Within-host evolution of Brucella canis during a canine brucellosis outbreak in a kennel

BMC Veterinary Research

Jeffrey T Foster¹  Paul S Keim¹  Szilárd Jánosi³  Christina A Allen¹  Brandy D Rannals¹  Miklós Gyuranecz² 

[1] Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics, Northern Arizona University, 1298 S. Knoles Drive, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-4073, USA;Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungária körút 21, 1143, Hungary;Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budapest, Tábornok utca 2, 1143, Hungary

关键词: VNTR;    MLVA;    Evolution;    Brucellosis;    Brucella canis;   

Others  :  1119562
DOI  :  10.1186/1746-6148-9-76

 received in 2013-01-14, accepted in 2013-04-09,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Little is currently known about Brucella evolution within the host during infection. The current study is the first to employ fine-scale genotyping on an isolate collection derived from a Brucella canis outbreak. Eight isolates of B. canis, cultured from different tissues of three dogs (female, stud dog, puppy of another female) from a single kennel over three months were genetically characterized with a 15-marker multi-locus, variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) to assess the genetic relatedness of isolates and potential rapid mutational changes.

Results

MLVA discriminated among the otherwise indistinguishable isolates from different animals and from isolates collected at different time points within each host, with different VNTR alleles being detected at multiple dates and tissue sites. We suspect that all isolates cultured from the female, puppy, and stud dogs originated from the same strain, with subsequent rapid in vivo mutations. However, high mutation rates and apparent in several of the loci prevented making definitive epidemiological relationships among isolates.

Conclusions

This investigation highlights the rapid in vivo genetic mutations of several VNTRs of B. canis over a short time period in the host and the emergence of alternate alleles. However, this work also suggests the challenges of using highly mutable VNTRs to infer epidemiological relationships of strains within a short duration outbreak.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Gyuranecz et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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