Molecular Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Russia

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2022 May 13

PMID 35551538

Authors

Anna Volynkina

Yana Lisitskaya

Albert Kolosov

Lyudmila Shaposhnikova

Sergey Pisarenko

Vladimir Dedkov

Anna Dolgova

Alexander Platonov

Alexander Kulichenko

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Abstract

In this report, we present new data on the diversity and geographical distribution of genetic variants in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in Russia. Partial S, M, and L segment sequences of the CCHFV genome were obtained from 500 serum samples from CCHF patients and 103 pools of ticks collected in the south of the European region of Russia in 2007-2017. The investigated viral strains belonged to the lineages Europe 1 (596 samples), Africa 3 (1 sample) and a new genetic lineage, Europe 3 (6 samples). The Russian CCHFV strains of the Europe 1 lineage formed four subgroups (Va-Vd) correlated with the geographical site of virus isolation. Segment reassortment events between strains of different subgroups within lineage Europe 1 were revealed. The complete S, M and L genome segments of 18 CCHFV strains belonging to different subgroups of the Europe 1 lineage and the complete S segments of 3 strains of the Europe 3 lineage and 1 strain of the Africa 3 lineage were sequenced. The analysis of the geographical distribution of CCHFV genetic variants in southern Russia revealed local viral populations with partially overlapping boundaries.

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