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Volume 98, Issue 10

The impact of virus population diversity on the dynamics of cytomegalovirus DNAemia in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients Free

Abstract

Mixed cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are associated with delayed viral clearance in solid organ transplant recipients. We investigated whether this could be extrapolated to allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) recipients. A total of 48 plasma specimens, obtained during 29 episodes of active CMV infection in 25 non-consecutive allo-SCT patients, were analysed. Baseline blood specimens, drawn shortly prior to the inception of pre-emptive antiviral therapy (pre-treatment specimen; =29), as well as follow-up samples obtained either after the initiation of antiviral therapy (post-treatment specimen; =15) or during recurrent episodes (=4) were analysed. Plasma CMV DNA loads were quantified by real-time PCR and the CMV genotyping was performed by ultra-deep sequencing of hypervariable regions in the genes coding for glycoproteins N (gN) and O (gO). A trend towards higher CMV DNA peak loads, longer CMV DNAemia episode durations and slower CMV DNAemia decay rates was observed for episodes with mixed CMV genotype populations compared to those caused by single CMV variants, although the differences did not reach statistical significance. The length of the treatment course required to clear DNAemia was significantly longer in these mixed episodes (=0.002). Significant changes in the number or frequency of CMV gN or gO genetic variants were documented following the initiation of antiviral therapy or in recurrent episodes. CMV diversity may have a major impact on the kinetics of CMV DNAemia clearance during the treatment of active CMV infection episodes in allo-SCT recipients.

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Keyword(s): allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients , CMV DNAemia , Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and virus population diversity
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The impact of virus population diversity on the dynamics of cytomegalovirus DNAemia in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients
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