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GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POTENTIAL PATHS OF TRANSMISSION OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS IN THE AMAZON: THE DISCOVERY OF M. BOVIS LINEAGE LB1 CIRCULATING IN SOUTH AMERICA
Tuberculose
Transmissão de TB bovina
Complexo clonal
Tuberculose bovina
Bovine TB transmission
Clonal complex
Whole genome sequencing
Spoligotype
Mycobacterium bovis
Bovine tuberculosis
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Center for Comparative Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA / Instituto Federal do Estado do Amazonas. Manaus, Am, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Laboratório de Pesquisa Aplicada em Micobactérias. São Paulo, SP, Brasil / Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA.
Universidade Católica Dom Bosco. Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Laboratório de Pesquisa Aplicada em Micobactérias. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Agência de Defesa Agropecuaria do Amazonas. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Agência de Defesa Agropecuaria do Amazonas. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA.
Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Laboratório de Pesquisa Aplicada em Micobactérias. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Computacional e de Sistemas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Embrapa Gado de Corte. Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
Center for Comparative Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA
Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Laboratório de Pesquisa Aplicada em Micobactérias. São Paulo, SP, Brasil / Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA.
Universidade Católica Dom Bosco. Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Laboratório de Pesquisa Aplicada em Micobactérias. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Agência de Defesa Agropecuaria do Amazonas. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Agência de Defesa Agropecuaria do Amazonas. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA.
Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas. Departamento de Microbiologia. Laboratório de Pesquisa Aplicada em Micobactérias. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Computacional e de Sistemas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Embrapa Gado de Corte. Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
Center for Comparative Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has yet to be eradicated in Brazil. Herds of cattle and
buffalo are important sources of revenue to people living in the banks of the Amazon
River basin. A better understanding of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) populational
structure and transmission dynamics affecting these animals can significantly contribute
in efforts to improve their sanitary status. Herein, we sequenced the whole genome
of 22 M. bovis isolates (15 from buffalo and 7 from cattle) from 10 municipalities in
the region of the Lower Amazon River Basin in Brazil and performed phylogenomic
analysis and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)-based transmission inference to
evaluate population structure and transmission networks. Additionally, we compared
these genomes to others obtained in unrelated studies in the Marajó Island (n = 15)
and worldwide (n = 128) to understand strain diversity in the Amazon and to infer
M. bovis lineages. Our results show a higher genomic diversity of M. bovis genomes
obtained in the Lower Amazon River region when compared to the Marajó Island,
while no significant difference was observed between M. bovis genomes obtained
from cattle and buffalo (p ≥ 0.05). This high genetic diversity is reflected by the
weak phylogenetic clustering of M. bovis from the Lower Amazon River region based
on geographic proximity and in the detection of only two putative transmission
clusters in the region. One of these clusters is the first description of inter-species
transmission between cattle and buffalo in the Amazon, bringing implications to the
bTB control program. Surprisingly, two M. bovis lineages were detected in our dataset,
namely Lb1 and Lb3, constituting the first description of Lb1 in South America.
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has yet to be eradicated in Brazil. Herds of cattle and
buffalo are important sources of revenue to people living in the banks of the Amazon
River basin. A better understanding of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) populational
structure and transmission dynamics affecting these animals can significantly contribute
in efforts to improve their sanitary status. Herein, we sequenced the whole genome
of 22 M. bovis isolates (15 from buffalo and 7 from cattle) from 10 municipalities in
the region of the Lower Amazon River Basin in Brazil and performed phylogenomic
analysis and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)-based transmission inference to
evaluate population structure and transmission networks. Additionally, we compared
these genomes to others obtained in unrelated studies in the Marajó Island (n = 15)
and worldwide (n = 128) to understand strain diversity in the Amazon and to infer
M. bovis lineages. Our results show a higher genomic diversity of M. bovis genomes
obtained in the Lower Amazon River region when compared to the Marajó Island,
while no significant difference was observed between M. bovis genomes obtained
from cattle and buffalo (p ≥ 0.05). This high genetic diversity is reflected by the
weak phylogenetic clustering of M. bovis from the Lower Amazon River region based
on geographic proximity and in the detection of only two putative transmission
clusters in the region. One of these clusters is the first description of inter-species
transmission between cattle and buffalo in the Amazon, bringing implications to the
bTB control program. Surprisingly, two M. bovis lineages were detected in our dataset,
namely Lb1 and Lb3, constituting the first description of Lb1 in South America. Most of the strains of this study (13/22) and all 15 strains of the Marajó Island carried no
clonal complex marker, suggesting that the recent lineage classification better describe
the diversity of M. bovis in the Amazon.
Keywords in Portuguese
Mycobacterium bovisTuberculose
Transmissão de TB bovina
Complexo clonal
Tuberculose bovina
Keywords
TuberculosisBovine TB transmission
Clonal complex
Whole genome sequencing
Spoligotype
Mycobacterium bovis
Bovine tuberculosis
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