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Yi L, Cheng S. A Monoclonal Antibody Against Truncated N Protein (aa 277–471) of Canine Distemper Virus. Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother 2014; 33:52-6. [DOI: 10.1089/mab.2013.0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Li Yi
- Institute of Special Wild Economic Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province, P.R. China
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- Institute of Special Wild Economic Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province, P.R. China
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Fischer CDB, Ikuta N, Canal CW, Makiejczuk A, Allgayer MDC, Cardoso CH, Lehmann FK, Fonseca ASK, Lunge VR. Detection and differentiation of field and vaccine strains of canine distemper virus using reverse transcription followed by nested real time PCR (RT-nqPCR) and RFLP analysis. J Virol Methods 2013; 194:39-45. [PMID: 23942341 PMCID: PMC7113657 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Canine distemper virus (CDV) is the cause of a severe and highly contagious disease in dogs. Practical diagnosis of canine distemper based on clinical signs and laboratory tests are required to confirm CDV infection. The present study aimed to develop a molecular assay to detect and differentiate field and vaccine CDV strains. Reverse transcription followed by nested real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-nqPCR) was developed, which exhibited analytical specificity (all the samples from healthy dogs and other canine infectious agents were not incorrectly detected) and sensitivity (all replicates of a vaccine strain were positive up to the 3125-fold dilution - 10(0.7) TCID50). RT-nqPCR was validated for CDV detection on different clinical samples (blood, urine, rectal and conjunctival swabs) of 103 animals suspected to have distemper. A total of 53 animals were found to be positive based on RT-nqPCR in at least one clinical sample. Blood resulted in more positive samples (50 out of 53, 94.3%), followed by urine (44/53, 83.0%), rectal (38/53, 71%) and conjunctival (27/53, 50.9%) swabs. A commercial immunochromatography (IC) assay had detected CDV in only 30 conjunctival samples of these positive dogs. Nucleoprotein (NC) gene sequencing of 25 samples demonstrated that 23 of them were closer to other Brazilian field strains and the remaining two to vaccine strains. A single nucleotide sequences difference, which creates an Msp I restriction enzyme digestion, was used to differentiate between field and vaccine CDV strains by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. The complete assay was more sensitive than was IC for the detection of CDV. Blood was the more frequently positive specimen and the addition of a restriction enzyme step allowed the differentiation of vaccine and Brazilian field strains.
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- Cristine Dossin Bastos Fischer
- Laboratório de Diagnóstico Molecular, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Av. Farroupilha, 8001, 92425-900, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Identification of a new genotype of canine distemper virus circulating in America. Vet Res Commun 2011; 35:381-90. [PMID: 21713437 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-011-9486-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Canine Distemper is a highly contagious viral systemic disease that affects a wide variety of terrestrial carnivores. Canine Distemper virus (CDV) appears genetically heterogeneous, markedly in the hemagglutinin protein (H), showing geographic patterns of diversification that are useful to monitor CDV molecular epidemiology. In Mexico the activity of canine distemper remains high in dogs, likely because vaccine prophylaxis coverage in canine population is under the levels required to control effectively the disease. By phylogenetic analysis based on the nucleoprotein (N) and on the H genes, Mexican CDV strains collected between 2007 and 2010 were distinguished into several genovariants, all which constituted a unique group, clearly distinct from field and vaccine strains circulating worldwide, but resembling a CDV strain, 19876, identified in Missouri, USA, 2004, that was genetically unrelated to other North-American CDV strains. Gathering information on the genetic heterogeneity of CDV on a global scale appears pivotal in order to investigate the origin and modalities of introduction of unusual/novel CDV strains, as well as to understand if vaccine breakthroughs or disease epidemics may be somewhat related to genetic/antigenic or biological differences between field and vaccine strains.
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Wang F, Yan X, Chai X, Zhang H, Zhao J, Wen Y, Wu W. Differentiation of canine distemper virus isolates in fur animals from various vaccine strains by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism according to phylogenetic relations in china. Virol J 2011; 8:85. [PMID: 21352564 PMCID: PMC3056815 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 02/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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In order to effectively identify the vaccine and field strains of Canine distemper virus (CDV), a new differential diagnostic test has been developed based on reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). We selected an 829 bp fragment of the nucleoprotein (N) gene of CDV. By RFLP analysis using BamHI, field isolates were distinguishable from the vaccine strains. Two fragments were obtained from the vaccine strains by RT-PCR-RFLP analysis while three were observed in the field strains. An 829 nucleotide region of the CDV N gene was analyzed in 19 CDV field strains isolated from minks, raccoon dogs and foxes in China between 2005 and 2007. The results suggest this method is precise, accurate and efficient. It was also determined that three different genotypes exist in CDV field strains in fur animal herds of the north of China, most of which belong to Asian type. Mutated field strains, JSY06-R1, JSY06-R2 and JDH07-F1 also exist in Northern China, but are most closely related to the standard virulent strain A75/17, designated in Arctic and America-2 genetype in the present study, respectively.
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- Fengxue Wang
- Jilin Zhongte Biotechnological Co, Ltd, Jilin 132109, People's Republic of China.
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Castilho J, Brandão P, Carnieli Jr P, Oliveira R, Macedo C, Peixoto Z, Carrieri M, Kotait I. Molecular analysis of the N gene of canine distemper virus in dogs in Brazil. ARQ BRAS MED VET ZOO 2007. [DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352007000300016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Eleven central-nervous-system samples collected from stray dogs between 2000 and 2004 were found positive by RT-PCR, which amplified a 480bp fragment of the N gene of canine distemper virus (CDV). Phylogenetic analysis based on partial N-gene sequences showed four major clusters. All dog strains segregated into cluster I, with a mean nucleotide identity of 95.8% and 95.6% with the Onderstepoort and Lederle vaccine strains, respectively. Cluster II contained all the raccoon-related strains, cluster III Orient strains and Cluster IV the Onderstepoort and Lederle vaccine strains, with a mean nucleotide identity of 99.7% between them. This is the first report of phylogenetic analysis of CDV strains in Brazil.
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Simon-Martínez J, Ulloa-Arvizu R, Soriano VE, Fajardo R. Identification of a genetic variant of canine distemper virus from clinical cases in two vaccinated dogs in Mexico. Vet J 2007; 175:423-6. [PMID: 17382567 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2006] [Revised: 01/17/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious viral pathogen of worldwide distribution that can cause lethal disease in dogs and other mammals. Genetic diversity is found among reference strains and isolates of CDV, mainly in the haemagglutinin protein (H), fusion protein (F) and nucleoprotein (N), and this may be associated with the increasing incidence of distemper in dogs. CDV was identified by RT-PCR in serum samples taken from two clinically diseased, previously vaccinated Mexican dogs. Subsequently, in both samples, a fragment of the CDV N gene was sequenced revealing a 100% identity between nucleotide sequences. However, the sequence obtained was different to that found in virus strains used in vaccines and in isolates reported elsewhere, but was closely related to A75/17, 1127/Gi95, and 2495/Gi95 sequences from USA and Germany, and clustered with 1127/Gi95 and 2495/Gi95 strains. The results suggest that a novel CDV lineage may be present in Mexico.
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- J Simon-Martínez
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados en Salud Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Carretera de cuota Toluca-Atlacomulco, Toluca Edo, Mexico.
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Latha D, Geetha M, Ramadass P, Narayanan RB. Evaluation of ELISA based on the conserved and functional middle region of nucleocapsid protein to detect distemper infection in dogs. Vet Microbiol 2007; 120:251-60. [PMID: 17224247 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2006] [Revised: 11/02/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A 287bp fragment from the middle region of the nucleocapsid protein of canine distemper virus (CDV) was amplified from the conjunctival samples of distemper-infected dogs and was cloned into pRSET B vector. The recombinant protein was expressed as a 16-kDa-fusion protein with histidine tag in E. coli. Sera of distemper-infected and vaccinated dogs contained IgG antibodies against the purified recombinant protein as observed by enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and showed a strong correlation (r=0.882, p<0.0001 at 95% CI) and good agreement (kappa=0.718) with the conventional tissue culture viral antigen based ELISA. Further, the results of recombinant protein based ELISA and Western blotting with the sera from the infected and vaccinated dogs correlated well (kappa=0.8226). These findings recommend the use of the recombinant protein in the serodiagnosis of canine distemper virus infection in dogs.
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- D Latha
- Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, India
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Keawcharoen J, Theamboonlers A, Jantaradsamee P, Rungsipipat A, Poovorawan Y, Oraveerakul K. Nucleotide sequence analysis of nucleocapsid protein gene of canine distemper virus isolates in Thailand. Vet Microbiol 2004; 105:137-42. [PMID: 15627525 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2003] [Revised: 11/01/2004] [Accepted: 10/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The C-terminal part of the nucleocapsid protein gene of 13 canine distemper virus (CDV) isolates from Thailand, were analyzed. The nucleotide sequences were assigned to two clusters; cluster A exhibited a high degree of homology with the vaccine strain Onderstepoort, 99.10 and 97.61%, respectively, in the two isolates examined. Cluster B appeared closely related to virulent strains registered in the GeneBank database and to the virulent reference strain (A75/17); a total of 11 samples were analyzed, with 94.63-99.10% homology at the same position. The deduced amino acid sequences correlated with the two-nucleotide sequence clusters. However, there was no association among the CDV groups with histories of vaccination, sex, ages, clinical findings and evidence of viral antigen in tissues.
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- J Keawcharoen
- Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
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Shin YJ, Cho KO, Cho HS, Kang SK, Kim HJ, Kim YH, Park HS, Park NY. Comparison of one-step RT-PCR and a nested PCR for the detection of canine distemper virus in clinical samples. Aust Vet J 2004; 82:83-6. [PMID: 15088966 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb14651.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a rapid and sensitive method for the detection of canine distemper virus (CDV) by nested PCR using clinical specimens. DESIGN A nested PCR was developed, compared to a one-step RT-PCR and validated. PROCEDURE Two sets of specific primers for a one-step RT-PCR and a nested PCR, targeting a 640 bp fragment and a 297 bp fragment, respectively, were selected from the highly conserved region of the nucleocapsid protein (NP) gene of CDV. The nested PCR and the one-step RT-PCR were used to amplify a part of the CDV NP gene of a CDV vaccinal strain and samples of urine, blood, nasal discharge and saliva from 29 dogs suspected of suffering CD. RESULTS Both the one-step RT-PCR and the nested PCR reacted with the CDV vaccinal strain, but not with canine parvovirus. The expected 640 bp fragment of the NP gene was detected in 11/22 (50.0%) blood, 10/20 (50.0%) urine, 5/25 (20.0%) saliva and 6/27 (22.2%) nasal swab samples by one-step RT-PCR, whereas the nested PCR amplified an expected 297 bp fragment of the NP gene in 18/22 (81.8%) blood, 15/20 (75.0%) urine, 14/25 (56%) saliva and 19/27 (70.3%) nasal swab samples. CONCLUSION The nested PCR detected CDV in blood, urine, nasal swab and saliva more frequently than did the one-step RT-PCR. Therefore, this assay should be a useful aid to antemortem diagnosis of CDV infections in dogs.
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- Y J Shin
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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Scagliarini A, Battilani M, Ciulli S, Prosperi S, Morganti L. Molecular analysis of the NP gene of Italian CDV isolates. Vet Res Commun 2003; 27 Suppl 1:355-7. [PMID: 14535429 DOI: 10.1023/b:verc.0000014179.76379.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- A Scagliarini
- Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Pathology, University of Bologna Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bo), Italy.
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Ohashi K, Iwatsuki K, Murata K, Miyashita M, Hukumoto Y, Nakamura K, Wakasa C, Takahashi E, Kai C. Properties of a new CDV isolate from a raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) in Japan. Vet Rec 2001; 148:148-50. [PMID: 11271918 DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.5.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- K Ohashi
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Cherpillod P, Tipold A, Griot-Wenk M, Cardozo C, Schmid I, Fatzer R, Schobesberger M, Zurbriggen R, Bruckner L, Roch F, Vandevelde M, Wittek R, Zurbriggen A. DNA vaccine encoding nucleocapsid and surface proteins of wild type canine distemper virus protects its natural host against distemper. Vaccine 2000; 18:2927-36. [PMID: 10825593 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00119-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Canine distemper virus (CDV), a member of the genus Morbillivirus induces a highly infectious, frequently lethal disease in dogs and other carnivores. Current vaccines against canine distemper consisting of attenuated viruses have been in use for many years and have greatly reduced the incidence of distemper in the dog population. However, certain strains may not guarantee adequate protection and others can induce post vaccinal encephalitis. We tested a DNA vaccine for its ability to protect dogs, the natural host of CDV, against distemper. We constructed plasmids containing the nucleocapsid, the fusion, and the attachment protein genes of a virulent canine distemper virus strain. Mice inoculated with these plasmids developed humoral and cellular immune responses against CDV antigens. Dogs immunized with the expression plasmids developed virus-neutralizing antibodies. Significantly, vaccinated dogs were protected against challenge with virulent CDV, whereas unvaccinated animals succumbed to distemper.
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- P Cherpillod
- Institut de Biologie Animale, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Wakasa C, Iwatsuki K, Ohashi K, Nakamura K, Kai C. Sequence analysis of the genes encoding the phosphoprotein of recent isolates of canine distemper virus in Japan. J Vet Med Sci 2000; 62:97-101. [PMID: 10676898 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The nucleotide sequences of the phosphoprotein (P) of canine distemper virus (CDV) strains isolated between 1992 and 1996 in Japan were determined. This is the first report of the complete sequences of the P genes of recently prevalent CDV strains. The deduced amino acid sequences of the P, C and V proteins showed that in the new Japanese isolates, these proteins have approximately 93%, 90-91% and 92% identities with those of the Onderstepoort vaccine strain, respectively. The predicted functional regions were conserved. RNA editing resulting in a shift to the open reading frame (ORF) of the V protein was shown to occur with the same efficiency in both the field isolates and vaccine strain.
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- C Wakasa
- Laboratory of Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Frisk AL, König M, Moritz A, Baumgärtner W. Detection of canine distemper virus nucleoprotein RNA by reverse transcription-PCR using serum, whole blood, and cerebrospinal fluid from dogs with distemper. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:3634-43. [PMID: 10523566 PMCID: PMC85712 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3634-3643.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/1999] [Accepted: 07/26/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) was used to detect canine distemper virus (CDV) nucleoprotein (NP) RNA in serum, whole blood, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 38 dogs with clinically suspected distemper. Results were correlated to clinical findings, anti-CDV neutralizing antibody titers, postmortem findings, and demonstration of CDV NP antigen by immunohistochemistry. The specificity of the RT-PCR was ensured by amplification of RNA from various laboratory CDV strains, restriction enzyme digestion, and Southern blot hybridization. In 29 of 38 dogs, CDV infection was confirmed by postmortem examination and immunohistochemistry. The animals displayed the catarrhal, systemic, and nervous forms of distemper. Seventeen samples (serum, whole blood, or CSF) from dogs with distemper were tested with three sets of primers targeted to different regions of the NP gene of the CDV Onderstepoort strain. Expected amplicons were observed in 82, 53, and 41% of the 17 samples, depending upon the primer pair used. With the most sensitive primer pair (primer pair I), CDV NP RNA was detected in 25 of 29 (86%) serum samples and 14 of 16 (88%) whole blood and CSF samples from dogs with distemper but not in body fluids from immunohistochemically negative dogs. Nucleotide sequence analysis of five RT-PCR amplicons from isolates from the field revealed few silent point mutations. These isolates exhibited greater homology to the Rockborn (97 to 99%) than to the Onderstepoort (95 to 96%) CDV strain. In summary, although the sensitivity of the RT-PCR for detection of CDV is strongly influenced by the location of the selected primers, this nucleic acid detection system represents a highly specific and sensitive method for the antemortem diagnosis of distemper in dogs, regardless of the form of distemper, humoral immune response, and viral antigen distribution.
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- A L Frisk
- Institut für Veterinär-Pathologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Mochizuki M, Hashimoto M, Hagiwara S, Yoshida Y, Ishiguro S. Genotypes of canine distemper virus determined by analysis of the hemagglutinin genes of recent isolates from dogs in Japan. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:2936-42. [PMID: 10449479 PMCID: PMC85418 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2936-2942.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Canine distemper of domestic dogs is caused by canine distemper virus (CDV), a member of the morbilliviruses. It has been a highly contagious disease of great veterinary importance for centuries, but for the last several decades it has been controlled satisfactorily by modified live vaccines. In the 1990s, however, it was described that CDV strains genetically different from vaccine strains may have caused the disease in vaccinated dogs. The highest antigenic variation is found in the H protein. Therefore, in the present study, hemagglutinin (H) genes obtained from current vaccines and field isolates and amplified directly from clinical specimens were genetically analyzed by restriction fragment length polymorphism assay and sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis of the H-gene amino acid sequences revealed that at least two CDV genotypes are circulating among dogs in Japan; one is a genotype to which almost all Japanese CDV isolates belong and the other has not been previously described. Both are separate and independent from the other lineages or genotypes of vaccine strains, as well as European and U.S. CDV isolates. The results suggest that CDV has also evolved in Japan, and further studies will be needed for an evaluation and possible improvement of the efficacies of current CDV vaccines.
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- M Mochizuki
- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Kyoritsu Shoji Corporation, 1-12-4 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan.
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Yoshida E, Shin YS, Iwatsuki K, Gemma T, Miyashita N, Tomonaga K, Hirayama N, Mikami T, Kai C. Epitopes and nuclear localization analyses of canine distemper virus nucleocapsid protein by expression of its deletion mutants. Vet Microbiol 1999; 66:313-20. [PMID: 10384892 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(99)00022-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of nucleocapsid protein (NP)-deleted genes of the Onderstepoort strain was constructed in order to locate antigenic regions of the NP of canine distemper virus. The expression of proteins from 5'-deleted NP genes was examined in COS-7 cells by indirect immunofluorescence assay using three monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), c-5, f-5 and h-6, and a rabbit serum against NP. These MAbs reacted with two regions of NP. Amino acid residues from 1 to 80, and 337-358, were necessary and sufficient for formation of the epitopes identified by MAbs f-5 and h-6, and c-5, respectively. The proteins translated from intact or 3'-deleted genes were found to be localized in the nuclei of COS-7 cells, whereas the proteins from the 5'-deleted genes were mainly detected in the cytoplasm. These results suggested that 80 amino acid residues at the N-terminus are required for transportation of NP into the nucleus.
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- E Yoshida
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Ohashi K, Iwatsuki K, Nakamura K, Mikami T, Kai C. Molecular identification of a recent type of canine distemper virus in Japan by restriction fragment length polymorphism. J Vet Med Sci 1998; 60:1209-12. [PMID: 9853301 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.1209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was used to differentiate recent field viruses of canine distemper virus (CDU) from vaccine strains. Virus genomes were amplified by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in part of the haemagglutinin gene. After digestion with EcoRV, the PCR products of recent field isolates were cut into two fragments that differ from the uncut form of old strains including all of vaccine strains. This method could be applied to fresh or stored brains, spleens and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of infected dogs. This molecular approach is useful for determining the causative agent of postvaccinated CDV infection.
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- K Ohashi
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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