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OS20 - Sequence and Phylogenetic analysis of the 2013/14 SAT2 FMD outbreak in Mpumalanga, South Africa - Danica Blight
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Danica Blight
University of Pretoria
Agricultural Research Council
SEQUENCE AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE
2013/14 SAT2 FMD OUTBREAK IN
MPUMALANGA, SOUTH AFRICA
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2013/14 OUTBREAK
• Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, SA
• 6 August 2013 10 February 2015
STUDY & AIMS
Isolates (n=10) from 2013/14 SAT2 FMD
outbreak underwent NGS to generate ORF
sequences
Aims:
• Characterize genetic variation in genome
over course of outbreak
• Determine genome regions with greatest
change
• Determine phylogenetic relationships
• Determine whether selection occurred
RESULTS: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS
Figure: Maximum-likelihood Tree
depicting ORF sequences of the SAT2
FMD 2013/14 outbreak isolates and
other relevant viruses from SAT2
topotypes I to X.
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RESULTS: AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTIONS AND SELECTION
Most variable regions:
Leader (1.17% relative to region
length)
• Represses innate host
immune response
Viral protein 1 (VP1) (0.93%)
• Affects antigenicity
Least variable regions:
VP4, 2A, 3B & 3C (all: 0%
change)
• VP4, 2A & 3C: capsid
stability & assembly
• 2A, 3B & 3C: optimal viral
replication
• 3C: represses innate host
immune response
Table: Summary of amino acid substitutions in foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) SAT2 2013/14
outbreak isolates
Shaded block shows amino acid position that underwent positive, diversifying selection; all other
positions showed negative, purifying selection
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OUTCOMES
Genetic Variation
Greatest variation: Leader &
VP1
• Represses innate host
immune response &
affects antigenicity
Least variation: VP4, 2A, 3B &
3C
• Capsid stability &
assembly, viral replication
efficiency & represses
innate host immune
response
Phylogenetic Relationships
• 2013/14 outbreak isolates cluster in
Topotype I
• Isolates collected from same
location clustered together
• Suggests two independent
transmission pathways: Location A
B & C, & Location A D & E
• Direct/indirect transmission at dip
tank or within same herd
Selection
23 variable amino acid sites
• Positive (diversifying)
selection at 1 amino acid
site
• Negative (purifying)
selection at 22 amino acid
sites
Identified variable sites that may
affect vaccination efficacy
• Further investigation
needed to determine if
variable sites are of
importance
Implications
• SAT2 FMDV undergoes genetic
variation during outbreak
• Important to regularly update &
change SAT2 FMDV vaccines to
include viruses with suitable
antigenic properties