Genome sequence diversity and clues to the evolution of variola (smallpox) virus |
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Authors: | Esposito Joseph J Sammons Scott A Frace A Michael Osborne John D Olsen-Rasmussen Melissa Zhang Ming Govil Dhwani Damon Inger K Kline Richard Laker Miriam Li Yu Smith Geoffrey L Meyer Hermann Leduc James W Wohlhueter Robert M |
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Institution: | Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. jesposito@cdc.gov |
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Abstract: | Comparative genomics of 45 epidemiologically varied variola virus isolates from the past 30 years of the smallpox era indicate low sequence diversity, suggesting that there is probably little difference in the isolates' functional gene content. Phylogenetic clustering inferred three clades coincident with their geographical origin and case-fatality rate; the latter implicated putative proteins that mediate viral virulence differences. Analysis of the viral linear DNA genome suggests that its evolution involved direct descent and DNA end-region recombination events. Knowing the sequences will help understand the viral proteome and improve diagnostic test precision, therapeutics, and systems for their assessment. |
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