实时荧光定量PCR法检测对虾皮下和造血器官坏死病毒

应用实时荧光定量PCR最常用的TaqMan探针技术设计了探针和引物,并且用质粒技术构建了含有传染性皮下及造血器官坏死病毒(IHHNV)基因片段的阳性质控品,建立了检测IHHNVV的实时荧光定量PCR方法。对影响PCR的主要因素进行了优化,Mg2+浓度、引物和探针浓度、退火温度等均对扩增效率有明显影响。当Mg2+浓度为3.0-4.5mmol,退火温度为59～60℃时可获得最佳扩增效果。灵敏性试验表明该反应可检测体系中10拷贝的病毒核酸;该体系检测IHHNV具有很高特异性;对临床样品检测结果表明,该方法能快速、准确地检测样品中的IHHNV。     

泰国输华斑节对虾传染性皮下和造血器官坏死病毒的检测与分析

为研究进口斑节对虾传染性皮下和造血器官坏死病毒(Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus,IHHNV)的风险,本文采用了世界动物卫生组织(OIE)2015版手册中推荐的PCR方法,对2015年从泰国输华的329批次斑节对虾进行了IHHNV检测分析。结果发现,其阳性率高达36.8%,且主要是感染1型和2型,以及风险不明的未知型。因此,来自泰国的斑节对虾具有较高的IHHNV传入风险,应加强针对IHHNV的进口监测,减少其对我国对虾养殖的影响。     

传染性造血器官坏死病毒焦磷酸测序检测技术的建立

根据传染性造血器官坏死病毒(IHNV)基因序列,设计了IHNV最为保守的指纹序列,以及测序引物,建立了IHNV焦磷酸测序检测方法。对所构建的IHNV焦磷酸检测方法进行特异性试验和灵敏度检测。结果表明,所建立的方法特异性好,在8种鱼类病毒中能够特异性检测出目的病毒,检测方法灵敏度高,最低检出核酸量为10pg/μL。对建立的焦磷酸测序检测方法进行了实际应用研究,选取国内采集与进口的鱼类样本共计80批次进行IHNV检测。结果显示,焦磷酸测序检测方法可以有效的检出常规RTPCR不能检出的假阴性样本和弱阳性样本,该方法的灵敏度和特异性可以满足水生动物疫病检测的需要。     

凡纳滨对虾抗传染性皮下及造血组织坏死病毒感染的初步研究

对虾传染性皮下及造血组织坏死病毒(IHHNV)可导致凡纳滨对虾罹患慢性矮小残缺综合征,引起对虾的产量降低、经济效益下降,对对虾的养殖业危害严重。本试验通过于第3腹节肌肉注射100μL/g IHHNV的方法对不同家系的对虾攻毒,联合应用PCR和组织病理学检测并鉴定病毒。结果发现14个家系的对虾未感染IHHNV的比率79.3%~96.7%;联合两种方法可快速、灵敏、特异地检测出对虾感染IHHNV的状况。试验结果为对虾流行病调查、健康养殖及无特定病原(SPF)种群选育提供了有效的检测手段。     

检测鱼传染性造血器官坏死病毒重组酶聚合酶扩增方法的建立及初步应用

为建立鱼类传染性造血器官坏死病毒(IHNV)的快速检测方法,根据IHNV的G基因保守序列设计特异性引物,建立了基于重组酶聚合酶扩增(RPA)的IHNV检测方法。该方法在30℃20min即可完成,对IHNV具有良好的特异性和敏感性,最低检出限为156ng/mL;用建立的RPA和RT-PCR对实验室保存的50份样品进行检测,结果显示,RPA的阳性检出率为14.00%,RT-PCR的阳性检出率为12.00%,说明RPA比RT-PCR具有更高的灵敏度。建立的RPA方法为IHNV的实验室检测提供了更多选择。     

广东省湛江地区南美白对虾桃拉综合征病原研究

桃拉综合征是由桃拉病毒（Taura syndromevirus，TSV）引起的，与白斑综合征病毒、皮下及造血组织坏死杆状病毒、黄头病毒一起被列为对虾养殖中危害最严重的四大病毒。本文对2005年广东省湛江地区部分养殖场的发病南美白对虾进行了组织病理学观察及病原的分子生物学检测，提供了桃拉病毒的显微结构图片，证实了本次广东省湛江地区部分养殖场南美白对虾急性传染病的主要病原之一是桃拉病毒，说明桃拉综合征在我国部分对虾养殖场仍存在着流行趋势。     

浙江省南美白对虾苗种五种流行病病原检测与分析

为了解浙江省南美白对虾主产区苗种主要病原的携带情况,对杭州、宁波、嘉兴和绍兴4个地区的苗种场开展了病原检测。129批次样品的检测结果显示:有4种病原检出阳性,阳性检出率分别为南美白对虾白斑综合症病毒(WSSV)1.55%、传染性皮下及造血组织坏死病毒(IHHNV)20.93%、虾肝肠胞虫(EHP)31.78%、虾血细胞虹彩病毒(SHIV)37.21%,而桃拉综合症病毒(TSV)未有阳性检出。结果表明,SHIV、EHP、IHHNV是浙江省对虾苗种携带的主要病原,需要重点加以防范。从整体分布看,宁波市南美白对虾苗中携带的病原种类最多,且携带率较高,提示宁波市需要加强防控。从苗种来源看,来自福建省虾苗的IHHNV携带率最高,为38.10%;来自海南省和广东省虾苗中存在WSSV感染,检出率分别为2.17%和2.27%;来自广东省虾苗的EHP和SHIV携带率最高,分别为43.48%和41.30%。由于浙江省南美白对虾苗种主要依靠外地输入,而这些输出地区的苗种病原感染率较高,因此浙江省需要加强从这些地区引入苗种的检疫工作。     

2015—2016年天津市对虾传染性皮下及造血组织坏死病毒感染调查

为了解天津市对虾养殖病害情况,2015—2016年从天津市的汉沽区、大港区、宁河区、静海区、津南区、西青区等对虾养殖主产区,采集养殖对虾及饵料生物等样品,应用PCR法进行对虾传染性皮下及造血组织坏死病毒（IHHNV）检测。2015年共检测样品186份,IHHNV阳性率为16.13%;2016年检测样品340份,IHHNV阳性率为11.76%。在凡纳滨对虾的仔虾、幼虾、中成虾中均可检出IHHNV,2015年的阳性率分别为10.88%、27.27%、37.50%,2016年分别是4.63%、22.00%、28.30%,呈下降趋势。中成虾养殖阶段的IHHNV阳性率最高,仔虾阶段的最低。本研究对天津市对虾IHHNV综合防控措施的制定提供了参考。     

南美白对虾白便综合征病原霍乱弧菌的分离与药敏试验

为确定南美白对虾白便综合征的病原菌及其药物敏感性,采用传统方法从患白便综合征的南美白对虾肝胰腺中分离到病原菌菌株BB31,结合API 20E革兰阴性菌鉴定系统、16SrDNA序列及聚类分析对菌株BB31进行了鉴定,并通过纸片琼脂扩散法对菌株BB31的药物敏感性进行了测定。结果表明,菌株BB31为霍乱弧菌(GenBank登录号:KF446244),其16SrDNA序列与GenBank数据库中弧菌菌株的16S rDNA序列有99%~100%的同源性,而且与霍乱弧菌菌株RD1(GenBank登录号:KF307775)的亲缘性最近。菌株BB31对四环素、庆大霉素、恩诺沙星、氧氟沙星、诺氟沙星等抗生素的敏感性高,对磺胺甲氧嘧啶、呋喃唑酮、复方新诺明等抗生素不敏感。本研究证实霍乱弧菌是南美白对虾白便综合征的病原菌,庆大霉素、诺氟沙星等常规渔药可作为防控霍乱弧菌引起的南美白对虾白便综合征的用药参考。     

A Biopsy Procedure for the Nondestructive Determination of Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHHNV) Infection in Penaeus vannamei

Abstract

The shrimp Penaeus vannamei is frequently an asymptomatic carrier of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV). In addition, there is increasing evidence that P. vannamei may also suffer severe disease from infection by IHHNV under some culture conditions. Hence, a nondestructive technique has been developed that has the potential to replace the old method of destructive subsampling, at least with this penaeid species. The new procedure is simpler, faster, less labor intensive, and equally precise when compared with the old method. The procedure involves the excision of the first pereiopod, followed by standard histological examination of the appendage nerve cord for the presence of pathognomonic Cowdry type A intranuclear inclusions. The nondestructive nature of this new technique may be its most important asset; animals tested for IHHNV via this method need not be sacrificed and are thus still available for use as brood stock.     

Virulence Variation of White Spot Syndrome Virus in Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Abstract

The virulence of seven geographic isolates of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV; genus Whispovirus; China (strain CH1995), Nicaragua (strain N2000), Honduras (strain H2000), Ecuador (strains E-L1999 and E-LT2002), and Mexico (strains M-M2001 and M-LP2001)) was compared using a series of challenge experiments, each lasting 10 d. For each isolate, four quantified dilutions (10^?6, 10^?7, 10^?8, and 10^?9) of a viral inoculum were prepared from WSSV-infected shrimp tissue. Each viral inoculum was injected into 10 specific pathogen-free juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (0.25–1.50 g); controls received injections of marine crustacean physiological saline (3.2%). The minimum dose of viral inoculum that killed 50% of injected shrimp (LD50) was calculated for dilution, tissue concentration, and viral DNA amount. The CH1995 and M-M2001 isolates were the least virulent, with LD50 values of 10^?6 to 10^?7 of viral inoculum. The isolates could be grouped into three virulence clusters (CH1995 and M-M2001; N2000 and E-LT2002; and H2000, E-L1999, and M-LP2001). Virulence clusters were not altered by LD50 values based on viral DNA concentration, although a slight shifting of order in regards to virulence was seen among the three most virulent isolates (E-L1999, H2000, and M-LP2001). Overall, results indicate that there is a measurable virulence difference among WSSV isolates, which may correspond to geographical region.     

Experimental Infection of Brook Trout with Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus Types 1 and 2

Abstract

Fry of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis became infected and diseased after immersion exposure to infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), but a long-lasting IHNV carrier state was not induced. Duplicate groups of 100 fish were immersed for 6 h in baths containing a type 1 (Round Butte, RB) or a type 2 (Rangen, RA) IHNV isolate at a high or low dose. Brook trout mortalities induced by immersion in a bath of the RB or RA IHNV isolate at 10² plaque-forming units (pfu) per milliliter were equivalent (1 and 0%), but fish were more susceptible to infection with RA IHNV. Only the single dead fish in the RB group was infected, but 24% of the RAexposed fish were infected 1 week after exposure. At a dose of 10⁶ pfu/mL, exposure to RB IHNV resulted in a higher mortality (35%) and prevalence of infection (89% of live fish sampled at 1 week postexposure), but no infectious virus was detectable by 5 weeks after exposure. In contrast, RA IHNV exposure at a dose of 10⁴ pfu/mL resulted in only 5% mortality, and live fish killed at 1 week postexposure had a 22% prevalence of infection, but infectious virus was not detectable by week 3. Although brook trout have been previously considered to be resistant to IHNV, this study has shown that brook trout become diseased and die after exposure to a high dose of one type I IHNV isolate and can be infected after immersion exposure to even a low dose of type 1 or type 2 IHNV.     

White Spot Syndrome Virus Infection of Cultured Shrimp in China

Abstract

In 1993 and 1994, an epizootic of disease (white spot) occurred among cultured shrimp in China, resulting in mass mortality. During the periods of outbreak epizootiological surveys were undertaken. Based on these surveys it is known that the disease occurred among populations of cultured Penaeus chinensis, P. japonicus, and P. monodon, infecting shrimp from 2.4 cm to adult. The disease presumably spread among farms as a result of transport of contaminated shrimp seedlings and seawater. Water temperatures exceeding 25°C caused the disease to spread more rapidly. Challenge experiments showed the causative agent was highly virulent. Both naturally and experimentally infected shrimp exhibited white spots on the carapace. Moribund shrimp contained turbid hemolymph, hypertrophied lymphoid organ, and a necrotic hepatopancreas. By electron microscopy, viral particles were observed in gills, stomach, lymphoid organ, and hypodermal tissue of infected shrimp. The virions were slightly ovoid with an envelope and averaged 350 × 150 nm and nucleocapsids measured 325 × 120 nm in size. By use of negative stains, complete virions were 375 × 157 nm and unenveloped nucleocapsids averaged 395 × 83 nm.     

Early Kinetics of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) Infection in Rainbow Trout

Abstract

A series of experiments was carried out with infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV; 193-110 isolate) in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (weight, ～1.2 g) to determine the duration of the patent period and the timing of onset of the infectious periods. We first attempted to transmit IHNV to recipient fish from infected rainbow trout 2–3 d after they had been exposed. No infection transfer occurred despite high titers (10^4.79 to 10^4.91 plaque-forming units 5–8 d postexposure (dpe). To determine the number of secondary cases produced by one infectious individual, we exposed approximately 50 rainbow trout (weight, ～1.5 g) in each of seven replicate tanks to a donor fish that had been infected with virus by bath exposure 3 d earlier. The prevalence of infection in recipient fish rose from 0.84% at 2 dpe to 7.9% at 6 dpe. Maximum incidence (22 cases) occurred between 2 and 4 dpe. No disease-specific mortalities occurred in recipient fish during the experiment. The titer of virus in both recipient and donor fish increased from 2 to 4 dpe. There was a positive correlation between the level of infection among donors and prevalence values among recipient fish (r ² = 0.60). The level of challenge by one infectious fish under the conditions provided was enough for infection transfer from sick cohabitant to susceptible fish but was not enough for initiation of a full-scale epizootic among recipients.     

In Vitro Infection of Salmonid Epidermal Tissues by Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus and Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus

Abstract

The ability of two rhabdoviruses, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) and viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), to infect fish skin was investigated by in vitro infection of excised tissues. Virus replication was determined by plaque assay of homogenized tissue extracts, and the virus antigen was detected by immunohistology of tissue sections. Gill, fin, and ventral abdominal skin tissues of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss that had been infected in vitro with a virulent strain of IHNV (193–110) produced substantial increases in virus titer within 24 h. Titers continued to increase up until day 3 of incubation; by this time, virus had increased 1,000-fold or more. This increase in IHNV titer occurred in epidermal tissues of fingerlings and of older fish. In another experiment, IHNV replicated in excised rainbow trout tissues whether the fish had been subject to prior infection with a virulent strain of IHNV (Western Regional Aquaculture Consortium isolate) or whether the fish had been infected previously with an attenuated strain of the virus (Nan Scott Lake, with 100 passes in culture). A virulent strain of VHSV (23/75) replicated effectively in excised gill tissues and epidermal tissues of rainbow trout and chinook salmon O. tshawytscha; however, the avirulent North American strain of VHSV (Makah) replicated poorly or not at all.     

Multiplication of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in Rainbow Trout following Immersion Infection: Whole-Body Assay and Immunohistochemistry

Abstract

The sites of replication of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in infected tissues were detected in fingerling rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss by in situ histologic techniques following immersion infection. Virus antigens in tissues were detected by a neutralizing mouse monoclonal antibody and a one-step anti-mouse biotin-streptavidin conjugated to horseradish peroxidase. The efficiency of infection and virulence of the virus determined by mortality rates showed high virulence of the selected IHNV isolates, and viral replication in individual fish showed that virus content of the fish increased rapidly from the second day to the seventh day postinfection. The earliest viral lesions following infection were detected in the epidermis of the pectoral fins, opercula, and ventral surface of the body. Virus lesions became evident in kidneys on the third day. By the fifth day, when there was a significant increase in virus titer, foci of viral replication were detected in gill tissue and in the anterior internal tissues below the epidermis. Subsequently, extensive virus replication and tissue destruction were observed in the spleen, dorsal adipose tissues, ventricle, and pseudobranch. Replication in the liver, the muscularis layers of the digestive tract, and the general body musculature followed later. These infection experiments indicated that the epidermis and gills of fish constitute important sites of early IHNV replication.     

Multiplication of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in Rainbow Trout following Immersion Infection: Organ Assay and Electron Microscopy

Abstract

Sequential spread of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) to tissues of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss was examined following immersion infection with two different isolates of IHNV, a pathogenic strain and a nonpathogenic strain from rainbow trout. Virus strain 193–110 was highly pathogenic to 1-month-old rainbow trout and caused 100% mortality within 13 d, whereas strain RB-76 was much less virulent, causing 50% mortality by the 19th day. Virus titers of 1-month-old fingerling fish dying soon after infection were significantly higher than titers of those dying later. Assays of dissected tissues showed that gills of infected 2-month-old fingerlings contained virus as early as 16 and 20 h postinfection, with definite replication occurring at 48 h. The early presence of the virus in the gills followed shortly by appearance of the virus in the kidneys and spleen indicated that the virus spreads rapidly to the target organs. Virus was detected in many other organs at lower levels on the third day and increased to higher levels during the following days. Heart tissue had high titers later in the infection. When 4-month-old rainbow trout were infected with strain 193–110, the mortality was reduced and delayed, whereas those infected with strain RB-76 produced no mortality. Assays on the day of death of these older fingerlings infected with strain 193–110 revealed that fish dying soon after infection also had higher titers than those dying later. Electron microscopic examination offish organs showed the presence of typical IHNV particles budding off from various tissue cells of affected organs, including gill tissue. The destructive effect of the virus was particularly noticeable in the disarrangement of heart muscle organelles.