L A Weinert
Genomic signatures of human and animal disease in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis
Weinert, L A; Chaudhuri, R R; Wang, J; Peters, S E; Corander, J; Jombart, T; Baig, A; Howell, K J; Vehkala, M; Valimaki, N; Harris, D; Tran Thi Bich, C; Nguyen Van Vinh, C; Campbell, J; Schultsz, C; Parkhill, J; Bentley, S D; Langford, P R; Rycroft, A N; Wren, B W; Farrar, J; Baker, S; Ngo Thi, H; Holden, M T G; Tucker, A W; Maskell, D J; BRaDP1T Consortium
Authors
R R Chaudhuri
J Wang
S E Peters
J Corander
T Jombart
A Baig
K J Howell
M Vehkala
N Valimaki
D Harris
C Tran Thi Bich
C Nguyen Van Vinh
J Campbell
C Schultsz
J Parkhill
S D Bentley
P R Langford
A N Rycroft
B W Wren
J Farrar
S Baker
H Ngo Thi
M T G Holden
A W Tucker
D J Maskell
BRaDP1T Consortium
Abstract
Streptococcus suis causes disease in pigs worldwide and is increasingly implicated in zoonotic disease in East and South-East Asia. To understand the genetic basis of disease in S. suis, we study the genomes of 375 isolates with detailed clinical phenotypes from pigs and humans from the United Kingdom and Vietnam. Here, we show that isolates associated with disease contain substantially fewer genes than non-clinical isolates, but are more likely to encode virulence factors. Human disease isolates are limited to a single-virulent population, originating in the 1920, s when pig production was intensified, but no consistent genomic differences between pig and human isolates are observed. There is little geographical clustering of different S. suis subpopulations, and the bacterium undergoes high rates of recombination, implying that an increase in virulence anywhere in the world could have a global impact over a short timescale.
Citation
Weinert, L. A., Chaudhuri, R. R., Wang, J., Peters, S. E., Corander, J., Jombart, T., Baig, A., Howell, K. J., Vehkala, M., Valimaki, N., Harris, D., Tran Thi Bich, C., Nguyen Van Vinh, C., Campbell, J., Schultsz, C., Parkhill, J., Bentley, S. D., Langford, P. R., Rycroft, A. N., Wren, B. W., …BRaDP1T Consortium. (in press). Genomic signatures of human and animal disease in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis. Nature Communications, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7740
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 24, 2015 |
Deposit Date | May 16, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | May 16, 2015 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Electronic ISSN | 2041-1723 |
Publisher | Nature Research |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7740 |
Public URL | https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1401777 |
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