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Host Genetic Risk Factors for West Nile Virus Infection and Disease Progression

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  • Abigail W Bigham
  • Kati J Buckingham
  • Sofia Husain
  • Mary J Emond
  • Kathryn M Bofferding
  • Heidi Gildersleeve
  • Ann Rutherford
  • Natalia M Astakhova
  • Andrey A Perelygin
  • Michael P Busch
  • Kristy O Murray
  • James J Sejvar
  • Sharone Green
  • John Kriesel
  • Margo A Brinton
  • Michael Bamshad

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV), a category B pathogen endemic in parts of Africa, Asia and Europe, emerged in North America in 1999, and spread rapidly across the continental U.S. Outcomes of infection with WNV range from asymptomatic to severe neuroinvasive disease manifested as encephalitis, paralysis, and/or death. Neuroinvasive WNV disease occurs in less than one percent of cases, and although host genetic factors are thought to influence risk for symptomatic disease, the identity of these factors remains largely unknown. We tested 360 common haplotype tagging and/or functional SNPs in 86 genes that encode key regulators of immune function in 753 individuals infected with WNV including: 422 symptomatic WNV cases and 331 cases with asymptomatic infections. After applying a Bonferroni correction for multiple tests and controlling for population stratification, SNPs in IRF3 (OR 0.54, p = 0.035) and MX1, (OR 0.19, p = 0.014) were associated with symptomatic WNV infection and a single SNP in OAS1 (OR 9.79, p = 0.003) was associated with increased risk for West Nile encephalitis and paralysis (WNE/P). Together, these results suggest that genetic variation in the interferon response pathway is associated with both risk for symptomatic WNV infection and WNV disease progression.

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  • Abigail W Bigham & Kati J Buckingham & Sofia Husain & Mary J Emond & Kathryn M Bofferding & Heidi Gildersleeve & Ann Rutherford & Natalia M Astakhova & Andrey A Perelygin & Michael P Busch & Kristy O , 2011. "Host Genetic Risk Factors for West Nile Virus Infection and Disease Progression," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(9), pages 1-11, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0024745
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024745
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