Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genetic diversity within infected hosts can provide insight into the generation and spread of new viral variants and may enable high resolution inference of transmission chains. However, little is known about temporal aspects of SARS-CoV-2 intrahost diversity and the extent to...

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Autores principales: Andrew L Valesano, Kalee E Rumfelt, Derek E Dimcheff, Christopher N Blair, William J Fitzsimmons, Joshua G Petrie, Emily T Martin, Adam S Lauring
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f846ab6774994d9eac586b53433405fa2021-12-02T20:00:18ZTemporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.1553-73661553-737410.1371/journal.ppat.1009499https://doaj.org/article/f846ab6774994d9eac586b53433405fa2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009499https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7366https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7374Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genetic diversity within infected hosts can provide insight into the generation and spread of new viral variants and may enable high resolution inference of transmission chains. However, little is known about temporal aspects of SARS-CoV-2 intrahost diversity and the extent to which shared diversity reflects convergent evolution as opposed to transmission linkage. Here we use high depth of coverage sequencing to identify within-host genetic variants in 325 specimens from hospitalized COVID-19 patients and infected employees at a single medical center. We validated our variant calling by sequencing defined RNA mixtures and identified viral load as a critical factor in variant identification. By leveraging clinical metadata, we found that intrahost diversity is low and does not vary by time from symptom onset. This suggests that variants will only rarely rise to appreciable frequency prior to transmission. Although there was generally little shared variation across the sequenced cohort, we identified intrahost variants shared across individuals who were unlikely to be related by transmission. These variants did not precede a rise in frequency in global consensus genomes, suggesting that intrahost variants may have limited utility for predicting future lineages. These results provide important context for sequence-based inference in SARS-CoV-2 evolution and epidemiology.Andrew L ValesanoKalee E RumfeltDerek E DimcheffChristopher N BlairWilliam J FitzsimmonsJoshua G PetrieEmily T MartinAdam S LauringPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Pathogens, Vol 17, Iss 4, p e1009499 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Andrew L Valesano
Kalee E Rumfelt
Derek E Dimcheff
Christopher N Blair
William J Fitzsimmons
Joshua G Petrie
Emily T Martin
Adam S Lauring
Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.
description Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genetic diversity within infected hosts can provide insight into the generation and spread of new viral variants and may enable high resolution inference of transmission chains. However, little is known about temporal aspects of SARS-CoV-2 intrahost diversity and the extent to which shared diversity reflects convergent evolution as opposed to transmission linkage. Here we use high depth of coverage sequencing to identify within-host genetic variants in 325 specimens from hospitalized COVID-19 patients and infected employees at a single medical center. We validated our variant calling by sequencing defined RNA mixtures and identified viral load as a critical factor in variant identification. By leveraging clinical metadata, we found that intrahost diversity is low and does not vary by time from symptom onset. This suggests that variants will only rarely rise to appreciable frequency prior to transmission. Although there was generally little shared variation across the sequenced cohort, we identified intrahost variants shared across individuals who were unlikely to be related by transmission. These variants did not precede a rise in frequency in global consensus genomes, suggesting that intrahost variants may have limited utility for predicting future lineages. These results provide important context for sequence-based inference in SARS-CoV-2 evolution and epidemiology.
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author Andrew L Valesano
Kalee E Rumfelt
Derek E Dimcheff
Christopher N Blair
William J Fitzsimmons
Joshua G Petrie
Emily T Martin
Adam S Lauring
author_facet Andrew L Valesano
Kalee E Rumfelt
Derek E Dimcheff
Christopher N Blair
William J Fitzsimmons
Joshua G Petrie
Emily T Martin
Adam S Lauring
author_sort Andrew L Valesano
title Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.
title_short Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.
title_full Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.
title_fullStr Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.
title_full_unstemmed Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.
title_sort temporal dynamics of sars-cov-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts.
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