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Standardized Phylogenetic Classification of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Below the Subgroup Level Publisher Pubmed



Goya S1 ; Ruis C2 ; Neher RA3 ; Meijer A4 ; Aziz A5 ; Hinrichs AS6 ; Von Gottberg A7, 8 ; Roemer C3 ; Amoako DG9 ; Acuna D10, 11 ; Mcbroome J6 ; Otieno JR12 ; Bhiman JN7, 8 ; Everatt J7 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Goya S1
  2. Ruis C2
  3. Neher RA3
  4. Meijer A4
  5. Aziz A5
  6. Hinrichs AS6
  7. Von Gottberg A7, 8
  8. Roemer C3
  9. Amoako DG9
  10. Acuna D10, 11
  11. Mcbroome J6
  12. Otieno JR12
  13. Bhiman JN7, 8
  14. Everatt J7
  15. Munozescalante JC13
  16. Ramaekers K14
  17. Duggan K15
  18. Presser LD4
  19. Urbanska L3
  20. Venter M16
  21. Wolter N7, 8
  22. Peret TCT17
  23. Salimi V18
  24. Potdar V19
  25. Borges V20
  26. Viegas M10, 11
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
  2. 2. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  3. 3. University of Basel and SIB, Basel, Switzerland
  4. 4. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
  5. 5. World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  6. 6. University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
  7. 7. National Institute for Communicable Diseases, The National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
  8. 8. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  9. 9. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
  10. 10. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  11. 11. National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  12. 12. Theiagen Genomics, Highlands Ranch, CO, United States
  13. 13. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
  14. 14. Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
  15. 15. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  16. 16. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  17. 17. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
  18. 18. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  19. 19. ICMR National Institute of Virology, Pune, India
  20. 20. National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Published:2024


Abstract

A globally implemented unified phylogenetic classification for human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) below the subgroup level remains elusive. We formulated global consensus of HRSV classification on the basis of the challenges and limitations of our previous proposals and the future of genomic surveillance. From a high-quality curated dataset of 1,480 HRSV-A and 1,385 HRSV-B genomes submitted to GenBank and GISAID (https://www. gisaid.org) public sequence databases through March 2023, we categorized HRSV-A/B sequences into lineages based on phylogenetic clades and amino acid markers. We defined 24 lineages within HRSV-A and 16 within HRSV-B and provided guidelines for defining prospective lineages. Our classification demonstrated robustness in its applicability to both complete and partial genomes. We envision that this unified HRSV classification proposal will strengthen HRSV molecular epidemiology on a global scale. © 2024 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.