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Effects of Transmission Bottlenecks on the Diversity of Influenza A Virus.


ABSTRACT: We investigate the fate of de novo mutations that occur during the in-host replication of a pathogenic virus, predicting the probability that such mutations are passed on during disease transmission to a new host. Using influenza A virus as a model organism, we develop a life-history model of the within-host dynamics of the infection, deriving a multitype branching process with a coupled deterministic model to capture the population of available target cells. We quantify the fate of neutral mutations and mutations affecting five life-history traits: clearance, attachment, budding, cell death, and eclipse phase timing. Despite the severity of disease transmission bottlenecks, our results suggest that in a single transmission event, several mutations that appeared de novo in the donor are likely to be transmitted to the recipient. Even in the absence of a selective advantage for these mutations, the sustained growth phase inherent in each disease transmission cycle generates genetic diversity that is not eliminated during the transmission bottleneck.

SUBMITTER: Sigal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218237 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effects of Transmission Bottlenecks on the Diversity of Influenza A Virus.

Sigal Daniel D   Reid Jennifer N S JNS   Wahl Lindi M LM  

Genetics 20180904 3


We investigate the fate of <i>de novo</i> mutations that occur during the in-host replication of a pathogenic virus, predicting the probability that such mutations are passed on during disease transmission to a new host. Using influenza A virus as a model organism, we develop a life-history model of the within-host dynamics of the infection, deriving a multitype branching process with a coupled deterministic model to capture the population of available target cells. We quantify the fate of neutr  ...[more]

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