2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.03.002
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Genetic Drift during Systemic Arbovirus Infection of Mosquito Vectors Leads to Decreased Relative Fitness during Host Switching

Abstract: The emergence of mosquito-borne RNA viruses, such as West Nile virus (WNV), is facilitated by genetically complex virus populations within hosts. Here, we determine whether WNV enzootic (Culex tarsalis, Cx. quinquefasciatus, and Cx. pipiens) and bridge vectors (Aedes aegypti) have differential impacts on viral mutational diversity and fitness. During systemic mosquito infection, WNV faced stochastic reductions in genetic diversity that rapidly was recovered during intra-tissue population expansions. Interestin… Show more

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“…We found no 216 evidence that selection favored specific variants in mosquito transmission; instead, we observed 217 a more heterogeneous distribution of viral SNPs in mosquito-infected monkeys than in sc-218 inoculated animals. These findings are consistent with the observation that arboviruses undergo 219 multiple population bottlenecks in infected mosquitoes 30,31 ; as a result, different mosquitoes 220 could transmit different founder populations to different macaques. The low number of viral 221 genome copies isolated from mosquito saliva, together with the differing patterns of SNPs 222 observed among mosquito-bitten macaques, are also consistent with the interpretation that 223 mosquito transmission involves a random viral population bottleneck.…”
Section: Cc-by-nc-nd 40 International License Peer-reviewed) Is Thesupporting
confidence: 84%
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“…We found no 216 evidence that selection favored specific variants in mosquito transmission; instead, we observed 217 a more heterogeneous distribution of viral SNPs in mosquito-infected monkeys than in sc-218 inoculated animals. These findings are consistent with the observation that arboviruses undergo 219 multiple population bottlenecks in infected mosquitoes 30,31 ; as a result, different mosquitoes 220 could transmit different founder populations to different macaques. The low number of viral 221 genome copies isolated from mosquito saliva, together with the differing patterns of SNPs 222 observed among mosquito-bitten macaques, are also consistent with the interpretation that 223 mosquito transmission involves a random viral population bottleneck.…”
Section: Cc-by-nc-nd 40 International License Peer-reviewed) Is Thesupporting
confidence: 84%
“…Also, during replication in mosquitoes, flaviviruses 160 undergo population bottlenecks as they traverse physical barriers like the midgut 30,31 . We 161 therefore reasoned that viral genetic diversity in mosquitoes and monkeys infected by mosquito 162 bite would be low as compared with the virus stock and populations in sc-inoculated monkeys.…”
Section: Results 79mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An overlapping region of the genome is found in both plasmids, allowing the 5= and 3= portions of the viral genome to be conjoined following digestion with ApaLI and SapI. The sequence for the T7 promoter and hepatitis D virus ribozyme were previously cloned into a West Nile virus infectious clone (19). Clones with the correct restriction pattern were verified by sequencing, and correct clones were selected for virus rescue.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…tarsalis mosquitoes with ZIKV. The laboratory colonies used here; despite extensive time in colony, have been used at length for WNV experimentation with high infection, dissemination and transmission rates, providing evidence that they are not generally refractory to flavivirus infection [48]. Further, field populations of Cx .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%