Using antigenic cartography, a technique developed to probe the forces underlying the antigenic evolution of influenza viruses, we are testing for. Antigenic characterization of novel h1 influenza a viruses. A fixed license lets you run mapublisher fme auto on a single computer. The global circulation of seasonal influenza a h3n2 viruses science 3205874. In some cases twodimensional maps can be produced which reveal interesting information about the antigenic evolution of a pathogen. The technique provides, for the first time, quantitative measurements and a visualisation of phenotypic differences among the objects of binding assays, such as viral strains. The first antigenic map of the influenza ah3n2 virus from 1968 to 2003. Mapping the antigenic and genetic evolution of influenza. Posted on 201031 201031 author admin categories rna analysis tags identification, influenza a virus, ipminer post navigation previous previous post.
Mar 22, 2016 humans mount an antibodymediated immune response against influenza viruses that can be recalled. The centre for pathogen evolution, department of zoology, university of cambridge, uk antigenic cartography. There are several factors that should be considered when looking for custom map design tools. Predictions are based on a table that reflects the occurrence of amino acid residues in experimentally known segmental epitopes. Cartographers produce a variety of maps that serve a wide array of purposes, from portraying distance, elevation and other spatial features to relaying climatic, demographic and economic information. Repository for course materials for the antigenic cartography and antibody landscapes course 2019 r 6 2 0 0 updated jun 17, 2019. A sequence alignments and antigenic mapping to construct genetic and. Antigenic characterization of h3 subtypes of avian influenza a. Pricing gis, mapping and cartography software for adobe. Sequence analysis showed that the nucleotide homology. Mapping and gis applications range from free to costing tens of thousan. Integrating influenza antigenic dynamics with molecular. Prediction, dynamics, and visualization of antigenic phenotypes of seasonal in. A computational framework for influenza antigenic cartography.
Antigenic cartography therefore offers an improved understanding of genetic and antigenic evolution. In some cases, as in the image on the left, twodimensional maps can be produced which reveal interesting information about the antigenic evolution of a pathogen. To access a sequence from a database, enter the usa here. Although its utility was first established in both research and public health in the context of the influenza virus, the techniques of antigenic cartography have subsequently been applied to many other. This protocol describes the procedures for sample collection. These maps are made with data that provide information on the antigenic properties of the pathogen. This method of analysis was used to identify antigenic variants and seed strains that can be nominated for vaccine production, especially for viruses with rapid antigenic. We applied the acmacs antigenic cartography algorithm adapted from. Antigenic variation of the human influenza a h3n2 virus. One grid in 2d map or one unit in 3d map corresponds to a twofold change in hi assay. Mapublisher cartography software seamlessly integrates more than fifty gis mapping tools into adobe illustrator to help you create beautiful maps. The viruses labeled with the cluster names hk68, en72, vi75, tx77, bk79, si87, be89, be92, wu95, sy97 and fu02 were adapted from smith et al. This project aims at providing a desktop application for working with antigenic maps.
Gis is frequently used in medical geography and epidemiology. Because the sources of the viruses were known, the patterns of mutation could be mapped using antigenic cartography. Thus, influenza antigenic cartography can be utilized to identify influenza. May 30, 2008 this guest post was written by terry jones, former antigenic cartographer and founder of fluidinfo. Author summary influenza antigenic cartography is an analogy of geographic cartography, and it projects influenza antigens into a two or threedimensional map through which we can visualize and measure the antigenic distances between influenza antigens as we visualize and measure geographic distances between the cities in a geographic cartography. This paper deals with the antigenic evolution of influenza. Novel h1n2 influenza a viruses iavs in swine have been identified in chile cocirculating with pandemic h1n1 2009like ah1n1pdm09like viruses. Pdf antigenic cartography is a useful technique to visualize and minimize errors in immunological data by projecting antigens to 2d or 3d. Why is it such a successful method of studying relationships between virus strains. Antigenic cartography is the process of creating maps of antigenically variable pathogens. We are currently offering various free and opensource software application for topographic mapping in 2d and 3d.
These include price, functionality, and whether you need high quality map data. Derek smith, professor of infectious disease informatics, university of cambridge, u. As such, timely identification of emerging influenza virus antigenic variants is central to the success of influenza vaccination programs. Apr 23, 2008 maps point the way to fighting the flu virus. Antigenic cartography of h1n1 influenza viruses using sequence. The ease at which influenza virus sequence data can be used to estimate antigenic relationships between strains and the existence of databases containing sequence data for hundreds of thousands influenza strains make sequencebased antigenic distance estimates an attractive approach to researchers. The cartographers guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Feb 04, 2014 this paper deals with the antigenic evolution of influenza. Hello, my apologies on the first mail that was sent. Maptitude provides all the features that your organization requires in order to take advantage of the geographic elements underpinning successful 3d, surface, and terrainbased projects. Antigenic characterization of novel h1 influenza a viruses in. Segments are only reported if the have a minimum size of 8 residues. Molecular and antigenic traits on hemagglutinin gene of avian.
This antigenic evolution requires frequent update of seasonal influenza vaccines. Im a trying to adapt jmol for usage as a viewer for antigenic cartography data. Drawing antigenic maps javascript mit 0 0 0 0 updated apr 28, 2020. Maptitude is a robust and easytouse mapping tool that incorporates threedimensions 3d. Empirical methods to determine influenza virus antigenic properties are timeconsuming and midthroughput and require live viruses. Insights into the antigenic advancement of influenza ah3n2 nature. Hint is a valuable new antigenic analysis tool for vaccine strain selection. Terry jones, an antigenic cartographer, posts on the oreilly site a followup to a talk given at the oreilly etech conference. As of current with a slightly tweaked menu and using xyz input files we are able to show a 3d model of antigen relations with jmol however, jmol does not like the atoms in the xyz input file having their antigen names. By mimicking geographic cartography, influenza antigenic cartography projects influenza antigens into a two or three dimensional map using immunological datasets. Those familiar with problems such as higherthan homologous titers and nondiscriminating antisera will find that with antigenic cartography, these are not actually paradoxes but. Influenza viruses are classic examples of antigenically variable pathogens and have a seemingly endless capacity to evade the immune response. Antigenic cartography is the product of collaboration between researchers in virology, immunology, computational biology, mathematics, and computer science.
Those familiar with problems such as higherthan homologous titers and nondiscriminating antisera will find that with antigenic cartography, these are not actually paradoxes but data that perfectly fit with the rest of the data. Antigenic map showing the evolution of the influenza a h3n2 virus evolution from 1968 to 2002. Posted on 201031 201031 author admin categories miscellaneous tags antigenic cartography, antigenmap, antigenmap 3d, construction. The antigenic cartography was done using antigenmap 3d server, an interactive 3d antigenic cartography construction and visualization resource barnett et al. May 23, 2016 because the sources of the viruses were known, the patterns of mutation could be mapped using antigenic cartography. Well, if you need something easy and cheaper for mapping i recomend you qgis quantum gis, which is a free software or gvsig that is also free. Potency, efficacy, and antigenic mapping of h7 avian. Mapping the evolution of pathogens who collaborating centre. Antigenic cartography of h1n1 influenza viruses using. Humans mount an antibodymediated immune response against influenza viruses that can be recalled. Using sequence data to infer the antigenicity of influenza virus. As of 20, three major h1 lineages circulated in swine. This protocol describes the procedures for sample collection and processing, mass spectrometry analysis, and data.
Antigenic mismatch between circulating strains and vaccine strains results in. By systematically mapping the antigenic relationships of h3n2 strains isolated since 2010, we discovered that two groups with obvious. This guest post was written by terry jones, former antigenic cartographer and founder of fluidinfo at the oreilly etech conference in march i gave a talk describing antigenic cartography, a new method being used to visualize virus evolution and to aid in the design of vaccines, in the context of influenza. The influenza antigenic 2d a and 3d b cartography for h3n2 viruses from 1968 to 2003. The dengue antigenic cartography consortium is an international collaboration of leading dengue researchers to systematically characterise antigenic variation among a large sample of dengue viruses. To analyze the antigenicity and pathogenicity characteristics of the dominant genotype strains qxtype, s1 gene sequence analysis, virus crossneutralization tests, and pathogenicity test of eight qxtype ibv isolates were conducted. Mapping the antigenic and genetic evolution of influenza virus science 3055682. Highly pathogenic hp avian influenza virus aiv of the h7n3 subtype 10 first occurred in poultry in the state of jalisco, mexico, in june 2012 and was reported to be controlled until additional outbreaks occurred starting in january 20.
Import industrystandard gis data formats and make crisp, clean maps with all attributes and georeferencing intact using the adobe illustrator design environment. Antigenic cartography is a useful technique to visualize and minimize errors in immunological data by projecting antigens to 2d or 3d cartography. While standard cartography does not use sequence information, sequences have been used as priors for distances in a bayesian version of multidimensional scaling bedford et al. So far, very little is known about the antigenic patterns of the recent h3n2 virus. The mapping, says kawaoka, identifies clusters of viruses featuring novel mutations which, according to the new study, can effectively predict the molecular characteristics of the next seasonal influenza virus. Antigenic cartography is a computational and mathematical tool for the analysis of binding assay data, providing a quantification and visualisationcalled antigenic mapsof antigenic data. In some cases, as in the image above, twodimensional maps can be produced which reveal interesting information about the antigenic evolution of a pathogen. However, a 2d cartography may not be sufficient to capture the antigenic relationship from highdimensional immunological data. The antigenic map also help resolve paradoxes often observed in binding assay data. Nevertheless, individuals can suffer from recurrent influenza infections as viruses can change their antigenic properties by altering their surface glycoproteins. Minimum length of antigenic region output section output report format embl genbank gff pir swissprot emboss list file dbmotif emboss diffseq tabdelimited text emboss feattable emboss motif emboss regions emboss seqtable srs simple srs emboss table emboss tagseq. This paper makes a clear methodological improvement on the original antigenic cartography technique.
Prediction, dynamics, and visualization of antigenic. Antigenmap 3d presents an online, interactive, and robust 3d antigenic cartography construction and. Please click here and then click on the sign up link on that page, if you would like to use alpha release of our webbased. A foundational paper in science in 2004 by smith et al introduced antigenic cartography, the technique used to monitor antigenic drift and select the influenza vaccine. This is the first antigenic map of the influenza ah3n2 virus from 1968 to 2003. Mar 11, 2020 novel h1n2 influenza a viruses iavs in swine have been identified in chile cocirculating with pandemic h1n1 2009like ah1n1pdm09like viruses. Concepts and applications for influenza antigenic cartography. The qxtype avian infectious bronchitis virus ibv is still a prevalent genotype in southwestern china. We used this method to study quantitatively the antigenic evolution of influenza a h3n2 virus, revealing both similarities to, and important differences from, its genetic evolution. My slides from the talk are online having the flu is something of a generic. The global antigenic diversity of swine influenza a. The efficacy of current influenza vaccines requires a close antigenic match between circulating and vaccine strains. Antigenic cartography is the process of creating maps of antigenically variable pathogens more details. At the oreilly etech conference in march i gave a talk describing antigenic cartography, a new method being used to visualize virus evolution and to aid in the design of vaccines, in the context of influenza.
Cartography is the scientific and artistic process of designing and creating maps. Molecular and antigenic traits on hemagglutinin gene of. Antigenic peptides are determined using the method of kolaskar and tongaonkar 1990. The ease at which influenza virus sequence data can be used to estimate antigenic relationships between strains and the existence of. Estimated antigenicity of the variant h3n2 viruses using antigenbridges.
New antigenic cartography method for more effective flu. Each strain is coloured to represent the antigenic cluster to which that strain belongs, while the antisera used in the hi assays are shown as uncoloured open shapes. Find antigenic sites in proteins read the manual unshaded fields are optional and can safely be ignored. Using sequence data to infer the antigenicity of influenza. The human influenza a h3n2 virus dominated the 20142015 winter season in many countries and caused massive morbidity and mortality because of its antigenic variation. Collaboration on h5 antigenic cartography preliminary antigenic map of h5 hemagglutinin in recognition of the rapid genetic and antigenic evolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of the h5 subtype, investigators from the university of cambridge, the university of wisconsin at madison, and erasmus medical center in rotterdam are. What is the best software for mapping and cartography. All prices include one year of maintenance, which includes unlimited support and upgrades.
To investigate the combined antigenic and genetic evolution of our study viruses we implemented a bayesian multidimensional scaling bmds method for inferring antigenic and genetic relationships bedford et al. We studied the molecular evolution of the hemagglutinin gene of h9n2 viruses by full ha gene sequencing, then the antigenic characterization was implemented using the cross hi assay and analyzed using 3d bioinformatics cartography software. Dec 21, 2017 3d molecular cartography is used for mapping of metabolites in our environment. Software for the the detection of antigenic peptides several methods based on various physiochemical properties of experimental determined epitopes flexibility, hydrophibility, accessibility have published for the prediction of antigenic determinants, of which the antigenic index and preditop are good examples. Vaccination of poultry was implemented in july 2012. Dengue antigenic cartography consortium who collaborating. Maps point the way to fighting the flu virus scientific. In some cases, as in the image above, twodimensional maps can be produced which reveal interesting information about the antigenic evolution of a pathogen this is the first antigenic map of the influenza ah3n2 virus from 1968 to 2003. Cartographers of the infectious world medical xpress. Each strain is coloured to represent the antigenic. Antigenic cartography showed that the largest antigenic distance among the 37 avian iavs is about four units, and each unit corresponds to a 2.
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