鹿流行性出血病病毒高通量液相芯片检测方法的建立

为建立可检测鹿流行性出血病病毒(EHDV)的液相芯片快速检测技术,用DNAStar软件对GenBank中EHDV的VP7基因进行序列分析,设计EHDV特异性探针并用生物素标记,与荧光编码微球偶联后与病毒VP7基因的PCR产物杂交反应,用液相芯片检测仪(Liquichip200)检测荧光信号建立了EHDV快速高通量液相芯片检测方法。检测结果显示,该法具有较好的特异性,不与其他虫媒病病毒反应;检测灵敏度为100个TCID50。建立了快速检测EHDV的液相芯片技术,为进一步搭建EHDV快速高通量检测平台奠定了基础。     

4种重要虫媒病的核酸液相芯片高通量检测方法的建立

为建立可检测鹿流行性出血热病毒(EHDV)、阿卡斑病毒(AKV)、蓝舌病病毒(BTV)和水泡性口炎病毒(VSV)的液相芯片快速检测技术,用DNAStar软件对GenBank中BTV的VP7基因、EHDV的VP7基因、AKV的N基因和VSV的NP基因序列进行序列分析,设计针对这些基因的特异性探针并标记生物素,分别与不同编号的荧光编码微球偶联后再与这些病毒相应基因的PCR产物杂交反应,用液相芯片检测仪(Liquichip 200)检测荧光信号建立了以上4种虫媒病的快速液相芯片检测方法。检测结果显示,该方法具有较好的特异性,偶联特异性探针的微球只与相应的病毒基因的PCR产物反应,而不与其他虫媒病病毒反应;检测灵敏度达到50~100个TCID50。本研究建立了可以同时检测鹿流行性出血热病毒、阿卡斑病毒、蓝舌病病毒和水泡性口炎病毒的快速高通量液相芯片技术,为其他类似病毒的快速高通量检测提供了借鉴和经验。     

单一引物标记LUX荧光RT-PCR鉴别BTV和EHDV

采用在线LUXTM专业软件,根据BTV-NS3基因序列和EHDV-NS3基因序列,通过特异性单一引物序列3′末端的荧光标记,分别设计出两对BTV和EHDV的LUX荧光PCR引物,并采用BLAST软件对各引物进行匹配性和特异性分析,根据分析结果选择合适的引物合成。经过各反应条件的优化和特异性、敏感性试验,并对BTV、EHDV、VSV、PPRV、BVDV、AKV的BHK-21细胞培养物和临床样品检测,与常规RT-PCR进行对比检测,建立了能同时鉴别检测BTV和EHDV的二重LUXTM荧光PCR方法。该二重LUXTM荧光PCR的BTV和EHDV各自引物只对相应的病毒呈阳性反应,两者没有交叉反应现象,对健康牛、羊和猪基因组DNA、BKH-21细胞对照,以及其他几种相似疾病如VSV、PPRV、BVDV、AKV均呈阴性反应。该法对病毒的细胞培养液鉴别检测敏感性可达1TCID50C以上,比常规RT-PCR敏感性提高10倍以上,从样品核酸纯化到完成二重LUXTM荧光PCR反应和熔解曲线分析,仅需3h,在进出口动物检验检疫中快速鉴别BTV和EHDV具有实际应用价值。     

鹿流行性出血病病毒双抗夹心ELISA方法的建立

为建立鹿流行性出血病病毒(EHDV)病原学检测方法,用纯化的抗EHDV特异性单克隆抗体包被ELISA板,用兔抗EHDV IgG作为夹心抗体,IgG作为夹心抗体建立EHDV双抗夹心ELISA方法,并对该方法的特异性和敏感性进行了试验.用ELISA分别检测EHDV、蓝舌病病毒(BTV)、水疱性口炎病毒(VSV)、赤羽病病毒...     

Comparison of the epidemiology of epizootic haemorrhagic disease and bluetongue viruses in dairy cattle in Israel

An outbreak of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) in cattle in Israel in 2006 enabled a comparison of the spatial distribution of epidemic exposure to EHDV with that of exposure to bluetongue virus (BTV), which is endemic in the country. The seroprevalence of both viruses was examined in 1650 serum samples collected from 139 farms representative of the spatial distribution of dairy cattle in Israel. A significant association between exposure to EHDV and BTV was demonstrated in both univariate and multivariate analyses. Recent exposure to BTV and EHDV (demonstrated by seroprevalence in calves) was clustered in different geographical locations, indicating that the two viruses had different patterns of spread, that of EHDV being influenced by winds and terrain barriers and that of BTV by herd immunity.     

Re-emergence of bluetongue, African horse sickness, and other Orbivirus diseases

Arthropod-transmitted viruses (Arboviruses) are important causes of disease in humans and animals, and it is proposed that climate change will increase the distribution and severity of arboviral diseases. Orbiviruses are the cause of important and apparently emerging arboviral diseases of livestock, including bluetongue virus (BTV), African horse sickness virus (AHSV), equine encephalosis virus (EEV), and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) that are all transmitted by haematophagous Culicoides insects. Recent changes in the global distribution and nature of BTV infection have been especially dramatic, with spread of multiple serotypes of the virus throughout extensive portions of Europe and invasion of the south-eastern USA with previously exotic virus serotypes. Although climate change has been incriminated in the emergence of BTV infection of ungulates, the precise role of anthropogenic factors and the like is less certain. Similarly, although there have been somewhat less dramatic recent alterations in the distribution of EHDV, AHSV, and EEV, it is not yet clear what the future holds in terms of these diseases, nor of other potentially important but poorly characterized Orbiviruses such as Peruvian horse sickness virus.     

环状病毒的流行与传播

环状病毒是牲畜常见的重要病原体,主要包括有蓝舌病病毒、非洲马瘟病毒、马器质性脑病病毒和流行性出血热病毒等。这些病毒能够通过吸血性的库蠓传播。本文主要介绍了这几种病毒在世界各地的流行与传播情况。     

Bluetongue and related viruses in Nigeria: Experimental infection of West African dwarf sheep with Nigeria strains of the viruses of epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer and bluetongue

West African dwarf sheep were inoculated by the subcutaneous route with epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer (EHD) virus or bluetongue (BT) virus. No clinical disease was observed following primary EHD or BT infection, or subsequent challenge with either homologous or heterologous virus. However, viraemia was detected in non-immune sheep exposed to BT virus, but not in BT- or EHD-immune sheep challenged with either virus, or in non-immune sheep exposed to primary EHD virus infection. Complement fixing antibodies developed against both EHD and BT viruses following the primary infection with either virus, or subsequent challenge with homologous or heterologous virus. Following a primary infection, virus-neutralising (VN) antibodies developed only against the inoculated virus, while the detection of VN antibodied to both viruses followed the challenge of an EHD- or BT-immuned sheep with either the homologous or heterologous virus. These findings further support previous reports of a relationship between EHD and BT viruses. between EHD and BT viruses.     

Serologic responses of calves to sequential infections with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotypes

Six calves were inoculated with 1 of 2 North American serotypes of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and then inoculated with the second serotype 16 weeks later. One calf did not develop an immune response to EHDV after primary inoculation and was removed from the study. Viremia after primary inoculation was transient. Although each infected calf developed a high serum neutralizing antibody titer to EHDV, at no time after inoculation with one or both viruses was antibody detected that neutralized any US serotypes of bluetongue virus. After exposure to both serotypes of EHDV, 4 of 5 calves developed antibodies that cross-reacted with group-specific bluetongue virus antigens.     

Arboviruses recovered from sentinel cattle using several virus isolation methods

A group of 20 sentinel steers was bled weekly for 5 months in 1986 and the blood samples were examined for arboviruses by inoculation firstly into embryonated chicken eggs (ECE), baby mice, Aedes albopictus cells and BHK21 monolayers. A second group of cattle was similarly examined for virus in 1987, except that baby mice were not used. Viruses were recovered from 26% of the 878 weekly bleeds. The viruses identified consisted of 14 types belonging to the bluetongue, epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD), Palyam and Simbu groups with a single isolation of bovine ephemeral fever virus. The ECE system was found to be the best for isolating bluetongue and Simbu viruses, though the eggs were not usually killed by the inoculum. The ECE and A. albopictus systems were equally sensitive for recovering EHD viruses, while Palyam group viruses were most efficiently isolated in BHK21 monolayers.     

Bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus isolation from vertebrate and invertebrate hosts at a common geographic site

One serotype of bluetongue virus (BTV) and two serotypes of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) were isolated from vertebrate and invertebrate hosts on a farm in Colorado. The isolations were from blood samples collected a week apart from a dairy heifer with stomatitis and laminitis; EHDV serotypes 1 and 2 were isolated from the first blood sample, and BTV serotype 13 and EHDV serotype 1 were isolated from the second. Antibodies to EHDV and BTV were detected in the serum from this heifer. Both EHDV serotypes and BTV serotype 13 were isolated from pools of female biting gnats (Culicoides variipennis) that had not had a recent blood meal. The BTV insect isolate was biologically transmitted by female gnats from an infected donor sheep to a recipient host sheep. Culicoides variipennis was the predominant insect collected during three nights of light trap captures at the farm.     

A monoclonal antibody blocking ELISA detects antibodies specific for epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus.

The isolation of a monoclonal antibody (1G9/C9) with specificity for the epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) serogroup has enabled the development of a highly sensitive and specific blocking ELISA (B-ELISA) for the detection of serum antibodies to EHD viruses. The assay was sensitive to blocking antibodies present in hyperimmune reference antisera to all six EHD serotypes tested but was unaffected by reference antisera to 19 South African and eight Australian serotypes of the related orbivirus bluetongue virus (BTV). The sensitivity of the EHD B-ELISA exceeded that of an indirect ELISA (I-ELISA) for EHD-specific antibody detection. Serum antibody titres to BTV and EHD in experimental and field sera, including a sentinel herd from which virus isolations were made, were examined in both the BTV and EHD B-ELISA tests. These results showed the B-ELISA was only sensitive to antibodies specific for the homologous serogroup in each case, even where sequential and mixed infections with each virus type occurred.     

A serological survey of ruminant livestock in Kazakhstan during post-Soviet transitions in farming and disease control

The results of a serological survey of livestock in Kazakhstan, carried out in 1997--1998, are reported. Serum samples from 958 animals (cattle, sheep and goats) were tested for antibodies to foot and mouth disease (FMD), bluetongue (BT), epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD), rinderpest (RP) and peste des petits ruminants (PPR) viruses, and to Brucella spp. We also investigated the vaccination status of livestock and related this to changes in veterinary provision since independence in 1991. For the 2 diseases under official surveillance (FMD and brucellosis) our results were similar to official data, although we found significantly higher brucellosis levels in 2 districts and widespread ignorance about FMD vaccination status. The seroprevalence for BT virus was 23%, and seropositive animals were widespread suggesting endemicity, despite the disease not having being previously reported. We found a few seropositives for EHDV and PPRV, which may suggest that these diseases are also present in Kazakhstan. An hierarchical model showed that seroprevalence to FMD and BT viruses were clustered at the farm/village level, rather than at a larger spatial scale. This was unexpected for FMD, which is subject to vaccination policies which vary at the raion (county) level.     

Survey for antibodies to viruses of bovine virus diarrhea, bluetongue, and epizootic hemorrhagic disease in hunter-killed mule deer in New Mexico

Sera from male mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) collected in November 1977 in Otero County, New Mexico were tested fro antibodies to bovine virus diarrhea virus (BVDV), bluetongue virus (BTV), and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). Neutralizing antibodies were detected in 26 of 76 (34%) sera tested for BVDV (titer greater than or equal to 1:16). Of 46 sera tested for antibodies to BTV and EHDV, 10 (22%) and 3 (7%), respectively, were positive. Three (7%) of 46 sera were suspect (titer < 1:20) for BTV, and 18 (38%) sera were suspect (titer < 1:20) for EHDV.     

Antigenic relationship of Ibaraki,bluetongue, and epizootic Hemorrhagic disease viruses

Ibaraki virus, which causes a bluetongue-like disease of cattle in Japan, was compared antigenically with the four serotypes of bluetongue virus (BTV) found in the U.S. and with the two serotypes of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). No antigenic relationship was found between Ibaraki virus and BTV serotypes 10, 11, 13, and 17 in tests for group or serotype-specific antigens. However, Ibaraki virus and EHDV were related antigenically. The agar gel precipitin and indirect fluorescent antibody tests for group antigens showed two-way cross relationships between Ibaraki virus and EHDV serotypes 1 and 2. The more restrictive serotype-specific neutralization test revealed that antigenic relatedness was stronger between Ibaraki virus and the serotype 2 (Alberta strain) of EHDV than between Ibaraki virus and the serotype 1 (New Jersey strain) of EHDV.     

鹿流行性出血病病毒VP7基因的克隆及原核表达

根据已经扩增的鹿流行性出血病病毒(EHDV)VP7基因序列,设计一对扩增VP7基因特异性引物,用RT-PCR从血清I型EHDV(EHDV-1)总RNA中扩增VP7基因,并将其克隆到原核表达载体pBAD/Thio中,构建了重组原核表达质粒pBAD/Thio-EHDV VP7。将表达载体转入大肠埃希菌(E.coliLMG194),用L-阿拉伯糖诱导表达。SDS-PAGE和Western blot试验结果表明,EHDV VP7基因在LMG194中得到了表达,其表达产物可以与EHDV阳性血清特异性反应,说明该融和蛋白具有免疫学活性。     

流行性出血病病毒VP7蛋白原核表达及其多克隆抗体的制备

研究旨在表达流行性出血病病毒（EHDV） VP7蛋白并制备其多克隆抗体，为EHDV检测方法的建立提供材料。试验通过大肠杆菌进行VP7重组蛋白的诱导表达，通过镍离子亲和层析与透析进行重组蛋白的纯化与复性并免疫家兔制备多克隆抗体，通过间接ELISA、Western blotting与间接免疫荧光试验（IFA）分析多克隆抗体的效价与反应原性。结果显示，在37℃与IPTG （0.1 mmol/L）的诱导下，VP7重组蛋白（分子质量46 ku）以包涵体形式高效表达，纯化与复性处理后的重组蛋白纯度达94.52%，可与不同血清型的EHDV阳性血清特异性结合。制备的兔抗VP7蛋白多克隆抗体效价达1∶24 000；以制备的多克隆抗体为一抗，通过IFA与Western blotting检测到EHDV感染细胞中VP7蛋白的表达。本研究在大肠杆菌中实现了EHDV VP7蛋白的高效表达，制备的兔抗VP7蛋白多克隆抗体具有良好的反应原性与特异性，为EHDV诊断抗原的制备与血清学检测方法的建立提供了试验材料。     

Simultaneous screening of bovine sera for antibodies to bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer viruses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (I-ELISA) is described for simultaneous screening of bovine sera for detection of antibodies to bluetongue (BT) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer (EHD) viruses (V). Optimal dilutions of BTV and EHDV antigens were combined and allowed to absorb on to the wells of microtiter plates. Appropriately diluted (1:100) bovine sera were allowed to incubate and the bound antibodies were detected by a murine monoclonal antibody (MAb) to bovine immunoglobulin (H-Chain) conjugated with horseradish peroxidase. The performance of the combined (C) I-ELISA in detecting antibodies to BTV and EHDV in sequential serum samples from calves experimentally inoculated with BTV, serotype 10, EHDV, serotype 1 (New Jersey) or EHDV serotype 2 (Alberta) was evaluated. Comparable antibody profiles were demonstrable by the CI-ELISA and separate I-ELISAs using either BTV or EHDV antigens. The results suggest that the CI-ELISA offers many advantages over the standard agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test and has potential application as a rapid, sensitive, inter-group-specific and inexpensive test for simultaneous screening of bovine sera for antibodies to BTV and/or EHDV.     

A multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection and differentiation of North American serotypes of bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses

In the present study, a multiplex RT-PCR-based assay for simultaneous detection and differentiation of North American serotypes of bluetongue (BT) virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) virus (EHDV) in cell culture and clinical samples was developed. Two pairs of primers (B1 and B4) and (E1 and E4) were designed to hybridize to non-structural protein 1 (NS1) genomes of (BTV-11) and (EHDV-1), respectively. The multiplex PCR-based assay utilized a single tube-PCR amplification in which EHDV and BTV primers were used simultaneously in a multiplex format. The BTV primers generated a 790 base pair (bp) specific PCR product from RNA samples of North American BTV serotypes 2, 10, 11, 13 and 17; whereas EHDV serotypes 1 and 2 or total nucleic acid extract from non-infected baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells failed to demonstrate the 790bp specific BTV PCR product. Likewise, the EHDV primers produced a 387bp specific PCR product from RNA samples of EHDV serotypes 1 and 2, but not from BTV serotypes 2, 10, 11, 13, 17 or from total nucleic acid extract of BHK cell controls.Two pairs of nested primers (B2 and B3) and (E2 and E3), internal to the annealing sites of primers (B1and B4) and primers (E1 and E4), produced a 520bp specific BTV and a 224bp specific EHDV PCR product from BTV and EHDV first amplification products, respectively. These nested amplifications increased the sensitivity of the PCR assay and confirmed the specificity of the first amplified EHDV or BTV PCR products. The described multiplex RT-PCR-based assay could be used to facilitate rapid detection and differentiation of North American BTV and EHDV serotypes and to provide a valuable tool to study the epidemiology of these orbivirus infections in susceptible animal populations.     

A survey of cattle for antibodies against bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer viruses in British Columbia and southwestern Alberta in 1987.

In 1987 a serological survey of cattle for antibodies (Ab) to bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) was undertaken in British Columbia and southwestern Alberta after infection with the viruses was diagnosed in wild and domestic ruminants in the Okanagan Valley. Of 4610 cattle tested, five had Ab only to BTV, 125 had antibodies only to EHDV and 16 had Ab to both viruses. The Ab were identified as specific for BTV type 11 (BT-11) or EHDV type 2 (EHDV-2). All but one of the seropositive cattle originated in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The remaining one seropositive animal which had Ab to EHDV-2 was pastured with a bull purchased from the Okanagan Valley.