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J Clin Microbiol ; 53(1): 206-11, 2015 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25378579

ABSTRACT

Amid polio eradication efforts, detection of oral polio vaccine (OPV) virus in stool samples can provide information about rates of mucosal immunity and allow estimation of the poliovirus reservoir. We developed a multiplex one-step quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) assay for detection of OPV Sabin strains 1, 2, and 3 directly in stool samples with an external control to normalize samples for viral quantity and compared its performance with that of viral culture. We applied the assay to samples from infants in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after the administration of trivalent OPV (tOPV) at weeks 14 and 52 of life (on days 0 [pre-OPV], +4, +11, +18, and +25 relative to vaccination). When 1,350 stool samples were tested, the sensitivity and specificity of the quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay were 89 and 91% compared with culture. A quantitative relationship between culture(+)/qPCR(+) and culture(-)/qPCR(+) stool samples was observed. The kinetics of shedding revealed by qPCR and culture were similar. qPCR quantitative cutoffs based on the day +11 or +18 stool samples could be used to identify the culture-positive shedders, as well as the long-duration or high-frequency shedders. Interestingly, qPCR revealed that a small minority (7%) of infants contributed the vast majority (93 to 100%) of the total estimated viral excretion across all subtypes at each time point. This qPCR assay for OPV can simply and quantitatively detect all three Sabin strains directly in stool samples to approximate shedding both qualitatively and quantitatively.


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Poliomyelitis/prevention & control , Poliomyelitis/virology , Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/administration & dosage , Poliovirus/physiology , Vaccination , Virus Shedding , Bangladesh/epidemiology , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction , Poliomyelitis/epidemiology , Poliovirus/classification , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and Specificity , Serogroup , Time Factors , Viral Load
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J Virol ; 87(1): 558-71, 2013 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23097448

ABSTRACT

The term synanthropic describes organisms that thrive in human-altered habitats. Where synanthropic nonhuman primates (NHP) share an ecological niche with humans, cross-species transmission of infectious agents can occur. In Bangladesh, synanthropic NHP are found in villages, densely populated cities, religious sites, and protected forest areas. NHP are also kept as performing monkeys and pets. To investigate possible transmission of enteric picornaviruses between humans and NHP, we collected fecal specimens from five NHP taxa at16 locations in Bangladesh during five field sessions, from January 2007 to June 2008. Specimens were screened using real-time PCR assays for the genera Enterovirus, Parechovirus, and Sapelovirus; PCR-positive samples were typed by VP1 sequencing. To compare picornavirus diversity between humans and NHP, the same assays were applied to 211 human stool specimens collected in Bangladesh in 2007 to 2008 for acute flaccid paralysis surveillance. Picornaviruses were detected in 78 of 677 (11.5%) NHP fecal samples. Twenty distinct human enterovirus (EV) serotypes, two bovine EV types, six human parechovirus serotypes, and one virus related to Ljungan virus were identified. Twenty-five additional enteroviruses and eight parechoviruses could not be typed. Comparison of the picornavirus serotypes detected in NHP specimens with those detected in human specimens revealed considerable overlap. Strikingly, no known simian enteroviruses were detected among these NHP populations. In conclusion, enteroviruses and parechoviruses may be transmitted between humans and synanthropic NHP in Bangladesh, but the directionality of transmission is unknown. These findings may have important implications for the health of both human and NHP populations.


Subject(s)
Feces/virology , Genetic Variation , Picornaviridae Infections/veterinary , Picornaviridae Infections/virology , Picornaviridae/isolation & purification , Primates/virology , Animals , Bangladesh/epidemiology , Cluster Analysis , Humans , Molecular Epidemiology , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , Picornaviridae/classification , Picornaviridae/genetics , Picornaviridae Infections/epidemiology , Picornaviridae Infections/transmission , Polymerase Chain Reaction , RNA, Viral/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Sequence Homology , Serotyping , Viral Structural Proteins/genetics , Zoonoses/virology
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