Antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease virus infection associated (VIA) antigen: use of a bioengineered VIA protein as antigen in an ELISA

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus infection associated (VIA) antigen (viral RNA polymerase) in cattle sera, was developed using a bioengineered VIA (BioVIA) protein antigen. Compared with the classical immunodiffusion test, with viral RNA polymerase purified from infected cell cultures as antigen, this ELISA was more sensitive. However, depending on the cattle population examined, sera with antibodies to viral RNA polymerase, probably due to infection with other picornaviruses, were detected. Despite these observations, the ELISA using BioVIA provided a rapid answer as to whether or not FMD virus circulated in a given herd of cattle. The main advantage of this ELISA is its absolute safety, since in no step of the antigen production was infectious or uninfectious FMD virus involved. The test can therefore be performed under normal laboratory conditions and no isolation units are needed as they are for the immunodiffusion test.     

Detection of foot-and-mouth disease antigen in bovine epithelial samples: comparison of sites of sample collection by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and complement fixation test

Serially collected epithelial samples from lesions in the mouth and on the feet of calves experimentally infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) type O1 BFS 1860 were assayed for the presence of FMD viral antigen using a double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a complement fixation (CF) test. The amount of infectious virus in each sample was also determined. FMD viral antigen was detected by ELISA in 70 per cent of the mouth samples and 92 per cent of samples from the feet. The CF test was less sensitive; it detected antigen in 44 per cent of mouth and 85 per cent of foot samples. In mouth samples the amount of antigen decreased rapidly becoming undetectable by the fourth day of sampling whereas in foot samples the quantity of antigen declined more slowly, and could be detected until the seventh day of sampling. Therefore it was concluded that the age of lesion and the site from which epithelial samples are collected are both important determinants in the laboratory diagnosis of FMD. In cattle, foot lesions are more likely than mouth lesions to yield antigen and to remain positive for a longer period.     

Indirect immunofluorescence and immunodiffusion tests in the detection of antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease virus

The antibody response detected by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) as well as that directed against 140 S and virus infection associated antigen (VIA), as detected by agar immunodiffusion, was studied in three mammal species susceptible to Foot and Mouth Disease Virus, after challenge with living virus, immunization and hyperimmunization with inactivated virus, and immunization followed by challenge. By spot indirect immunofluorescence, antibodies were detected only in animals undergoing an active infection, and were not detected in immunized or hyperimmunized animals. This behaviour was similar to that of the anti-VIA antibodies in the same groups of animals and differed from that of anti-140 S antibodies. It appeared that spot indirect immunofluorescence for the detection of VIA antigen is comparable to the immunodiffusion test, but the speed of IIF and the possibility of handling many samples make it more practical.     

Evaluation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) test for the detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) antibody in pigs from conventional farms

To evaluate the immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) antibody, conventional pigs in PRRSV-positive and -negative commercial farms were examined. Antibody development patterns in ELISA and IFA tests were compared in 3 week old piglets experimentally infected with the PRRSV. The virus was detected from 2 days post infection (PI) and then the antibody titers and S/P ratios rose by both methods. A total of 208 serum samples were collected from 4 PRRSV-negative farms and 210 samples from PRRSV-positive farms, and were tested for the PRRSV antibody by IFA and ELISA. The titer of 64 should be set as the cut-off point in IFA for field sera. Similarly, the cut-off S/P ratio should be set at 0.4 in ELISA. A high degree of correlation was observed between antibody titers by the two methods in these 418 samples, with a correlation coefficient of 0.84. The coincidence rate between the two tests was 84.7% (354/418). In non-coincident cases, ELISA was able to detect the antibody with a low titer in the serum samples which were negative in IFA but from PRRSV positive farms. ELISA was more sensitive than IFA to detect PRRSV infected animals or farms.     

口蹄疫诊断技术研究进展

口蹄疫的有效控制关键在于早期检测 ,然而有很多疾病症状与口蹄疫相似 ,仅靠临床症状难以确诊 ,因此必须进行实验室诊断。实验室诊断包括病毒学诊断和血清学诊断。病毒学诊断方法有病毒分离、补体结合试验、酶联免疫吸附试验 ( EL ISA)、RT-PCR以及乳胶凝集试验 ( L AT)。 RT-PCR有待进一步完善 ,而用于野外检测的现场诊断方法已取得可喜进展。血清学诊断包括中和试验和 EL ISA,中和试验已经被 EL ISA方法取代 ,并且通过检测非结构蛋白的抗体可以区分感染动物和免疫动物。更加快速、敏感、可靠以及用于检测潜伏感染的诊断技术将是今后研究的热点。     

A possible role of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris hydrochoeris) in foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) endemicity

The susceptibility of capybaras exposed to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus by the intramuscular route and the rodents' close coexistence with cattle in FMD endemic ecosystems suggested that the species might play an important role in the virus' survival in the field.In the present study 2 capybaras and 2 cattle were exposed by contact to a capybara inoculated intramuscularly with FMD virus. Both pairs of exposed animals were then used as a contact source with another 2 cattle and 2 capybaras, respectively. All the animals became infected prior to the appearance of clinical lesions in the respective donor animals and developed generalized FMD clinical lesions. Specific neutralizing antibodies and antibodies to virus-infection-associated antigen (VIA) were also developed.Virus was isolated from feces and from throat swabs of 1 of the capybaras up to 17, but not at 23 days post-contact. Virus was isolated from the remaining animals up to 7–14 days post-contact.The results indicate that these rodents might transmit virus over long distances due to their migratory movements, but probably do not act as natural virus reservoirs.     

Characteristics of foot and mouth disease virus in Taiwan

Since March 1997 two strains of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus have found their way into Taiwan, causing severe outbreaks in pigs and in Chinese yellow cattle. Outbreaks occurred in March 1997 were caused by a pig-adapted virus strain (O/Taiwan/97) which did not infect other species of cloven-hoofed animals by natural route. The epidemic spread over the whole region of Taiwan within two months and the aftermath was 6,147 pig farms infected and 3,850,746 pigs destroyed. In June 1999, the second strain of FMD virus (O/Taiwan/99) was isolated from the Chinese yellow cattle in the Kinmen Prefecture and in the western part of Taiwan. By the end of 1999, Chinese yellow cattle were the only species infected and those infected cattle did not develop pathological lesions. Seroconversions of serum neutralization antibody and on non-structural protein (NSP) antibodies were the best indicators for infection in non-vaccinated herds. The infected animals, however, excreted infectious levels of virus to infect new hosts. Based on the detection of the specific antibody to FMD virus, and virus isolation from oesophageal-pharyngeal (OP) fluid samples, ten herds of Chinese yellow cattle located in Kinmen and Taiwan were declared to have been infected. During the period of January to March 2000, however, five outbreaks caused by FMD virus similar to the O/Taiwan/99 virus occurred in four prefectures of Taiwan. The infected species included goats, Chinese yellow cattle and dairy cattle. Those outbreaks have caused high mortality in goat kids under two weeks old and also developed typical clinical signs of infection in dairy cattle.     

商品肉鸭鸭瘟病毒的分离与鉴定

采用鸭胚成纤维细胞培养从山东和北京两地暴发的鸭瘟临床病例中分离到两株鸭肠炎病毒（DEV），分别命名为SD和BJ。以单抗介导的间接免疫荧光（IFA）检测方法，对两个分离株感染细胞滴片进行间接IFA检测，可见感染细胞内有明显的蓝绿色荧光。试验感染7日龄北京鸭可引起鸭瘟的典型临床症状．死亡率为100％（3／3），取试验感染死亡鸭肝脏、法氏囊和脑组织等制备石蜡包埋切片，利用单抗进行免疫组化检验，除脑组织外均检测到病毒抗原。根据在GenBank上已发表的DEV两段序列设计两对引物，采用聚合酶链式反应（PCR）对野毒sD株人工感染鸭肝脏和BJ珠自然发病鸭肝脏病科提取核酸为模板进行扩增，得到预期大小为765bp和1954bp的目的片段，对长片段进行测序，与发表序列进行比较，毒株间的碱基序列同源性达到99．73％。     

Development and validation of a 3ABC indirect ELISA for differentiation of foot-and-mouth disease virus infected from vaccinated animals

Non-structural protein (NSP) 3ABC antibody is considered to be the most reliable indicator of present or past infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in vaccinated animals. An indirect ELISA was established, using purified His-tagged 3ABC fusion protein as antigen, for detection of the antibody response to FMDV NSP 3ABC in different animal species. The method was validated by simultaneous detection of the early antibody responses to NSP and structural protein (SP) in FMDV Asia 1 infected animals. The performance of the method was also validated by detection of antibody in reference sera from the FMD World Reference Laboratory (WRL) in Pirbright, UK, and comparison with two commercial NSP ELISA kits. The results showed that the antibody response to SP developed more quickly than that to NSP 3ABC in FMDV infected animals. In contact-infected cattle, the antibody response to NSP 3ABC was significantly delayed compared with that to SP antibody. The early antibody responses to SP and NSP 3ABC in FMDV inoculated cattle and contact-infected or inoculated sheep and pigs were generally consistent. In pigs, 3ABC antibody was linked to the presence of clinical signs; however, in sheep, subclinical infection was detected by the development of 3ABC antibodies. Therefore, the antibody responses to 3ABC varied between host species. Eight out of 10 positive serum samples from FMD WRL were tested to be positive at cutoff value of 0.2. The rate of agreement with the ceditest FMDV-NS and the UBI NSP ELISA were 98.05% (302/308) and 93.2% (287/308), respectively. The prevalence of 3ABC antibodies reached 71.4% in some diseased cattle herds. The further work is required to evaluation the performance of this method in different animal species and different field situations.     

Preparation of Polyclonal Antibodies against Swine Pseudorabies Virus and Study on the Immunological Activity

This study was aimed to obtain polyclonal antibody against swine pseudorabies virus (PRV) Min A strain,and provide a theoretical basis for the study of the treatment and detection of PRV.This study was performed on PK-15 cell and proliferation of PRV was measured as TCID₅₀ 10^-7.372,the protein concentration of PRV was measured as 3.6 mg/mL.Choosing five healthy male rabbits (2.5 kg±0.2 kg) as experimental animals and using PRV obtained as the antigen,we got polyclonal antibody against PRV.Antiserum titer was 1:32 000,antigen coating dilution was 1:40,the best coating conditions was 4 ℃ 12 h,the best blocking time was 1 h,the best working dilution of enzyme labled antibody was 1:8 000,the result of cell lesions neutralization test showed that PRV antiserum prepared in this assay at 1:16 dilution could protect 50% of PK-15 cells from being infected by PRV,and negative serum couldn't protect PK-15 cells from being infected by PRV.The study successfully prepared polyclonal antibodies against PRV.     

猪伪狂犬病病毒多克隆抗体的制备及免疫学活性研究

本研究旨在获得抗猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)闽A株的多克隆抗体,为PRV的治疗与检测提供理论基础.本研究在PK-15细胞上进行PRV的增殖,测定其TCID₅₀为10^-7.372,粗提蛋白后,测定PRV蛋白浓度为3.6 mg/mL.试验选用25只健康、雄性、体重为2.5 kg±0.2 kg的新西兰大白兔为试验动物,用获得的PRV为抗原免疫后,获得抗PRV多克隆抗体.测定其抗血清效价为1:32 000,抗原包被稀释度为1:40,最佳包被条件为4 ℃ 12 h,最佳封闭时间为1 h,酶标二抗最佳工作稀释度为1:8 000.细胞病变中和试验结果表明,本研究制备的PRV抗血清在1:16的稀释情况下能保护50%的PK-15细胞免受PRV的攻击,而阴性血清不能保护PK-15细胞免受PRV的感染.结果表明本研究成功制备了PRV多克隆抗体.     

Virological, clinical and serological responses of sheep infected with tissue culture adapted bluetongue virus serotypes 10, 11, 13 and 17

Sheep were experimentally infected with cloned strains of tissue culture adapted bluetongue virus (BTV) serotypes 10, 11, 13 and 17. All the infected animals developed viremia by Day 2 or 3 post-inoculation (P.I.) and reached maximum viremia on Day 7 P.I. The viremia lasted for 2 to 3 weeks. Animals infected with the different serotypes showed mild clinical bluetongue (BT) responses, characterized by pyrexia and leukopenia, which coincided with the peak of viremia. Antibodies appeared by Day 10 P.I. and reached maximum by Day 28 P.I. There was a temporal relationship between the increase in neutralizing antibody titer, the drop in titer and clearance of virus from the peripheral circulation. Recovery from primary infection protected the animals against secondary challenge with homologous virus.     

Dot immunobinding assay for detection of bovine herpesvirus 4 antibodies in rabbits.

A dot immunobinding assay (DIA) was used for the detection of antibody against bovine herpesvirus 4 (BHV-4) in experimentally infected specific-pathogen-free male and female rabbits. A semipurified virus preparation was used as the antigen, and protein A/G-horseradish-peroxidase conjugate and diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride were used as the detection system. Results of the DIA procedure on serum samples of experimentally infected male and female rabbits were compared with those of a complement-dependent virus neutralization (VN) test. None of the tested sera (0/60 samples) from either male or female rabbits were positive by the complement-dependent VN test. Results of the DIA procedure for the same tested sera were positive in 35 of 60 samples (58%) from BHV-4 infected rabbits, indicating higher sensitivity of DIA procedure as compared with the complement-dependent VN test.     

口蹄疫疫苗效检模型动物测毒及口蹄疫种毒冻干试验

应用豚鼠作为口蹄疫疫苗效检模型动物检测口蹄疫病毒对模型动物的病原性.用体重400 g左右的豚鼠,将猪O型口蹄疫灭活疫苗效检攻毒毒株ORMF8经后肢蹠部皮内注射途径进行测毒.测毒结果表明,口蹄疫病毒可引起豚鼠出现典型发病,并产生明显病变,ORMF8种毒对豚鼠的毒价可达105.5ID50/0.2 mL.将乳鼠中和试验用种毒OMⅡ按一定比例加入5%蔗糖脱脂牛奶稳定剂进行冷冻真空干燥试验,3次冻干试验结果表明,种毒冻干后病毒含量有一定程度的下降,但下降程度不显著.     

A single dilution enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative detection of antibodies to bovine herpesvirus type 1

Three serological assays were compared for detection of antibodies to bovine herpes-virus type 1. These were virus neutralization (VN), enhanced complement fixation (CF) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The ELISA was developed using an infected cell lysate antigen and purified virus and was optimized in relation to antigen and antisera dilutions. The CF assay was enhanced by the addition of bovine complement. These 3 assays were compared for detection of: specific virus antibody titers; sero-conversions; early antibody response in experimentally-infected cattle. Both ELISA end-point titers and single dilution values were found to be more sensitive than the CF or VN assays for specific antibody level quantitation. With a single dilution ELISA test procedure a correlation was obtained between ELISA values and VN titers. Using the single dilution ELISA test the assay also detected antibodies in experimentally-infected cattle before either the VN or CF assays, and agreed with the VN test in 35/38 seroconversions found by 4-fold or more VN changes between acute and convalescent paired sera from naturally-infected animals. The single dilution ELISA was a rapid and sensitive test for routine antibody detection in bovine sera.     

Complement-Fixing And Neutralizing Antibody Response To Bovine Viral Diarrhea And Hog Cholera Antigens

In calves inoculated with bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) viruses and soluble antigen, the complement-fixing (CF) antibodies appeared before serum-neutralizing (SN) antibodies and remained at high levels throughout the test period. A rapid rise in SN antibodies occurred after challenge with homologous virus with no apparent effect on CF antibody levels.

The CF antibody responses in calves infected with cytopathogenic NADL-MD and noncytopathogenic CG-1220 viruses were similar whereas SN antibody responses indicated strain specificity by reciprocal cross-neutralization tests.

The CF antibody levels in 5 hog cholera (HC) antisera were assayed using the soluble antigen of NADL-MD BVD virus. No demonstrable SN antibodies were present in four HC antisera tested against NADL-MD virus, but a significant titer was present in the commercially prepared antiserum.

Virus was reisolated from animals infected with BVD viruses by buffy coat culture technique during 3 weeks postinoculation, even when significant levels of CF and SN antibodies were present.

     

抗猪传染性胃肠炎病毒与猪流行性腹泻病毒卵黄抗体制备及其临床应用研究

本研究旨在制备猪传染性胃肠炎病毒和猪流行性腹泻病毒高免卵黄抗体,研究其治疗效果。以猪传染性胃肠炎和猪流行性腹泻二联灭活苗免疫产蛋鸡,琼脂扩散方法检测抗体效价达到1∶64时,收集卵黄,采用氯仿抽提和硫酸铵盐析法纯化卵黄抗体,进行微生物学检测、安全性试验,通过人工感染治疗试验和临床应用,观察其治疗效果。结果人工感染治愈率为100%,临床应用治愈率为88.0%,表明制备的卵黄抗体对猪传染性胃肠炎和流行性腹泻具有显著的治疗效果。     

Indirect fluorescent antibody test for the detection of antibodies to Echinococcus granulosus in experimentally infected pups

Adult parasites of Echinococcus granulosus of buffalo origin were used as antigen in the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFA) for detection of antibodies to E. granulosus in experimentally infected pups. The technique permitted detection of antibodies on Day 5 post-infection (p.i.) and up to Day 80 p.i. in infected animals. The antigen-antibody reaction was characterized by the appearance of a specific brilliant greenish yellow fluorescence on the embryophore of mature eggs present within and outside the gravid segment of the cestode. A maximum antibody titre of 1:320 at Day 50 p.i. was observed in the infected pups, coinciding with maturation of adult worms in the intestine of the host.     

Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in cattle.

Serum IgG response of cattle with cysticercosis caused by Taenia saginata was studied in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) where a T. saginata metacestode surface extract was used as antigen. In experimentally infected calves, a sharp rise in specific antibody levels was found 3-4 weeks after the infection followed by a logical level of detection corresponded to about 25 cysts. The ELISA was employed in cattle herds where cysticercosis outbreaks had occurred and also in supposedly uninfected herds. Significantly increased antibody levels were found in the herds with massive cysticercosis cases. The test was not adapted for individual diagnosis as some animals of the uninfected herds, especially within the older age groups, had elevated antibody values. The ELISA was, however, useful in the investigation of outbreaks to determine the extent and pattern of the infection in the herd. The rate of decline in antibody levels in these herds was studied by follow up sampling. The increased antibody levels in the infected herds were also reflected in colostrum-fed calves. This observation was employed to estimate the time of infection.