Retrospective Analysis of Archived Pyrazinamide Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates from Uganda—Evidence of Interspecies Transmission

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dc.contributor.authorWanzala, Sylvia I.
dc.contributor.authorNakavuma, Jesca
dc.contributor.authorTravis, Dominic
dc.contributor.authorKia, Praiscillia
dc.contributor.authorOgwang, Sam
dc.contributor.authorWaters, Wade R.
dc.contributor.authorThacker, Tyler
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorHadi, Syeda A.
dc.contributor.authorSreevatsan, Srinand
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-13T14:54:14Z
dc.date.available2022-12-13T14:54:14Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe contribution of Mycobacterium bovis to the proportion of tuberculosis cases in humans is unknown. A retrospective study was undertaken on archived Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates from a reference laboratory in Uganda to identify the prevalence of human M. bovis infection. A total of 5676 isolates maintained in this repository were queried and 136 isolates were identified as pyrazinamide resistant, a hallmark phenotype of M. bovis. Of these, 1.5% (n = 2) isolates were confirmed as M. bovis by using regions of di erence PCR analysis. The overall size of whole genome sequences (WGSs) of these two M. bovis isolates were ~4.272 Mb (M. bovis Bz_31150 isolated from a captive chimpanzee) and 4.17 Mb (M. bovis B2_7505 from a human patient), respectively. Alignment of these genomes against 15 MTBC genome sequences revealed 7248 single nucleotide polumorphisms (SNPs). Theses SNPs were used for phylogenetic analysis that indicated a strong relationship between M. bovis and the chimpanzee isolate (Bz_31150) while the other M. bovis genome from the human patient (B2_7505) analyzed did not cluster with any M. bovis or M. tuberculosis strains. WGS analysis also revealed multidrug resistance genotypes; these genomes revealed pncA mutations at positions H57D in Bz_31150 and B2_7505. Phenotypically, B2_7505 was an extensively drug-resistant strain and this was confirmed by the presence of mutations in the major resistance-associated proteins for all anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs, including isoniazid (KatG (S315T) and InhA (S94A)), fluoroquinolones (S95T), streptomycin (rrs (R309C)), and rifampin (D435Y, a rare but disputed mutation in rpoB). The presence of these mutations exclusively in the human M. bovis isolate suggested that these occurred after transmission from cattle. Genome analysis in this study identified M. bovis in humans and great apes, suggesting possible transmission from domesticated ruminants in the area due to a dynamic and changing interface, which has created opportunity for exposure and transmission.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWanzala, S. I., Nakavuma, J., Travis, D., Kia, P., Ogwang, S., Waters, W. R., ... & Sreevatsan, S. (2019). Retrospective Analysis of Archived Pyrazinamide Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates from Uganda—Evidence of Interspecies Transmission. Microorganisms, 7(8), 221. doi:10.3390/microorganisms7080221en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.3390/microorganisms7080221
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6257
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMicroorganismsen_US
dc.subjecttuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectinterspeciesen_US
dc.subjecttransmissionen_US
dc.subjectwhole genome sequencingen_US
dc.titleRetrospective Analysis of Archived Pyrazinamide Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates from Uganda—Evidence of Interspecies Transmissionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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