Nationwide and long-term molecular epidemiologic studies of mumps viruses that circulated in Japan between 1986 and 2017

Autor: Minoru Kidokoro, Teiichiro Shiino, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Eri Nariai, Hiroe Kodama, Keiko Nakata, Takako Sano, Keiko Gotou, Tomoko Kisu, Tomomi Maruyama, Yumani Kuba, Wakako Sakata, Teruaki Higashi, Naoko Kiyota, Takashi Sakai, Shunsuke Yahiro, Akira Nagita, Kaori Watanabe, Chika Hirokawa, Hirotsune Hamabata, Yoshiki Fujii, Miwako Yamamoto, Hajime Yokoi, Misako Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Saito, Chihiro Shibata, Machi Inada, Misako Fujitani, Hiroko Minagawa, Miyabi Ito, Akari Shima, Keiko Murano, Hiroshi Katoh, Fumihiro Kato, Makoto Takeda, Shigeru Suga, The Surveillance Team for Mumps Virus in Japan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 13 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.728831
Popis: In Japan, major mumps outbreaks still occur every 4–5 years because of low mumps vaccine coverage (30–40%) owing to the voluntary immunization program. Herein, to prepare for a regular immunization program, we aimed to reveal the nationwide and long-term molecular epidemiological trends of the mumps virus (MuV) in Japan. Additionally, we performed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) using next-generation sequencing to assess results from conventional genotyping using MuV sequences of the small-hydrophobic (SH) gene. We analyzed 1,064 SH gene sequences from mumps clinical samples and MuV isolates collected from 25 prefectures from 1986 to 2017. The results showed that six genotypes, namely B (110), F (1), G (900), H (3), J (41), and L (9) were identified, and the dominant genotypes changed every decade in Japan since the 1980s. Genotype G has been exclusively circulating since the early 2000s. Seven clades were identified for genotype G using SH sequence-based classification. To verify the results, we performed WGS on 77 representative isolates of genotype G using NGS and phylogenetically analyzed them. Five clades were identified with high bootstrap values and designated as Japanese clade (JPC)-1, -2, -3, -4, -5. JPC-1 and -3 accounted for over 80% of the total genotype G isolates (68.3 and 13.8%, respectively). Of these, JPC-2 and -5, were newly identified clades in Japan through this study. This is the first report describing the nationwide and long-term molecular epidemiology of MuV in Japan. The results provide information about Japanese domestic genotypes, which is essential for evaluating the mumps elimination progress in Japan after the forthcoming introduction of the mumps vaccine into Japan’s regular immunization program. Furthermore, the study shows that WGS analysis using NGS is more accurate than results obtained from conventional SH sequence-based classification and is a powerful tool for accurate molecular epidemiology studies.
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