Hemagglutination by calf diarrhea coronavirus

The virus was grown in BEK-1 cells, a stable cell line from bovine embryo kidney, and tested for hemagglutination (HA) with erythrocytes of a variety of species at 4°C, room temperature and 37°C. HA was observed at all temperatures with chicken, mouse, rat, and hamster erythrocytes but not with erthyrocytes of human (O), cattle, horses, sheep, guinea pigs, geese, ducks, pigeons and 1-day-old chicks. Chickens showed an individual variation in agglutinability of their erythrocytes, requiring selection of birds to obtain erythrocytes for HA. HA reaction was inhibited by specific antiserum. Some factors involved in HA and HA inhibition (HI) were investigated and standard HA and HI tests were worked out.     

猪细小病毒血凝抑制试验抗原、阳性血清与阴性血清的制备与鉴定

猪细小病毒（Porcine Parvovirus,PPV）血凝抑制试验抗原、阳性血清和阴性血清在猪细小病毒制品的效力检验中不可或缺,对猪细小病毒相关生物制品的质量控制至关重要。试验采用PPV 7909株病毒同步接种PK-15细胞制备血凝抑制试验抗原,用制备的抗原乳化后免疫豚鼠制备阳性血清,同时用未免疫的阴性豚鼠制备阴性血清。对抗原、阳性血清和阴性血清进行鉴定,结果表明,制备的PPV血凝抑制试验抗原HA效价达1:512;阳性血清HI效价达1:1024;阴性血清HI效价＜1:8,且特异性均良好。利用制备的血凝抑制试验抗原、阳性血清与不同PPV疫苗株的灭活抗原、阳性血清进行交叉反应试验,结果表明,制备的抗原与阳性血清具备良好的血清学交叉反应性,可用于PPV制品的统一评价。     

醛化人“O”型红细胞的制备及其在兔出血症HA／HI试验中的应用

在兔出血症的检测和免疫监测中,血凝／血凝抑制试验（HA／HI）是常规有效的检测方法。针对人“O”型新鲜红细胞存在质脆易碎、保存期短的缺点,从醛化人的“O”型红细胞制备方法的优化、工作浓度、保存时间三个方面进行研究,并用于兔出血症的HA／HI试验,同时以新鲜的人“O”型红细胞作为对照。结果表明：经戊二醛-甲醛二次醛化的红细胞的醛化效果与只用戊二醛醛化的红细胞效果差异不显著,均优于甲醛醛化效果,且经戊二醛-甲醛二次醛化或戊二醛醛化后的红细胞不溶血,性质不变,易保存;在兔出血症HA/HI试验中,经戊二醛醛化人“O”型红细胞的试验效果与新鲜红细胞差异不大,结果稳定性好。     

Characterization of two new monoclonal antibodies against Haemophilus paragallinarum serovar C hemagglutinating antigen

Two new monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), D6D8D5 and B3E6F9, both directed against Haemophilus paragallinarum serovar C hemagglutinating (HA) antigen, were produced, and characteristics of the MAbs were compared with those of the previously described MAb F2E6 in dot-blot and hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) tests using two representative H. paragallinarum strains each of serovars A, B, and C strains and 55 Japanese serovar C field isolates. MAb D6D8D5 and MAb F2E6 reacted with all serovar C strains and field isolates in the dot-blot test. However, MAb D6D8D5 showed various degrees of inhibition of the HA activity of field isolates. In the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-competition test, MAb D6D8D5 did not compete with MAb F2E6. MAb B3E6F9 reacted with strain S1, serovar C but not with strain Modesto, serovar C in both dot-blot and HI tests. Three out of 55 field isolates did not react with MAb B3E6F9. Neither MAb reacted with the serovar A and B strains.     

Influenza surveillance in birds in Italian wetlands (1992-1998): is there a host restricted circulation of influenza viruses in sympatric ducks and coots?

We report the results of a 6-year serological and virological monitoring performed in ducks and coots in Italy, in order to assess the degree of influenza A virus circulation in these birds during wintering. A total of 1039 sera collected from 1992 to 1998 was screened by a double antibody sandwich blocking ELISA (NP-ELISA): seroprevalence of antibodies to influenza A viruses was significantly higher in ducks compared to coots (52.2% vs. 7.1%, respectively). The hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) assay, performed on NP-ELISA positive sera, showed that 16.9% of these duck sera and 33.3% of these coot sera had antibodies to at least one influenza virus HA subtype: ducks showed HI antibodies against most of the HA subtypes, except for the H3, H4, H7, and H12; coots were seropositive to the H3 and H10 subtypes, only. From 1993 to 1998, 22 virus strains were obtained from 802 cloacal swabs, with an overall virus isolation frequency of 2.7%. Viruses belonging to the H1N1 subtype were by far the most commonly circulating strains (18/22) and were isolated mainly from ducks (17/18). The remaining viruses were representative of the H10N8, H5N2 and H3N8 subtypes. Our data indicate some differences between influenza A virus circulation in sympatric ducks and coots and a significant antigenic diversity between some reference strains and viruses recently isolated in Italy.     

兔瘟强毒株的筛选和血清型鉴定——兔瘟H9组织灭活疫苗的研制

从安哥拉兔病死兔的肝脏中分离到一株病毒,经血凝试验、血凝抑制试验和动物交叉免疫保护试验,确定为兔瘟病毒(称RHDV-H)。     

An improved hemagglutination test for study of canine parvovirus

Optimal conditions for hemagglutination (HA) by canine parvovirus (CPV) strains were investigated using several buffers. Porcine erythrocytes often agglutinated spontaneously in phosphate-buffered salt solution, isotonic saline solution or barbitone-complement-fixation buffer. Results were reproducible when borate-buffered saline (BBS) was used as the diluent for antigen, and "virus adjusting diluent" (VAD), containing 0.15 M NaCl and 0.3 M phosphate was used as the diluent for erythrocytes. Highest HA titers were obtained at pH 6.0 using BBS and VAD. Specific HA with CPV was observed not only at 4 degrees C but at 37 degrees C, and erythrocytes from horse, shrew mouse, hamster, cat, sheep and dog, as well as pig and African green monkey were agglutinated by CPV using the improved method.     

Serotyping of Haemophilus paragallinarum by the Page scheme: comparison of the use of agglutination and hemagglutination-inhibition tests

Seventy-two isolates of Haemophilus paragallinarum were serotyped according to the Page scheme, using a new hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test. The results were compared with the plate agglutination method conventionally used in the Page scheme. The HI test used washed cells of H. paragallinarum, glutaraldehyde-fixed chicken erythrocytes, and rabbit antisera originally produced for the agglutination method. For 49 of the isolates, there was complete correlation between the results of the HI serotyping test and the previously performed agglutination test--23 were serovar A, two were serovar B, and 24 were serovar C. The other 23 isolates were nontypable by the agglutination test, but 21 of them could be serotyped by the HI method--six as serovar A, two as serovar B, and 13 as serovar C. Nine isolates required treatment of the bacterial cells with hyaluronidase for the expression of hemagglutination (HA) activity. Two isolates did not have HA activity despite hyaluronidase treatment and so could not be serotyped by the HI test.     

Survival of Yersinia enterocolitica in soil and water.

Yersinia enterocolitica O3, O4, O5A, O5B, O6, O6, 30, O9 and O13 and Yersinia intermedia were examined to clarify their survival in natural soil, river water and well water. The O3 strain disappeared most rapidly from soil at both temperature of 4 degrees C and 20 degrees C and from river water at 20 degrees C. Although the O5B and O9 strains disappeared before the O3 strain did from river water at 4 degrees C, the O9 strain survived as long as non-virulent strains did in soil at 4 degrees C. The O3, O5B and O9 strains survived longer at 4 degrees C than at 20 degrees C in soil and river water. Non-virulent strains of O4, O5A and O6 survived longer in well water than in soil and river water. Although the O3 and O5A strains disappeared from supernatant filtered with 100 microns and 5 microns pore size filters, they maintained their viable cell numbers in supernatant of soil filtered with 0.22 microns pore size filter and in the autoclaved supernatant.     

H4亚型禽流感病毒血凝素蛋白单克隆抗体的制备

以H4亚型AIV分离株A/鸭/扬州/185/2003免疫BALB/c小鼠,取小鼠脾脏细胞与骨髓瘤细胞进行融合,经血凝抑制(HI)试验筛选并克隆后,获得能够稳定分泌抗体的单克隆细胞株:2C11、6E7、4C8和5C5。4株单抗腹水的HI效价在2~(12)～2~(15),单抗亚类均为IgG2a。4株单抗均能与感染了H4亚型AIV的MDCK细胞发生间接免疫荧光(IFA)反应。并且,均不与其他亚型AIV、NDV、IBV和EDS-76病毒发生HI反应。另外,4株单抗均能使病毒失去感染细胞的能力,显示出良好的中和特性。单抗HI反应谱表明,2C11、4C8、6E7和5C5分别可以抑制10株H4亚型AIV中9、8、7和7株病毒的血凝反应,且均不能抑制A/鸭/苏州/1/2002毒株的血凝作用。     

Serological response of chickens either vaccinated or artificially infected with Haemophilus paragallinarum

The serological response of chickens either vaccinated or artificially infected with Haemophilus paragallinarum (Hpg) serovar A or C was investigated using both a specific hemagglutinin (HA) antigen and a common HA antigen. With Hpg serovar A, both vaccinated and artificially infected chickens produced hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibodies to Hpg serovar-specific and Hpg common HA antigens. Most chickens vaccinated with Hpg serovar C had detectable HI antibodies to both types of HA antigen by 3 weeks postvaccination, after which titers gradually declined. In contrast, most chickens artificially infected with serovar C produced HI antibodies to only the common HA antigen; very few of these chickens produced HI antibodies to the serovar-specific HA antigen.     

Preparation and diagnostic utility of a hemagglutination inhibition test antigen derived from the baculovirus-expressed hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein gene of Newcastle disease virus

A recombinant hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (rHN) protein from Newcastle disease virus (NDV) with hemagglutination (HA) activity was expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda cells using a baculovirus expression system. The rHN protein extracted from infected cells was used as an antigen in a hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test for the detection and titration of NDV-specific antibodies present in chicken sera. The rHN antigen produced high HA titers of 2¹³ per 25 µL, which were similar to those of the NDV antigen produced using chicken eggs, and it remained stable without significant loss of the HA activity for at least 12 weeks at 4℃. The rHN-based HI assay specifically detected NDV antibodies, but not the sera of other avian pathogens, with a specificity and sensitivity of 100% and 98.0%, respectively, in known positive and negative chicken sera (n = 430). Compared with an NDV-based HI assay, the rHN-based HI assay had a relative sensitivity and specificity of 96.1% and 95.5%, respectively, when applied to field chicken sera. The HI titers of the rHN-based HI assay were highly correlated with those in an NDV-based HI assay (r = 0.927). Overall, these results indicate that rHN protein provides a useful alternative to NDV antigen in HI assays.     

Canine herpesvirus 47 kD and mutated 41 kD glycoproteins are responsible for hemagglutination

Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) were used to identify the hemagglutinin of canine herpesvirus (CHV). The inhibition of viral hemagglutination (HA) activity was observed with MoAbs against 41 kD glycoprotein, while no hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) activity was observed with those against 145/112 kD and 80 kD glycoproteins, suggesting that the 41 kD glycoprotein is the hemagglutinin of plaque-selected virus of CHV YP11 strain used as immunogen for MoAb production. All of the HI MoAbs also showed HI activities against HA antigens which were prepared from cells infected with other CHV strains, namely, F-205 V and Glasgow CHV2 reference strains, eight Japanese isolates, and the original YP11 strain. However, on immunoblotting analysis, a 47 kD protein band was detected in these strains by the HI MoAbs. These data suggest that the 47 kD glycoprotein is the common molecule of the hemagglutinin among CHV strains and the plaque-selected virus of YP11 strain appears to be a mutant whose molecular weight of the hemagglutinin changed into 41 kD.     

进口法国种鸽新城疫病毒的分离和鉴定

用鸡成纤维细胞和鸡胚从30只进口法国种鸽中分离出一株病毒,细胞培养物的HA效价为3log2,尿囊液的HA效价为4log2,新城疫阳性血清能抑制这种血凝作用,HI效价均为7log2,禽流感阳性血清不能抑制这种血凝作用.通过透射电镜观察、毒力测定等最终确认,分离出的病毒为新城疫病毒.     

Characterization and use of monoclonal antibodies to identify Haemophilus paragallinarum serovars

Two serovar-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to Haemophilus paragallinarum serovars A/1 and C/2 strains, respectively, were developed and characterized by hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) and dot-blotting tests using representative H. paragallinarum serovars A/1, B, and C/2 strains. In both the HI and dot-blotting tests, one MAb (E5C12D10), raised against strain 221, serovar A/1, reacted only with serovar A/1 strains, while the other MAb (F2E6), raised against strain S1 of serovar C/2, reacted with only serovar C/2 strains examined. In both tests, the two MAbs did not react with two serovar B strains. These results indicated that the two MAbs recognize serovar-specific hemagglutinating (HA) antigens of H. paragallinarum serovars A/1 and C/2 strains, respectively, and that a dot-blotting test using these MAbs is a practical alternative to the HI test for serotyping H. paragallinarum. Strains 0222 and Spross of serovar B, which did not react with these two MAbs, were found to possess serovar-specific HA antigen in cross-HI tests.     

鸡胚中新城疫强毒的分离、鉴定与生物学特性研究

将来自有产蛋下降表现的一个肉用型父母代种鸡群的种蛋在实验室内孵化,每日观察鸡胚死亡情况。在孵化的24个鸡胚中有2个在孵化后8~9 d死亡,尿囊液有血凝性。在HI试验中,NDV单因子血清呈现26的HI滴度,对H9和H5亚型AIV单因子血清不呈血凝抑制活性,由此确定为新城疫病毒(Newcastle disease virus,NDV),分别命名为Tengz060104和Tengz060107。对该2个NDV分离株的生物学毒力指标进行测定,Tengz060104株的MDTI、CPI和IVPI分别为56.4 h、1.88和2.67,Tengz060107株的MDTI、CPI和IVPI分别为40.8 h、1.88和2.79。在6周龄SPF鸡攻毒后产生典型的ND症状的病变。表明来自鸡胚的2个分离株属强毒力、速发型NDV毒株。交叉HI中Tengz060104和Tengz060107相互间的同源性为100%,而与经典NDV毒株F48E8的同源性比较分别是66.7%和57.7%。从鸡胚中分离到新城疫强毒株在国内尚未见报道。     

用单克隆抗体进行副鸡嗜血杆菌定型

抗副鸡嗜血杆菌血清A和C型株所制备的两个血清型单克隆抗体（MAbs），分别对副鸡嗜血杆菌血清型A、B、C中的各型参考株作HI和dot－blotting试验。一种MAb（E5C12D10）为抗血清型A代表株221，另一种MAb（F2E6）为抗血清型C代表株S1。在两种试验中，不同血清型的MAbs可与对应的血清型中的副鸡嗜血杆菌株血凝（HA）抗原反应，而与血清型B代表株91、147均无反应。故这些MAbs可用于dot－blotting或HI试验进行副鸡嗜血杆菌定型。     

鸡产蛋下降综合征病毒的分离及初步鉴定

利用鸭胚从吉林省某鸡场表现产蛋量下降,产畸形蛋,血凝抑制试验诊断为产蛋下降综合征(EDS_(76))的病鸡输卵管、子宫中分离到两株病毒(CH—1和CH—2),经血凝试验、血凝抑制试验及电镜观察,证实为鸡产蛋下降综合征病毒.     

禽流感病毒CH02株(H9)的鉴定及其NS 基因分子特征分析

从疑似感染H9亚型禽流感病毒的病鸡内脏组织中分离到1株能凝集鸡红细胞的病毒,通过血凝抑制试验、鸡胚中和试验、RT-PCR鉴定,确认其为H9亚型禽流感病毒,并命名为CH02株。该病毒HA效价为2^7.67±0.58;其血凝性可被抗H9亚型禽流感病毒阳性血清完全抑制,HI效价为7log2;鸡胚半数感染量(EID₅₀)为10^-8.68 EID₅₀/0.1 mL;最小致死剂量致鸡胚死亡的平均时间(MDT)为85.6 h;1日龄鸡脑内致病指数(ICPI)为0.625;其NS基因与香港株、南京株、北京株、汕头株、韩国株、巴基斯坦株的核苷酸同源性为88.6%~100%,经进化分析CH02株与香港株(A/duck/Hong Kong/Y280/97)同属一个分支。     

Antibody responses of guinea-pigs, rabbits and pigs to inactivated porcine parvovirus vaccines

Antibody responses were compared in guinea-pigs, rabbits and pigs following vaccination with inactivated porcine parvovirus (PPV) vaccines. Mean PPV hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titers of 52, 56 and 36 at 1 week after first vaccination and 896, 640 and 512 at 2 weeks after second vaccination were detected in guinea-pigs, rabbits and pigs, respectively. PPV vaccines prepared with greater concentrations of virus, as determined by hemagglutination (HA) units, and of aluminum hydroxide gel adjuvant, induced higher HI antibody titers in guinea-pigs. Optimal concentrations for inducing consistently high antibody titers consisted of vaccine virus with a HA titer of 256/0.1 ml and gel adjuvant at a final concentration of 50%. A second vaccination at 4 weeks compared to 2 or 3 weeks after first vaccination resulted in higher mean HI titers. These data provide preliminary information on the use of guinea-pigs or rabbits as laboratory animal models for testing the potency of PPV vaccines.