西安市1995-2008年检出脊髓灰质炎疫苗病毒的急性弛缓性麻痹病例流行病学分析

分析脊髓灰质炎(脊灰)病毒(PV)的急性弛缓性麻痹(AFP)病例流行病学特征,提高对疫苗衍生脊灰病毒(VDPVs)和循环的疫苗衍生脊灰病毒(cVDPVs)的认识,增加AFP病例监测系统敏感性。对西安市1995-2008年检出的PV阳性AFP病例进行流行病学分析。对疫苗变异PV采用VP1基因核苷酸序列测定方法进行分子生物性状分析。西安市1995-2008年共检出PV13株,检出率4.29%。分离到的PV以II、III型为主,AFP病例散在发生,无聚集性。未全程免疫儿童(全程免疫儿童,年龄以≤1岁儿童为主(84.62%)。麻痹残留率高达84.62%。脊灰相关病例(VAPP)的发生危险性为0.24/100万。型内特征鉴定有1株为疫苗变异PV,经VP1基因核苷酸序列测定未达到VDPV的分类标准。维持无脊灰阶段,存在着VDPV和发生cVDPVs的可能,在保持高水平脊髓灰质炎疫苗(OPV)免疫覆盖率的同时,高质量的AFP病例流行病学监测和病毒学监测工作,具有重要的现实意义。     

贵州省贞丰县疫苗衍生脊髓灰质炎病毒循环的病毒学分析

为及时发现和阻断疫苗衍生脊髓灰质炎（脊灰）病毒（vaccine-derived polioviruses, VDPVs）循环、脊灰野病毒的输入和能够引起临床脊灰的其它脊灰疫苗相关病毒,做好贵州省无脊灰状态下脊灰病毒学监测工作,采用病毒分离、鉴定与核苷酸序列测定和分析方法,对贵州省贞丰县及周围10个县2003～2004年报告的急性弛缓性麻痹（AFP）病例及2004年接触者粪便标本的病毒学监测的结果进行了分析. 对收集到的105例AFP病例和47例密切接触者的278份便标本进行了病毒学监测,结果从66例中共分离到肠道病毒（EV）66株,阳性率为43.4%,其中脊灰病毒（PV）29例,分离率为19.1%,非脊灰肠道病毒（NPEV）37例,分离率为24.3%.29例PV经中国疾病预防控制中心病毒病预防控制所国家脊灰实验室鉴定,24例为疫苗相似株,5例为脊灰Ⅰ型VDPVs,这5例均为2004年从贞丰县所分离到.贞丰县及周围县EV阳性检出率（43.4%）高于2003～2004年全省水平（22.9%～24.6%）,2004年PV分离率比2003年高达2.6倍,29株PV中单个Ⅰ型占34.5%,明显高于往年（2000～2002年全省平均4.1%）.本研究提示,Ⅰ型VDPVs在贞丰县引起了循环（cVDPVs）,通过口服脊灰疫苗强化免疫已经阻断cVDPVs的传播.人群中PV和NPEV带毒率明显增高,非VDPVs引起的临床符合脊灰病例不容忽视;应加强脊灰病毒学监测数据的分析和早期疫情预警工作.     

福建省脊髓灰质炎疫苗转换前后AFP病例病原学监测结果分析

自2016年5月1日起,我国与全球另外154个国家和地区同步实施脊髓灰质炎(以下简称"脊灰")疫苗免疫策略转换,停用三价口服脊灰减毒活疫苗,改用二价口服脊灰减毒活疫苗.为探讨脊灰疫苗转换对福建省急性弛缓性麻痹(Acute flaccid paralysis,AFP)病例监测结果产生的变化,本研究收集2012-2018年福建省AFP病例的流行病学及实验室监测数据,对脊灰疫苗转换前后AFP病例的监测结果进行描述性分析,采集AFP病例及其接触者粪便标本,并使用RD细胞和L20B细胞进行病毒分离;对L20B阳性分离物进行脊灰病毒(Poliovirus,PV)的型内鉴别(Intratypic differentiation,ITD),对PV衣壳蛋白VP1编码区核苷酸序列测定和分析.使用SPSS 21.0软件对数据进行统计检验,比较采用X2检验.结果显示,2012-2018年福建省累计报告AFP病例1 776例,根据AFP病例分类流程确诊的AFP病例1 283例,排除的非AFP病例493例,疫苗转换前后报告发病率平均为2.83/10万和2.71/10万.实验室共检测3123份粪便标本(包括AFP病例、非AFP病例及接触者),其中合格标本采集率为92.42％,7日及时送检率为97.85％,14日内病毒分离完成率接近100％,疫苗转换前后PV平均分离率分别为1.91％(38/1986)、1.58％(18/1137),非脊灰肠道病毒平均分离率分别为10.22％(203/1 986)、5.45％(62/1 137).2016年5月1日之前分离出Ⅰ型PV6株,Ⅱ型PV 13株,Ⅲ型PV 19株;2016年5月1日之后分离出Ⅰ型PV 6株,Ⅲ型PV 12株.本研究结果提示,脊灰疫苗转换前后福建省AFP监测系统运转正常,始终保持较高的敏感性和及时性.2012-2018年福建省分离出的PV均为脊灰疫苗株,毒株血清型别以Ⅲ型为主,VP1编码区核苷酸以低变异为主,未发现疫苗衍生脊灰病毒及脊灰野病毒,疫苗转换后再未检出Ⅱ型PV,提示Ⅱ型脊灰疫苗株病毒可能已被阻断.     

中国首例iVDPVs病例粪便标本中病毒血清型分布和Ⅲ型iVDPVs VP1区基因特征

分析中国首例免疫缺陷疫苗衍生脊髓灰质炎病毒(immunodeficient vaccine-derived polioviruses,iVDPVs)急性弛缓性麻痹(acute flaccid paralysis,AFP)病例(实验室编号为9230)12份便标本中病毒血清型分布和分离物中Ⅲ型VP1区的基因特征。31个省的疾病预防控制中心脊髓灰质炎(脊灰)实验室网络,在2005年采用细胞培养、病毒分离和微量中和试验从5231例AFP病例中的293例的便标本中分离到脊灰病毒,其中从1例编号为9230的AFP病例发病2~150天的12份便标本中分离到17株脊灰病毒株,包括Ⅱ型12株,Ⅲ型5株。用PCR-RFLP和ELISA两种方法对送检的293例AFP病例中分离的病毒进行型内鉴定,VP1区序列测定和分析发现:从9230号病例粪便标本中分离的12株Ⅱ型为混合不同变异数目的Ⅱ型iVDPVs,5株Ⅲ型病毒为单一Ⅲ型iVDPVs;除9230号病例外未发现其它iVDPVs或疫苗衍生脊灰病毒(vaccine-derived polioviruses,VDPVs)。5株Ⅲ型iVDPVs的VP1区基因和SabinⅢ相比有22~24个碱基突变,同源性为97.33%~97.56%,是中国至今发现变异最大的Ⅲ型VDPVs。9230号病例临床诊断为X-连锁低/无丙种球蛋白血症,是在中国首次发现的iVDPVs病例,该病例的病毒分离物中同时存在Ⅱ型和Ⅲ型iVDPVs,Ⅲ型iVDPVs在患者体内至少复制2.5年以上,iVDPVs病例的持续排毒已经给中国维持无脊灰状态提出了新的挑战。     

2010年山东省环境污水中脊髓灰质炎病毒的监测及其基因特征分析

本研究在山东省开展了脊髓灰质炎病毒(Poliovirus,PV)的外环境监测,从济南、临沂两地采集污水标本,浓缩处理后进行病毒分离,对分离到的PV采用中和试验进行血清定型,并对其VP1及3D区进行序列测定,分析其基因突变和重组情况。2010年,共采集污水标本32份,PV阳性10份,阳性率31.3%;分离到18株PV(PV1型3株,PV2型9株,PV3型6株),均为疫苗相关株,VP1完整编码区核苷酸变异数在0~4个之间,在3株PV2型病毒和4株PV3型病毒的基因组中发现重组;对VP1区影响神经毒力的减毒位点分析发现,PV1型病毒中有1株在nt 2 749发生突变(A→G),PV2型病毒中有1株在nt2 908发生A→G突变,3株在nt2 909发生U→C突变,6株PV3型病毒全部在nt2 493发生C→U突变。环境污水中可以分离到PV,其基因重组率和主要减毒位点的回复突变率较高,未发现脊灰野毒株和疫苗衍生株脊灰病毒(Vaccine-derived poliovirus,VDPV)。     

云南省1例疫苗衍生株脊髓灰质炎病毒病例的调查分析

本调查旨在了解2010年云南省昭通市1株脊髓灰质炎Ⅱ型疫苗衍生毒株(Vaccine-derived poliovirus,VDPV)引起的病例的流行病学特征、该病例的排毒情况及其周围健康儿童的肠道病毒(EV)携带情况和病毒型别特征。在该病例的发生地进行现场流行病学调查,连续采集病例粪便标本,采集密切接触者及病例居住地健康儿童粪便标本进行病毒分离和型别鉴定。经省级专家组最终分类诊断为VDPV病例;实验室结果显示病例标本中未再检出VDPV;密切接触者及周围健康儿童标本中均未检测到脊灰疫苗株病毒及VDPV,AFP病例入户主动搜索未发现类似病例,表明该病毒未在当地造成循环;在健康儿童中检测到NPEV 21株,病毒携带率为20.0%;经VP1区核苷酸序列测定,21株NPEV分别属于HEV-A组(11株,3个血清型,占52.4%)和HEV-B组(10株,4个血清型,47.6%)。     

急性弛缓性麻痹病例中Ⅱ型脊髓灰质炎疫苗病毒变异株基因特征分析

研究Ⅱ型脊髓灰质炎(脊灰)疫苗变异株的基因特征,为我国使用口服脊灰减毒活疫苗/脊灰灭活疫苗使用策略,维持无脊灰状态和全球最终消灭脊灰提供科学依据。根据型内鉴定的检测结果,从2000~2001年AFP病例分离到的Ⅱ型脊灰疫苗变异株中选取有聚集性的5株病毒进行全基因组序列测定(贵州省3株、山东省2株),并进行核苷酸、氨基酸同源性分析。贵州省3株病毒全基因组序列完全一致,但与SabinⅢ型病毒发生重组,重组区域在3A区(nt5343~5353);与疫苗株相比,Ⅱ型区域变异10个碱基,其中VP1区变异4个,与SabinⅡ型株核苷酸同源性为99·56%,氨基酸同源性99·34%;Ⅲ型区域变异9个碱基。山东省2株病毒全基因序列共享16个突变位点,没有发生重组,与SabinⅡ型株相比,VP1区分别变异7个和4个碱基,核苷酸同源性分别为99·22%和99·56%,氨基酸同源性分别为99·0%和99·67%。上述5株病毒在重要的减毒位点nt481、nt2909均发生突变。此研究中5株病毒分属于两个不同的传播链,但是共享nt481、nt2909、nt2992三个突变位点,这3个突变位点不在重组区域内,他们的共同作用可能是影响病毒传播力的重要因素,但目前尚无证据证明脊灰疫苗病毒型间重组会增加病毒的毒力及传播力。     

山东省柯萨奇病毒B1型VP1区全基因序列分析

为了解柯萨奇病毒B1型(Coxsackievirus B1,CV-B1)山东地方株的分子流行病学特征,本研究对1994年至2015年山东省急性弛缓性麻痹(Acute flaccid paralysis,AFP)监测系统、环境污水监测和无菌性脑膜炎病例标本中分离到的CV-B1病毒进行了VP1序列测定、系统发生学分析和同源性分析。共分离到CV-B1病毒53株,其中AFP监测、污水和及脑炎标本各分离到41株、4株和8株。基于VP1完整编码区序列的系统发生学分析显示CVB1山东株与国内其他分离株属于一个大的分支,该分支内无国外分离株,国外分离株构成了其他两个分支。山东株之间的VP1核苷酸同源性为84.4%~100.0%,与其他国家分离株的同源性为77.9%~85.0%。研究结果表明,中国CV-B1分离株与国外株相比有较大的遗传差异,需要加强相关手足口病病毒学监测,关注不同传播链的新的基因亚型的肠道病毒的输入。     

急性弛缓性麻痹聚集病例病原毒力和分子特征分析

为探索脊灰病毒型内重组、位点突变等分子特征与神经毒力的关系,对2002年6月四川省攀枝花地区发生的急性弛缓性麻痹(acute flaccid paralysis,AFP)聚集病例的分离病毒株进行了转基因小鼠(PVR-Tg21 mice)神经毒力实验和全基因组核苷酸序列测定。结果显示:所测4株分离病毒(均为Ⅱ型脊灰病毒)神经毒力没有明显升高。4株病毒基因全长都是7 439bp,编码区翻译的氨基酸全长2 207aa。4株病毒的VP1区核苷酸序列完全相同。6208和6235c两株病毒是由Ⅱ型和Ⅲ型脊灰病毒在3A区重组而来,6209和6236两株病毒是由Ⅱ型和Ⅰ型脊灰病毒在2C区重组而来。4株病毒在5'非编码区nt481和VP1区的nt2 909两个强减毒位点都发生回复突变,6209和6236两株病毒重组的SabinⅠ的重要减毒位点nt6 203亦发生回复突变。结合神经毒力实验和序列分析结果可以确定脊灰病毒的型别间的重组与神经毒力没有直接关系,同时可以推论SabinⅢ的nt5 832,SabinⅡ的nt1 450和nt2 386这3个位点可能是毒力相关位点。     

Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Relationship of Wild Type 1 Poliovirus Strains Circulating across Pakistan and Afghanistan Bordering Areas during 2010–2012

Pakistan and Afghanistan share a long uncontrolled border with extensive population movement on both sides. Wild poliovirus transmission has never been interrupted in this block due to war against terrorism, poor public health infrastructure, misconceptions about polio vaccines and inadequate immunization activities. All these issues complicate the eradication operations and reinforce the complexity of wiping out poliomyelitis from this region. This study illustrates the origins and routes of cross-border wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) transmission during 2010–2012 between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sequence analyses were conducted based on complete VP1 capsid protein sequences for WPV1 study strains to determine the origin of poliovirus genetic lineages and their evolutionary relationships. Phylogenetic tree was constructed from VP1 gene sequences applying Maximum Likelihood method using Kimura 2- parameter model in MEGA program v 5.0. A total of 72 (14.3%) out of 502 wild-type 1 polioviruses were found circulating in border areas of both countries during 2010–2012. Molecular phylogenetic analysis classified these strains in to two sub-genotypes with four clusters and 18 lineages. Genetic data confirmed that the most of WPV1 lineages (12; 66.6%) were transmitted from Pakistan to Afghanistan. However, the genetic diversity was significantly reduced during 2012 as most of the lineages were completely eliminated. In conclusion, Pakistan-Afghanistan block has emerged as a single poliovirus reservoir sharing the multiple poliovirus lineages due to uncontrolled movement of people across the borders between two countries. If it is neglected, it can jeopardize the extensive global efforts done so-far to eradicate the poliovirus infection. Our data will be helpful to devise the preventive strategies for effective control of wild poliovirus transmission in this region.     

Evolution of Type 2 Vaccine Derived Poliovirus Lineages. Evidence for Codon-Specific Positive Selection at Three Distinct Locations on Capsid Wall

Partial sequences of 110 type 2 poliovirus strains isolated from sewage in Slovakia in 2003–2005, and most probably originating from a single dose of oral poliovirus vaccine, were subjected to a detailed genetic analysis. Evolutionary patterns of these vaccine derived poliovirus strains (SVK-aVDPV2) were compared to those of type 1 and type 3 wild poliovirus (WPV) lineages considered to have a single seed strain origin, respectively. The 102 unique SVK-aVDPV VP1 sequences were monophyletic differing from that of the most likely parental poliovirus type 2/Sabin (PV2 Sabin) by 12.5–15.6%. Judging from this difference and from the rate of accumulation of synonymous transversions during the 22 month observation period, the relevant oral poliovirus vaccine dose had been administered to an unknown recipient more than 12 years earlier. The patterns of nucleotide substitution during the observation period differed from those found in the studied lineages of WPV1 or 3, including a lower transition/transversion (Ts/Tv) bias and strikingly lower Ts/Tv rate ratios at the 2^nd codon position for both purines and pyrimidines. A relatively low preference of transitions at the 2^nd codon position was also found in the large set of VP1 sequences of Nigerian circulating (c)VDPV2, as well as in the smaller sets from the Hispaniola cVDPV1 and Egypt cVDPV2 outbreaks, and among aVDPV1and aVDPV2 strains recently isolated from sewage in Finland. Codon-wise analysis of synonymous versus non-synonymous substitution rates in the VP1 sequences suggested that in five codons, those coding for amino acids at sites 24, 144, 147, 221 and 222, there may have been positive selection during the observation period. We conclude that pattern of poliovirus VP1 evolution in prolonged infection may differ from that found in WPV epidemics. Further studies on sufficiently large independent datasets are needed to confirm this suggestion and to reveal its potential significance.     

Genomic characterization of human and environmental polioviruses isolated in Albania.

Between April and December 1996, a serious outbreak of poliomyelitis occurred in Albania; almost 140 subjects were involved, and the episode presented an unusually high mortality rate (12%). During the outbreak, water samples from the Lana River in Tirana, Albania, and stool samples from two cases of paralytic poliomyelitis were collected and analyzed for the presence of polioviruses. Six polioviruses were isolated from the environmental and human samples, according to standard methods. All the samples were characterized by partial genomic sequencing of 330 bases across the 5' untranslated region (5'-UTR) (nucleotide positions 200 to 530) and of 300 bases across the VP1 region (nucleotide positions 2474 to 2774). Comparison of these sequences with those present in data banks permitted the identification of environmental isolates Lana A and Lana B as, respectively, a Sabin-like type 2 poliovirus and an intertypic recombinant poliovirus (Sabin-like type 2/wild type 1), both bearing a G instead of an A at nucleotide position 481. The two other environmental polioviruses were similar to the isolates from the paralytic cases. They were characterized by a peculiar 5'-UTR and by a VP1 region showing 98% homology with the Albanian epidemic type 1 isolates reported by other authors. This study confirms the environmental circulation in Albania of recombinant poliovirus strains, likely sustained by a massive vaccination effort and by the presence in the environment of a type 1 poliovirus, as isolated from the Lana River in Tirana about 2 months before the first case of symptomatic acute flaccid paralysis was reported in this town.     

Environmental Surveillance of Poliovirus in Sewage Water around the Introduction Period for Inactivated Polio Vaccine in Japan

Environmental virus surveillance was conducted at two independent sewage plants from urban and rural areas in the northern prefecture of the Kyushu district, Japan, to trace polioviruses (PVs) within communities. Consequently, 83 PVs were isolated over a 34-month period from April 2010 to January 2013. The frequency of PV isolation at the urban plant was 1.5 times higher than that at the rural plant. Molecular sequence analysis of the viral VP1 gene identified all three serotypes among the PV isolates, with the most prevalent serotype being type 2 (46%). Nearly all poliovirus isolates exhibited more than one nucleotide mutation from the Sabin vaccine strains. During this study, inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) was introduced for routine immunization on 1 September 2012, replacing the live oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). Interestingly, the frequency of PV isolation from sewage waters declined before OPV cessation at both sites. Our study highlights the importance of environmental surveillance for the detection of the excretion of PVs from an OPV-immunized population in a highly sensitive manner, during the OPV-to-IPV transition period.     

Genomic Characterization of Human and Environmental Polioviruses Isolated in Albania

Between April and December 1996, a serious outbreak of poliomyelitis occurred in Albania; almost 140 subjects were involved, and the episode presented an unusually high mortality rate (12%). During the outbreak, water samples from the Lana River in Tirana, Albania, and stool samples from two cases of paralytic poliomyelitis were collected and analyzed for the presence of polioviruses. Six polioviruses were isolated from the environmental and human samples, according to standard methods. All the samples were characterized by partial genomic sequencing of 330 bases across the 5′ untranslated region (5′-UTR) (nucleotide positions 200 to 530) and of 300 bases across the VP1 region (nucleotide positions 2474 to 2774). Comparison of these sequences with those present in data banks permitted the identification of environmental isolates Lana A and Lana B as, respectively, a Sabin-like type 2 poliovirus and an intertypic recombinant poliovirus (Sabin-like type 2/wild type 1), both bearing a G instead of an A at nucleotide position 481. The two other environmental polioviruses were similar to the isolates from the paralytic cases. They were characterized by a peculiar 5′-UTR and by a VP1 region showing 98% homology with the Albanian epidemic type 1 isolates reported by other authors. This study confirms the environmental circulation in Albania of recombinant poliovirus strains, likely sustained by a massive vaccination effort and by the presence in the environment of a type 1 poliovirus, as isolated from the Lana River in Tirana about 2 months before the first case of symptomatic acute flaccid paralysis was reported in this town.     

Molecular evolution of a type 1 wild-vaccine poliovirus recombinant during widespread circulation in China

Type 1 wild-vaccine recombinant polioviruses were isolated from poliomyelitis patients in China from 1991 to 1993. We compared the sequences of 34 recombinant isolates over the 1,353-nucleotide (nt) genomic interval (nt 2480 to 3832) encoding the major capsid protein, VP1, and the protease, 2A. All recombinants had a 367-nt block of sequence (nt 3271 to 3637) derived from the Sabin 1 oral poliovirus vaccine strain spanning the 3'-terminal sequences of VP1 (115 nt) and the 5' half of 2A (252 nt). The remaining VP1 sequences were closely (up to 99.5%) related to those of a major genotype of wild type 1 poliovirus endemic to China up to 1994. In contrast, the non-vaccine-derived sequences at the 3' half of 2A were more distantly related (<90% nucleotide sequence match) to those of other contemporary wild polioviruses from China. The vaccine-derived sequences of the earliest (April 1991) isolates completely matched those of Sabin 1. Later isolates diverged from the early isolates primarily by accumulation of synonymous base substitutions (at a rate of approximately 3.7 x 10(-2) substitutions per synonymous site per year) over the entire VP1-2A interval. Distinct evolutionary lineages were found in different Chinese provinces. From the combined epidemiologic and evolutionary analyses, we propose that the recombinant virus arose during mixed infection of a single individual in northern China in early 1991 and that its progeny spread by multiple independent chains of transmission into some of the most populous areas of China within a year of the initiating infection.     

Co-circulation and evolution of polioviruses and species C enteroviruses in a district of Madagascar

Between October 2001 and April 2002, five cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) associated with type 2 vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) were reported in the southern province of the Republic of Madagascar. To determine viral factors that favor the emergence of these pathogenic VDPVs, we analyzed in detail their genomic and phenotypic characteristics and compared them with co-circulating enteroviruses. These VDPVs appeared to belong to two independent recombinant lineages with sequences from the type 2 strain of the oral poliovaccine (OPV) in the 5'-half of the genome and sequences derived from unidentified species C enteroviruses (HEV-C) in the 3'-half. VDPV strains showed characteristics similar to those of wild neurovirulent viruses including neurovirulence in poliovirus-receptor transgenic mice. We looked for other VDPVs and for circulating enteroviruses in 316 stools collected from healthy children living in the small area where most of the AFP cases occurred. We found vaccine PVs, two VDPVs similar to those found in AFP cases, some echoviruses, and above all, many serotypes of coxsackie A viruses belonging to HEV-C, with substantial genetic diversity. Several coxsackie viruses A17 and A13 carried nucleotide sequences closely related to the 2C and the 3D(pol) coding regions of the VDPVs, respectively. There was also evidence of multiple genetic recombination events among the HEV-C resulting in numerous recombinant genotypes. This indicates that co-circulation of HEV-C and OPV strains is associated with evolution by recombination, resulting in unexpectedly extensive viral diversity in small human populations in some tropical regions. This probably contributed to the emergence of recombinant VDPVs. These findings give further insight into viral ecosystems and the evolutionary processes that shape viral biodiversity.