves towards endemicity and new variants emerge, genomic data obtained from random community samples can augment routine surveillance data without the potential biases introduced due to higher sampling rates of symptomatic individuals. © 2022, The Author(s).

36. COVID-19 due to the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant compared to B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of SARS-CoV-2: a prospective observational cohort study

Author: Kläser, K., Molteni, E., Graham, M., Canas, L. S., Österdahl, M. F., Antonelli, M., Chen, L., Deng, J., Murray, B., Kerfoot, E., Wolf, J., May, A., Fox, B., Capdevila, J., Aanensen, D. M., Abudahab, K., Adams, H., Adams, A., Afifi, S., Aggarwal, D., Ahmad, S. S. Y., Aigrain, L., Alcolea-Medina, A., Alikhan, N-F, Allara, E., Amato, R., Angyal, A., Annett, T., Aplin, S., Ariani, C. V., Asad, H., Ash, A., Ashfield, P., Ashford, F., Atkinson, L., Attwood, S. W., Auckland, C., Aydin, A., Baker, D. J., Baker, P., Balcazar, C. E., Ball, J., Barrett, J. C., Barrow, M., Barton, E., Bashton, M., Bassett, A. R., Batra, R., Baxter, C., Bayzid, N., Beaver, C., Beckett, A. H., Beckwith, S. M., Bedford, L., Beer, R., Beggs, A., Bellis, K. L., Berry, L., Bertolusso, B., Best, A., Betteridge, E., Bibby, D., Bicknell, K., Binns, D., Birchley, A., Bird, P. W., Bishop, C., Blacow, R., Blakey, V., Blane, B., Bolt, F., Bonfield, J., Bonner, S., Bonsall, D., Boswell, T., Bosworth, A., Bourgeois, Y., Boyd, O., Bradley, D. T., Breen, C., Bresner, C., Breuer, J., Bridgett, S., Bronner, I. F., Brooks, E., Broos, A., Brown, J. R., Bucca, G., Buchan, S. L., Buck, D., Bull, M., Burns, P. J., Burton-Fanning, S., Byaruhanga, T., Byott, M., Campbell, S., Carabelli, A. M., Cargill, J. S., Carlile, M., Carvalho, S. F., Casey, A., Castigador, A., Catalan, J., Chalker, V., Chaloner, N. J., Chand, M., Chappell, J. G., Charalampous, T., Chatterton, W., Chaudhry, Y., Churcher, C. M., Clark, G., Clarke, P., Cogger, B. J., Cole, K., Collins, J., Colquhoun, R., Connor, T. R., Cook, K. F., Coombes, J., Corden, S., Cormie, C., Cortes, N., Cotic, M., Cotton, S., Cottrell, S., Coupland, L., Cox, M. G., Cox, A., Craine, N., Crawford, L., Cross, A., Crown, M. R., Crudgington, D., Cumley, N., Curran, T., Curran, M. D., da Silva Filipe, A., Dabrera, G., Darby, A. C., Davidson, R. K., Davies, A., Davies, R. M., Davis, T., de Angelis, D., De Lacy, E., de Oliveira Martins, L., de Silva, T. I., Debebe, J., Denton-Smith, R., Dervisevic, S., Dewar, R., Dey, J., Dias, J., Dobie, D., Dorman, M. J., Downing, F., Driscoll, M., du Plessis, L., Duckworth, N., Durham, J., Eastick, K., Easton, L. J., Eccles, R., Edgeworth, J., Edwards, S., Bouzidi, K. E., Eldirdiri, S., Ellaby, N., Elliott, S., Eltringham, G., Ensell, L., Erkiert, M. J., Zamudio, M. E., Essex, S., Evans, J. M., Evans, C., Everson, W., Fairley, D. J., Fallon, K., Fanaie, A., Farr, B. W., Fearn, C., Feltwell, T., Ferguson, L., Fina, L., Flaviani, F., Fleming, V. M., Forrest, S., Foster-Nyarko, E., Foulkes, B. H., Foulser, L., Fragakis, M., Frampton, D., Francois, S., Fraser, C., Freeman, T. M., Fryer, H., Fuchs, M., Fuller, W., Gajee, K., Galai, K., Gallagher, A., Gallagher, E., Gallagher, M. D., Gallis, M., Gaskin, A., Gatica-Wilcox, B., Geidelberg, L., Gemmell, M., Georgana, I., George, R. P., Gifford, L., Gilbert, L., Girgis, S. T., Glaysher, S., Goldstein, E. J., Golubchik, T., Gomes, A. N., Gonçalves, S., Goodfellow, I. G., Goodwin, S., Goudarzi, S., Gourtovaia, M., Graham, C. A., Graham, L., Grant, P. R., Green, L. R., Green, A., Greenaway, J., Gregory, R., Guest, M., Gunson, R. N., Gupta, R. K., Gutierrez, B., Haldenby, S. T., Hamilton, W. L., Hansford, S. E., Haque, T., Harris, K. A., Harrison, I., Harrison, E. M., Hart, J., Hartley, .J. A., Harvey, W. T., Harvey, M., Hassan-Ibrahim, M. O., Heaney, J., Helmer, T., Henderson, J. H., Hesketh, A. R., Hey, J., Heyburn, D., Higginson, E. E., Hill, V., Hill, J. D., Hilson, R. A., Hilvers, E., Holden, M. T. G., Hollis, A., Holmes, C. W., Holmes, N., Holmes, A. H., Hopes, R., Hornsby, H. R., Hosmillo, M., Houlihan, C., Howson-Wells, H. C., Hsu, S. 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A., Yebra, G., Yew, W. C., Young, G. R., Young, J., Zarebski, A. E., Zhang, P., Modat, M., Hammers, A., Spector, T. D., Steves, C. J., Sudre, C. H., Ourselin, S., and Duncan, E. L.
Abstract: The Delta (B.1.617.2) variant was the predominant UK circulating SARS-CoV-2 strain between May and December 2021. How Delta infection compares with previous variants is unknown. This prospective observational cohort study assessed symptomatic adults participating in the app-based COVID Symptom Study who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 from May 26 to July 1, 2021 (Delta overwhelmingly the predominant circulating UK variant), compared (1:1, age- and sex-matched) with individuals presenting from December 28, 2020 to May 6, 2021 (Alpha (B.1.1.7) the predominant variant). We assessed illness (symptoms, duration, presentation to hospital) during Alpha- and Delta-predominant timeframes; and transmission, reinfection, and vaccine effectiveness during the Delta-predominant period. 3581 individuals (aged 18 to 100 years) from each timeframe were assessed. The seven most frequent symptoms were common to both variants. Within the first 28 days of illness, some symptoms were more common with Delta versus Alpha infection (including fever, sore throat, and headache) and some vice versa (dyspnoea). Symptom burden in the first week was higher with Delta versus Alpha infection; however, the odds of any given symptom lasting ≥ 7 days was either lower or unchanged. Illness duration ≥ 28 days was lower with Delta versus Alpha infection, though unchanged in unvaccinated individuals. Hospitalisation for COVID-19 was unchanged. The Delta variant appeared more (1.49) transmissible than Alpha. Re-infections were low in all UK regions. Vaccination markedly reduced the risk of Delta infection (by 69-84%). We conclude that COVID-19 from Delta or Alpha infections is similar. The Delta variant is more transmissible than Alpha; however, current vaccines showed good efficacy against disease. This research framework can be useful for future comparisons with new emerging variants. © 2022, The Author(s).

37. The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: A genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis

Author: Pascall, DJ, Vink, E, Blacow, R, Bulteel, N, Campbell, A, Campbell, R, Clifford, S, Davis, C, Filipe, ADS, Sakka, NE, Fjodorova, L, Forrest, R, Goldstein, EJ, Gunson, R, Haughney, J, Holden, MTG, Honour, P, Hughes, J, James, E, Lewis, T, Lycett, S, MacLean, O, McHugh, MP, Mollett, G, Onishi, Y, Parcell, B, Ray, S, Robertson, DL, Shabaan, S, Shepherd, JG, Smollett, KL, Templeton, KE, Wastnedge, E, Wilkie, C, Williams, T, Thomson, EC, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Martinez Nunez, RT, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, PA, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Lythgoe, PK, Torok, ME, Goodfellow, IG, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, Moore, C, Cutino-Moguel, T, Harrison, EM, Smith, CP, Rogan, F, Beckwith, SM, Murray, A, Singleton, D, Eastick, K, Sheridan, LA, Randell, PA, Jackson, LM, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Fairley, DJ, Loose, MW, Watkins, J, Moses, S, 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RJ, Ferguson, L, Maclean, A, Tomb, R, Starinskij, I, Thomson, L, Southgate, J, Kraemer, MUG, Raghwani, J, Zarebski, AE, Boyd, O, Geidelberg, L, Illingworth, CJ, Jackson, C, Vattipally, S, Freeman, TM, Hsu, SN, Lindsey, BB, James, K, Lewis, K, Tonkin-Hill, G, Tovar-Corona, JM, Cox, M, Abudahab, K, Menegazzo, M, Taylor, BEW, Yeats, CA, Mukaddas, A, Wright, DW, de Oliveira Martins, L, Colquhoun, R, Hill, V, Jackson, B, McCrone, JT, Medd, N, Scher, E, Keatley, J - P, Curran, T, Morgan, S, Maxwell, PP, Smith, PK, Eldirdiri, S, Kenyon, A, Holmes, AH, Price, JR, Wyatt, T, Mather, AE, Skvortsov, T, Hartley, JA, Guest, PM, Kitchen, C, Merrick, I, Munn, R, Bertolusso, B, Lynch, J, Vernet, G, Kirk, S, Stanley, R, Idle, G, Bradley, DT, Killough, NF, Poyner, J, Mori, M, Jones, O, Wright, V, Brooks, E, Churcher, CM, Callico, LD, Fragakis, M, Galai, K, Jermy, A, Judges, S, Markov, A, McManus, GM, Smith, KS, Thomas-McEwen, PMD, Westwick, E, Attwood, SW, Bolt, F, Davies, A, De Lacy, E, Downing, F, 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Burton-Fanning, S, Payne, BAI, Waugh, S, Gomes, AN, Kimuli, M, Murray, DR, Ashfield, P, Dobie, D, Ashford, F, Best, A, Crawford, L, Cumley, N, Mayhew, M, Megram, O, Mirza, J, Moles-Garcia, E, Percival, B, Driscoll, M, Ensell, L, Lowe, HL, Maftei, L, Mondani, M, Chaloner, NJ, Cogger, BJ, Easton, LJ, Huckson, H, Lewis, J, Lowdon, S, Malone, CS, Munemo, F, Mutingwende, M, Nicodemi, R, Podplomyk, O, Somassa, T, Beggs, A, Richter, A, Cormie, C, Dias, J, Forrest, S, Higginson, EE, Maes, M, Young, J, Davidson, RK, Jackson, KA, Keeley, AJ, Ball, PJ, Byaruhanga, T, Chappell, JG, Dey, J, Hill, JD, Park, EJ, Fanaie, A, Hilson, RA, Yaze, G, Lo, S, Afifi, S, Beer, R, Maksimovic, J, McCluggage, K, Spellman, K, Bresner, C, Fuller, W, Marchbank, A, Workman, T, Shelest, E, Debebe, J, Sang, F, Francois, S, Gutierrez, B, Vasylyeva, TI, Flaviani, F, Ragonnet-Cronin, M, Broos, A, Mair, D, Nichols, J, Nomikou, K, Tong, L, Tsatsani, I, O'Brien, S, Rushton, PS, Sanderson, R, Perkins, J, Cotton, S, Gallagher, A, Allara, E, Pearson, C, Bibby, D, Dabrera, G, Ellaby, N, Gallagher, E, Hubb, J, Lackenby, A, Lee, D, Manesis, N, Mbisa, T, Platt, S, Twohig, KA, Morgan, M, Aydin, A, Baker, DJ, Foster-Nyarko, E, Prosolek, SJ, Rudder, S, Baxter, C, Carvalho, SF, Lavin, D, Mariappan, A, Radulescu, C, Singh, A, Tang, M, Morcrette, H, Bayzid, N, Cotic, M, Balcazar, CE, Gallagher, MD, Maloney, D, Stanton, TD, Williamson, KA, Manley, R, Michelsen, ML, Sambles, CM, Studholme, DJ, Warwick-Dugdale, J, Eccles, R, Gemmell, M, Gregory, R, Hughes, M, Nelson, C, Rainbow, L, Vamos, EE, Webster, HJ, Whitehead, M, Wierzbicki, C, Angyal, A, Green, LR, Whiteley, M, Betteridge, E, Bronner, IF, Farr, BW, Goodwin, S, Lensing, SV, McCarthy, SA, Quail, MA, Rajan, D, Redshaw, NM, Scott, C, Shirley, L, Thurston, SAJ, Rowe, W, Gaskin, A, Le-Viet, T, Bonfield, J, Liddle, J, and Whitwham, A
Abstract: Objectives The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased transmission relative to other variants present at the time of its emergence and several studies have shown an association between Alpha variant infection and increased hospitalisation and 28-day mortality. However, none have addressed the impact on maximum severity of illness in the general population classified by the level of respiratory support required, or death. We aimed to do this. Methods In this retrospective multi-centre clinical cohort sub-study of the COG-UK consortium, 1475 samples from Scottish hospitalised and community cases collected between 1st November 2020 and 30th January 2021 were sequenced. We matched sequence data to clinical outcomes as the Alpha variant became dominant in Scotland and modelled the association between Alpha variant infection and severe disease using a 4-point scale of maximum severity by 28 days: 1. no respiratory support, 2. supplemental oxygen, 3. ventilation and 4. death. Results Our cumulative generalised linear mixed model analyses found evidence (cumulative odds ratio: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.93) of a positive association between increased clinical severity and lineage (Alpha variant versus pre-Alpha variants). Conclusions The Alpha variant was associated with more severe clinical disease in the Scottish population than co-circulating lineages.

38. Tracking SARS-CoV-2 mutations and variants through the COG-UK-Mutation Explorer

Author: Wright, DW, Harvey, WT, Hughes, J, Cox, M, Peacock, TP, Colquhoun, R, Jackson, B, Orton, R, Nielsen, M, Hsu, NS, Harrison, EM, de Silva, TI, Rambaut, A, Peacock, SJ, Robertson, DL, Carabelli, AM, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Martinez Nunez, RT, Bonsall, D, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Lythgoe, K, Torok, ME, Goodfellow, IG, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, Moore, C, Thomson, EC, Smith, CP, Rogan, F, Beckwith, SM, Murray, A, Singleton, D, Eastick, K, Sheridan, LA, Randell, PA, Jackson, LM, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Fairley, DJ, Loose, MW, Watkins, J, Moses, S, Nicholls, S, Bull, M, Amato, R, Smith, DL, Aanensen, DM, Barrett, JC, Aggarwal, D, Shepherd, JG, Curran, MD, Parmar, S, Parker, MD, Williams, C, Glaysher, S, Underwood, AP, Bashton, M, Pacchiarini, N, Loveson, KF, Byott, M, Templeton, KE, Wang, D, Langford, CF, Sillitoe, J, Gunson, RN, Cottrell, S, O'Grady, J, Kwiatkowski, D, Lillie, PJ, Cortes, N, Moore, N, Thomas, C, Burns, PJ, Mahungu, TW, Liggett, S, Beckett, AH, Holden, MTG, Levett, LJ, Osman, H, Hassan-Ibrahim, MO, Simpson, DA, Chand, M, Gupta, RK, Darby, AC, Paterson, S, Pybus, OG, Volz, EM, de Angelis, D, Page, AJ, Martincorena, I, Aigrain, L, Bassett, AR, Wong, N, Taha, Y, Erkiert, MJ, Spencer Chapman, MH, Dewar, R, McHugh, MP, Mookerjee, S, Aplin, S, Harvey, M, Sass, T, Umpleby, H, Wheeler, H, McKenna, JP, Warne, B, Taylor, JF, Chaudhry, Y, Izuagbe, R, Jahun, AS, Young, GR, McMurray, CL, McCann, CM, Nelson, A, Elliott, S, Lowe, H, Price, A, Crown, MR, Rey, S, Roy, S, Temperton, B, Shaaban, S, Hesketh, AR, Laing, KG, Monahan, IM, Heaney, J, Pelosi, E, Silviera, S, Wilson-Davies, E, Fryer, H, Adams, H, du Plessis, L, Johnson, R, Orton, RJ, Spurgin, LG, Bourgeois, Y, Ruis, C, O'Toole, Á, Gourtovaia, M, Sanderson, T, Fraser, C, Edgeworth, J, Breuer, J, Michell, SL, Todd, JA, John, M, Buck, D, Gajee, K, Kay, GL, Heyburn, D, Kitchman, K, McNally, A, Pritchard, DT, Dervisevic, S, Muir, P, Robinson, E, Vipond, BB, Ramadan, NA, Jeanes, C, Weldon, D, Catalan, J, Jones, N, da Silva Filipe, A, Fuchs, M, Miskelly, J, Jeffries, AR, Oliver, K, Park, NR, Ash, A, Koshy, C, Barrow, M, Buchan, SL, Mantzouratou, A, Clark, G, Holmes, CW, Campbell, S, Davis, T, Tan, NK, Brown, JR, Harris, KA, Kidd, SP, Grant, PR, Xu-McCrae, L, Cox, A, Madona, P, Pond, M, Withell, KT, Graham, C, Denton-Smith, R, Swindells, E, Turnbull, R, Sloan, TJ, Bosworth, A, Hutchings, S, Pymont, HM, Casey, A, Ratcliffe, L, Jones, CR, Knight, BA, Haque, T, Hart, J, Irish-Tavares, D, Witele, E, Mower, C, Watson, LK, Collins, J, Eltringham, G, Crudgington, D, Macklin, B, Iturriza-Gomara, M, Lucaci, AO, McClure, PC, Carlile, M, Holmes, N, Storey, N, Rooke, S, Yebra, G, Craine, N, Perry, M, Alikhan, N - F, Bridgett, S, Cook, KF, Fearn, C, Goudarzi, S, Lyons, RA, Williams, T, Haldenby, ST, Durham, J, Leonard, S, Davies, RM, Batra, R, Blane, B, Spyer, MJ, Smith, P, Yavus, M, Williams, RJ, Mahanama, AIK, Samaraweera, B, Girgis, ST, Hansford, SE, Green, A, Beaver, C, Bellis, KL, Dorman, MJ, Kay, S, Prestwood, L, Rajatileka, S, Quick, J, Poplawski, R, Reynolds, N, Mack, A, Morriss, A, Whalley, T, Patel, B, Georgana, I, Hosmillo, M, Pinckert, ML, Stockton, J, Henderson, JH, Hollis, A, Stanley, W, Yew, WC, Myers, R, Thornton, A, Adams, A, Annett, T, Asad, H, Birchley, A, Coombes, J, Evans, JM, Fina, L, Gatica-Wilcox, B, Gilbert, L, Graham, L, Hey, J, Hilvers, E, Jones, S, Jones, H, Kumziene-Summerhayes, S, McKerr, C, Powell, J, Pugh, G, Taylor, S, Trotter, AJ, Williams, CA, Kermack, LM, Foulkes, BH, Gallis, M, Hornsby, HR, Louka, SF, Pohare, M, Wolverson, P, Zhang, P, MacIntyre-Cockett, G, Trebes, A, Moll, RJ, Ferguson, L, Goldstein, EJ, Maclean, A, Tomb, R, Starinskij, I, Thomson, L, Southgate, J, Kraemer, MUG, Raghwani, J, Zarebski, AE, Boyd, O, Geidelberg, L, Illingworth, CJ, Jackson, C, Pascall, D, 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Abstract: COG-UK Mutation Explorer (COG-UK-ME, https://sars2.cvr.gla.ac.uk/cog-uk/—last accessed date 16 March 2022) is a web resource that displays knowledge and analyses on SARS-CoV-2 virus genome mutations and variants circulating in the UK, with a focus on the observed amino acid replacements that have an antigenic role in the context of the human humoral and cellular immune response. This analysis is based on more than 2 million genome sequences (as of March 2022) for UK SARS-CoV-2 data held in the CLIMB-COVID centralised data environment. COG-UK-ME curates these data and displays analyses that are cross-referenced to experimental data collated from the primary literature. The aim is to track mutations of immunological importance that are accumulating in current variants of concern and variants of interest that could alter the neutralising activity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), convalescent sera, and vaccines. Changes in epitopes recognised by T cells, including those where reduced T cell binding has been demonstrated, are reported. Mutations that have been shown to confer SARS-CoV-2 resistance to antiviral drugs are also included. Using visualisation tools, COG-UK-ME also allows users to identify the emergence of variants carrying mutations that could decrease the neutralising activity of both mAbs present in therapeutic cocktails, e.g. Ronapreve. COG-UK-ME tracks changes in the frequency of combinations of mutations and brings together the curated literature on the impact of those mutations on various functional aspects of the virus and therapeutics. Given the unpredictable nature of SARS-CoV-2 as exemplified by yet another variant of concern, Omicron, continued surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 remains imperative to monitor virus evolution linked to the efficacy of therapeutics.

39. Spatial growth rate of emerging SARS-CoV-2 lineages in England, September 2020-December 2021

Author: Smallman-Raynor, MR, Cliff, AD, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Martinez Nunez, RT, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, A, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Lythgoe, K, Torok, ME, Goodfellow, IG, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, Moore, C, Thomson, EC, Harrison, EM, Smith, CP, Rogan, F, Beckwith, SM, Murray, A, Singleton, D, Eastick, K, Sheridan, LA, Randell, PA, Jackson, LM, Ariani, CV, Gonçalves, S, Fairley, DJ, Loose, MW, Watkins, J, Moses, S, Nicholls, S, Bull, M, Amato, R, Smith, DL, Aanensen, DM, Barrett, JC, Aggarwal, D, Shepherd, JG, Curran, MD, Parmar, S, Parker, MD, Williams, C, Glaysher, S, Underwood, AP, Bashton, M, Pacchiarini, N, Loveson, KF, Byott, M, Carabelli, AM, Templeton, KE, de Silva, TI, Wang, D, Langford, CF, Sillitoe, J, Gunson, RN, Cottrell, S, O'Grady, J, Kwiatkowski, D, Lillie, PJ, Cortes, N, Moore, N, Thomas, C, Burns, PJ, Mahungu, TW, Liggett, S, Beckett, AH, Holden, MTG, Levett, LJ, Osman, H, Hassan-Ibrahim, MO, Simpson, DA, Chand, M, Gupta, RK, Darby, AC, Paterson, S, Pybus, OG, Volz, EM, de Angelis, D, Robertson, DL, Page, AJ, Martincorena, I, Aigrain, L, Bassett, AR, Wong, N, Taha, Y, Erkiert, MJ, Spencer Chapman, MH, Dewar, R, McHugh, MP, Mookerjee, S, Aplin, S, Harvey, M, Sass, T, Umpleby, H, Wheeler, H, McKenna, JP, Warne, B, Taylor, JF, Chaudhry, Y, Izuagbe, R, Jahun, AS, Young, GR, McMurray, CL, McCann, CM, Nelson, A, Elliott, S, Lowe, H, Price, A, Crown, MR, Rey, S, Roy, S, Temperton, B, Shaaban, S, Hesketh, AR, Laing, KG, Monahan, IM, Heaney, J, Pelosi, E, Silviera, S, Wilson-Davies, E, Fryer, H, Adams, H, du Plessis, L, Johnson, R, Harvey, WT, Hughes, J, Orton, RJ, Spurgin, LG, Bourgeois, Y, Ruis, C, O'Toole, Á, Gourtovaia, M, Sanderson, T, Fraser, C, Edgeworth, J, Breuer, J, Michell, SL, Todd, JA, John, M, Buck, D, Gajee, K, Kay, GL, Peacock, SJ, Heyburn, D, Kitchman, K, McNally, A, 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Williams, RJ, Mahanama, AIK, Samaraweera, B, Girgis, ST, Hansford, SE, Green, A, Beaver, C, Bellis, KL, Dorman, MJ, Kay, S, Prestwood, L, Rajatileka, S, Quick, J, Poplawski, R, Reynolds, N, Mack, A, Morriss, A, Whalley, T, Patel, B, Georgana, I, Hosmillo, M, Pinckert, ML, Stockton, J, Henderson, JH, Hollis, A, Stanley, W, Yew, WC, Myers, R, Thornton, A, Adams, A, Annett, T, Asad, H, Birchley, A, Coombes, J, Evans, JM, Fina, L, Gatica-Wilcox, B, Gilbert, L, Graham, L, Hey, J, Hilvers, E, Jones, S, Jones, H, Kumziene-Summerhayes, S, McKerr, C, Powell, J, Pugh, G, Taylor, S, Trotter, AJ, Williams, CA, Kermack, LM, Foulkes, BH, Gallis, M, Hornsby, HR, Louka, SF, Pohare, M, Wolverson, P, Zhang, P, MacIntyre-Cockett, G, Trebes, A, Moll, RJ, Ferguson, L, Goldstein, EJ, Maclean, A, Tomb, R, Starinskij, I, Thomson, L, Southgate, J, Kraemer, MUG, Raghwani, J, Zarebski, AE, Boyd, O, Geidelberg, L, Illingworth, CJ, Jackson, C, Pascall, D, Vattipally, S, Freeman, TM, Hsu, SN, Lindsey, BB, James, K, 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N, Williams, L - A, Feltwell, T, Bedford, L, Cargill, JS, Hughes, W, Moore, J, Stonehouse, S, Atkinson, L, Lee, JCD, Shah, D, Alcolea-Medina, A, Ohemeng-Kumi, N, Ramble, J, Sehmi, J, Williams, R, Chatterton, W, Pusok, M, Everson, W, Castigador, A, Macnaughton, E, El Bouzidi, K, Lampejo, T, Sudhanva, M, Breen, C, Sluga, G, Ahmad, SSY, George, RP, Machin, NW, Binns, D, James, V, Blacow, R, Coupland, L, Smith, L, Barton, E, Padgett, D, Scott, G, Cross, A, Mirfenderesky, M, Greenaway, J, Cole, K, Clarke, P, Duckworth, N, Walsh, S, Bicknell, K, Impey, R, Wyllie, S, Hopes, R, Bishop, C, Chalker, V, Harrison, I, Gifford, L, Molnar, Z, Auckland, C, Evans, C, Johnson, K, Partridge, DG, Raza, M, Baker, P, Bonner, S, Essex, S, Murray, LJ, Lawton, AI, Burton-Fanning, S, Payne, BAI, Waugh, S, Gomes, AN, Kimuli, M, Murray, DR, Ashfield, P, Dobie, D, Ashford, F, Best, A, Crawford, L, Cumley, N, Mayhew, M, Megram, O, Mirza, J, Moles-Garcia, E, Percival, B, Driscoll, M, Ensell, L, Lowe, HL, Maftei, L, 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Rudder, S, Baxter, C, Carvalho, SF, Lavin, D, Mariappan, A, Radulescu, C, Singh, A, Tang, M, Morcrette, H, Bayzid, N, Cotic, M, Balcazar, CE, Gallagher, MD, Maloney, D, Stanton, TD, Williamson, KA, Manley, R, Michelsen, ML, Sambles, CM, Studholme, DJ, Warwick-Dugdale, J, Eccles, R, Gemmell, M, Gregory, R, Hughes, M, Nelson, C, Rainbow, L, Vamos, EE, Webster, HJ, Whitehead, M, Wierzbicki, C, Angyal, A, Green, LR, Whiteley, M, Betteridge, E, Bronner, IF, Farr, BW, Goodwin, S, Lensing, SV, McCarthy, SA, Quail, MA, Rajan, D, Redshaw, NM, Scott, C, Shirley, L, Thurston, SAJ, Rowe, W, Gaskin, A, Le-Viet, T, Bonfield, J, Liddle, J, Whitwham, A, Smallman-Raynor, MR, Cliff, AD, Robson, SC, Connor, TR, Loman, NJ, Golubchik, T, Martinez Nunez, RT, Bonsall, D, Rambaut, A, Snell, LB, Livett, R, Ludden, C, Corden, S, Nastouli, E, Nebbia, G, Johnston, I, Lythgoe, K, Torok, ME, Goodfellow, IG, Prieto, JA, Saeed, K, Jackson, DK, Houlihan, C, Frampton, D, Hamilton, WL, Witney, AA, Bucca, G, Pope, CF, 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Abstract: This paper uses a robust method of spatial epidemiological analysis to assess the spatial growth rate of multiple lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in the local authority areas of England, September 2020–December 2021. Using the genomic surveillance records of the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, the analysis identifies a substantial (7.6-fold) difference in the average rate of spatial growth of 37 sample lineages, from the slowest (Delta AY.4.3) to the fastest (Omicron BA.1). Spatial growth of the Omicron (B.1.1.529 and BA) variant was found to be 2.81× faster than the Delta (B.1.617.2 and AY) variant and 3.76× faster than the Alpha (B.1.1.7 and Q) variant. In addition to AY.4.2 (a designated variant under investigation, VUI-21OCT-01), three Delta sublineages (AY.43, AY.98 and AY.120) were found to display a statistically faster rate of spatial growth than the parent lineage and would seem to merit further investigation. We suggest that the monitoring of spatial growth rates is a potentially valuable adjunct to outbreak response procedures for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants in a defined population.

40. Valvular disease. Super size me? Annular size and paravalvular leak after TAVR.

Author: Quail MA, Taylor AM, Quail, Michael A, and Taylor, Andrew M
Abstract: Paravalvular aortic regurgitation (PAR) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement is common and independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The determinants of PAR are uncertain, but new data extend our understanding, and a simple practice change in preprocedural imaging could help dramatically to reduce the incidence of this important complication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2012
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41. Question 2. Is Doppler ultrasound superior to upper gastrointestinal contrast study for the diagnosis of malrotation?

Author: Quail MA and Quail, Michael A
Published: 2011
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42. Assessing the contribution of the herpes simplex virus DNA polymerase to spontaneous mutations

Author: Leary Jeffry J, Halsey Wendy M, Bartus Joan O, Wittrock Robert J, Nguyen Tammy T, Quail Matthew R, Duffy Karen E, Bacon Teresa H, and Sarisky Robert T
Subjects: Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract: Abstract Background The thymidine kinase (tk) mutagenesis assay is often utilized to determine the frequency of herpes simplex virus (HSV) replication-mediated mutations. Using this assay, clinical and laboratory HSV-2 isolates were shown to have a 10- to 80-fold higher frequency of spontaneous mutations compared to HSV-1. Methods A panel of HSV-1 and HSV-2, along with polymerase-recombinant viruses expressing type 2 polymerase (Pol) within a type 1 genome, were evaluated using the tk and non-HSV DNA mutagenesis assays to measure HSV replication-dependent errors and determine whether the higher mutation frequency of HSV-2 is a distinct property of type 2 polymerases. Results Although HSV-2 have mutation frequencies higher than HSV-1 in the tk assay, these errors are assay-specific. In fact, wild type HSV-1 and the antimutator HSV-1 PAAr5 exhibited a 2–4 fold higher frequency than HSV-2 in the non-HSV DNA mutatagenesis assay. Furthermore, regardless of assay, HSV-1 recombinants expressing HSV-2 Pol had error rates similar to HSV-1, whereas the high mutator virus, HSV-2 6757, consistently showed signficant errors. Additionally, plasmid DNA containing the HSV-2 tk gene, but not type 1 tk or LacZ DNA, was shown to form an anisomorphic DNA stucture. Conclusions This study suggests that the Pol is not solely responsible for the virus-type specific differences in mutation frequency. Accordingly, it is possible that (a) mutations may be modulated by other viral polypeptides cooperating with Pol, and (b) the localized secondary structure of the viral genome may partially account for the apparently enhanced error frequency of HSV-2.
Published: 2002
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43. Absence of rapid selection for acyclovir or penciclovir resistance following suboptimal oral prodrug therapy of HSV-infected mice

Author: Bacon Teresa H, Halsey Wendy S, Wittrock Robert J, Nguyen Tammy T, Quail Matthew R, Dennis Shelley A, Bartus H Ron, Sarisky Robert T, Leary Jeffry J, and Sutton David
Subjects: Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract: Abstract Background Acyclovir (ACV) resistant herpes simplex virus (HSV) isolates can be readily selected in animal infection models receiving suboptimal ACV treatment, however no comparative studies of the emergence of resistance following suboptimal treatment with valacyclovir (VCV) or famciclovir (FCV), the prodrugs of acyclovir and penciclovir, respectively, have been reported. Methods Mice (n = 30) were infected with HSV type 1 or 2 in the ear pinnae and administered oral prodrugs at one fifth a dose previously shown to be effective. To select and amplify drug-resistant HSV, a total of seven consecutive in vivo passages with suboptimal treatment were performed for each virus sample and progeny virus from each passage was characterized by the plaque reduction (PRA) and plating efficiency assays (PEA). Results No drug-resistant HSV-2 and only a single drug-resistant HSV-1 variant were identified. Virus recovered from the first three sequential passages of this HSV-1 sample was susceptible by PRA, although the proportion of resistant virus recovered gradually increased upon passage. The resistant HSV-1 phenotype was confirmed by PRA after four sequential passages in mice. Unexpectedly, this in vivo-selected drug-resistant HSV-1 failed to yield an infection completely refractory to treatment in subsequent passages. Conclusions Sub-optimal therapy of immunocompetent mice with either VCV or FCV did not readily select for HSV-mutants resistant to either ACV or PCV, suggesting that selection of resistance with either prodrug remains difficult using this system. Futhermore, this study suggests that the PEA may represent a useful adjunct to the PRA for monitoring alterations in the proportion of drug-resistant virus even when no change in IC50 is apparent.
Published: 2001
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44. Comparative performances of machine learning methods for classifying Crohn Disease patients using genome-wide genotyping data

Author: Romagnoni, A., Jegou, S., Van Steen, K., Wainrib, G., Hugot, J. -P., Peyrin-Biroulet, L., Chamaillard, M., Colombel, J. -F., Cottone, M., D'Amato, M., D'Inca, R., Halfvarson, J., Henderson, P., Karban, A., Kennedy, N. A., Khan, M. A., Lemann, M., Levine, A., Massey, D., Milla, M., S. M. E., Ng, Oikonomou, I., Peeters, H., Proctor, D. D., Rahier, J. -F., Rutgeerts, P., Seibold, F., Stronati, L., Taylor, K. M., Torkvist, L., Ublick, K., Van Limbergen, J., Van Gossum, A., Vatn, M. H., Zhang, H., Zhang, W., Andrews, J. M., Bampton, P. A., Barclay, M., Florin, T. H., Gearry, R., Krishnaprasad, K., Lawrance, I. C., Mahy, G., Montgomery, G. W., Radford-Smith, G., Roberts, R. L., Simms, L. A., Hanigan, K., Croft, A., Amininijad, L., Cleynen, I., Dewit, O., Franchimont, D., Georges, M., Laukens, D., Theatre, E., Vermeire, S., Aumais, G., Baidoo, L., Barrie, A. M., Beck, K., Bernard, E. -J., Binion, D. G., Bitton, A., Brant, S. R., Cho, J. H., Cohen, A., Croitoru, K., Daly, M. J., Datta, L. W., Deslandres, C., Duerr, R. H., Dutridge, D., Ferguson, J., Fultz, J., Goyette, P., Greenberg, G. R., Haritunians, T., Jobin, G., Katz, S., Lahaie, R. G., Mcgovern, D. P., Nelson, L., S. M., Ng, Ning, K., Pare, P., Regueiro, M. D., Rioux, J. D., Ruggiero, E., Schumm, L. P., Schwartz, M., Scott, R., Sharma, Y., Silverberg, M. S., Spears, D., Steinhart, A. H., Stempak, J. M., Swoger, J. M., Tsagarelis, C., Zhang, C., Zhao, H., Aerts, J., Ahmad, T., Arbury, H., Attwood, A., Auton, A., Ball, S. G., Balmforth, A. J., Barnes, C., Barrett, J. C., Barroso, I., Barton, A., Bennett, A. J., Bhaskar, S., Blaszczyk, K., Bowes, J., Brand, O. J., Braund, P. S., Bredin, F., Breen, G., Brown, M. J., Bruce, I. N., Bull, J., Burren, O. S., Burton, J., Byrnes, J., Caesar, S., Cardin, N., Clee, C. M., Coffey, A. J., MC Connell, J., Conrad, D. F., Cooper, J. D., Dominiczak, A. F., Downes, K., Drummond, H. E., Dudakia, D., Dunham, A., Ebbs, B., Eccles, D., Edkins, S., Edwards, C., Elliot, A., Emery, P., Evans, D. M., Evans, G., Eyre, S., Farmer, A., Ferrier, I. N., Flynn, E., Forbes, A., Forty, L., Franklyn, J. A., Frayling, T. M., Freathy, R. M., Giannoulatou, E., Gibbs, P., Gilbert, P., Gordon-Smith, K., Gray, E., Green, E., Groves, C. J., Grozeva, D., Gwilliam, R., Hall, A., Hammond, N., Hardy, M., Harrison, P., Hassanali, N., Hebaishi, H., Hines, S., Hinks, A., Hitman, G. A., Hocking, L., Holmes, C., Howard, E., Howard, P., Howson, J. M. M., Hughes, D., Hunt, S., Isaacs, J. D., Jain, M., Jewell, D. P., Johnson, T., Jolley, J. D., Jones, I. R., Jones, L. A., Kirov, G., Langford, C. F., Lango-Allen, H., Lathrop, G. M., Lee, J., Lee, K. L., Lees, C., Lewis, K., Lindgren, C. M., Maisuria-Armer, M., Maller, J., Mansfield, J., Marchini, J. L., Martin, P., Massey, D. C., Mcardle, W. L., Mcguffin, P., Mclay, K. E., Mcvean, G., Mentzer, A., Mimmack, M. L., Morgan, A. E., Morris, A. 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Subjects: Male, 692/4020/1503/257/1402, Genotype, Genotyping Techniques, LOCI, 45/43, lcsh:Medicine, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Crohn's disease, genetics, genome wide association, Article, Deep Learning, Crohn Disease, INDEL Mutation, Genetics research, Humans, genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, 129, lcsh:Science, Alleles, Science & Technology, genome wide association, RISK PREDICTION, 45, Models, Genetic, lcsh:R, Decision Trees, 692/308/2056, ASSOCIATION, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Crohn's disease, Logistic Models, Nonlinear Dynamics, ROC Curve, Area Under Curve, Science & Technology - Other Topics, lcsh:Q, Female, Neural Networks, Computer, INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Crohn Disease (CD) is a complex genetic disorder for which more than 140 genes have been identified using genome wide association studies (GWAS). However, the genetic architecture of the trait remains largely unknown. The recent development of machine learning (ML) approaches incited us to apply them to classify healthy and diseased people according to their genomic information. The Immunochip dataset containing 18,227 CD patients and 34,050 healthy controls enrolled and genotyped by the international Inflammatory Bowel Disease genetic consortium (IIBDGC) has been re-analyzed using a set of ML methods: penalized logistic regression (LR), gradient boosted trees (GBT) and artificial neural networks (NN). The main score used to compare the methods was the Area Under the ROC Curve (AUC) statistics. The impact of quality control (QC), imputing and coding methods on LR results showed that QC methods and imputation of missing genotypes may artificially increase the scores. At the opposite, neither the patient/control ratio nor marker preselection or coding strategies significantly affected the results. LR methods, including Lasso, Ridge and ElasticNet provided similar results with a maximum AUC of 0.80. GBT methods like XGBoost, LightGBM and CatBoost, together with dense NN with one or more hidden layers, provided similar AUC values, suggesting limited epistatic effects in the genetic architecture of the trait. ML methods detected near all the genetic variants previously identified by GWAS among the best predictors plus additional predictors with lower effects. The robustness and complementarity of the different methods are also studied. Compared to LR, non-linear models such as GBT or NN may provide robust complementary approaches to identify and classify genetic markers. Tis work was supported by Fondation pour la Recherche Médical (ref DEI20151234405) and Investissements d’Avenir programme ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Laboratoire d’excellence INFLAMEX. Te authors thank the students that participated to the wisdom of the crowd exercise.
Published: 2019

45. The Bioinformatic Applications of Hi-C and Linked Reads.

Author: Jiang L, Quail MA, Fraser-Govi J, Wang H, Shi X, Oliver K, Mellado Gomez E, Yang F, and Ning Z
Abstract: Long-range sequencing grants insight into additional genetic information beyond that which can be accessed by both short reads and modern long-read technology. Several new sequencing technologies are available for long-range datasets such as "Hi-C" and "Linked Reads" with high-throughput and high-resolution genome analysis, and are rapidly advancing the field of genome assembly, genome scaffolding, and more comprehensive variant identification. In this article, we focused on five major long-range sequencing technologies: high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C), 10x Genomics Linked Reads, haplotagging, transposase enzyme linked long-read sequencing (TELL-seq), and single tube long fragment read (stLFR). We detailed the mechanisms and data products of the five platforms, introduced several of the most important applications, evaluated the quality of sequencing data from different platforms, and discussed the currently available bioinformatics tools. We hope this work will benefit the selection of appropriate long-range technology for specific biological studies., (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation and Genetics Society of China.)
Published: 2024
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46. Identifying the best PCR enzyme for library amplification in NGS.

Author: Quail MA, Corton C, Uphill J, Keane J, and Gu Y
Subjects: Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Gene Library, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing methods, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, DNA
Abstract: Background. PCR amplification is a necessary step in many next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation methods [1, 2]. Whilst many PCR enzymes are developed to amplify single targets efficiently, accurately and with specificity, few are developed to meet the challenges imposed by NGS PCR, namely unbiased amplification of a wide range of different sizes and GC content. As a result PCR amplification during NGS library prep often results in bias toward GC neutral and smaller fragments. As NGS has matured, optimized NGS library prep kits and polymerase formulations have emerged and in this study we have tested a wide selection of available enzymes for both short-read Illumina library preparation and long fragment amplification ahead of long-read sequencing.We tested over 20 different hi-fidelity PCR enzymes/NGS amplification mixes on a range of Illumina library templates of varying GC content and composition, and find that both yield and genome coverage uniformity characteristics of the commercially available enzymes varied dramatically. Three enzymes Quantabio RepliQa Hifi Toughmix, Watchmaker Library Amplification Hot Start Master Mix (2X) 'Equinox' and Takara Ex Premier were found to give a consistent performance, over all genomes, that mirrored closely that observed for PCR-free datasets. We also test a range of enzymes for long-read sequencing by amplifying size fractionated S. cerevisiae DNA of average size 21.6 and 13.4 kb, respectively.The enzymes of choice for short-read (Illumina) library fragment amplification are Quantabio RepliQa Hifi Toughmix, Watchmaker Library Amplification Hot Start Master Mix (2X) 'Equinox' and Takara Ex Premier, with RepliQa also being the best performing enzyme from the enzymes tested for long fragment amplification prior to long-read sequencing.
Published: 2024
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47. Haplotype-specific assembly of shattered chromosomes in esophageal adenocarcinomas.

Author: Ijaz J, Harry E, Raine K, Menzies A, Beal K, Quail MA, Zumalave S, Jung H, Coorens THH, Lawson ARJ, Leongamornlert D, Francies HE, Garnett MJ, Ning Z, and Campbell PJ
Subjects: Humans, Haplotypes, Chromatin, Genome, Chromothripsis, Adenocarcinoma genetics, Esophageal Neoplasms
Abstract: The epigenetic landscape of cancer is regulated by many factors, but primarily it derives from the underlying genome sequence. Chromothripsis is a catastrophic localized genome shattering event that drives, and often initiates, cancer evolution. We characterized five esophageal adenocarcinoma organoids with chromothripsis using long-read sequencing and transcriptome and epigenome profiling. Complex structural variation and subclonal variants meant that haplotype-aware de novo methods were required to generate contiguous cancer genome assemblies. Chromosomes were assembled separately and scaffolded using haplotype-resolved Hi-C reads, producing accurate assemblies even with up to 900 structural rearrangements. There were widespread differences between the chromothriptic and wild-type copies of chromosomes in topologically associated domains, chromatin accessibility, histone modifications, and gene expression. Differential epigenome peaks were most enriched within 10 kb of chromothriptic structural variants. Alterations in transcriptome and higher-order chromosome organization frequently occurred near differential epigenetic marks. Overall, chromothripsis reshapes gene regulation, causing coordinated changes in epigenetic landscape, transcription, and chromosome conformation., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests P.J.C. is an academic co-founder, stockholder, and consultant for Quotient Therapeutics., (Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Published: 2024
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48. Somatic evolution of marine transmissible leukemias in the common cockle, Cerastoderma edule.

Author: Bruzos AL, Santamarina M, García-Souto D, Díaz S, Rocha S, Zamora J, Lee Y, Viña-Feás A, Quail MA, Otero I, Pequeño-Valtierra A, Temes J, Rodriguez-Castro J, Aramburu L, Vidal-Capón A, Villanueva A, Costas D, Rodríguez R, Prieto T, Tomás L, Alvariño P, Alonso J, Cao A, Iglesias D, Carballal MJ, Amaral AM, Balseiro P, Calado R, El Khalfi B, Izagirre U, de Montaudouin X, Pade NG, Probert I, Ricardo F, Ruiz P, Skazina M, Smolarz K, Pasantes JJ, Villalba A, Ning Z, Ju YS, Posada D, Demeulemeester J, Baez-Ortega A, and Tubio JMC
Subjects: Animals, Humans, Clonal Evolution, Cardiidae genetics, Bivalvia, Leukemia, Neoplasms
Abstract: Transmissible cancers are malignant cell lineages that spread clonally between individuals. Several such cancers, termed bivalve transmissible neoplasia (BTN), induce leukemia-like disease in marine bivalves. This is the case of BTN lineages affecting the common cockle, Cerastoderma edule, which inhabits the Atlantic coasts of Europe and northwest Africa. To investigate the evolution of cockle BTN, we collected 6,854 cockles, diagnosed 390 BTN tumors, generated a reference genome and assessed genomic variation across 61 tumors. Our analyses confirmed the existence of two BTN lineages with hemocytic origins. Mitochondrial variation revealed mitochondrial capture and host co-infection events. Mutational analyses identified lineage-specific signatures, one of which likely reflects DNA alkylation. Cytogenetic and copy number analyses uncovered pervasive genomic instability, with whole-genome duplication, oncogene amplification and alkylation-repair suppression as likely drivers. Satellite DNA distributions suggested ancient clonal origins. Our study illuminates long-term cancer evolution under the sea and reveals tolerance of extreme instability in neoplastic genomes., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.)
Published: 2023
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49. The evolution of two transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils.

Author: Stammnitz MR, Gori K, Kwon YM, Harry E, Martin FJ, Billis K, Cheng Y, Baez-Ortega A, Chow W, Comte S, Eggertsson H, Fox S, Hamede R, Jones M, Lazenby B, Peck S, Pye R, Quail MA, Swift K, Wang J, Wood J, Howe K, Stratton MR, Ning Z, and Murchison EP
Subjects: Animals, Genome, Phylogeny, Facial Neoplasms classification, Facial Neoplasms genetics, Facial Neoplasms veterinary, Marsupialia genetics, Selection, Genetic, Evolution, Molecular
Abstract: Tasmanian devils have spawned two transmissible cancer lineages, named devil facial tumor 1 (DFT1) and devil facial tumor 2 (DFT2). We investigated the genetic diversity and evolution of these clones by analyzing 78 DFT1 and 41 DFT2 genomes relative to a newly assembled, chromosome-level reference. Time-resolved phylogenetic trees reveal that DFT1 first emerged in 1986 (1982 to 1989) and DFT2 in 2011 (2009 to 2012). Subclone analysis documents transmission of heterogeneous cell populations. DFT2 has faster mutation rates than DFT1 across all variant classes, including substitutions, indels, rearrangements, transposable element insertions, and copy number alterations, and we identify a hypermutated DFT1 lineage with defective DNA mismatch repair. Several loci show plausible evidence of positive selection in DFT1 or DFT2, including loss of chromosome Y and inactivation of MGA , but none are common to both cancers. This study reveals the parallel long-term evolution of two transmissible cancers inhabiting a common niche in Tasmanian devils.
Published: 2023
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50. The complete genome sequence of Eimeria tenella (Tyzzer 1929), a common gut parasite of chickens.

Author: Aunin E, Böhme U, Blake D, Dove A, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Betteridge E, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Wood J, Tracey A, Torrance J, Sims Y, Howe K, Challis R, Berriman M, and Reid A
Abstract: We present a genome assembly from a clonal population of Eimeria tenella Houghton parasites (Apicomplexa; Conoidasida; Eucoccidiorida; Eimeriidae). The genome sequence is 53.25 megabases in span. The entire assembly is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with complete mitochondrion and apicoplast organellar genomes also present., Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed., (Copyright: © 2021 Aunin E et al.)
Published: 2021
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