2023
Genomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages
Oliveira G, Vogels C, Zolfaghari A, Saraf S, Klitting R, Weger-Lucarelli J, P Leon K, Ontiveros C, Agarwal R, Tsetsarkin K, Harris E, Ebel G, Wohl S, Grubaugh N, Andersen K. Genomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023, 17: e0011055. PMID: 36753510, PMCID: PMC9907835, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman primary cellsFitness differencesVirus lineagesRapid molecular evolutionPrimary cellsShort generation timeAmino acid sitesFitness changesHigh mutation ratePhenotypic evolutionMolecular evolutionPositive selectionMutation rateLineagesPhenotypic analysisPhenotypic changesRNA virusesGeneration timeRecombinant virusesAedes aegypti mosquitoesReplicative fitnessFitnessAegypti mosquitoesMosquitoesZika virus
2016
Genetic Drift during Systemic Arbovirus Infection of Mosquito Vectors Leads to Decreased Relative Fitness during Host Switching
Grubaugh ND, Weger-Lucarelli J, Murrieta RA, Fauver JR, Garcia-Luna SM, Prasad AN, Black WC, Ebel GD. Genetic Drift during Systemic Arbovirus Infection of Mosquito Vectors Leads to Decreased Relative Fitness during Host Switching. Cell Host & Microbe 2016, 19: 481-492. PMID: 27049584, PMCID: PMC4833525, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative fitnessMosquito speciesLower relative fitnessWest Nile virusComplex virus populationsSignificant fitness costMosquito-borne RNA virusesHost switchingGenetic driftGenetic diversityAdaptive potentialPopulation expansionFitness costsAvian cellsDeleterious mutationsMutational diversityRNA virusesBridge vectorsViral populationsVirus populationsMosquito vectorsFitnessSpeciesDiversityNile virus