Next-generation sequencing shows west nile virus quasispecies diversification after a single passage in a carrion crow (Corvus corone) in vivo infection model

M. Dridi, T. Rosseel, R. Orton, P. Johnson, S. Lecollinet, B. Muylkens, B. Lambrecht, S. Van Borm

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West Nile virus (WNV) occurs as a population of genetic variants (quasispecies) infecting a single animal, Previous low-resolution viral genetic diversity estimates in sampled wild birds and mosquitoes, and in multiple-passage adaptation studies in vivo or in cell culture, suggest that WNV genetic diversification is mostly limited to the mosquito vector, This study investigated genetic diversification of WNV in avian hosts during a single passage using next-generation sequencing, Wild-captured carrion crows were subcutaneously infected using a clonal Middle- East WNV, Blood samples were collected 2 and 4 days post-infection, A reverse-transcription (RT)-PCR approach was used to amplify the WNV genome directly from serum samples prior to next-generation sequencing resulting in an average depth of at least 700 × in each sample, Appropriate controls were sequenced to discriminate biologically relevant low-frequency variants from experimentally introduced errors, The WNV populations in the wild crows showed significant diversification away from the inoculum virus quasispecies structure, By contrast, WNV populations in intracerebrally infected day-old chickens did not diversify from that of the inoculum, Where previous studies concluded that WNV genetic diversification is only experimentally demonstrated in its permissive insect vector species, we have experimentally shown significant diversification of WNV populations in a wild bird reservoir species.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)2999-3009
Nombre de pages11
journalJournal of General Virology
Volume96
Numéro de publication10
Les DOIs
Etat de la publicationPublié - 1 oct. 2015

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