规模化猪场戊型肝炎病毒感染状况的调查与分析

为调查规模化猪场中戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)感染和流行特征,首先在4个猪场采集血样80份,用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)榆测抗-HEV IgG抗体.在此基础上,作者于2007-2009年采集规模化猪场肛拭子样品415份,及规模化猪场送检的临床病猪肝脏样品135份,应用巢式PCR(RT-nPCR)方法进行HEV RNA检测,将PCR扩增产物测序,利用Neighbour-joining法进行进化分析.结果:4个猪场80份血清中HEV阳性血清56份,抗-HEV抗体阳件率高达60.0%以上.8个规模化猪场中有5个猪场的肛拭子检测到HEV,肛拭子阳性率8.43%(35/415);从临床送榆的发病猪采集的肝脏样品中HEV阳性率为15.55%(21/135);HEV RNA最早检出日龄为7 d,最晚检出日龄为84 d.遗传进化分析表明:测序的38株阳性毒株之间同源性为92%～100%,均属于HEV基因4型.其中,从肛拭子中分离的毒株(FJ445406)与猪源毒株DQ279091株处在同一分支上;而肝脏中分离的毒株(GQ202266.1)和人源毒株处在一个亚支,属于4型巾的同一亚型,表明该毒株与人源毒株亲缘关系较近.本研究表明华中地Ⅸ猪群中普遍存在HEV感染,阳性率较高.本研究为规模化猪场HEV的防控提供了依据.     

东北边境地区野猪及放养杂交野猪戊型肝炎流行病学调查

为了解东北边境地区野猪及放养杂交野猪群体猪戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)感染情况,于2015—2018年在吉林省、黑龙江省的中朝、中俄边境和内蒙古自治区境内加格达奇周边地区采集6月龄以上杂交野猪血清、粪便或肛拭子样品共520份,采集野猪血清和粪便样品共248份。ELISA检测、RT-nPCR检测、全基因组测序、同源性及进化分析结果显示,杂交野猪和野猪感染HEV的血清抗体总阳性率为34.1%(136/399);核酸总阳性率为1.56%(12/771),12份核酸阳性样品均来自杂交野猪,病毒基因组ORF2部分核苷酸序列同源性为85.4%～100.0%,属于基因4型,4a、4b亚型。对4a亚型的1份阳性样品(LJG-18)进行病毒全基因组扩增测序,其核苷酸序列与日本的人源毒株JKO-ChiSai98C同源性最高,为94.9%,与吉林省猪源毒株Ch-S-1同源性为90.2%。结果表明:东北边境地区放养杂交野猪群具有较高的HEV血清抗体阳性率,HEV流行毒株以4a亚型为主。本试验针对我国野猪及放养杂交野猪群体开展猪戊型肝炎流行病学调查,为该病的流行情况提供了新的科学数据,对我国养猪业健康发展和公共卫生安全具有重要意义。     

四川地区猪源戊型肝炎病毒感染的分子流行病学调查

为了解四川地区猪源戊型肝炎病毒(hepatitis E virus, HEV)的感染情况,采集四川13个地区屠宰场的358份生猪组织样品,采用荧光RT-PCR进行HEV检测,对阳性样品进行开放阅读框(open reading frame, ORF)两部分序列测序、同源性及系统进化分析。结果显示:猪感染HEV的阳性率为4.75%,17个毒株ORF2部分序列之间同源率为85.4%～99.4%,均属于基因4型,其中4a亚型8株、4b亚型3株、4d亚型6株。与人、猪等不同宿主的HEV参考毒株比较,四川猪源HEV与我国主要流行的人源HEV遗传关系密切,其中10株与人源毒株同源率超过95%。结果表明:四川地区生猪HEV流行毒株以基因4型为主,具有较大的人畜共患风险,应有针对性、系统性地对其进行预防和控制。     

云南省部分猪场猪戊型肝炎的流行情况调查

为了解云南省猪群戊型肝炎感染情况,从云南省8个猪场采集166份新鲜猪粪便样品,用套式RT-PCR技术对戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)核酸进行检测,结果 21份样品阳性,阳性率为12.7%,感染率较高。通过PCR产物片段的测序分析,去除重复序列后得到11株基因序列。同源性分析结果表明,这11株毒株序列与选定的Gen Bank中基因1型、2型、3型和4型参考序列的核苷酸序列同源性分别为85.6%~87.8%,85.6%~87.8%,85.6%~95.6%和92.8%~98.9%,说明这些株毒株属于基因4型,与中国其他地区分离的毒株同源性最高,证实HEV的流行具有地理分布的特征。     

江西部分地区猪粪便戊型肝炎病毒核酸检测及序列分析

采集江西省A猪场2～3月龄猪粪便40份,B猪场2～3月龄猪粪便40份,利用反转录套式聚合酶链方法(RT-nPCR),检测戊型肝炎病毒(hepatitis E virus,HEV)RNA,结果表明,A猪场7份样品为阳性,阳性率17.5%.B猪场10份样品为阳性,阳性率25.0%.总阳性率21.3%.对4份PCR扩增阳性产物进行纯化并测序,利用生物学软件进行序列分析和进化树绘制,4个分离株ORF2 348 bp同源性为92.1%～97.5%,为同一基因型,与HEV1、HEV2、HEV3同源性分别为70.7%～77.4%、72.5%~75.7%和71.6%～76.8%,与HEV4型的同源性79.2%～83.9%.4个分离株与HEV4型的代表株T1在同一分支上,属基因4型.与中国大陆6株猪源HEV比较,同源性为79.0%～87.3%,提示中国大陆猪源HEV的基因型比较一致,同属HEV 4型.     

广东部分地区猪戊型肝炎的分子流行病学调查

为了解广东地区猪戊型肝炎的感染情况,本试验于2015年在广东不同猪场收集了2月龄内猪胆汁73份,RTnPCR检测、全基因组测序、同源性及进化分析结果显示:猪感染戊型肝炎的阳性率为6.8%(5/73),5个ORF2部分核苷酸序列同源性为87.2%~99.4%,属于基因4型,4b、4h亚型。对4b亚型中的1个阳性样品(GZHD)株进行全基因测序,其核苷酸序列与swGX40(EU676172)同源性最高为96.5%,与广东株SS19(JX855794)同源性为93.9%,与人源戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)株CVS-Sie10(LC042232)同源性为94.8%。结果表明:广东地区猪群间HEV流行毒株仍以基因4型为主,且为揭示戊型肝炎的跨种传播提供了新的分子生物学依据。     

2015年-2016年度南宁部分地区猪戊型肝炎病毒基因型分析

为了解广西猪群中戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)基因型,利用套式RT-PCR用对南宁周边猪场采集到的104份新鲜猪粪便进行HEV检测、分离并成功扩增和克隆了11株阳性毒株的ORF2基因部分保守片段.序列测定结果表明,11株HEV ORF2序列自身核苷酸同源性为97.7%~100%,推导编码的氨基酸同源性为97.9%~100%;与4型HEV代表毒株Ch-S-1、Ch-T11、swGX40等的核苷酸同源性为84.6%~90.6%,而与其他各型之间的同源性较低.系统发育进化树结果表明,11株HEV广西株为基因4型,其中,10株HEV为4a亚型,1株毒株为4e亚型.结果表明,广西猪群中流行的HEV均为基因4型,且以4a亚型为优势流行毒株.     

广东省两株猪源戊型肝炎病毒的分离鉴定及其全基因序列分析

为进一步了解广东省近年猪戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)基因组特点及其演化情况,本研究于2010年～2011年间从广东省不同地区猪场收集的69份病猪胆汁样品中,分离得到两株猪源HEV(命名为SS19和ZS11).采用通用引物通过PCR方法扩增病毒的全基因序列.应用DNAStar和MEGA 5基因分析软件,将分离株与24株不同基因型的HEV参考序列进行核苷酸全序列比对和遗传进化分析.结果显示,分离的两株猪源HEV SS19和ZS11的核苷酸序列相似性为95.6％,两个病毒分离株与基因Ⅳ型HEV各参考病毒株核苷酸序列最为接近,其相似性分别为83.2 ％～94.5％和83.6 ％～94.6％,并且均属于基因Ⅳ型HEV.实验结果表明,广东省HEV流行病毒株仍以基因Ⅳ型为主,病毒株之间存在一定的地域局限性.     

陕西杨凌某蛋鸡场禽戊型肝炎病毒的检测

2014年-2015年陕西杨凌地区部分商品蛋鸡场产蛋量下降了10%~40%,剖检部分鸡只发现肝脏肿大出血。为确诊该疫情的病因,从发病的6个蛋鸡场采集了337份血清和268份粪便,利用间接ELISA和套式RT-PCR分别对血清中的禽戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)抗体和粪便中的禽HEV RNA进行了实验室检测。ELISA检测结果发现,168份血清为禽HEV抗体阳性,阳性率为49.85%;套式RT-PCR检测结果发现,63份粪便为禽HEV RNA基因片段阳性,阳性率为23.51%。基因片段的序列同源性分析发现,杨凌地区的禽HEV分离株与国内的同源性为93.0%~99.2%;进化树分析表明,其与国内其他地区的分离株在同一进化分支上,同属禽HEV基因3型。     

我国部分省份猪流行性腹泻病毒M基因的克隆测序及遗传进化分析

为了解我国部分省份猪流行性腹泻病毒(PEDV)的遗传进化情况,试验采用RT-PCR方法对2014—2017年采集的源自河南、河北、山西、山东、甘肃、湖北、江西等地区不同猪场的98份腹泻样品进行了PEDV检测,并对25份PEDV阳性样品进行M基因的克隆与测序和遗传进化分析。结果表明:25株M基因序列长度均为618 bp;25株M基因序列间核苷酸同源性为98.2%~100%,其编码的氨基酸序列同源性为97.8%~99.6%,与经典毒株CV777及国内外流行毒株核苷酸同源性为97.7%~98.6%,氨基酸序列的同源性分别为97.8%~98.7%;25株M基因序列与国内外早期分离株(如CV777、CH/S等代表毒株)不在一个进化分支上,与近年来分离株处在一个进化分支上。说明PEDV M基因一直处于变异进化过程中。     

河南省猪场戊型肝炎病毒流行病学调查

为了解河南地区猪戊型肝炎感染情况,同时掌握该地区猪感染戊型肝炎病毒的基因型,对来自河南新乡、平顶山、南阳等地区不同商品猪场血清、肝脏、粪样品,采用ELISA技术检测猪血清中抗HEV特异性抗体水平,并使用套式RT-PCR检测肝脏和粪便中猪戊型肝炎病毒核酸。结果显示530份样品中HEV抗体阳性率0.6%,HEV RNA均为阴性,推测目前河南省猪戊型肝炎病毒感染率较低。     

乙脑病毒非结构蛋白NS1的原核表达及重组蛋白间接ELISA方法的初步建立

克隆表达乙脑病毒非结构蛋白NS1,并以其作为包被抗原,建立间接ELISA诊断方法。用此方法分别检测猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪瘟病毒(CSFV)及猪圆环病毒(PCV)阳性血清各3份,以及33份健康非免疫仔猪血清和205份乙型脑炎灭活疫苗免疫的猪血清,评价NS1-ELISA方法的特异性。取54份乙脑病毒感染的猪血清进行NS1-ELISA检测,评价该方法的敏感性。NS1-ELISA检测的特异性为95%,敏感性达90.7%。与商品化试剂盒比较,其符合率达到96.0%。在重复性试验中,NS1-ELISA检测方法重复性较好。本试验为进一步研究不同感染时期NS1抗体水平的差异奠定基础。     

荧光定量RT-PCR法对高致病性PRRSV变异株感染猪体内分布规律的研究

根据GenBank发表的高致病性猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)变异株Nsp2基因序列设计1对特异引物,以重组质粒作为阳性标准品,采用SYBR-Green Ⅰ嵌合荧光染料建立了1种荧光定量RT-PCR方法用于检测该病毒核酸载量,在101~106拷贝/μL范围内具有良好的线性关系,相关系数为R2=0.999 8,扩增效率为E=0.950,对质粒标准品最低检测限为12.8拷贝/μL,重复性检测的变异系数低于2.0%。用高致病性PRRSV变异毒株人工感染25日龄非免疫仔猪,对不同时间采集的血清进行了病毒核酸定量检测,结果表明病毒血症于攻毒后48 h被检测出,于7~10 d达到高峰,其病毒核酸载量能达到106拷贝/μL。试验猪临床表现为体温升高至40.5℃以上,持续7~11 d;出现嗜睡、打喷嚏、眼结膜炎、偶见一过性的耳尖发绀、皮肤苍白或有小疱疹、被毛粗糙、消瘦、便秘、后躯无力等临床症状。感染猪发生高热期与毒血症消长规律有一定相关性。对人工感染猪体内病毒分布检测结果表明,以多种脏器均有病毒存在,如扁桃体、淋巴结、心脏、肾脏中含量较高,肝、脾脏和肺次之,脑组织中也检测到病毒存在。试验表明,该方法可用于PRRSV变异毒株核酸定量检测,为该病毒致病性、致病机理、疫苗免疫及诊断等方面的研究提供了技术手段。     

Seroepidemiology and genotyping of hepatitis E virus in Singapore reveal rise in number of cases and similarity of human strains to those detected in pig livers

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes 20 million infections worldwide yearly, of which only about 3.3 million are symptomatic. In developed Asian countries, HEV strains detected in human sera and in food sources were genetically similar, suggesting that indigenous HEV infections may be largely food‐borne. To assess the burden of hepatitis E in Singapore, we performed a seroepidemiologic study of the infection. Additionally, we carried out HEV genotyping on archived, residual HEV IgM‐positive serum samples collected between 2014 and 2016 (n = 449), and on pig liver samples (n = 36) purchased from wet markets and supermarkets. Our study shows a rise in hepatitis E incidence (IgM) from 1.7 to 4.1 cases per 100,000 resident population from 2012 to 2016 and an increase in hepatitis E IgG positivity rate among residents from 14% in 2007 to 35% in 2016. Other findings also suggest the epidemiology of hepatitis E in Singapore has shifted, from it being mainly a disease imported from the Indian subcontinent, to one that is now increasingly prevalent in our resident population. Genotypes obtained from 143 human samples identified the majority to be genotype 3 (n = 121), 21 to be genotype 1 and one to be genotype 4. Further phylogenetic analyses suggest genotype 3a to be the cause of indigenous infections in residents, which showed genetic similarity to the genotype 3a strains detected in pig livers. This link between the strains in the majority of human samples and those in pig livers consumed by the public suggests a possible food‐borne route of HEV infection in Singapore.     

Development of a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect anti-IgG against swine hepatitis E virus

Swine hepatitis E virus (HEV) is widespread throughout pigs in both developing and industrialized countries. This virus is an important zoonotic agent and a public concern worldwide. Infected pigs are asymptomatic, so diagnosing swine HEV relies on detection of the virus or antibodies against the virus. However, several obstacles need to be overcome for effective and practical serological diagnosis. In this study, we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that used a purified recombinant capsid protein of swine HEV. The potential clinical use of this assay was evaluated by comparing it with a commercial kit (Genelabs Technologies, Diagnostics, Singapore). Results of the ELISA were highly correlated with those of the commercial kit with a sensitivity of 97% and specificity of 95%. ROC (receiving operator characteristic) analysis of the ELISA data produced a value of 0.987 (95% CI, 0.977~0.998, p < 0.01). The cut-off value for the ELISA was also determined using negative pig sera. In summary, the HEV-specific ELISA developed in the present study appears to be both practical and economical.     

猪戊型肝炎病毒的流行病学调查

利用双抗原夹心ELISA对2009-2011年间采自广东省各地区的若干猪场的484份血清样品,进行血清流行病学调查;对69份病猪胆汁样品进行分子流行病学调查,分离得到猪源戊型肝炎病毒(swine hepatitis E virus, swHEV),并基于ORF2部分基因序列进行核苷酸序列比对、相似性分析和遗传进化树分析,以期初步了解广东各地猪群戊型肝炎(hepatitis E, HE)的感染情况和流行特点。试验结果显示,全部被检查猪的swHEV抗体平均阳性率为71.9%(348/484),分离的猪源HEV毒株均属于基因Ⅳ型,阳性率为71.0%(49/69)。调查结果表明基因Ⅳ型swHEV在广东地区普遍流行。     

Hepatitis E virus chronic infection of swine co-infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus

In developed countries, most of hepatitis E human cases are of zoonotic origin. Swine is a major hepatitis E virus (HEV) reservoir and foodborne transmissions after pork product consumption have been described. The risk for HEV-containing pig livers at slaughter time is related to the age at infection and to the virus shedding duration. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) is a virus that impairs the immune response; it is highly prevalent in pig production areas and suspected to influence HEV infection dynamics. The impact of PRRSV on the features of HEV infections was studied through an experimental HEV/PRRSV co-infection of specific-pathogen-free (SPF) pigs. The follow-up of the co-infected animals showed that HEV shedding was delayed by a factor of 1.9 in co-infected pigs compared to HEV-only infected pigs and specific immune response was delayed by a factor of 1.6. HEV shedding was significantly increased with co-infection and dramatically extended (48.6 versus 9.7 days for HEV only). The long-term HEV shedding was significantly correlated with the delayed humoral response in co-infected pigs. Direct transmission rate was estimated to be 4.7 times higher in case of co-infection than in HEV only infected pigs (0.70 and 0.15 per day respectively). HEV infection susceptibility was increased by a factor of 3.3, showing the major impact of PRRSV infection on HEV dynamics. Finally, HEV/PRRSV co-infection – frequently observed in pig herds – may lead to chronic HEV infection which may dramatically increase the risk of pig livers containing HEV at slaughter time.

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猪戊型肝炎研究进展

我国为猪戊肝发病率比较高的地区之一,曾发生戊型肝炎的多次爆发或大面积的流行,并可传播给人类,与人的生活密切相关,回顾猪戊肝炎病毒结构特征研究,流行方式、临床症状及病理变化等,为猪戊型肝炎未来的诊断提供参照。文章收集国内外文献资料查询酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)、免疫电子显微镜(IEM)、免疫荧光实验(IFA)、荧光定量RT-PCR法对防治猪戊型肝炎进行研究,对其作了分析、比较和汇总。为猪戊型肝炎病毒提供了有效诊断方式以及防御措施。对猪戊型肝炎仍需养殖者认真护理,一旦确诊为动物戊型肝炎,应立即对其进行隔离治疗。     

Characterization of antibody response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus ORF5 product following infection and evaluation of its diagnostic use in pigs.

The sensitivity and specificity of recombinant open reading frame 5 products used in the Western blotting assay for confirmation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) serologic status were evaluated. The recombinant antigen-based assays were specifically compared with a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for PRRSV antibodies using 1) PRRSV antibody-negative reference sera (n = 30), 2) naturally infected pig sera (n = 40), 3) sequential sera obtained from 24 experimentally infected pigs, and 4) sera submitted to 3 state diagnostic laboratories (n = 200). The recombinant antigen assay yielded an average increased sensitivity of 10% over the commercial PRRSV ELISA. The negative controls (group 1 sera) showed no difference between the 2 assays. This comparison confirmed that the recombinant antigen-specific assay was more sensitive than the commercial ELISA and is well suited for routine confirmation of the presence of PRRSV antibodies.