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Lecture 6 _ Molecular Epidemiology Flashcards

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What are phylogenetic trees

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A graphical representation of the evolutionary relationships among a set of species or taxa. Can also be applies to populations, individuals, and even genes

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Phylogenetic trees are also called

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Phylogenies or evolutionary trees & this field of study is known as phylogenetics

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Phylogenetic trees - nodes

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Hypothetical ancestors of the children taxa

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Phylogenetic trees - root

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Common ancestor of all species/individuals on chart. Sometimes you know the root, other times you don’t

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Phylogenetic trees - branches

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Show who is related to who

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Phylogenetic trees - leaves/tips

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Represent species, taxa, populations, individuals, or genes

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In an unrooted tree, what do you not know

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Where the tree starts, who is common ancestor, and passage of time

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What is a cladogram vs phylogram?

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Cladogram - length of branches is arbitrary & shows you clades (groups or species)
Phylogram - length of branches does mean something

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Phylogenetic trees - does axis that root is on have a meaning

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No meaning

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Phylogenetic trees - does axis from root to branches have a meaning

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Yes - shows passage of time

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QUESTION ON FINAL!!!! Look at slide 9 & 10 and figure out who shares a common ancestor

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  1. A, B, C, & D -
  2. C&D also have a common ancestor
  3. A & B have a common ancestor
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Haplotype network

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A graphical representation of evolutionary relationships among haplotypes (sequence of a specific stretch of DNA/RNA) within a population or species
- could be a small stretch of DNA, big stretch of DNA, or could also be genome

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If you have a stretch of DNA/phenotypes you can build the

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Haplotype

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In a Haplotype, the size of the circle shows

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How abundant that sequence is

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Dashes in Haplotype represent

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of differences between those 2 sequences (2 circles)

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With a Haplotype network, you can track

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How sequences change over time in a population

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What is epidemiology

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The study of the distribution (who, when, where) patterns, and determinants of disease in a defined population

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Examples of epi uses

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Outbreak investigation, identifying cause of disease, disease transmission, identify risk factors, improve public health, and preventative health care

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Epidemiologic triangle

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Agent
Host
Environment

With disease in the middle of the triangle

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Epidemiologic triangle - agent

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Actual cause of the disease

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Epidemiologic triangle - host

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Organisms that harbour the disease

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Epidemiologic triangle - environment

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External factors that affect disease transmission (sanitation, temperature, etc)

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What is BRD

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Bovine Respiratory Disease - A multifactorial disease caused by the interaction of pathogenic bacteria and viruses & causes a variety of clinical signs

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What’s a leading cause of death in dairy heifers

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BRD

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Risk of BRD is reduced by

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-Feeding calves with milk rather than milk replacers
- feeding over 3.8L of milk per day to calves under 21d of age
-frequent changing of maternity pen bedding
-housing calves in all wood or plastic hutches rather than metal roofed hutches (very hot, leads to heat stress)
-administration of BRD vaccines to dams before calving

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Molecular epidemiology can tell us

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Cause of disease (agent)
Source of infection (where did outbreak start - DNA)
Routes of transmission
Virulence - molecular tools used to find strain
Host susceptibility - GWAS

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Molecular epidemiology tools for pathogen/species detection

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PCR/qPCR
DNA metabarcoding

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Molecular epidemiology tools - Within-species variation

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Cutting up genome with restriction enzymes (looks for strain of different bacteria)
Sequencing

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Criteria for selecting the most appropriate approach

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Measure the construct of interest (PCR enough to test for presence/absence) - (need to sequence if want diff variants)
Level of discrimination - sufficiently discriminatory in the population of interest
Reliable, reproducible
Requirements for specimen collection, storage, and handling
Cost effective

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Cutting up of DNA uses

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Restriction enzymes

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Restriction enzymes do what

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Characterize differences between bacterial strains
Variety is below species level

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What is difference between restriction enzymes vs restriction endonuclease

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Restriction enzymes are one class of restriction endonucleases

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Restriction enzymes recognize a sequence motif then

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Cut DNA at those points & cut the bacteria into pieces

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If restriction site is GAATTC, what is restriction enzyme cutting site

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G - CUT - AATTC

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What is Pulses-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)?

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Used in microbiology for typing bacteria (identifying bacteria strains)
Grow bacteria colonies, then put restriction enzymes in, put through a gel, and bands show up where cuts are made (so where sequences were recognized)

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In PFGE, will bacteria that is genetically similar get cut at same spots?

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Yes

37
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What is standard approach at CFIA and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) for food borne and waterborne disease

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PFGE

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E. coli are a diverse group of bacteria that normally live in

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The intestines of humans and animals

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Most E Coli strains are harmless but

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Some produce toxins that can cause disease such as severe and bloody diarrhea, and life-threatening kidney failure

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PFGE major drawbacks

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Time consuming - 3:5 days
Genome not always cuttable
Identical bands do NOT equal identical genomes - only looking at few cut sites, not looking at all DNA (sequencing DNA is more accurate)

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For outbreak at goat farm, what were the methods for source tracing

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Molecular sub typing to determine outbreak strains
PFGE pattern = unique DNA fingerprint
Isolates with same PFGE patterns = more likely to share common source
Joint farm visit with Connecticut department of agriculture and local health director - conducted environmental and animal sampling

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Read case study in lecture slides on source tracing on goat farm !

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Do it !

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In case study, they sampled for E. coli where

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Kid barn, goats themselves, doe barn, & food samples stored
Fecal samples & rectal swabs
Cheeses & unpasteurized milk

44
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Conclusions of case study on goat farm outbreak

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Epi & laboratory evidence for outbreak of E. coli
Exposure to goats & widespread contamination in environment
- farm had a lack of awareness of risks - no hand washing facilities
- availability of hand sanitizer an ineffective measure

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What is Foot and Mouth Disease

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A highly infection viral disease that causes fever, blister like sores on tongue, lips, mouth, teats, and between hooves. can also cause weight loss, lameness, and occasional abortions

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Which animals does foot and mouth disease affect

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Cloven hoof animals (cattle, sheep, swine)

47
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FMD virus

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Single strand, positive sense RNA with high mutation rate (lots of genetic variation)

48
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FMD virus - conventional molecular epidemiology

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Sequencing of VP1 (8% of genome, which is not enough to resolve a single outbreak) - not enough detail

49
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Look at FMD case study slides 37-42

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Do it <3

50
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How was FMD transmitted from farm to farm

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No animal move,ent
Animals form premises 1 & 2 were disinfected prior to infection of premise 5
-movement of person, object, and aerosols?

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