2023
Development of an amplicon-based sequencing approach in response to the global emergence of mpox
Chen N, Chaguza C, Gagne L, Doucette M, Smole S, Buzby E, Hall J, Ash S, Harrington R, Cofsky S, Clancy S, Kapsak C, Sevinsky J, Libuit K, Park D, Hemarajata P, Garrigues J, Green N, Sierra-Patev S, Carpenter-Azevedo K, Huard R, Pearson C, Incekara K, Nishimura C, Huang J, Gagnon E, Reever E, Razeq J, Muyombwe A, Borges V, Ferreira R, Sobral D, Duarte S, Santos D, Vieira L, Gomes J, Aquino C, Savino I, Felton K, Bajwa M, Hayward N, Miller H, Naumann A, Allman R, Greer N, Fall A, Mostafa H, McHugh M, Maloney D, Dewar R, Kenicer J, Parker A, Mathers K, Wild J, Cotton S, Templeton K, Churchwell G, Lee P, Pedrosa M, McGruder B, Schmedes S, Plumb M, Wang X, Barcellos R, Godinho F, Salvato R, Ceniseros A, Breban M, Grubaugh N, Gallagher G, Vogels C. Development of an amplicon-based sequencing approach in response to the global emergence of mpox. PLOS Biology 2023, 21: e3002151. PMID: 37310918, PMCID: PMC10263305, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health laboratoriesHealth laboratoriesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Monkeypox virusRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicAnatomical body sitesAtypical clinical presentationCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicSyndrome coronavirus 2Course of infectionDisease 2019 pandemicRapid outbreak responseWhole-genome sequencingHuman monkeypox virusCT valuesClinical presentationViral loadCoronavirus 2Viral DNA concentrationsPathogen whole-genome sequencingZika virusClinical specimensBody sitesGenomic 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAedesAnimalsEvolution, MolecularGenomicsHumansMosquito VectorsZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsHuman 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
2021
Early Release - Tracing the Origin, Spread, and Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus in Puerto Rico, 2016–2017 - Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Santiago GA, Kalinich CC, Cruz-López F, González GL, Flores B, Hentoff A, Charriez KN, Fauver JR, Adams LE, Sharp TM, Black A, Bedford T, Ellis E, Ellis B, Waterman SH, Paz-Bailey G, Grubaugh ND, Muñoz-Jordán JL. Early Release - Tracing the Origin, Spread, and Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus in Puerto Rico, 2016–2017 - Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 2971-2973. PMID: 34670646, PMCID: PMC8544999, DOI: 10.3201/eid2711.211575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchZika Virus Non-Structural Protein 1 Antigen-Capture Immunoassay
Beddingfield B, Hartnett J, Wilson R, Kulakosky P, Andersen K, Robles-Sikisaka R, Grubaugh N, Aybar A, Nunez M, Fermin C, Garry R. Zika Virus Non-Structural Protein 1 Antigen-Capture Immunoassay. Viruses 2021, 13: 1771. PMID: 34578352, PMCID: PMC8473068, DOI: 10.3390/v13091771.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralCross ReactionsDengueDengue VirusEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpitopesFemaleFlavivirusHumansImmunoassayImmunologic TestsModels, MolecularMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPregnancyViral Nonstructural ProteinsWest Nile virusYellow fever virusZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsZIKV nonstructural protein 1Nonstructural protein 1Antigen capture ELISADengue virusZika virusMild self-limiting illnessSelf-limiting illnessNS1 proteinMajor birth defectsSevere neurological diseaseYellow fever virusAntigen capture immunoassaySt. Louis encephalitis virusPolyclonal antibodiesLouis encephalitis virusWest Nile virusSerious outcomesAffinity-purified polyclonal antibodiesRelated flavivirusesNeurological diseasesRefinement of approachesEncephalitis virusWidespread flavivirusFlavivirusesFever virusLying in wait: the resurgence of dengue virus after the Zika epidemic in Brazil
Brito AF, Machado LC, Oidtman RJ, Siconelli MJL, Tran QM, Fauver JR, Carvalho RDO, Dezordi FZ, Pereira MR, de Castro-Jorge LA, Minto ECM, Passos LMR, Kalinich CC, Petrone ME, Allen E, España GC, Huang AT, Cummings DAT, Baele G, Franca RFO, da Fonseca BAL, Perkins TA, Wallau GL, Grubaugh ND. Lying in wait: the resurgence of dengue virus after the Zika epidemic in Brazil. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 2619. PMID: 33976183, PMCID: PMC8113494, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22921-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, ViralBrazilChildChild, PreschoolDengueDengue VirusDisease SusceptibilityEpidemicsEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleGenome, ViralHumansImmunity, HeterologousIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedMolecular TypingMosquito VectorsPhylogeographySerotypingYoung AdultZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsDengue virus serotype 1Zika epidemicZika virus epidemicDENV lineagesVirus serotype 1DENV infectionProtective immunityDENV transmissionDengue susceptibilityDengue virusViral spreadLow transmission levelsSerotype 1Virus epidemicMajor outbreaksModel mosquitoEpidemicInfectionDengueTransmission suitabilityDengue incidenceYearsDengue dynamicsOutbreakIncidenceAsynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic
Petrone ME, Earnest R, Lourenço J, Kraemer MUG, Paulino-Ramirez R, Grubaugh ND, Tapia L. Asynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 151. PMID: 33420058, PMCID: PMC7794562, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20391-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAedesAnimalsChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusChildChild, PreschoolCommunicable Diseases, EmergingDengueDengue VirusDisease OutbreaksDominican RepublicEndemic DiseasesEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMosquito ControlMosquito VectorsSpatio-Temporal AnalysisYoung AdultZika VirusZika Virus InfectionConceptsDengue outbreakDisease outbreaksDengue fever casesOutbreak of chikungunyaMosquito-Borne VirusesFever casesFuture health crisesMosquito-borne disease outbreaksFuture outbreaksVirus transmissionAedes mosquitoesSustainable disease control measuresHealth crisisVirusDisease control measuresOutbreakChikungunyaConstant surveillanceZikaControl measuresDominican Republic
2020
Two Sides of a Coin: a Zika Virus Mutation Selected in Pregnant Rhesus Macaques Promotes Fetal Infection in Mice but at a Cost of Reduced Fitness in Nonpregnant Macaques and Diminished Transmissibility by Vectors
Lemos D, Stuart JB, Louie W, Singapuri A, Ramírez AL, Watanabe J, Usachenko J, Keesler RI, Martin CS, Li T, Martyn C, Oliveira G, Saraf S, Grubaugh ND, Andersen KG, Thissen J, Allen J, Borucki M, Tsetsarkin KA, Pletnev AG, Chiu CY, Van Rompay KKA, Coffey LL. Two Sides of a Coin: a Zika Virus Mutation Selected in Pregnant Rhesus Macaques Promotes Fetal Infection in Mice but at a Cost of Reduced Fitness in Nonpregnant Macaques and Diminished Transmissibility by Vectors. Journal Of Virology 2020, 94: 10.1128/jvi.01605-20. PMID: 32999034, PMCID: PMC7925200, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01605-20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital Zika syndromeZika virusFetal infectionFetal deathZika syndromePregnant micePregnant wild-type miceRhesus macaque fetusesPregnant rhesus macaquesZika virus infectionWild-type miceNonpregnant hostsPlacental infectionLow viremiaMajority of animalsPregnant womenPregnant macaquesSevere outcomesMacaque fetusesVirus infectionFetusesInfectionZIKV polyproteinMouse fetusesRhesus macaques
2019
Genomic Epidemiology as a Public Health Tool to Combat Mosquito-Borne Virus Outbreaks
Pollett S, Fauver JR, Berry I, Melendrez M, Morrison A, Gillis LD, Johansson MA, Jarman RG, Grubaugh ND. Genomic Epidemiology as a Public Health Tool to Combat Mosquito-Borne Virus Outbreaks. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2019, 221: s308-s318. PMID: 31711190, PMCID: PMC11095994, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic epidemiologyVirus outbreakPublic health responsePublic health toolPublic health agenciesPublic health emergencyKey epidemiological questionsStructured surveillanceChikungunya virusHealth responseEpidemiologyVirus controlHealth toolsHealth agenciesWest NileHealth emergencyVirus genomic dataYellow feverEpidemiological questionsControl of mosquitoesOutbreakOngoing advancesVirus threatsMosquitoesFeverTravel Surveillance and Genomics Uncover a Hidden Zika Outbreak during the Waning Epidemic
Grubaugh ND, Saraf S, Gangavarapu K, Watts A, Tan AL, Oidtman RJ, Ladner JT, Oliveira G, Matteson NL, Kraemer MUG, Vogels CBF, Hentoff A, Bhatia D, Stanek D, Scott B, Landis V, Stryker I, Cone MR, Kopp EW, Cannons AC, Heberlein-Larson L, White S, Gillis LD, Ricciardi MJ, Kwal J, Lichtenberger PK, Magnani DM, Watkins DI, Palacios G, Hamer DH, Network G, Gardner LM, Perkins TA, Baele G, Khan K, Morrison A, Isern S, Michael SF, Andersen KG. Travel Surveillance and Genomics Uncover a Hidden Zika Outbreak during the Waning Epidemic. Cell 2019, 178: 1057-1071.e11. PMID: 31442400, PMCID: PMC6716374, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMisperceived Risks of Zika-related Microcephaly in India
Grubaugh ND, Ishtiaq F, Setoh YX, Ko AI. Misperceived Risks of Zika-related Microcephaly in India. Trends In Microbiology 2019, 27: 381-383. PMID: 30826180, DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArbovirus coinfection and co-transmission: A neglected public health concern?
Vogels CBF, Rückert C, Cavany SM, Perkins TA, Ebel GD, Grubaugh ND. Arbovirus coinfection and co-transmission: A neglected public health concern? PLOS Biology 2019, 17: e3000130. PMID: 30668574, PMCID: PMC6358106, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpact of coinfectionPublic health concernPublic healthEpidemiological synergyVirus coinfectionAedes aegypti mosquitoesClinical diseaseSuch coinfectionsZika virusCoinfectionOutbreaks of virusesHealth concernAegypti mosquitoesMultiple virusesTransmission dynamicsVirusHealthHumansMosquitoesDiseaseDengueAn amplicon-based sequencing framework for accurately measuring intrahost virus diversity using PrimalSeq and iVar
Grubaugh ND, Gangavarapu K, Quick J, Matteson NL, De Jesus JG, Main BJ, Tan AL, Paul LM, Brackney DE, Grewal S, Gurfield N, Van Rompay KKA, Isern S, Michael SF, Coffey LL, Loman NJ, Andersen KG. An amplicon-based sequencing framework for accurately measuring intrahost virus diversity using PrimalSeq and iVar. Genome Biology 2019, 20: 8. PMID: 30621750, PMCID: PMC6325816, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1618-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Genomic Insights into Zika Virus Emergence and Spread
Grubaugh ND, Faria NR, Andersen KG, Pybus OG. Genomic Insights into Zika Virus Emergence and Spread. Cell 2018, 172: 1160-1162. PMID: 29522736, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States
Grubaugh ND, Ladner JT, Kraemer MUG, Dudas G, Tan AL, Gangavarapu K, Wiley MR, White S, Thézé J, Magnani DM, Prieto K, Reyes D, Bingham AM, Paul LM, Robles-Sikisaka R, Oliveira G, Pronty D, Barcellona CM, Metsky HC, Baniecki ML, Barnes KG, Chak B, Freije CA, Gladden-Young A, Gnirke A, Luo C, MacInnis B, Matranga CB, Park DJ, Qu J, Schaffner SF, Tomkins-Tinch C, West KL, Winnicki SM, Wohl S, Yozwiak NL, Quick J, Fauver JR, Khan K, Brent SE, Reiner RC, Lichtenberger PN, Ricciardi MJ, Bailey VK, Watkins DI, Cone MR, Kopp EW, Hogan KN, Cannons AC, Jean R, Monaghan AJ, Garry RF, Loman NJ, Faria NR, Porcelli MC, Vasquez C, Nagle ER, Cummings DAT, Stanek D, Rambaut A, Sanchez-Lockhart M, Sabeti PC, Gillis LD, Michael SF, Bedford T, Pybus OG, Isern S, Palacios G, Andersen KG. Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States. Nature 2017, 546: 401-405. PMID: 28538723, PMCID: PMC5536180, DOI: 10.1038/nature22400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchZika virus evolution and spread in the Americas
Metsky HC, Matranga CB, Wohl S, Schaffner SF, Freije CA, Winnicki SM, West K, Qu J, Baniecki ML, Gladden-Young A, Lin AE, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Ye SH, Park DJ, Luo CY, Barnes KG, Shah RR, Chak B, Barbosa-Lima G, Delatorre E, Vieira YR, Paul LM, Tan AL, Barcellona CM, Porcelli MC, Vasquez C, Cannons AC, Cone MR, Hogan KN, Kopp EW, Anzinger JJ, Garcia KF, Parham LA, Ramírez RMG, Montoya MCM, Rojas DP, Brown CM, Hennigan S, Sabina B, Scotland S, Gangavarapu K, Grubaugh ND, Oliveira G, Robles-Sikisaka R, Rambaut A, Gehrke L, Smole S, Halloran ME, Villar L, Mattar S, Lorenzana I, Cerbino-Neto J, Valim C, Degrave W, Bozza PT, Gnirke A, Andersen KG, Isern S, Michael SF, Bozza FA, Souza TML, Bosch I, Yozwiak NL, MacInnis BL, Sabeti PC. Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas. Nature 2017, 546: 411-415. PMID: 28538734, PMCID: PMC5563848, DOI: 10.1038/nature22402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEstablishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas
Faria NR, Quick J, Claro IM, Thézé J, de Jesus JG, Giovanetti M, Kraemer MUG, Hill SC, Black A, da Costa AC, Franco LC, Silva SP, Wu C, Raghwani J, Cauchemez S, du Plessis L, Verotti MP, de Oliveira WK, Carmo EH, Coelho GE, Santelli ACFS, Vinhal LC, Henriques CM, Simpson JT, Loose M, Andersen KG, Grubaugh ND, Somasekar S, Chiu CY, Muñoz-Medina JE, Gonzalez-Bonilla CR, Arias CF, Lewis-Ximenez LL, Baylis SA, Chieppe AO, Aguiar SF, Fernandes CA, Lemos PS, Nascimento BLS, Monteiro HAO, Siqueira IC, de Queiroz MG, de Souza TR, Bezerra JF, Lemos MR, Pereira GF, Loudal D, Moura LC, Dhalia R, França RF, Magalhães T, Marques ET, Jaenisch T, Wallau GL, de Lima MC, Nascimento V, de Cerqueira EM, de Lima MM, Mascarenhas DL, Neto JPM, Levin AS, Tozetto-Mendoza TR, Fonseca SN, Mendes-Correa MC, Milagres FP, Segurado A, Holmes EC, Rambaut A, Bedford T, Nunes MRT, Sabino EC, Alcantara LCJ, Loman NJ, Pybus OG. Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas. Nature 2017, 546: 406-410. PMID: 28538727, PMCID: PMC5722632, DOI: 10.1038/nature22401.Peer-Reviewed Original Research