FLAVIO AUGUSTO DE PADUA MILAGRES
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LIM/49 - Laboratório de Protozoologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Genomic Analyses of Potential Novel Recombinant Human Adenovirus C in Brazil(2020) TAHMASEBI, Roozbeh; COSTA, Antonio Charlys da; TARDY, Kaelan; TINKER, Rory J.; MILAGRES, Flavio Augusto de Padua; BRUSTULIN, Rafael; TELES, Maria da Aparecida Rodrigues; CHAGAS, Rogerio Togisaki das; SOARES, Cassia Vitoria de Deus Alves; WATANABE, Aripuana Sakurada Aranha; ALENCAR, Cecilia Salete; VILLANOVA, Fabiola; DENG, Xutao; DELWART, Eric; LUCHS, Adriana; LEAL, Elcio; SABINO, Ester CerdeiraHuman Adenovirus species C (HAdV-C) is the most common etiologic agent of respiratory disease. In the present study, we characterized the nearly full-length genome of one potential new HAdV-C recombinant strain constituted by Penton and Fiber proteins belonging to type 89 and a chimeric Hexon protein of types 1 and 89. By using viral metagenomics techniques, we screened out, in the states of Tocantins and Para, Northern and North regions of Brazil, from 2010 to 2016, 251 fecal samples of children between 0.5 to 2.5 years old. These children were presenting acute diarrhea not associated with common pathogens (i.e., rotavirus, norovirus). We identified two HAdV-C strains in two distinct patients. Phylogenetic analysis performed using all complete genomes available at GenBank database indicated that one strain (HAdV-C BR-245) belonged to type 1. The phylogenetic analysis also indicated that the second strain (HAdV-C BR-211) was located at the base of the clade formed by the newly HAdV-C strains type 89. Recombination analysis revealed that strain HAdV-C BR-211 is a chimera in which the variable regions of Hexon gene combined HAdV-C1 and HAdV-C89 sequences. Therefore, HAdV-C BR-211 strain possesses a genomic backbone of type HAdV-C89 and a unique insertion of HAdV-C1 in the Hexon sequence. Recombination may play an important driving force in HAdV-C diversity and evolution. Studies employing complete genomic sequencing on circulating HAdV-C strains in Brazil are needed to understand the clinical significance of the presented data.
- Recombination Located over 2A-2B Junction Ribosome Frameshifting Region of Saffold Cardiovirus(2018) COSTA, Antonio Charlys da; LUCHS, Adriana; MILAGRES, Flavio Augusto de Padua; KOMNINAKIS, Shirley Vasconcelos; GILL, Danielle Elise; LOBATO, Marcia Cristina Alves Brito Sayao; BRUSTULIN, Rafael; CHAGAS, Rogerio Togisaki das; ABRAO, Maria de Fatima Neves dos Santos; SOARES, Cassia Vitoria de Deus Alves; DENG, Xutao; SABINO, Ester Cerdeira; DELWART, Eric; LEAL, ElcioHere we report the nearly full-length genome of a recombinant Saffold virus strain (SAFV-BR-193) isolated from a child with acute gastroenteritis. Evolutionary analysis performed using all available near-full length Saffold picornavirus genomes showed that the breakpoint found in the Brazilian strain (SAFV-BR-193) is indeed a recombination hotspot. Notably, this hotspot is located just one nucleotide after the ribosomal frameshift GGUUUUU motif in the SAFV genome. Empirical studies will be necessary to determine if this motif also affects the binding affinity of RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) and therefore increases the changes of RdRp swap between molecules during the synthesis of viral genomes.
- Recombinant Strains of Human Parechovirus in Rural Areas in the North of Brazil(2019) LEAL, Elcio; LUCHS, Adriana; MILAGRES, Flavio Augusto de Padua; KOMNINAKIS, Shirley Vasconcelos; GILL, Danielle Elise; LOBATO, Marcia Cristina Alves Brito Sayao; BRUSTULIN, Rafael; CHAGAS, Rogerio Togisaki das; ABRAO, Maria de Fatima Neves dos Santos; SOARES, Cassia Vitoria de Deus Alves; VILLANOVA, Fabiola; WITKIN, Steven S.; DENG, Xutao; SABINO, Ester Cerdeira; DELWART, Eric; COSTA, Antonio Charlys daWe characterized the 24 nearly full-length genomes of human parechoviruses (PeV) from children in the north of Brazil. The initial phylogenetic analysis indicated that 17 strains belonged to genotype 1, 5 to genotype 4, and 1 to genotype 17. A more detailed analysis revealed a high frequency of recombinant strains (58%): A total of 14 of our PeV-As were chimeric, with four distinct recombination patterns identified. Five strains were composed of genotypes 1 and 5 (Rec1/5); five strains shared a complex mosaic pattern formed by genotypes 4, 5, and 17 (Rec4/17/5); two strains were composed of genotypes 1 and 17 (Rec1/17); and two strains were composed of genotype 1 and an undetermined strain (Rec1/und). Coalescent analysis based on the Vp1 gene, which is free of recombination, indicated that the recombinant strains most likely arose in this region approximately 30 years ago. They are present in high frequencies and are circulating in different small and isolated cities in the state of Tocantins. Further studies will be needed to establish whether the detected recombinant strains have been replacing parental strains or if they are co-circulating in distinct frequencies in Tocantins.