Lineage classification and selective site identification of Orthoebolavirus zairense

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As the high pathogenic species of Filoviridae virus family, Orthoebolavirus zairense (EBOV) shows frequent outbreaks in human in recently years since its first emerging in 1976 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD), bringing ongoing risks and burden on public health safety. Here, the phylogenetic relationship among major outbreaks was analyzed. The results showed that EBOV isolates could be divided into four lineages according to spatial and temporal epidemics. Then, the positive selection sites (PSSs) were detected on all proteins of the EBOV, exhibiting lineage characteristic. Particularly, sites in GP and VP24 were identified to be significantly under positive selection, and partial of which were maintained in the latest isolates in 2021. GP and L were found to have high variability between lineages. Substitutions including F443L and F443S in GP, as well as F1610L and I1951V in L could be characteristic of the two large outbreaks in COD (2018) and West Africa (2014), respectively. Further, substitutions of significant PSSs in VP24 and L proteins were visualized for analysis of structural changes, which may affect EBOV pathogenesis. In summary, our results gains insights in genetic characteristic and adaptive evolution of EBOV, which could facilitate gene functional research against EBOV.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Microbes and infection - (2024) vom: 24. Jan., Seite 105304

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Zhi-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Shuofeng [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Xing-Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Adaptive evolution
Journal Article
Positive selection
Zaire ebola virus
Zoonotic disease

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Date Revised 03.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.micinf.2024.105304

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NLM367688859