PulseNet China, a model for future laboratory-based bacterial infectious disease surveillance in China

doi:10.1007/s11684-012-0214-6

Front Med

2012, Vol. 6

Issue (4) : 366-375 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-012-0214-6

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PulseNet China, a model for future laboratory-based bacterial infectious disease surveillance in China

Wei Li, Shan Lu, Zhigang Cui, Jinghua Cui, Haijian Zhou, Yiqing Wang, Zhujun Shao, Changyun Ye, Biao Kan, Jianguo Xu(

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State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing 100026, China

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Abstract

Surveillance is critical for the prevention and control of infectious disease. China’s real-time web-based infectious disease reporting system is a distinguished achievement. However, many aspects of the current China Infectious Disease Surveillance System do not yet meet the demand for timely outbreak detection and identification of emerging infectious disease. PulseNet, the national molecular typing network for foodborne disease surveillance was first established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States in 1995 and has proven valuable in the early detection of outbreaks and tracing the pathogen source. Since 2001, the China CDC laboratory for bacterial pathogen analysis has been a member of the PulseNet International family; and has been adapting the idea and methodology of PulseNet to develop a model for a future national laboratory-based surveillance system for all bacterial infectious disease. We summarized the development progress for the PulseNet China system and discussed it as a model for the future of China’s national laboratory-based surveillance system.

Keywords infectious disease laboratory-based infectious disease surveillance pulse field gel electrophoresis multilocus sequencing typing PulseNet China

Corresponding Author(s): Xu Jianguo,Email:xujianguo@icdc.cn

Issue Date: 05 December 2012

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Wei Li,Shan Lu,Zhigang Cui, et al. PulseNet China, a model for future laboratory-based bacterial infectious disease surveillance in China[J]. Front Med, 2012, 6(4): 366-375.

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Fig.1 Illustration of PulseNet theory. The strains of pathogen isolated from suspected outbreaks are analyzed using PFGE. The digital data of the PFGE patterns from the isolates are coded and compared for possibly similar or identical patterns in the database. If an identical pattern is identified, epidemiological investigation will start to define possible relationships between or among the isolates. Actions will be suggested according to the laboratory results obtained.

Fig.2 The work flow of PulseNet China.

Fig.3 PFGE and MLST analysis of 4821 complex identified in China. (A) The PFGE patterns of strains from the 4821 complex. The chromosomal DNA was digested with restriction enzyme 1. (B) Minimum spanning tree analysis of the 4821 complex (Each circle shows a MLST type, the size of the circle indicates the number of isolates, and the halos surrounding the various types show the grouping obtained by Bionumerics analysis. The isolates from patients, healthy carriers, and close contacts are displayed in different colors).

Fig.4 PFGE and MLST analysis of isolates associated with the 2005 China outbreak. (A) The PAGE patterns of isolates isolated from China. The chromosomal DNA was digested with restriction enzyme I. The isolates from the 1998 outbreak, from patients and pigs in 2005 outbreak from Sichuan or other provinces showed identical PFGE pattern. (B) Minimum spanning tree analysis of ST7 and other sequence types (Each circle is a MLST type, the size of the circle corresponds to the number of isolates, and the halos surrounding the various types show the grouping obtained by Bionumerics analysis). ST7 to date has been isolated only in China.

Fig.5 PFGE and MLST analysis of X variant isolates from China. (A) The PFGE patterns of isolates from China. The chromosomal DNA of was digested with restriction enzyme I. The isolates of ST91 showed different PFGE patterns. (B) Minimum spanning tree analysis of ST91 and other sequence types. (Each circle shows a MLST type, the size of the circle corresponds to the number of isolates, and the halos surrounding the various types show the grouping obtained by Bionumerics analysis.)

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