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Portable Rabies Virus Sequencing in Canine Rabies Endemic Countries Using the Oxford Nanopore MinION

Journal Article · · Viruses
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/v12111255· OSTI ID:1817096
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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA (United States). National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. Poxvirus and Rabies Branch; OSTI
  2. Mission Rabies, Tonca, Panjim, Goa (India)
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA (United States). National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. Poxvirus and Rabies Branch
  4. Directorate of Animal Health and Veterinary Services, Patto, Panjim, Goa (India). Disease Investigation Unit
  5. Vietnam Dept. of Animal Health, Hanoi (Vietnam)
  6. National Center for Veterinary Diseases, Hanoi (Vietnam)
  7. Sub-Dept. of Animal Health, Phú Thọ Province (Vietnam)
  8. Kenya Medical Research Inst., Nairobi (Kenya)
  9. Ministry of Health, Nairobi (Kenya). Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Zoonotic Disease Unit
  10. Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom). Inst. of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
  11. Kenya Medical Research Inst., Nairobi (Kenya); Univ. of Nairobi (Kenya). Inst. of Tropical and Infectious Diseases; Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
  12. Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Food, Guatemala City (Guatemala)
  13. National Health Lab., MSPAS, Villa Nueva (Guatemala)
  14. Centers for Disease Control, Nairobi (Kenya). Division of Global Health Protection
  15. University del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City (Guatemala)
  16. Centers for Disease Control, Guatemala City (Guatemala). Division of Global Health Protection
  17. Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom). Easter Bush Veterinary Centre

As countries with endemic canine rabies progress towards elimination by 2030, it will become necessary to employ techniques to help plan, monitor, and confirm canine rabies elimination. Sequencing can provide critical information to inform control and vaccination strategies by identifying genetically distinct virus variants that may have different host reservoir species or geographic distributions. However, many rabies testing laboratories lack the resources or expertise for sequencing, especially in remote or rural areas where human rabies deaths are highest. We developed a low-cost, high throughput rabies virus sequencing method using the Oxford Nanopore MinION portable sequencer. A total of 259 sequences were generated from diverse rabies virus isolates in public health laboratories lacking rabies virus sequencing capacity in Guatemala, India, Kenya, and Vietnam. Phylogenetic analysis provided valuable insight into rabies virus diversity and distribution in these countries and identified a new rabies virus lineage in Kenya, the first published canine rabies virus sequence from Guatemala, evidence of rabies spread across an international border in Vietnam, and importation of a rabid dog into a state working to become rabies-free in India. Taken together, our evaluation highlights the MinION’s potential for low-cost, high volume sequencing of pathogens in locations with limited resources.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0014664
OSTI ID:
1817096
Journal Information:
Viruses, Journal Name: Viruses Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 12; ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher:
MDPICopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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