口蹄疫病毒RT-PCR检测和分型方法的建立及初步应用

参考GenBank中各个血清型口蹄疫病毒3D、vp1、2A基因的标准序列，设计引物P1／P2和S1／S2。建立用于检测口蹄疫病毒及其利用引物S1／S2克隆片段同源性比较而确定血清型的RT-PCR方法。通过敏感性试验检测，2对引物均可以检测到10TCID50的病毒量；特异性试验的检测，2对引物对正常细胞、牛黏膜病病毒、猪瘟病毒、水疱性口炎病毒、牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒的检测结果均为阴性。利用该方法对病牛的流涎液体、水疱液体、舌皮组织、感染犊牛心脏等组织进行检测初步结果显示：该方法可以对O型和AsiaⅠ型口蹄疫病毒进行特异性检测，能够用于口蹄疫急性及亚临床感染的诊断及流行病学调查。     

口蹄疫病毒RT-LAMP检测方法的建立

为了建立检测口蹄疫的快速实用分子生物学技术，本研究借助新兴的环介导等温扩增技术，建立了一种灵敏、特异、快速的分子生物学检测方法-体外等温扩增检测方法。设计了6条针对FMDV3D基因的8个位点的特异性引物，建立了一套从核酸抽提到检测仅需要75min的快速检测技术。所建立的检测方法灵敏，与实时荧光RT-PCR灵敏度相当；且具有特异性，对其他水泡性疾病痛原体检测均为阴性；而且简单，不需要复杂的仪器，常规水浴锅在63．5℃即可进行，肉眼可直接观察检测结果。该方法是适合基层和现场检测而无需送至中心实验室的快速灵敏实用的分子生物学检测方法。     

Carriers of foot-and-mouth disease virus: a review

This review describes current knowledge about persistent foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) infections, the available methods to detect carrier animals, the properties of persisting virus, the immunological mechanisms, and the risk of transmission. In particular, knowledge about the carrier state, the period in which virus can be isolated from animals 28 days or longer post infection, is important, because the risk that animals may carry the virus will influence the diagnostic and preventive measures that need to be taken. Although many years of research have led to much knowledge about foot-and mouth disease and its causative agent, there are still numerous aspects of the virus and the disease that are not yet fully understood. Areas for further research on persistence of FMDV are discussed.     

Experimental placental transfer of foot-and-mouth disease virus in mice.

An attenuated type O foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus which was virulent for infant, but not for pregnant, mice proved to be superior to a virulent type C FMD virus in the development of a model system for the study of placental transfer of FMD in mice. When mice were inoculated at day 8 or 12 of gestation with type O FMD virus, the virus was detectable in the maternal pancreas for 3 days and in the placenta for 6 days. Viral levels in the fetus and the amniotic fluid were inconsistent and were apparently due to a spillover from the placental infection. The elimination of the virus from the placenta coincided with the expected production of maternal 7S antibody. Mice inoculated from days 0 to 12 of gestation did not have a significant increase in dead young by day 18 (the day of necropsy). Similarly inoculated mice, when permitted to go to term, produced and raised normal-size litters. Inoculation on day 15 of gestation resulted in an increased number of deaths due to morbidity of the dams. It was concluded that the placenta serves as an active site of infection for FMD virus in pregnant mice, but the fetus is relatively resistant to infection.     

Bovine serum panel for evaluating foot-and-mouth disease virus nonstructural protein antibody tests.

A panel of 36 sera has been assembled from experimental cattle that had been infected by inoculation or contact exposure with 4 serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) with or without prior vaccination. Virus replication and persistence had been characterized in all of the animals. The proportion of the sera scored positive by 5 tests for antibodies to the nonstructural proteins of FMDV varied, suggesting that the panel can discriminate between the sensitivity with which such tests are able to identify infected cattle. Use of this panel will help in assessment of new tests and quality control of existing methods.