Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia da Relação Parasito-Hospedeiro
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Item Pesquisa de bocavírus humano em pacientes submetidos a transplante alogênico de células progenitoras hematopoiéticas(Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2018-08-17) Costa, Brunno Câmara Lopes; Souza, Menira Borges de Lima Dias e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0054562567103606; Souza, Menira Borges de Lima Dias e; Fiaccadori, Fabíola Souza; Santos, Norma Suely de OliveiraHuman Bocavirus (HBoVs) are classified in the Parvoviridae family and are associated with respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. Viral infections are an important cause of morbimortality in immunocompromised patients such as allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) recipients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the positivity rate and loads of HBoVs in clinical samples (feces and sera) of patients who were subjected to allo-HSCT at a reference center for bone marrow transplantation in Goiânia, Goiás. A total of 105 fecal samples and 145 sera samples were collected from 21 consecutive patients, during October 2012 to October 2014. Samples were screened by qPCR TaqMan assay, with specific probe and primers targeting all HBoVs genotypes (HBoV-1 to -4), and viral loads were determined using serial dilutions of a recombinant plasmid, targeting the NP1 gene. The results showed that 53.4% (11/21) of the patients were male, aged between four and 61 years-old (mean 35 years). The most observed hematologic malignancy was myeloid leukemia (acute or chronic), accounting for 57.1% (12/21) of the cases. The HBoVs were detected in 42.9% (9/21) of the patients and 77.7% (7/9) were positive in both fecal and serum samples. The viral load in fecal samples were higher than in the sera samples and a prolonged fecal shedding were observed, with two patterns: one intermittent and another continuous. Of all HBoV positive patients, six (66.6%) had the first positive sample before the transplantation, and a rise of the viral loads after the allo-HSCT occurred when comparing to the loads before the allo-HSCT. Furthermore, on most cases the highest viral loads were detected during the first 100 days after the allo-HSCT. Considering the symptoms presented by the patients, 66.6% (6/9) had diarrhea at the same period of the viral genome detection in feces, but no statistical significance was observed. Three fecal samples were characterized as being HBoV-1, with more than 99% of nucleotide identity among them. The present data shows a high occurrence and loads of HBoVs in allo-HSCT recipients, with first positivity in fecal samples and later viral detection in sera. These results suggest that fecal samples could be the sample of choice in HBoV monitoring of these patients both before and after the transplant.Item Estudo prospectivo de infecção por calicivírus (norovírus e sapovírus) em pacientes submetidos a transplante alogênico de células progenitoras hematopoiéticas(Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2013-12-20) Lemes, Lucianna Gonçalves Nepomuceno; Souza, Menira Borges de Lima Dias e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0054562567103606; Souza, Menira Borges de Lima Dias e; Fiaccadori, Fabíola Souza; Leite, José Paulo GagliardiThe calicivirus (norovirus and sapovirus) are important etiologic agents of acute gastroenteritis. Recent studies show that in immunocompromised patients such as those undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), norovirus infection can lead to worsening of symptoms and be confused with clinical symptoms of graft versus host disease (GVHD). However, calicivirus screening is not performed, routinely, as part of the patients’ follow-up laboratory exams. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of norovirus (NoV) and sapovirus (SaV) in patients who underwent HSCT, and to conduct the molecular characterization of the samples positive for these viruses. Fecal samples were collected weekly, and serum samples were obtained every two weeks of ten patients who underwent HSCT, for a minimum period of five months and a maximum of one year. The secretor status was determined by an enzyme immunoassay and the detection of calicivirus was performed by RT-PCR using primers specific for a partial region of the gene encoding the NoV genogroup I and II (GI and GII) and SaV capsid protein. The genomic sequencing was performed for positive samples. The results showed that from ten patients participating in the study, eight had diarrhea. Among these, six (60%) had positive samples for NoV, and all of them had a secretor phenotype. The duration of NoV excretion in feces ranged from five to 143 days. Viral RNA was also detected in serum specimens, ranging from 29 to 36 days in the five patients infected with NoV. Three of the six patients had acute intestinal GVHD. Through genomic sequencing and phylogenetic analysis all NoV-positive samples were characterized as genotype GI.3, and because they had a high nucleotide identity, they were all characterized as a single haplotype. The data highlight the urgent need of the inclusion of calicivirus screening in the routine testing performed before transplantation and during follow-up of these patients. This is the first report of the occurrence of NoV in patients undergoing HSCT in Brazil.