Detection of latent pseudorabies virus in porcine tissue, using a DNA hybridization dot-blot assay

A DNA-hybridization dot-blot technique was developed to detect the presence of pseudorabies virus (PRV) DNA in porcine tissue. Seven 32P-nick translated probes of high specific activity were prepared from transformed Escherichia coli plasmids into which Bacillus amyloliquefaciens H (Bam HI) restriction fragments of PRV-DNA had been inserted. Samples of DNA that had been extracted from porcine tissue or from PRV grown in tissue culture were transferred to nitrocellulose paper, using a microsample filtration manifold and were hybridized to the probes under high-stringency conditions. Under optimal hybridization conditions, the minimum detection amount of PRV-DNA was 10(-11) g, which is equivalent to 1 copy of the PRV genome/80 host cells. Four probes did not show cross hybridization with DNA extracted from tissues of known PRV-negative swine, and these were subsequently used to detect PRV-DNA in infected porcine tissues. Generally, correlation between virus isolation and hybridization data was good for tissues from swine that had died of acute PRV infection. Furthermore, PRV-DNA was present in specific tissues of all 4 seropositive swine that had recovered from pseudorabies and in which no infective virus or viral products were detected at necropsy. Pseudorabies virus DNA was present in the rostralis cerebral cortex (n = 2) or in the medulla oblongata (n = 1) and trigeminal ganglion (n = 1). This probably indicated the portal of entry of the virus into the CNS. In another seropositive pig, there was evidence of a productive infection in the tonsils, although virus was not isolated in a tissue culture system.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

DNA hybridization procedure to detect pseudorabies virus DNA in swine tissue

A DNA hybridization technique was developed to detect the presence of pseudorabies virus (PRV) DNA. P Nick translated probes of high specific activity were prepared from transformed Escherichia coli plasmids into which Bacillus amyloliquefaciens H (Bam H1) restriction fragments of PRV DNA had been inserted. Swine cellular DNA and tissue culture PRV DNA were digested with Bam H1, separated by agarosegel electrophoresis, transferred onto nitrocellulose paper, hybridized to the radioactive probes, and washed under high stringency conditions; autoradiographs were then prepared. Under the optimal hybridization conditions described, the detection limit of these probes was 10(-11)g of PRV DNA. In reconstruction experiments, 3 of the selected probes cross hybridized with digested swine cellular DNA, and 4 probes did not. The addition of polyuridylic acid and polyguanylic acid to the hybridization reactions did not alter the amount of hybridization. The results indicated that this procedure may be useful for studying the latency of pseudorabies viral infection.     

Detection of fowlpox virus DNA by in situ hybridization using a biotinylated probe

In situ hybridization was applied to detect fowlpox virus (FPV) DNA in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of the skin from infected chickens by using a biotinylated probe and a streptavidin-alkalinephosphatase conjugate. The immunohistochemical examination was applied to compare the distribution of the FPV DNA to that of related antigenic protein in serial sections. In the infected epithelial cells, FPV DNA was detected in cytoplasmic inclusion bodies and in the rest of cytoplasm. Likewise, immunohistochemical examination revealed the virus antigen in cytoplasm. Ultrastructurally, virions were observed in the cytoplasmic inclusion bodies, and immature virus particles were in the rest of the cytoplasm. The study proved restricted distribution of FPV DNA in the cytoplasm.     

应用原位杂交检测禽脑脊髓炎病毒

禽脑脊髓炎病毒(AEV)是属于小RNA病毒科、肠病毒属的一种正链RNA病毒，病毒粒子具有六边形轮廓，无囊膜，大小为22～25nm，病毒基因组全长为7055nt，具有PloyA尾，它主要侵害幼鸡中枢神经系统，从而引起以非化脓性脑炎为主要病理特征的一种病毒性传染病。由于AEV致病性     

猪流行伪狂犬病毒gE基因检测及生物信息学分析

为了解当前伪狂犬病毒(PrV)地方流行毒株gE基因的变异特点,根据Guizhou DY株设计引物序列扩增gE基因,并对扩增产物进行序列分析和蛋白特性预测。成功获得1 654bp目的片段,提交GenBank获得登录号KM079613。核酸序列分析在142~144和1 480~1 482位发现2处特征性CGA插入,并导致氨基酸序列在48和494位天冬氨酸插入。相对Ea株编码蛋白O-GlcNAc糖基化位点在563和571位出现偏移,抗原倾向性在420~460位区域明显下降。进化分析显示与2012年以来国内流行毒株WY、ZM、HuXT2012、HBBD、HBLF、XiangA和ZJNB2012同源性较高,达99.8%,而与欧洲、美洲毒株及2012年以前国内毒株同源性较低。表明所感染的伪狂犬病病毒已发生一定的变异,并且gE基因编码蛋白与国内早期分离的Ea株相比在O-GlcNAc糖基化位点和抗原倾向性上也发生了改变。     

猪伪狂犬病病毒的分离与鉴定

猪伪狂犬病是由疱疹病毒科的猪疱疹病毒1型病毒引起的一种急性传染病，多数动物均可感染，猪是本病的主要宿主和带毒者。本病主要以成年妊娠母猪流产、死产、木乃伊胎、新生仔猪急性死亡及3周龄以内的仔猪表现神经症状为主要特征。近年来我国也相继有本病发生的报道。1997年10月黑龙江省牡丹江地区某养猪场从外地引进种母猪，回来后直接放入后备猪舍与其他后备母猪混养，5日后同舍母猪出现厌食、发热、精神沉郁，有的呕吐、咳嗽。     

Latent infection and subsequent reactivation of pseudorabies virus in swine exposed to pseudorabies virus while nursing immune dams

The ability of pseudorabies virus (PRV) to infect and establish latency in pigs with passively acquired (maternal) antibody for PRV was tested by exposing such pigs to the virus and subsequently attempting to reactivate latent virus by administering large doses of dexamethasone. Pigs of each of 4 litters that had nursed gilts with relatively high (512, gilts 1 and 2), moderate (32, gilt 3), and no (less than 2, gilt 4) serum titers of virus-neutralizing (VN) antibodies for PRV were allotted to 3 treatment groups (A, B, C) when they were 2 weeks old. Group-A pigs were separated from littermates and dam and thereafter kept in isolation; group-B pigs were experimentally exposed oronasally to PRV and 1 hour later returned to their dam; group-C pigs were kept with their dam and potentially exposed to PRV by contact with littermates of group B. Sera obtained from pigs at selected intervals until they were 17 weeks old were tested for VN activity and for precipitating activity for radiolabeled viral proteins. All group-A pigs remained clinically normal throughout the experiment. Depending on the initial amount of passively acquired antibody, little or no serum VN or precipitating activity remained by the time these pigs were 17 weeks old. Group-B and -C pigs, with relatively high amounts of passively acquired antibody when exposed to PRV, also remained clinically normal. However, most became latently infected as subsequently evidenced by either dexamethasone-induced or noninduced virus reactivation. Noninduced reactivation may have been initiated by weaning the pigs when they were about 8 weeks old.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

A skin test for pseudorabies virus infection in swine.

Heat-inactivated pseudorabies virus caused cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitive reactions when injected intradermally on the dorsolateral aspect of the thorax and tips of the ears of pigs previously exposed to the homologous virus. The reaction induced by subcutaneous injection in the lower eyelid was more easily administered and evaluated. Nonexposed control pigs did not react to the antigen and exposed and control pigs did not react when injected with a cell control antigen prepared in a similar manner. A positive response was detectable as early as seven days after exposure, reached near maximal levels by 28 days, and remained at similar levels for at least 90 days.     

Localization of classical swine fever virus from chronically infected pigs by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry

Classical swine fever (CSF) virus (CSFV) nucleic acid and antigen were detected in 15 pigs with naturally occurring chronic CSF by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. The most consistent and prominent microscopic lesions were perivascular mononuclear cell infiltration and gliosis in the central nervous system of pigs with chronic CSF. Positive cells typically exhibited a dark brown (in situ hybridization) or red (immunohistochemistry) reaction product in the cytoplasm without background staining. A positive signal for both in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry was detected in mononuclear cells and lymphocytes of lymphoid tissues. Viral nucleic acid was detected in some tissue sections in the absence of viral antigen. The in situ hybridization technique developed in this study was useful for the detection of CSFV RNA in tissues taken from chronically infected pigs and may be a valuable technique for studying the pathogenesis of chronic CSFV infection.     

Vaccination of swine with thymidine kinase-deficient mutants of pseudorabies virus

A mutant of pseudorabies virus (PRV) deficient in thymidine kinase (TK-) activity was isolated and characterized. The mutant grew well in cell culture and did not revert to the thymidine kinase-positive phenotype. The PRV-TK- was not virulent when inoculated intranasally into 3-to 4-week-old pigs and could not be reactivated from the ganglia of these pigs by explantation and cocultivation with susceptible cells several weeks after virus inoculation. Pigs that had been exposed to PRV-TK- were immune to challenge exposure with a virulent strain of PRV. Furthermore, the challenge virus was not recovered from the ganglia of most of these pigs, indicating that colonization of the ganglia by a super-infecting virulent PRV strain was considerably reduced by vaccination.     

Factors associated with circulation of pseudorabies virus within swine herds

Data were collected from 104 Minnesota swine farms quarantined for pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection. Each herd was serologically evaluated for the presence of antibodies to PRV in finishing pigs. Herd management practices, swine housing design, and disease profiles were described for each farm. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine which factors were associated with circulation of PRV in the finishing pigs of farrow-to-finish farms. Sixty-seven (64%) of the herds had no serologic evidence of PRV circulation in the finishing section, whereas 37 herds (36%) contained at least one PRV seropositive finishing pig. The odds of a given finishing herd being seropositive for PRV were 2.85 times higher if the finishing pigs were housed in confinement (P = 0.01), 2 times higher if Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae was a clinical problem in the herd (P = 0.03), 1.36 times less for each year that passed since the herd quarantine was issued (P = 0.01), 1.74 times higher if clinical signs of PRV were reported (P = 0.04), and 1.52 times higher if animal protein was included in at least one of the rations (P = 0.08).     

猪伪狂犬病病毒的分离鉴定与防制

从福清海口某猪场病猪淋巴结分离到1株病毒。该病毒接种Balb/c小鼠出现神经症状,死亡率为100%;接种Vero细胞出现拉网病变;PRV阳性血清能特异性中和该分离毒。以上结果证实该病毒为猪伪狂犬病毒。确诊后采取隔离、消毒及注射疫苗等措施,取得了一定的效果。     

猪伪狂犬病调查

这几年 ,猪伪狂犬病在我国不少地区呈流行或暴发流行 ,主要引起母猪的繁殖障碍 ,新生仔猪大量发病并死亡 ,给养猪业造成重大的经济损失。现将广西某瘦肉型猪场发生猪伪狂犬病的情况报告如下。1　基本情况该猪场为一家新办的小型瘦肉型猪场 ,场址选择在山边 ,不设围墙 ,鼠患相当     

屠宰猪肝脏中乙型肝炎病毒的PCR检测与电镜观察

为探讨屠宰猪体内乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)流行情况,从北京某屠宰场采集肝脏样品,应用1对乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)S基因保守区的引物,采用PCR方法从屠宰猪肝脏中检测到HBV,序列分析表明,扩增片段与人HBV S基因的同源性高达99.05%;利用透射电镜观察到了样品中的病毒样离子。     

Detection of avian infectious bronchitis viral infection using in situ hybridization and recombinant DNA

A recombinant DNA probe with specificity for the 3' end of genomic RNA from the Ark 99 strain of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) was found to hybridize with extracted RNA of three strains with the Ark serotype, as well as the Mass41, Holl52, Gray, JMK, Conn, Fla and SE17 strains of IBV. Viral infection was detected in the cytoplasm of chicken embryo kidney cells inoculated with Mass41, Ark99, SE17 or two recent field isolates of IBV using in situ cytohybridization and a biotinylated probe. In vivo infections were detected in individual cells of tracheas and lungs 2,4, and 6 days after inoculation of chicks with Mass41 and Ark99. In situ hybridization of Ark99 infected tissue sections using 32P-dATP labelled probe indicated that more viral replication was present in the trachea on day 4 than either days 2 or 6; whereas more viral RNA was found in the lungs on day 6 than days 2 or 4 after inoculation.     

Detection of bluetongue virus RNA by in situ hybridization: comparison with virus isolation and antigen detection.

An in situ nucleic acid hybridization (ISH) technique was developed to detect bluetongue virus (BTV) RNA in cell culture. The sensitivity of the ISH technique was compared with virus isolation (VI) and antigen detection, using an indirect fluorescent-antibody (IFA) or an enzyme immunocytoassay (EICA) technique, for detection of 5 BTV serotypes indigenous to the United States. The VI was the most sensitive technique, detecting BTV early after infection of the cells. The IFA and EICA were of similar sensitivity; BTV antigen could be detected shortly after demonstration of virus by isolation. The sensitivity of ISH for detection of BTV-17 was equivalent to that of antigen detection. The ISH was not as sensitive as VI or antigen detection when assaying for the other BTV serotypes.     

某规模化猪场伪狂犬病抗体检测与分析

目的:为了掌握规模化猪场伪狂犬病野毒感染情况,减少伪狂犬病所造成的经济损失,以及规模化猪场应当采取的有效防疫措施。方法:采用ELISA法对某规模化猪场7~12月份的经产母猪和后备猪进行伪狂犬病抗体检测。结果:该猪场的伪狂犬病阳性率为21.26%,是伪狂犬病野毒阳性场。结论:该猪场在检测出伪狂犬病抗体呈阳性后,采取了一系列措施,从而控制了疫情的发生。     

一种检测猪伪狂犬病野毒方法的建立

猪伪狂犬病是危害养猪业的重要病毒性传染病,如何鉴别疫苗接种动物和野毒感染动物是控制和净化该病的前提。本试验根据不同猪伪狂犬疫苗株gE基因缺失的特点,建立了一种猪伪狂犬病野毒病原核酸的PCR检测方法。该方法可以检出猪伪狂犬病野毒,而不能检出猪伪狂犬病疫苗株,实现了疫苗毒和野毒的鉴别检验,同时不能检测出猪常见病毒性传染病病原。最低检测限度为10~3个病毒核酸拷贝。在组织样品检测中不受宿主组织核酸干扰,能区分野毒感染动物组织和疫苗免疫动物组织,是一种值得推广的伪狂犬病毒野毒检测方法。     

猪伪狂犬病病毒新流行株的分离鉴定及抗原差异性分析

2011年以来我国多个省份的规模化猪场发生了新生仔猪出现神经症状和死亡的现象,为确定其是否为猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)感染所引发,我们利用PCR方法从死亡的新生仔猪脑组织中扩增PRV的gE基因,发现被检猪场均存在PRV野毒感染。gE基因序列分析表明,从5个省14个猪场的病料中扩增的gE基因高度同源,与以往发表的相关序列比对显示,这些分离株均属于一个相对独立的分支。病料接种Vero细胞能够产生典型的细胞病变,将命名为PRV HeN1分离株接种小鼠能够引起瘙痒、死亡等伪狂犬病症状,并且对小鼠的LD50(102.37TCID50)显著低于经典强毒PRV双城株(103.83TCID50)。此外,中和试验结果显示,PRV Bartha k61活疫苗免疫猪仅能诱导对HeN1分离株低水平的中和抗体,而HeN1分离株能够诱导较高水平的中和抗体,并具有更强的交叉中和能力。根据本实验结果推测,近期各猪场流行的PRV可能存在一定的抗原变异。     

Factors affecting the risk of infection with pseudorabies virus in Illinois swine herds

A case-control study of pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection in Illinois swine herds was conducted to identity risk factors associated with PRV infection. Factors identified as being associated with increased risk of PRV infection included percentage of herd in total confinement (adjusted OR (aOR)=19.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.3–117.2) and having two or more PRV positive herds in the township (aOR=3.2, 95% CI: 1.0–10.2). A protective factor identified in the study included using one's own vehicle to transport pigs to market rather than hiring truckers (aOR=0.2, 95% CI: 0.07–0.6). A protective factor for producers who used their own vehicle for transporting pigs was cleaning the truck after off-site trips (aOR=0.09, 95% CI: 0.03–0.2). Management factors which can be most easily altered by producers who wish to prevent PRV infection in their herd include purchasing one's own vehicle for transport of pigs, and cleaning out this vehicle carefully after off-site visits. Total confinement herds and herds in areas where PRV is endemic appear to be at higher risk of becoming infected with PRV, and managers should be especially aware of herd security measures.