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J Med Virol . Longitudinal epidemiology of human coronavirus OC43 in Yamagata, Japan, 2010-2017: two groups based on spike gene appear one after ano

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J Med Virol


. 2020 Jul 28.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26361. Online ahead of print.
Longitudinal epidemiology of human coronavirus OC43 in Yamagata, Japan, 2010-2017: two groups based on spike gene appear one after another


Kenichi Komabayashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yohei Matoba[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shizuka Tanaka[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Junji Seto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yoko Aoki[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tatsuya Ikeda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yoshitaka Shimotai[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yoko Matsuzaki[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tsutomu Itagaki[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Katsumi Mizuta[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Human coronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43) is divided into genotypes A-H based on genetic recombination including the spike (S) gene. To investigate the longitudinal transition of phylogenetic feature of HCoV-OC43 S gene in a community, phylogenetic analysis of the S1 region of S gene was conducted using 208 strains detected in Yamagata during 2010-2017 with reference strains of genotype. The S1 sequences were divisible into four groups: A-D. All Yamagata strains belonged to either group B or group D. In group B, 46 (90.2%) out of 51 Yamagata strains were clustered with those of genotype E reference strains (cluster E). In group D, 28 (17.8%) and 122 (77.7%) out of 157 Yamagata strains were clustered respectively with genotype F and genotype G reference strains. In cluster G, 28 strains formed a distinct cluster. Monthly distributions of HCoV-OC43 in Yamagata in 2010-2017 revealed that group B and group D appeared one after another. In group B, the cluster E strains were prevalent recurrently. In conclusion, epidemics of HCoV-OC43 in Yamagata, Japan might be attributable to two genetically different groups: group B showed recurrent epidemic of strains belonging to single phylogenetic cluster and group D showed epidemic strains belonging to multiple clusters. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: acute respiratory infection; influenza-like illness; outpatient clinic; phylogenetic tree.
 
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