Development of real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for rapid detection and differentiation of wild-type pseudorabies and gene-deleted vaccine viruses

The successful eradication of pseudorabies in U.S. domestic swine was accomplished through the use of glycoprotein E (gE) deleted modified live virus vaccines and an accompanying gE differential enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Yet, pseudorabies virus (PRV) was established in feral swine in the United States, becoming a potential reservoir of PRV for infection of domestic swine and other native wildlife. A critical need for the current PRV surveillance program in the United States is the rapid detection of PRV infection. For this reason, a set of 2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays by using TaqMan chemistry was developed and evaluated for their capability in the detection and differentiation of field and vaccine strains of PRV. PCR primers and probes were designed for gB and gE genes of PRV, respectively. The newly developed PRV-specific real-time PCR assays could detect all wild-type PRV isolates from diagnostic submissions and differentiate them from vaccine strains. The analytical sensitivity of the assays was approximately 0.1 plaque-forming units per reaction. The assays were highly specific for PRV, because no positive results were obtained from testing other common swine viral pathogens and other animal herpesviruses. The results of testing samples from domestic and feral swine and from bovine showed that the real-time PCR assays are more sensitive than gel-based PCR. These results demonstrated the potential application of the developed real-time PCR assays as a differential test for rapid and specific detection of PRV in domestic and feral swine, as well as nonporcine species that can be infected with PRV and serve as carriers.     

广西某集约化猪场猪伪狂犬病的监测及净化

为了解某集约化猪场伪狂犬病病毒（PRV）的感染情况,清除感染猪只,净化伪狂犬病,提高猪群的健康水平.采用PRV gE抗体ELISA检测试剂盒,对该场免疫了猪伪狂犬病基因缺失疫苗的猪群进行3次野毒感染检测;应用荧光PCR方法,对临床发病的仔猪进行PRV病原检测.经过动态监测、加强综合防控和逐步淘汰措施,该猪场的PRV野毒感染率从35.29％逐步降低至0％,猪场自繁的仔猪存活率高,无PRV感染,净化效果良好.     

Preferential sexual transmission of pseudorabies virus in feral swine populations may not account for observed seroprevalence in the USA

This paper compares the behavior of two competing models for the transmission of pseudorabies virus in feral swine in the USA. In first model, horizontal (non-sexual) density dependent transmission is the only transmission modality. In the second model, the only transmission modality is sexual transmission between mature males and females. The comparison of model behavior was carried out to test the hypothesis that preferential sexual transmission of PRV in feral swine can account for the seroprevalence observed in the field. The observed range of seroprevalence of PRV in mature feral swine in the USA is consistent with a preferential sexual transmission only if the feral swine mating system is a random mating system or a polygynous system in which there is a relatively large rate of acquisition of new mates. The observed range of seroprevalence of PRV in mature feral swine in the USA is not consistent with a preferential sexual transmission if there is mate guarding. This is important because the National Pseudorabies Surveillance Plan deems monitoring the risk of PRV introduction from feral swine to be a "minor objective" both in terms of the scope of the plan and with respect to the resources allocated. The rationale for this statement was derived from experimental studies, which suggested that the PRV indigenous to feral swine in the USA is preferentially sexually transmitted.     

Second-generation pseudorabies virus vaccine with deletions in thymidine kinase and glycoprotein genes

A modified-live pseudorabies virus (PRV) vaccine, designated PRV(dlg92/d1tk), with deletions in the thymidine kinase (tk) and glycoprotein-gIII (g92) genes, was derived from the PRV (Bucharest [BUK]-d13) vaccine strain. The vaccine virus also contained a deletion in glycoprotein gI. Despite 3 deletions, PRV(dlg92/d1tk) replicated to high titers in cell culture from 30 C to 39.1 C. Enzyme assays and autoradiography revealed that PRV(dlg92/d1tk) did not induce a functional tk activity in infected tk- RAB(BU) cells (rabbit skin). Rabbit skin cells were infected with PRV(dlg92/d1tk), with vaccine strains derived from BUK or Bartha K strains of PRV or with the virulent Illinois (ILL), Indiana-Funkhauser (IND-F), and Aujeszky (Auj) strains of PRV and were labeled with [3H]mannose from 4 or 5 to 24 hours after infection to investigate whether these viruses induced the synthesis of glycoprotein gIII. Nonionic detergent extracts were prepared and immunoprecipitated with antisera from pigs vaccinated with tk(-)-PRV(BUK-d13) or tk+-Bartha K, pigs vaccinated with tk+-PRV(BUK) strains and then challenge exposed to tk+-PRV(IND-F), naturally infected domestic or feral pigs, and pigs vaccinated with tk-)-PRV(dlg92/d1tk). Mouse monoclonal antibodies against PRV glycoproteins gIII, gp50, and gII were also studied. After immunoprecipitation, labeled PRV-specific proteins were analyzed by sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. The PRV glycoprotein-gII complex, but not glycoprotein gIII, was synthesized in PRV(dlg92/d1tk)-infected cells. Glycoprotein gII and gIII were made in cells infected with PRV vaccine strains BUK, Bartha K, and BUK-d13 and with virulent PRV strains ILL, IND-F, and Auj. Cells infected with PRV(dlg92/d1tk) and with PRV strains ILL, IND-F, Auj, Bartha K, BUK, and BUK-d13, excreted into the cell culture medium a highly sulfated glycoprotein gX of about 90 kilodaltons. Antibodies to glycoprotein gIII were not detected in the sera of pigs inoculated with PRV(dlg92/d1tk), but were found in all other swine sera.     

Prevalence of pseudorabies virus infection and associated infections in six large swine herds in Illinois.

Sera were collected from 6 large farrow-to-finish swine herds infected with pseudorabies virus (PRV) in Illinois. All herds were participating in the Large Herd Cleanup Study, a USDA-initiated project to evaluate the feasibility of eradicating pseudorabies from large farms (greater than 400 sows) by use of a combination of vaccination and management changes. Herd size ranged between 425 and 1,500 breeding females. Between April and July 1990, sera for measurement of PRV antibodies were obtained from 113 to 156 sows and 112 to 162 finishing pigs (body weight greater than 70 kg)/herd. Duplicate sera from 30 sows and 30 market-weight pigs/herd were obtained for measurement of serum antibodies to the following associated organisms: swine influenza virus, transmissible gastroenteritis virus, encephalomyocarditis virus, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Eperythrozoon suis, and 6 serovars of Leptospira interrogans. Prevalence of PRV antibodies attributable to field virus infection ranged between 53.8 and 100% for sows and between 0.7 and 97.3% for finishing pigs, as determined by the appropriate differential test for the vaccine being used on each farm. In only 1 herd, PRV seroprevalence was increased with higher sow parity. For associated infections, the risk of seropositivity attributable to PRV was not significant (for most infections) on all farms and varied among farms. Thus, pseudorabies did not appear, in general, to increase susceptibility to infection with other disease agents.     

伪狂犬病病毒感染抗体监测及伪狂犬病流行状况分析

在北京大兴和顺义区2个使用伪狂犬病病毒（porcine pseudorabies virus,PRV）Bartha株基因缺失疫苗的规模化猪场进行为期3年的猪伪狂犬病野毒感染抗体跟踪监测,并进行猪场的临床状况和组织样品的PCR检测,结果显示,北京市2011—2012年间在猪伪狂犬病基因缺失疫苗免疫猪场发生了猪伪狂犬病的流行。提示,应对该状况加以重视,对其发病原因需进行进一步的病毒分离和毒株分子遗传学分析。     

某规模化猪场猪伪狂犬病的诊断

试验采用流行病学调查、临床观察和实验室检查对华北地区某疑似伪狂犬病发病猪场进行了诊断。猪场发病情况主要为母猪流产,新生仔猪死亡率较高,肥猪死亡率低。发病或死亡仔猪扁桃体充血出血、溃疡,肺脏出血、水肿,心肌色淡、心包积液,脑膜充血;表现为坏死性扁桃体炎、出血性淋巴结炎、出血性间质性肺炎、间质性心肌炎和非化脓性脑炎。发病猪扁桃体、肺脏、脑组织匀浆上清液接种家兔后出现奇痒等典型症状并很快死亡。发病猪脑组织可检出猪伪狂犬病毒gD基因特异性目的片段。猪场伪狂犬病野毒感染抗体阳性率为63%（63/100）。本试验结果表明,确诊该猪场发生了伪狂犬病。     

Influence of isoprinosine on lymphocyte function in virus-infected feeder pigs

Pseudorabies is a porcine herpesvirus of major importance in the swine industry. Isoprinosine is an immunomodulating drug that has been shown to be beneficial in treating herpesvirus infections. Twenty-four 7-week-old pigs were allotted within litters to 1 of 4 groups: control, isoprinosine (ISO), pseudorabies virus (PRV), or isoprinosine and pseudorabies virus (ISO-PRV). Isoprinosine was administered daily for 16 days to the ISO and ISO-PRV groups (75 mg/kg of body weight/day, PO). Immunity in pigs in the PRV and ISO-PRV groups was challenged with pseudorabies virus (10(5) TCID50 units) on day 4. Rectal temperatures and viral excretion were monitored daily; total and differential leukocyte counts, lymphocyte response to mitogens, and interleukin-2 production were monitored every 4 days. Pigs challenge-inoculated with pseudorabies virus became ill, with the ISO-PRV group most severely affected. Rectal temperatures were high (P less than 0.05) in virally challenged pigs on days 5 to 12 and 14 to 16; isoprinosine did not alter this effect. Pseudorabies virus-infected pigs had leukocytosis (P less than 0.05) on days 12 and 16, primarily caused by neutrophilia. Concanavalin A-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation was decreased (P less than 0.06) in both PRV and ISO-PRV groups on day 12, compared with control pigs, but only in the PRV group on day 16. Pokeweed mitogen-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation was decreased (P less than 0.02) in ISO-PRV pigs on day 8 of the experiment. Interleukin-2 concentrations, pooled over all sampling days, were decreased (P less than 0.03) in pseudorabies virus-infected pigs. Viral excretion was not altered by isoprinosine treatment. These data suggest that pseudorabies virus infection decreased lymphocyte proliferative responses and interleukin-2 production in pigs, and that isoprinosine did not mitigate these effects.     

Detection of latent pseudorabies virus in swine using in situ hybridization

We have examined methods for detection of pseudorabies virus (PRV) latency in three groups of swine; naturally infected animals obtained from a field case; animals which have been experimentally infected with Becker or Iowa strains of PRV; and single reactors (single seropositive animals within PRV-free herds). In situ hybridization was shown to be more sensitive than explanation/co-cultivation for the detection of latent virus. Nervous tissues, in particular the trigeminal ganglia, were found to be the most reliable source for detecting latent PRV. The presence of latent PRV was not detected in lymphoid tissues examined.     

2013—2018年广西地区猪伪狂犬病病毒gB、gE与TK基因遗传变异分析

为了解广西近年猪伪狂犬病（PR）流行情况及猪伪狂犬病病毒（PRV）流行株gB、gE、TK基因的遗传变异特点,于2013-2018年采集广西各地区疑似PR发病猪靶组织714份,进行PRV的PCR检测及病毒分离鉴定,并运用DNAStar、MEGA 6.0等生物学软件对分离毒株gB、gE、TK基因进行遗传变异分析。结果显示：样品检测阳性率为24.5%（175/714）,共分离获得PRV流行株38株。受检猪群普遍存在PRV感染,经典毒株及变异毒株并存,而且以变异毒株为主。广西流行株不同亚群PRV在gB、gE、TK基因上均存在相同的氨基酸变异特点,与国内变异株亲缘关系较近。推测广西流行株存在两种不同重组变异形式产生的PRV重组毒株,分别为疫苗株gB基因和变异株gE基因重组产生的重组毒株,以及经典株的TK基因被疫苗株（HB98）的TK基因替换而产生的重组毒株。近年广西受检猪场较普遍存在PRV感染,而且PRV流行株以变异毒株为主,可能存在两种不同重组变异形式产生的重组毒株,猪场需重视及实施针对性PR免疫防控计划。     

长沙市对伪狂犬病野毒感染的调查

为了解长沙市规模猪场伪狂犬病流行情况,对市内47个规模猪场送检的1534猪血清样品和22个已免疫伪狂犬基因缺失苗规模场送检的1300份血清样品,用ELISA方法对猪伪狂犬病野毒感染抗体（gpI抗体,下同）和免疫抗体（gB抗体,下同）进行检测。结果表明,长沙市规模猪场猪伪狂犬病gpI抗体阳性率为20.9%,场阳性率为44.7%;22个免疫猪伪狂犬基因缺失苗规模猪场猪伪狂犬病gpI抗体阳性率下降1.8%,场阳性数下降4.6%。结果表明,通过利用猪伪狂犬病基因缺失疫苗科学免疫,同时配合伪狂犬野毒抗体检测技术可以控制和净化规模猪场猪伪狂犬病流行。     

2017—2020年浙江省猪主要病毒性传染病的流行病学调查与分析

为了解浙江省猪主要病毒性传染病的流行情况及变化规律,本试验对2017-2020年浙江省不同地区规模化猪场送检的血清和病料样品进行猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)、猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)和猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)4种疫病病原和抗体检测。抗体检测结果显示：PRRSV、CSFV、PCV2、PRV-gE/gI、PRV-gB的抗体平均阳性率分别为81.4%,83.6%,91.4%,36.1%,94.3%;不同年份中,CSFV和PCV2抗体水平一直呈稳中上升趋势,2020年PRRSV和PRV-gE/gI抗体水平下降明显。病原检测结果显示：PRRSV、CSFV、PCV2和PRV的感染具有普遍性,病原平均阳性率分别为22.9%,2.5%,17.3%,6.6%,其中PRRSV/PCV2双重感染较多,阳性率为9.7%;不同日龄中,PRRSV、PCV2和CSFV保育猪病原阳性率最高,育肥猪次之,而PRV产房仔猪阳性率最高;此外,2019-2020年CSFV、PCV2和PRV的病原阳性率下降明显。     

Pseudorabies virus infection in hunting dogs in Oita,Japan: Report from a prefecture free from Aujeszky’s disease in domestic pigs

We isolated two pseudorabies virus (PRV) isolates (designated OT-1 and OT-2) from two hunting dogs exhibiting neurological manifestations after eating the flesh of wild boar hunted in Oita prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. The isolates corresponded to a previously reported PRV (MY-1 strain) isolated from a hunting dog in neighboring Miyazaki prefecture, and it clustered into genotype II based on the glycoprotein C sequence. Our results suggest that this common PRV strain may have been maintained in wild boars on Kyushu Island even though domestic pigs in this area have attained an Aujeszky’s disease-free status.     

云南红河州猪繁殖障碍综合征病因研究

针对红河州猪繁殖障碍综合征危害日趋严重的现象,进行了该病的流行病学、病原学、人工感染及免疫试验。结果表明,种公猪发病率为23.77%、妊娠母猪发病率为41.38%,仔猪死亡率为19.94%、流产率11.19%、死胎率47.96%、弱仔率31.78%;血清学调查阳性检出率分别为猪瘟(CSF)1.1%、细小病毒(PPV)43.97%、鹦鹉热衣原体(CP)36.98%、伪狂犬病毒(PRV)24.6%、乙型脑炎(JEV)20.9%、弓形虫(Tg)14.66%、蓝耳病病毒(PRRSV)11.5%、猪圆环病毒(PCV)7.2%、布鲁氏菌(Br)2.44%。其中单一感染占39.6%,混合感染占35.6%。从死亡新生仔猪和流产胎儿的脑及内脏中分离获得PPV、PRV、CP各2株病原,经细胞传代,鸡胚传代,毒价测定、形态观察、动物感染试验和应用PCR技术等鉴定,确证为伪狂犬、细小病毒病、衣原体三种。应用猪伪狂犬、细小病毒病、衣原体三种疫苗免疫注射,使本地区猪群的受胎率由92.7%提高到99.5%,妊娠母猪发病率从31.43%下降到0.77%,初生乳猪发病死亡率从24.9%下降到0.27%。调查研究表明,近年来引起红河州地区猪繁殖障碍综合征广泛流行的主要病因是PPV、PRV、CP三种病原单一或混合感染所致,而且动物感染试验证实是PPV、PRV、CP是造成猪繁殖障碍病的主要病原。     

Study of the potential involvement of pseudorabies virus in swine respiratory disease.

In order to investigate the potential involvement of pseudorabies virus (PRV) in swine respiratory disease, nine week old pigs were intranasally inoculated with the PRV strain 4892. Two doses of infection were used: 10(4.5) median tissue culture infectious doses (TCID50)/pig and 10(3.5) TCID50/pig, with ten pigs per group. In the group of pigs inoculated with 10(4.5) TCID50, seven out of ten pigs died within six days after inoculation. The mortality rate in the group of pigs inoculated with the lower dose was only two out of ten and, there were several pigs in this group that showed signs of respiratory distress besides some mild nervous signs. Pseudorabies virus was isolated from various tissues collected postmortem, including alveolar macrophages. Virus localization in tissues was also detected by in situ hybridization. The histopathological examination of the respiratory tract tissues revealed a pathological process that was progressing from mild pneumonia to severe suppurative bronchopneumonia. The isolation of virus from alveolar macrophages provides support to the hypothesis that replication of PRV during the course of infection produces an impairment of the defense mechanisms in the respiratory tract.     

A seroepizootiologic study of five viruses in a swine-evaluation station.

This serologic study was done to gain information on the spread, maintenance, and effect upon performance of five porcine viruses. Blood samples were taken from two groups of 8- to 11-week-old pigs from a large number of Indiana swine herds in a performance-testing station 1 week after entry, 7 weeks after entry (one group only), and at slaughter. The sera were tested by indirect fluorescent antibody tests for antibodies to transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), swine influenza virus (SIV), hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (HEV), porcine adenovirus (PAV), and pseudorabies virus (PRV). Seroconversions to TGEV, HEV, and PAV occurred in a group of pigs entered in May and slaughtered in August (group 1). In the group that was entered in October and slaughtered in January (group 2), pigs developed antibodies to SIV, HEV, and PAV, but not to TGEV. Only 1 of the 434 pigs tested had antibodies to PRV, and there were no seroconversions to this virus. The only statistically valid effect of infection on performance was found in group 1 pigs, which had seroconverted to TGEV during the first 7 weeks of their stay. These pigs gained 0.077 kg less per day than pigs that did not develop antibodies to TGEV during that period. The pattern of serologic reactions was indicative of a relatively slow spread of these viruses in the groups. We interpret this as supporting the concept that a relatively slow spread of these viruses through large groups of pigs kept under conditions that are less than optimum for virus spread may be an important means of their interepizootic survival.     

Identification of pseudorabies virus-infected swine herds by evaluating the serostatus of boars or finishing pigs

Data were collected from 39 Minnesota swine farms quarantined for pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection. Each herd was serologically evaluated for antibodies to PRV in the sows, boars, and finishing pigs. To identify PRV-seropositive swine herds, the Kappa statistic was used to estimate the effectiveness of evaluating the PRV serostatus of boars or of finishing pigs. Using the serostatus of all herd boars, the sensitivity (with 95% confidence interval) of identifying PRV-infected herds was 58 +/- 22%, and the specificity was 100 +/- 0%; Kappa statistic was 0.55. Using the serostatus of a representative sample of finishing pigs, the sensitivity of identifying PRV-infected herds (with 95% confidence interval) was 63 +/- 22%, and specificity was 87 +/- 23%; Kappa statistic was 0.40. The PRV serostatus of herd boars or of a representative sample of finishing pigs did not accurately reflect the PRV serostatus of the herd.     

安徽部分地区猪伪狂犬病PCR诊断及流行病学调查

针对安徽省部分地区猪伪狂犬病发病率较高,给全省的养猪业造成较大危害的状况,应用聚合酶链反应(PCR)对安徽省7个地区21个养猪场的187头疑似发病猪的血清进行伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)的检测,并对阳性猪的流行病学分布情况进行统计分析。结果显示,安徽省猪PRV平均阳性率为34.2%;其中安徽省南部地区PRV阳性率最高,北部地区最低,规模养殖场PRV阳性率明显低于散养户,其结果为安徽省猪伪狂犬病流行病学调查及防控提供参考资料。     

近期部分规模化猪场猪伪狂犬病野毒抗体监测情况调查

猪伪狂犬病仍然是我国猪群的重要威胁性传染病，通常造成母猪繁殖障碍以及仔猪的神经症状和高死亡率，同时伪狂犬病病毒也是猪呼吸系统疾病综合征的重要原发性病原。用gE-ELISA野毒鉴别诊断方法共检测了来自8个省、市46个猪场1940份血清样品，其中阳性样品657份，样品总阳性率33.87%，阳性猪场25个。在检测的各场中，阳性率最高猪场达到75.76%(125/165)。而部分进行了科学的疫苗免疫和实施了严格的生物安全措施的猪场始终保持猪伪狂犬病阴性(0/135)。利用基因缺失疫苗科学免疫配合伪狂犬抗体鉴别诊断技术是控制和净化伪狂犬病的重要手段。     

猪伪狂犬病病毒NP株gE、gI基因的克隆及序列分析

根据GenBank中已发表的猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV) gE、gI基因的序列设计了2对引物,对PRV NP株的gE、gI基因进行了PCR扩增、回收、克隆、测序,测序结果与预期的PRV gE、gI基因片段相符。同源性比对分析结果显示,PRV NP株gE、gI基因推导的氨基酸序列与国内分离的PRV毒株的同源性分别为95.7%~99.8%、89.9%~99.5%。遗传进化树分析和氨基酸序列比对结果发现PRV NP株的gE氨基酸序列发生变化的位点与2012年国内分离到的PRV流行株相同,从而推测NP株为PRV变异毒株,本研究为PRV的流行病学调查分析奠定了基础,也为开发科学、有效的新型猪伪狂犬病(PR)疫苗提供科学依据。