Genetic typing of recent classical swine fever virus isolates from Croatia

During a period of 5 years (1997-2001) several outbreaks of classical swine fever (CSF) were recorded in Croatia. For genetic typing, fragments of 150 nucleotides within the 5'-non-translated region (5'-NTR) and 190 nucleotides within the E2 glycoprotein coding gene of nine field isolates that were derived from domestic pigs and wild boars were used. For better epizootiological understanding, isolates from other European countries were included in the study. The results show that the isolates belong to subgroups 2.1 and 2.3 of CSF virus. Isolates from subgroup 2.1 were collected from domestic pigs during sporadic outbreaks in June 1997 and are genetically closely related. A genomic similarity between these isolates and CSF virus isolates from pigs in other European countries from the same year could also be confirmed. In contrast, the isolate from October 1997 was found to be a member of subgroup 2.3, and is closely related to European CSF virus isolates from outbreaks in the last decade in Western and Central European countries. These results show that two different sources of CSF virus caused outbreaks in Croatia during the same year. Furthermore, a close relationship was found between an isolate from a domestic pig in 1999 and isolates of subgroup 2.3 that originated from Croatian wild boars.     

Genetic typing of classical swine fever virus

Three regions of the classical swine fever virus (CSFV) genome that have been widely sequenced were compared with respect to their ability to discriminate between isolates and to segregate viruses into genetic groups. Sequence data-sets were assembled for 55 CSFVs comprising 150 nucleotides of the 5' non-translated region, 190 nucleotides of the E2 envelope glycoprotein gene and 409 nucleotides of the NS5B polymerase gene. Phylogenetic analysis of each data-set revealed similar groups and subgroups. For closely related viruses, the more variable or larger data-sets gave better discrimination, and the most reliable classification was obtained with sequence data from the NS5B region. No evidence was found for intertypic recombination between CSFVs. A larger data-set was also analysed comprising 190 nucleotides of E2 sequence from 100 CSFVs from different parts of the world, in order to assess the extent and global distribution of CSFV diversity. Additional groups of CSFV are evident from Asia and the nomenclature of Lowings et al. (1996) [Lowings, P., Ibata, G., Needham, J., Paton, D., 1996. J. Gen. Virol. 77, 1311-1321] needs to be updated to accommodate these. A tentative assignment, adapting rather than overturning the previous nomenclature divides CSF viruses into three groups with three or four subgroups: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; 2.1, 2.2, 2.3; 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4. The expanding data-base of CSFV sequences should improve the prospects of disease tracing in the future, and provide a basis for a standardised approach to ensure that results from different laboratories are comparable.     

Genetic typing of classical swine fever viruses--a review

Classical swine fever (CSF) is a notifiable disease of domestic pigs and wild boar. It is caused by the highly contagious CSF virus and in its acute form the disease generally results in high morbidity and mortality. Due to the great economical impact an outbreak can cause to the pig industry it is one of the most important swine diseases worldwide. To limit the damage in the case of a new outbreak it is necessary to identify the virus as fast as possible. This information helps epidemiologists to trace the origin of the virus and to follow the virus spread. Genetic typing revealed that CSF virus genotypes, subgroups and types show a regional distribution making it an important tool for epidemiologists. Meanwhile, besides epidemiological data and nucleotide sequences from European isolates, information from isolates from South- and Central America, the Caribbean, Asia and recently from South Africa have become available. The data are stored in a database in the EU Reference Laboratory for CSF, accessible by the WWW (http://viro08.tiho-hanno ver.de). A new module was implemented that allows efficient automated genotyping.     

国内部分猪瘟病毒流行株抗原性分析

为分析我国猪瘟病毒(CSFV)流行株的抗原性差异及其与特异性单克隆抗体(MAb)反应性之间的关系,本研究采用CSFV强弱毒鉴别MAb通过ELISA方法对我国流行的29株分离株进行抗原反应性研究,结果显示针对弱毒株MAb(MAb11)除3株为阳性外,其余均为阴性;而这些分离株可以被强毒MAb(MAb56)分为强反应和弱反应两组。同时对29株分离株E2基因的190 nt进行同源性分析,并将其分为3个亚群,即1.1、2.1和2.2;氨基酸序列具有一致独特的位点差异规律,强反应组(761G、764L)和弱反应组(761R或K、764P)分别具有2个独特的差异位点。推测761G和764L是针对MAb56与CSFV抗原结合的关键位点。     

猪瘟病毒FJFQ-39株的毒力鉴定

为探索一种相对客观、稳定的方法鉴定猪瘟病毒(CSFV)FJFQ-39株的毒力.本研究采用2×103TCID50的FJFQ-39株分别肌肉接种6头敏感猪,通过RT-nPCR 检测扁桃体和血液监测动物感染情况,对动物临床症状和病理变化进行系统评分,结合体温分析,判定病毒毒力.同时用相同剂量的石门株接种4头敏感猪作对照.FJFQ-39和石门接种猪的扁桃体和血液均检测到CSFV核酸;FJFQ-39接种猪的最大临床症状评分(CS)平均值为3.53.5±1.0、病理评分(PS)平均值为3.3±0.9(低于5),平均最高体温为39.3±0.2℃(低于40℃);石门接种猪的最大CS平均值为25.5±2.1、PS平均值为29.5±2.4(大于15),平均最高体温为41.8±0.2℃(高于41.0℃).实验结果表明:猪瘟病毒FJFQ-39株和石门株均成功感染了动物;评分系统结合体温测定评价CSFV毒力是可行的;FJFQ-39 属于低毒力株,而石门属于强毒株.     

猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株基因组的遗传变异分析

参照已发表的猪瘟病毒基因组序列设计了9对引物，用RT-PCR从猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株细胞培养物中扩增得到了覆盖猪瘟病毒基因组全长的9个cDNA片段，将所得cDNA片段分别克隆至pMD18-T载体中，经测序和拼接后，获得了猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株基因组全序列。序列分析表明，猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株基因组全长12310个碱基，其5’非编码区（5＇-NCR）和3＇-NCR分别由373和239个碱基组成，在3’末端有富含T的碱基插入，其间为1个大的开放阅读框架，编码3898个氨基酸残基的多聚蛋白，与国内外已发表的另外7个猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株基因组全序列相比，核苷酸同源性为98．7％～99．9％，氨基酸同源性为98．6％～99．9％。基因组全序列比较显示，猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株基因组在遗传上相当稳定。     

Replication of classical swine fever virus strains and isolates in different porcine cell lines

Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is an economically important pathogen of domestic pigs and wild boar. Due to the highly variable clinical picture of CSF, laboratory methods are essential for an unambiguous diagnosis. Virus isolation using cell culture is still considered the gold standard. It is based on the incubation of permissive cells with organ or leukocyte preparations followed by antigen detection. In the "EU Diagnostic Manual for CSF Diagnosis", the permanent cell line PK(15) (porcine kidney) is recommended. In the European Reference Laboratory (EURL) a clone of this cell line, PK(15)A, and the STE (swine testicular epitheloid) cell line are in use for propagation of CSFV. The aim of this work was to assess the relative ability of eleven permanent cell lines derived from various organs of wild boar and domestic pig, respectively, to support the replication of different strains and isolates in comparison to these cell lines. An avirulent and a highly virulent laboratory CSFV strain, and several recent field isolates from domestic pigs and wild boars were used. Titers were determined after one, two and three virus passages, and after 48 and 120 h of incubation. Of the eleven cell lines analyzed, two were found that replicated all the tested CSFV strains and field isolates. Those may be useful for improving diagnosis of CSFV and for preparing low-passaged virus stocks of new isolates.     

反向遗传操作技术在猪瘟基础理论研究中的应用

反向遗传操作技术的问世为RNA病毒的研究铺平了道路,研究人员根据需要在DNA水平上对RNA病毒进行加工和修饰,进而深入研究RNA病毒的本质和开发新产品。自反向遗传操作技术在猪瘟病毒上应用以来,在对猪瘟病毒致病机理、分子表达调控机制、细胞生长特性、毒力决定基因等方面的研究已取得明显进展。本文就反向遗传操作技术在猪瘟病毒基础理论研究中的应用作一综述,通过了解病毒基因组的功能、病毒与宿主致病力的关系以及病毒增殖特性等,为研究开发理想猪瘟标记疫苗开拓思路。     

Survival and inactivation of classical swine fever virus

Classical swine fever virus, like many enveloped viruses, may be regarded as moderately fragile. It shows a short but variable survival time in the environment, depending on physical conditions, but may remain viable for prolonged periods in favourable circumstances as found, for example, in stored meat. Published information is reviewed on the survival time of the virus under a variety of physical and chemical conditions, including the variable influence of environmental factors. The principles of virus inactivation by heat, pH or chemicals are discussed, with a consideration of the principles of containment for laboratories working with the virus.     

9株猪瘟分离毒株的致病特性

采用9株临床表现强、中、低致病特点的猪瘟野毒分离株第3代细胞毒作为种毒,按3mL/头剂量分别注射猪瘟抗原及抗体阴性猪,再用上一代传代猪发病后的血毒作为下一代接毒用种毒接种试验猪1头或2头,或上一代传代猪发病后,同圈放入1头或2头试验猪进行同居感染.如此进行,GDGZ1/95、BJCY1/96和JL1/94传至8代;FJFQ1/99传至7代;HeBHH1/95、HeNBY1/96、BJTX3/96、GXBH1/98和HeNXH2/98传至3代.结果显示:上述分离株传至3～5代过程中均表现出毒力增强的趋势,从3～5代传代到8(7)代的过程中毒力进一步增强并保持稳定,且均超过了标准石门强毒株的发病特点.所有试验猪均出现较典型的猪瘟临床症状,解剖后均表现出不同程度的病理变化,死后或解剖后的各种脏器经HCFA检查均为强阳性,这种现象进一步证实了猪是猪瘟病毒的敏感动物,各毒株之间毒力没有明显差异.对其中7株分离株传代血毒部分代次E2基因主要区域进行序列分析,结果仅GDGZ1/95株从F1～F8代中的F6代有2个核苷酸的差异,引起1个相应氨基酸的变异,其余毒株的不同代次没有碱基发生变异,初步说明猪瘟病毒基因型表现相对的稳定性.     

用荧光定量RT-PCR方法检测猪瘟病毒

为了建立能特异检测不同基因型猪瘟病毒(Classical swine fever virus,CSFV),同时又能区分其他瘟病毒的基因检测方法,本实验针对CSFV基因组5′端非编码区设计并合成了简并引物和TaqMan探针,在优化反应条件的基础上,成功地建立了特异检测CSFV的荧光定量RT-PCR检测方法。再以已知滴度的CSFV石门株血毒总RNA反转录产物建立标准品,该标准品可以用于定量临床样品中的CSFV滴度,所建立的荧光定量PCR方法可以灵敏地检测出10~(-0.82)个TCID_(50)病毒含量。最后用建立的方法对108份临床样品进行检测并同时进行病毒分离,荧光定量PCR方法检测出73份阳性样品且与病毒分离的符合率为100%,而常规RT-PCR只检测出54份阳性样品,表明本荧光定量RT-PCR法在检测猪瘟病料上具有潜在的应用价值。     

Phylogenetic analysis of recent classical swine fever virus (CSFV) isolates from Assam, India

Classical swine fever (CSF), a highly contagious viral disease of pigs, is endemic in India. As there is no information concerning the accurate genetic typing of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) isolates in India, 16 CSF viruses isolated during 2005-2007 from domestic pigs in different districts of Assam were typed in 5′ UTR (150 nucleotides). To confirm the genetic typing results and to study the genetic variability, selected viruses were also analyzed in E2 (190 nt) and NS5B gene (409 nt) regions. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that all the 16 CSFV isolates analyzed belonged to group 1 and subgroup 1.1 in contrast to the situation in other Asian countries. Additionally, analysis in E2 and NS5B region placed the Indian isolates in a clearly separated clade within subgroup 1.1. The results suggest that subgroup 1.1 CSF viruses are currently circulating in India, which is important for epidemiology and control of CSF.     

用RT-PCR技术检测盐渍猪肠衣中猪瘟病毒的研究

参考GenBank中发表的猪瘟病毒（CSFV）序列，设计一对CSFV特异性PCR引物；从CSFV感染猪盐渍小肠中提取总RNA，经逆转录后进行PCR扩增，在盐渍小肠中成功扩增出与预期大小（168bp）一致的特异性条带，而正常猪和感染猪伪狂犬病病毒的猪小肠扩增结果均为阴性。用本方法对20例不同稀释浓度的盐渍猪肠衣样本进行检测，结果显示比经典抗原检测方法（抗原捕获ELISA法）具有更高的敏感性。实验表明，本RT—PCR技术能应用于盐渍猪肠衣的CSFV检测，为快速、准确检测盐渍猪肠衣中CSFV提供了一条新途径。     

非典型猪瘟

猪瘟是一种致死率高、危害严重的急性传染病 ,受到各养猪国家的关注。我国对猪瘟的防制工作十分重视 ,并提出当前应采取以免疫接种为重点的综合性防制措施。近年来典型猪瘟显然不多见了 ,但在一些地区和猪场却出现了一种非典型猪瘟。由于其缺乏猪瘟的典型症状和病变 ,易被人们误诊 ,以至滥用药物 ,盲目治疗 ,既增加了药费的支出 ,又贻误了防制时机 ,给猪场带来更大的经济损失。本文就非典型猪瘟的临床诊断、病因分析和防制措施等问题 ,作简要的介绍和探讨。1　非典型猪瘟的表现形式1 1　繁殖障碍型猪瘟主要发生于生产母猪 ,其本身呈隐性感染…     

Virulence of recent and former classical swine fever virus isolates evaluated by their clinical and pathological signs

The clinical diagnosis of classical swine fever (CSF) still caused problems to the veterinarians during the last decade. The primary CSF outbreak was often detected too late and, meanwhile, the virus had spread. Consequently, the recent classical swine fever virus isolates (CSFV) were suspected to be of low virulence. The purpose of the study was to quantify the virulence of four recent CSFV by evaluating the clinical and pathological signs caused by different CSFV. Pigs of the same breed and age group were inoculated intranasally with CSFV from recent epidemics in European Union (EU) member states. The CSFV used are registered in the data base of the EU Reference Laboratory for CSF and belong to different genotypes: 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 respectively. Clinical signs of CSF were evaluated by using a score system suggested previously (Mittelholzer et al., 2000: Vet. Microbiol. 74, 293). For the evaluation of pathological lesions, a new pathological score was introduced. The four CSFV tested here were classified as moderately virulent in general, although one CSFV may cause different clinical courses, ranging from highly virulent to avirulent. This indicates the importance of additional factors in the host animal for virulence. Differences in the clinical and pathological signs between these four recent CSFV were rather minor, emphasizing that the genetic typing of CSFV is absolutely essential. Differences towards former CSFV (e.g. reference virus strain Alfort 187) were more pronounced, especially regarding the onset and duration of the disease, the occurrence of skin haemorrhages and pathological lesions of kidney, subcutis and serosae. It is concluded that clinical diagnosis of CSF is rather difficult in pigs up to 14 days post-CSFV infection using these four CSFV, emphasizing the need for careful differential diagnosis and the laboratory investigation for CSF at an early stage.     

Role of birds in transmission of classical swine fever virus

Active transmission of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) was studied in six birds (five ravens, one hooded crow) and two laying hens. Cloacal swabs, blood and organs of birds and hens as well as blood and organ samples of pigs which had been fed with faeces derived from CSFV infected birds or which had come in contact with faeces of infected hens were negative for CSFV. None of the animals seroconverted during the study. This result demonstrates that active virus transmission by these animals is unlikely. Dissemination of CSFV from wild boar to domestic pigs is discussed.     

Phylogenetic analysis of classical swine fever virus isolated from Taiwan

By analyzing the E2 sequences of classical swine fever virus from field outbreaks in Taiwan during 1993-2001, three virus populations with distinct genotypes were determined including one historical (subgroup 3.4) and two exotic (subgroup 2.1) strains. The first subgroup 2.1 virus was isolated in 1994 and further sporadic outbreaks occurred after 1996. Phylogenetic analysis using the E2 region has segregated the Taiwanese strains of 2.1 virus into two different genotypes (termed 2.1a and 2.1b). The 2.1b viruses were only isolated in 2001 and shared approximately 94.8% nucleotide identities to the 2.1a viruses in the total genomic sequences. The results suggest that the 2.1a and 2.1b viruses may be introduced from different origins.     

Transmission of classical swine fever virus by artificial insemination.

Classical swine fever (CSF) virus was introduced into an artificial insemination centre during the CSF epizootic of 1997-1998 in the Netherlands. The risk of further spread of CSF virus via contaminated semen was recognised, but could not be assessed because scientific data on this issue were not available. An animal experiment was performed to determine whether CSF virus could be transmitted via artificial insemination with contaminated semen. Three boars were inoculated with a CSF virus field isolate and from Day 5 till Day 18 thereafter, ejaculates were collected and prepared for insemination. Ruttish sows were inseminated with the extended semen from Day 5 till Day 18 after inoculation of the boars. All the inoculated boars remained healthy throughout the experiment and developed CSF neutralising antibodies between 14 and 21 days after inoculation. Virus was isolated from several semen samples collected from 5 till 11 days after inoculation. Two out of six sows inseminated with CSF contaminated semen seroconverted after insemination. All the other sows remained seronegative. In the foetuses of both the seropositive sows, CSF virus was detected at approximately 35 days post insemination. These results demonstrate that adult boars infected with CSF virus can excrete virus with semen and can, subsequently, transmit the virus to sows and their foetuses via artificial insemination.