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Front Cell Infect Microbiol
Personal Author:
Welch, Stephen R. ; Scholte, Florine E. M. ; Albariño, César G. ; Kainulainen, Markus H. ; Coleman-McCray, JoAnn D. ; ... More +
Welch, Stephen R. ; Scholte, Florine E. M. ; Albariño, César G. ; Kainulainen, Markus H. ; Coleman-McCray, JoAnn D. ; Guerrero, Lisa Wiggleton ; Chakrabarti, Ayan K. ; Klena, John D. ; Nichol, Stuart T. ; Spengler, Jessica R. ; Spiropoulou, Christina F. Less -
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Genome reassortment in Lassa virus (LASV) has been reported in nature, but phenotypic consequences of this phenomenon are not well described. Here we characterize, both | and |, reassortment between 2 LASV strains: the prototypic 1976 Josiah strain and a more recently isolated 2015 Liberian strain. | analysis showed that although cis- and trans-acting elements of viral RNA synthesis were compatible between strains, reassortants demonstrated different levels of viral replication. These differences were also apparent |, as reassortants varied in pathogenicity in the guinea pig model of LASV infection. The reassortant variant containing the Josiah S segment retained the virulence of the parental Josiah strain, but the reassortant variant containing the S segment of the Liberian isolate was highly attenuated compared to both parental strains. Contrary to observations in reassortants between LASV and other arenavirus species, which suggest that L segment-encoded factors are responsible for virulence, these studies highlight a role for S segment-encoded virulence factors in disease, and also suggest that inefficient interactions between proteins of heterologous strains may limit the prevalence of reassortant LASV variants in nature.
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Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Guinea Pigs
Lassa Fever
Reassortant Viruses
Virulence
Virulence Factors
Virus Replication

Source:
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2018; 8
Pubmed ID:
30050872
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6050391
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R01 AI109008/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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