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Van Dong H, Tran GTH, Trinh DQ, Takeda Y, Ogawa H, Imai K. Establishment of an In Vitro Model of Persistent Chicken Anemia Virus Infection. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9100842. [PMID: 33076262 PMCID: PMC7602425 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9100842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Persistent infection of chicken anemia virus (CAV) in chickens has been suspected to result in immunosuppression and exogenous virus contamination within vaccine production. However, no direct evidence for persistent CAV infection has thus far been obtained. In this study, we aimed to establish an in vitro model of persistent CAV infection. CAV-infected MDCC-MSB1 (MSB1) cells, a Marek’s disease virus-transformed continuous cell line, were cultured in the presence of both CAV and CAV neutralizing antibody (NA). Cell viability, expression of viral antigens, viral DNA, and recovery of CAV were examined by acridine orange/propidium iodide staining, immunofluorescence measurement, real-time PCR, and viral isolation, respectively. The results indicated that CAV was maintained and possibly replicated in CAV-infected cells cultured in the presence of NA, without affecting host cell viability. It was also shown that persistently infectious CAV induced cell death again after removing NA. The persistent infection of CAV in MSB1 cells was not related to viral gene mutation. In summary, we have herein established a novel model of persistent CAV infection in MSB1 cells cultured in the presence of NA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hieu Van Dong
- United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, Japan; (H.V.D.); (G.T.H.T.)
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Trau Quy Town, Gia Lam, Hanoi 131000, Vietnam
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- United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, Japan; (H.V.D.); (G.T.H.T.)
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Trau Quy Town, Gia Lam, Hanoi 131000, Vietnam
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- Central Veterinary Medicine JSC No. 5, Ha Binh Phuong Industrial Zone, Thuong Tin, Hanoi 131000, Vietnam;
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- Research Center for Global Agromedicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;
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- United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, Japan; (H.V.D.); (G.T.H.T.)
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;
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Hosokawa K, Imai K, Dong HV, Ogawa H, Suzutou M, Linn SH, Kurokawa A, Yamamoto Y. Pathological and virological analysis of concurrent disease of chicken anemia virus infection and infectious bronchitis in Japanese native chicks. J Vet Med Sci 2020; 82:422-430. [PMID: 32074517 PMCID: PMC7192730 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.20-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
A concurrent infection of chicken anemia virus (CAV) and infectious bronchitis virus
(IBV) was detected in Japanese native chicks in 2017, in which a high mortality rate
(97.7%) was recorded in a small flock of 130 chicks exhibiting poor growth. Histological
examination revealed that the affected chicks exhibited two different pathological
entities: one was severe hematopoietic and lymphocytic depletion with abnormally large
cells containing intranuclear inclusion bodies of CAV, whereas the other was renal tubular
necrosis due to IBV infection. Immunohistochemistry detected CAV antigens in the bone
marrow, liver, and spleen as well as IBV antigens in the kidneys, trachea, and air sacs.
CAV was isolated from the liver sample of the chicks, and the isolated strain was
designated as CAV/Japan/HS1/17. A phylogenetic analysis of the CAV VP1 gene revealed that
CAV/Japan/HS1/17 is genetically similar to Chinese strains collected from 2014 to 2016. An
experimental infection was performed using CAV/Japan/HS1/17 and specific-pathogen-free
chicks to determine the pathogenicity of CAV/Japan/HS1/17. The isolate caused 100% anemia
and 70% mortality to chicks inoculated at one day old, 80% of chicks inoculated at seven
days old also developed anemia, and 10% died from CAV infection. These results suggest
that the unusually high mortality in Japanese native chicks can be attributed to dual
infection with both CAV and IBV. The results of the experimental infection suggest that
CAV/Japan/HS1/17 has a pathogenic potential to specific-pathogen-free chicks and a
relatively higher pathogenicity than previous Japanese CAV strains.
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- Kumiko Hosokawa
- Western Center for Livestock Hygiene Service, Hiroshima Prefecture, 1-15 Saijogojo-cho, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0013, Japan
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- Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Western Center for Livestock Hygiene Service, Hiroshima Prefecture, 1-15 Saijogojo-cho, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0013, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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Tongkamsai S, Lee MS, Tsai YL, Chung HH, Lai GH, Cheng JH, Cheng MC, Lien YY. Oral Inoculation of Specific-Pathogen-Free Chickens with Chicken Anemia Virus Induces Dose-Dependent Viremia and Transient Anemia. Pathogens 2019; 8:pathogens8030141. [PMID: 31500305 PMCID: PMC6789665 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8030141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Chicken infectious anemia caused by chicken anemia virus (CAV) is a very important immunosuppressive disease in chickens. The horizontal spread of CAV in field chickens has been confirmed mainly through oral infection in our published article. Anemia is the main symptom of this disease. Studies by other scientists have shown that infection of CAV in 1-day-old chicks can cause anemia, and the degree of anemia is directly proportional to the dose of infectious virus. However, the pathogenesis of oral inoculation of CAV in older chickens is still not well understood. The purpose of this study was to determine whether 3-weeks-old specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens infected with different viral doses in oral route would cause anemia, as well as other signs associated with age-resistance. The experimental design was divided into a high-dose inoculated group (106 1050), low-dose inoculated group (103 TCID50), and non-virus inoculated control group, and 12 birds in each group at the beginning of the trial. The packed cell volumes (PCVs), CAV genome copies in tissues, CAV titer in peripheral blood fractions, and serology were evaluated at 7, 14, and 21 days post-infection (dpi). Virus replication and spread were estimated using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and viral titration in cell culture, respectively. The results showed that the average PCVs value of the high-dose inoculated group was significantly lower than that of the control group at 14 dpi (p < 0.05), and 44.4% (4/9) of the chickens reached the anemia level (PCVs < 27%). At 21 dpi, the average PCV value rebounded but remained lower than the control group without significant differences. In the low-dose inoculated group, all birds did not reach anemia during the entire trial period. Peripheral blood analysis showed that the virus titer in all erythrocyte, granulocyte and mononuclear cell reached the peak at 14 dpi regardless of the high-dose or low-dose inoculated group, and the highest virus titer appeared in the high-dose inoculated group of mononuclear cell. In the low-dose inoculated group, CAV was detected only at 14 dpi in erythrocyte. Taken together, our results indicate that the older birds require a higher dose of infectious CAV to cause anemia after about 14 days of infection, which is related to apoptosis caused by viral infection of erythrocytes. In both inoculated groups, the viral genome copies did not increase in the bone marrow, which indicated that minimal cell susceptibility to CAV was found in older chickens. In the low-dose inoculated group, only mononuclear cells can still be detected with CAV at 21 dpi in seropositive chickens, indicating that the mononuclear cell is the target cell for persistent infection. Therefore, complete elimination of the CAV may still require the aid of a cell-mediated immune response (CMI), although it has previously been reported to be inhibited by CAV infection. Prevention of early exposure to CAV could be possible by improved hygiene procedures.
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- Suttitas Tongkamsai
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Chonburi 20110, Thailand.
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- School of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
- Research Center of Animal Biologics, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
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- School of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
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- Center for Shockwave Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
- Research Center of Animal Biologics, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
- Research Center of Animal Biologics, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
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Ahmed MS, Ono H, Sasaki J, Ochiai K, Goryo M. Persistence of chicken anemia virus antigen and inclusions in spontaneous cases of Marek's disease visceral lymphomas in broiler chickens at slaughterhouses. J Vet Med Sci 2016; 78:825-9. [PMID: 26888585 PMCID: PMC4905838 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.15-0615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The chicken anemia virus (CAV) and Marek’s disease virus (MDV) infect chickens worldwide;
a single or dual infection by these viruses has a great impact on poultry production. In
the present study, we examined the existence of CAV antigen and its inclusions in Marek’s
disease (MD) lymphomas in chickens in the slaughterhouses of Iwate prefecture, Japan.
Forty-nine spleens and 13 livers with different degrees of nodular lesions were
histopathologically examined at our laboratory. Grossly, the tested organs showed various
sizes and anatomical architectures. Based on the cellular morphology and the infiltrative
nature of the neoplastic lymphocytes, MD was confirmed in 76% (37/49) of the spleens and
92% (12/13) of the livers. The lesions of MD, according to the pattern of lymphocytic
accumulation in the affected organs, were divided into multifocal, coalesced and diffuse.
CAV intranuclear inclusion bodies were detected within the small and the large bizarre
lymphocytes of the MD lymphomas in 2 livers and 9 spleens, and the immunostaining test for
CAV confirmed the persistence of CAV antigens and inclusions in the neoplastic cells. This
study demonstrated the persistence of CAV infection within the neoplastic cells of
naturally occurring MD lymphomas in chickens.
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- Mohamed Sabry Ahmed
- Department of Pathogenic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Vaziry A, Silim A, Bleau C, Frenette D, Lamontagne L. Dual infections with low virulent chicken infectious anaemia virus (lvCIAV) and intermediate infectious bursal disease virus (iIBDV) in young chicks increase lvCIAV in thymus and bursa while decreasing lymphocyte disorders induced by iIBDV. Avian Pathol 2013; 42:88-99. [PMID: 23581435 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2013.766306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The use of attenuated vaccines or the occurrence of low virulent T-lymphotropic or B-lymphotropic viruses in flocks may alter the immune responses of young chicks in spite of the absence of clinical signs. Infections with a low virulent T-lymphotropic chicken infectious anaemia virus (lvCIAV) followed by infection with an intermediate B-lymphotropic infectious bursal disease virus (iIBDV) were conducted in specific pathogen free chicks. Thirty-six 1-day-old chicks were infected with the lvCIAV strain (CAV-VAC®) and a similar number of chicks were inoculated with phosphate-buffered saline. At 14 days after lvCIAV infection, one group of 18 lvCIAV-infected chicks and one group of 18 uninfected chicks were infected with an iIBDV strain. At 4, 7 and 14 days post infection with iIBDV, six chicks from each group were euthanized and lymphoid organs were collected. Detection of lvCIAV and iIBDV genomes was conducted by polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Double-labelled lymphoid subsets from the thymus, spleen and bursa were studied by cytofluorometric analysis. The results reveal that previous infection with lvCIAV increases the occurrence of the lvCIAV and iIBDV genome in thymus and/or bursa without the occurrence of clinical signs in dually lvCIAV/iIBDV-infected chicks. However, the decreases of B cells in spleen and bursa and increases of T-cell subsets in bursa observed in chicks infected with iIBDV did not occur in chicks previously infected with lvCIAV. Taken together, these results suggest that previous infection of young chicks with lvCIAV decreases lymphoid disorders induced by iIBDV while subsequent iIBDV infection increases the lvCIAV genome in lymphoid organs.
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- Asaad Vaziry
- Département de Pathologie & Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
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Davidson I, Raibshtein I, Al-Touri A. Quantitation of Marek's Disease and Chicken Anemia Viruses in Organs of Experimentally Infected Chickens and Commercial Chickens by Multiplex Real-Time PCR. Avian Dis 2013; 57:532-8. [DOI: 10.1637/10418-101012-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Persistence of inclusions and antigens of chicken anemia virus in Marek’s disease lymphoma. Res Vet Sci 2012; 93:1353-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2011] [Revised: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Maggi F, Macera L, Focosi D, Vatteroni ML, Boggi U, Antonelli G, Eloit M, Pistello M. Human gyrovirus DNA in human blood, Italy. Emerg Infect Dis 2012; 18:956-9. [PMID: 22608195 PMCID: PMC3358173 DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.120179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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HGyV in blood suggests the infection might be systemic. Human gyrovirus (HGyV) is a recent addition to the list of agents found in humans. Prevalence, biologic properties, and clinical associations of this novel virus are still incompletely understood. We used qualitative PCRs to detect HGyV in blood samples of 301 persons from Italy. HGyV genome was detected in 3 of 100 solid organ transplant recipients and in 1 HIV-infected person. The virus was not detected in plasma samples from healthy persons. Furthermore, during observation, persons for whom longitudinal plasma samples were obtained had transient and scattered presence of circulating HGyV. Sequencing of a 138-bp fragment showed nucleotide identity among all the HGyV isolates. These results show that HGyV can be present in the blood of infected persons. Additional studies are needed to investigate possible clinical implications.
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Epidemiology of chicken anemia virus in Central African Republic and Cameroon. Virol J 2012; 9:189. [PMID: 22958546 PMCID: PMC3495741 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-9-189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Although chicken anemia virus (CAV) has been detected on all continents, little is known about this virus in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to detect and characterize CAV for the first time in Central African Republic and in Cameroon. Results An overall flock seroprevalence of 36.7% was found in Central African Republic during the 2008–2010 period. Virus prevalences were 34.2% (2008), 14.3% (2009) and 10.4% (2010) in Central African Republic and 39% (2007) and 34.9% (2009) in Cameroon. CAV DNA was found in cloacal swabs of 76.9% of seropositive chickens, suggesting that these animals excreted the virus despite antibodies. On the basis of VP1 sequences, most of the strains in Central African Republic and Cameroon belonged to 9 distinct phylogenetic clusters at the nucleotide level and were not intermixed with strains from other continent. Several cases of mixed infections in flocks and individual chickens were identified. Conclusions Our results suggest multiple introductions of CAV in each country that later spread and diverged locally. Mixed genotype infections together with the observation of CAV DNA in cloacal samples despite antibodies suggest a suboptimal protection by antibodies or virus persistence.
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Vaziry A, Silim A, Bleau C, Frenette D, Lamontagne L. Chicken infectious anaemia vaccinal strain persists in the spleen and thymus of young chicks and induces thymic lymphoid cell disorders. Avian Pathol 2011; 40:377-85. [DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2011.586330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mohamed MA. Chicken Infectious Anemia Status in Commercial Broiler Chickens Flocks in Assiut-upper Egypt: Occurrence, Molecular Analysis Using PCR-RFLP and Apoptosis Effect on Affected Tissues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.591.598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Haridy M, Goryo M, Sasaki J, Okada K. Pathological and immunohistochemical study of chickens with co-infection of Marek's disease virus and chicken anaemia virus. Avian Pathol 2010; 38:469-83. [PMID: 19937536 DOI: 10.1080/03079450903349162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chicken anaemia virus (CAV) is the most important confounding pathogen in Marek's disease virus (MDV) infection. The effect of CAV co-infection at 4 weeks of age after inoculation of virulent MDV (vMDV, KS strain) or very virulent MDV (vvMDV, Md/5 strain) in 1-day-old chicks was investigated by pathological and immunohistochemical studies. CAV increased the mortality rates induced by vMDV or vvMDV. The packed cell volume was reduced significantly in vMDV-CAV infection; however, no reduction or non-significant reduction was observed in vMDV infection. Bone marrow hypoplasia was related to CAV co-infection and none of the birds inoculated with vMDV or vvMDV had hypoplasia. Severe atrophy of the thymus and bursa of Fabricius was observed in the vvMDV-CAV and vvMDV groups. Complete regeneration of the thymus cortex and bursa of Fabricius in the vMDV group was noted and was in contrast to sequential lymphoid depletion after CAV inoculation in the vMDV-CAV group. The spleen was either regenerated, lymphoid depleted or had lymphoproliferative lesions. Lymphoid depletion in the spleen was not detected in the vMDV group; however, it was prominent in the vMDV-CAV and vvMDV-CAV groups during the first 2 weeks after CAV inoculation. CAV inclusions and antigens were detected in the thymus cortex and spleen of vMDV-CAV and vvMDV-CAV groups during the experiment. Severe depletion of CD8(+) T cells was observed in depleted spleen and thymus. The neoplastic foci appeared around splenic arterioles and venules, and stained mainly by CD4 antibody; however, CD8(+) T cells were singly dispersed or were present in clusters. It could be concluded that CAV was responsible for bone marrow hypoplasia, severe anaemia and hindrance of lymphoid organ regeneration in MDV-CAV co-infection.
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- Mohie Haridy
- Department of Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Japan
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV), the only member of the genus Gyrovirus of the Circoviridae, is a ubiquitous pathogen of chickens and has a worldwide distribution. CAV shares some similarities with Torque teno virus (TTV) and Torque teno mini virus (TTMV) such as coding for a protein inducing apoptosis and a protein with a dual-specificity phosphatase. In contrast to TTV, the genome of CAV is highly conserved. Another important difference is that CAV can be isolated in cell culture. CAV produces a single polycistronic messenger RNA (mRNA), which is translated into three proteins. The promoter-enhancer region has four direct repeats resembling estrogen response elements. Transcription is enhanced by estrogen and repressed by at least two other transcription factors, one of which is COUP-TF1. A remarkable feature of CAV is that the virus can remain latent in gonadal tissues in the presence or absence of virus-neutralizing antibodies. In contrast to TTV, CAV can cause clinical disease and subclinical immunosuppression especially affecting CD8+ T lymphocytes. Clinical disease is associated with infection in newly hatched chicks lacking maternal antibodies or older chickens with a compromised humoral immune response.
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- K A Schat
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Davidson I, Shulman LM. Unraveling the puzzle of human anellovirus infections by comparison with avian infections with the chicken anemia virus. Virus Res 2008; 137:1-15. [PMID: 18656506 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2008] [Revised: 06/15/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Current clinical studies on human annelloviruses infections are directed towards finding an associated disease. In this review we have emphasized the many similarities between human anellovirus and avian circoviruses and the cell and tissue types infected by these pathogens. We have done this in order to explore whether knowledge acquired from natural and experimental avian infections could reflect and be extrapolated to the less well-characterized human annellovirus infections. The knowledge gained from the avian system may provide suggestions for decoding the enigmatic human anellovirus infections, and finding the specific disease or diseases caused by these human anellovirus infections. Each additional parallelism between chicken anemia virus (CAV) and Torque teno virus (TTV) further strengthens this premise. As we have seen information from human infections can also be used to better understand avian infections as well. Increased attention must be focused on the "hidden" or unrecognized, seemingly asymptomatic effects of circovirus and anellovirus infections. Understanding the facilitating effect of these infections on disease progression caused by other pathogens may help to explain differences in outcome of complicated poultry and human diseases. The final course of a pathogenic infection is determined by variations in the state of health of the host before, during and after contact with a pathogen, in addition to the phenotype of the pathogen and host. The health burden of circoviridae and anellovirus infections may be underestimated, due to lack of awareness of the need to search past the predominant clinical effect of identified pathogens and look for modulation of cellular-based immunity caused by co-infecting circoviruses, and by analogy, human anneloviruses.
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- I Davidson
- Division of Avian Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel.
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Toro H, van Santen VL, Li L, Lockaby SB, van Santen E, Hoerr FJ. Epidemiological and experimental evidence for immunodeficiency affecting avian infectious bronchitis. Avian Pathol 2007; 35:455-64. [PMID: 17121734 DOI: 10.1080/03079450601028811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We evaluated the effects of viral immunodeficiency on the outcome of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) infection in chickens as a hypothetical cause for failure of adequate protection in vaccinated chickens. Initially, we investigated IBV isolations from cases of respiratory disease in association with the presence of thymic and/or bursal atrophy in 322 submissions during 1997 to 2002. Arkansas (Ark)-type IBV was most frequently isolated in spite of extensive ArkDPI vaccination in the broiler industry. The number of IBV isolations was consistently higher in broilers aged 27 to 43 days, coinciding with lymphocytic depletion of the bursa and/or thymus, providing circumstantial evidence that immunodeficiency and IBV incidence may be linked. S1 gene sequence analyses, antigenic characterizations, and challenge of susceptible chickens demonstrated that the field IBV isolates tested were closely related to vaccine strains and had low pathogenicity for chickens. We experimentally evaluated the effects of immunodeficiency caused by co-infection with chicken anaemia virus and infectious bursal disease virus on the outcome of IBV infection. Clinical signs and histological lesions were more persistent in immunodeficient chickens. Local specific IgA production was delayed and lower levels were achieved in immunodeficient chickens. At the same time, IBV RNA concentrations in tracheas and lachrymal fluids were higher and more persistent in immunodeficient chickens. Collectively, these results indicate that viral immunodeficiency most probably plays a relevant role in the epidemiology and outcome of IBV infection.
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- H Toro
- Department of Pathobiology, Auburn University, 264 Greene Hall, AL 36849, USA.
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Peters MA, Crabb BS, Tivendale KA, Browning GF. Attenuation of chicken anemia virus by site-directed mutagenesis of VP2. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:2168-2175. [PMID: 17622619 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82904-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV) is a significant immunosuppressive pathogen of chickens, but relatively little is known about the effect of specific mutations on its virulence. In order to study the virulence of CAV, an infection model was developed in embryos. Significant growth depression, measured as a reduction in mean body weight, was found for wild-type CAV infection. Infection with wild-type CAV resulted in a significant reduction in thymic and splenic weights and consistently produced severe lesions in the thymus, spleen and bone marrow, as well as haemorrhages. CAVs mutated in the VP2 gene were infectious for embryos, but were highly attenuated with respect to growth depression and CAV-specific pathology. Relative to wild-type infection, viruses Mut C86R, Mut R101G, Mut H103Y, Mut R129G, Mut Q131P, Mut R/K/K150/151/152G/A/A, Mut D/E161/162G/G and Mut E186G were highly attenuated, and viruses Mut L163P and Mut D169G were moderately attenuated. Attenuation of the ability to produce lesions was found consistently for the thymus, spleen and bone marrow, thymic and splenic weights, and for CAV-induced haemorrhage. There was no growth depression associated with infection by the group of highly attenuated mutant viruses and a moderate reduction in mean body weight was only found for virus Mut L163P. These findings show that mutations in the VP2 gene can reduce the virulence of CAV and these mutant viruses may have value as vaccine candidates.
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- Michelle A Peters
- Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria 3050, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Kaffashi A, Noormohammadi AH, Allott ML, Browning GF. Viral load in 1-day-old and 6-week-old chickens infected with chicken anaemia virus by the intraocular route. Avian Pathol 2007; 35:471-4. [PMID: 17121736 DOI: 10.1080/03079450601028837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Although the effects of chicken anaemia virus (CAV) infection have frequently been investigated in young chickens, there have been few studies of the pathogenesis of CAV infection in older birds. The aim of the work reported here was to study viral loads in 6-week-old chickens and to compare these with those seen in younger birds. Specific pathogen free chickens were inoculated at 1 day or at 6 weeks of age with 10(4) median tissue culture infective doses of CAV by the intraocular route. Chicks infected when 1 day old were euthanized at day 14, 18 or 22 post inoculation (p.i.), and those infected when 6 weeks old at day 16, 18 or 20 p.i. Their body and thymus weights were determined and samples were collected from their spleen, liver and thymus. A quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay was developed and used to determine the number of viral genome copies in the tissue samples. In both age groups, viral genome concentrations increased in all organs up to day 18 p.i. and reached a peak in the spleen and liver at day 18 p.i. The peak viral concentrations in the thymus were detected at day 18 in the younger birds and at day 20 p.i. in older chickens. These studies have shown that exposure to CAV in older birds leads to similar levels of active viral replication to those seen in younger birds, and may result in subclinical infections in older birds with the potential to increase susceptibility to other infectious agents.
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- Amir Kaffashi
- Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Balamurugan V, Kataria JM. Economically important non-oncogenic immunosuppressive viral diseases of chicken--current status. Vet Res Commun 2006; 30:541-66. [PMID: 16883664 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Immunosuppressive viral diseases threaten the poultry industry by causing heavy mortality and economic loss of production, often as a result of the chickens' increased susceptibility to secondary infections and sub-optimal response to vaccinations. This paper aimed to present an up-to-date review of three specific economically important non-oncogenic immunosuppressive viral diseases of chickens, viz. chicken infectious anaemia (CIA), infectious bursal disease (IBD) and hydropericardium syndrome (HPS), with emphasis on their immunosuppressive effects. CIA and IBD causes immunosuppression in chickens and the socio-economic significance of these diseases is considerable worldwide. CIA occurs following transovarian transmission of chicken anaemia virus and has potential for inducing immunosuppression alone or in combination with other infectious agents, and is characterized by generalized lymphoid atrophy, increased mortality and severe anemia. The virus replicates in erythroid and lymphoid progenitor cells, causing inapparent, sub-clinical infections that lead to depletion of these cells with consequent immunosuppressive effects. The IBD virus replicates extensively in IgM(+) cells of the bursa and chickens may die during the acute phase of the disease, although IBD virus-induced mortality is highly variable and depends, among other factors, upon the virulence of the virus strain. The sub-clinical form is more common than clinical IBD because of regular vaccination on breeding farms. Infection at an early age significantly compromises the humoral and local immune responses of chickens because of the direct effect of B cells or their precursors. HPS is a recently emerged immunosuppressive disease of 3-6-weeked broilers, characterized by sudden onset, high mortality, typical hydropericardium and enlarged mottled and friable livers, with intranuclear inclusion bodies in the hepatocytes. The agent, fowl adenovirus-4, causes immunosuppression by damaging lymphoid tissues; the presence of IBD and CIA viruses may predispose for HPS or HPS may predispose for other viral infections. Synergism with CIA or other virus infections or prior immunosuppression is necessary to produce IBH-HPS in chickens and the susceptibility of chickens infected with fowl adenovirus varies throughout the course of CIA infection. The mechanism of immunosuppression has been studied in detail for certain chicken viruses at molecular levels, which will provides new opportunities to control these diseases by vaccination.
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- V Balamurugan
- Division of Avian Diseases, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP
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Meerts P, Misinzo G, Lefebvre D, Nielsen J, Bøtner A, Kristensen CS, Nauwynck HJ. Correlation between the presence of neutralizing antibodies against porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and protection against replication of the virus and development of PCV2-associated disease. BMC Vet Res 2006; 2:6. [PMID: 16445856 PMCID: PMC1386657 DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 01/30/2006] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background In a previous study, it was demonstrated that high replication of Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) in a gnotobiotic pig was correlated with the absence of PCV2-neutralizing antibodies. The aim of the present study was to investigate if this correlation could also be found in SPF pigs in which PMWS was experimentally reproduced and in naturally PMWS-affected pigs. Results When looking at the total anti-PCV2 antibody titres, PMWS-affected and healthy animals seroconverted at the same time point, and titres in PMWS-affected animals were only slightly lower compared to those in healthy animals. In healthy animals, the evolution of PCV2-neutralizing antibodies coincided with that of total antibodies. In PMWS-affected animals, neutralizing antibodies could either not be found (sera from field studies) or were detected in low titres between 7 and 14 DPI only (sera from experimentally inoculated SPF pigs). Differences were also found in the evolution of specific antibody isotypes titres against PCV2. In healthy pigs, IgM antibodies persisted until the end of the study, whereas in PMWS-affected pigs they quickly decreased or remained present at low titres. The mean titres of other antibody isotypes (IgG1, IgG2 and IgA), were slightly lower in PMWS-affected pigs compared to their healthy group mates at the end of each study. Conclusion This study describes important differences in the development of the humoral immune response between pigs that get subclinically infected with PCV2 and pigs that experience a high level of PCV2-replication which in 3 of 4 experiments led to the development of PMWS. These observations may contribute to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of a PCV2-infection.
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- Peter Meerts
- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Virology, Lindholm, Denmark
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- Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Virology, Lindholm, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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Caterina KM, Frasca S, Girshick T, Khan MI. Development of a multiplex PCR for detection of avian adenovirus, avian reovirus, infectious bursal disease virus, and chicken anemia virus. Mol Cell Probes 2005; 18:293-8. [PMID: 15294316 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2004.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2004] [Accepted: 04/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR) was developed and optimized for the simultaneous detection and differentiation of avian reovirus (ARV), avian adenovirus group I (AAV-I), infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), and chicken anemia virus (CAV). Four sets of specific oligonucleotide primers were used in this test for ARV, AAV-I, IBDV, and CAV. The mPCR DNA products were visualized by gel electrophoresis and consisted of fragments of 365 bp for IBDV, 421 bp for AAV-I, 532 bp for ARV, and 676 bp for CAV. The mPCR assay developed in this study was found to be sensitive and specific. Detection of PCR-amplified DNA products was 100 pg for both CAV and IBDV, and 10pg for both ARV and AAV-I and this mPCR did not amplify nucleic acids from the other avian pathogens tested. The mPCR demonstrated similar sensitivity in tests using experimental fecal cloacal swab specimens that were spiked with ARV, AAV-1, IBDV, and CAV, and taken from specific pathogen free (SPF) chickens. This mPCR detected and differentiated various combinations of RNA/DNA templates from ARV, AAV-I, CAV, and IBDV without reduction of amplification from feces.
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- Kristen M Caterina
- Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, 61 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3089, USA
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Oluwayelu DO, Todd D, Ball NW, Scott ANJ, Oladele OA, Emikpe BO, Fagbohun OA, Owoade AA, Olaleye OD. Isolation and Preliminary Characterization of Chicken Anemia Virus from Chickens in Nigeria. Avian Dis 2005; 49:446-50. [PMID: 16252505 DOI: 10.1637/7339-020705r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV) was isolated for the first time from the Nigerian chicken population. The virus was recovered from necropsied birds from broiler and pullet flocks that suffered disease outbreaks tentatively diagnosed as infectious bursal disease. A sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay detected CAV DNA in tissues of necropsied birds. Restriction endonuclease analysis performed with the 733-bp PCR product and the Cfo I enzyme indicated at least two different CAVs were circulating among the Nigerian chicken population. Four isolates were obtained from pooled liver and thymus tissues using the MDCC-MSB1 cell line. These isolates were found to be antigenically closely related to the Cuxhaven-1 (Cux-1) reference strain of CAV when reacted with four monoclonal antibodies prepared against the Cux-1 virus. One of the isolates (isolate A) induced thymus atrophy, bone marrow aplasia, and low hematocrit values when inoculated into 1-day-old specific-pathogen-free chickens. These findings not only demonstrate that CAV is present in Nigeria, but they also likely represent the first cell culture isolation of the virus in Africa.
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- D O Oluwayelu
- Veterinary Sciences Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland, Stormont, BT4 3SD, United Kingdom
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Ducatez MF, Owoade AA, Abiola JO, Muller CP. Molecular epidemiology of chicken anemia virus in Nigeria. Arch Virol 2005; 151:97-111. [PMID: 16096706 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0609-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 06/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Between February 2002 and May 2004, chicken anemia virus (CAV) was detected by PCR in organ samples from 14 flocks of poultry farms in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States in Southwestern Nigeria. The farms reported low (<5%) to high mortalities (up to 100%) with various lesions at necropsy. The complete VP1 gene of 30 of these positive strains was sequenced. Strains that diverged by up to 4.4% on a nucleotide level differed only by up to 2.5% at the amino acid level (7 aa) as a result of clustered silent mutations. No amino acid substitutions specific for Nigerian strains were observed. Some birds had a CAV mixed infection. Genetic clustering of the VP1 gene did not correlate with differences in flock mortality but the co-infection of CAV with IBDV may be particularly lethal. This first molecular epidemiological study of CAV in Africa shows that the Nigerian strains cluster with viruses from very diverse geographic origins and were almost as diverse (4.4%) as all other strains combined (5.8%).
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- M F Ducatez
- Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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Brentano L, Lazzarin S, Bassi SS, Klein TAP, Schat KA. Detection of chicken anemia virus in the gonads and in the progeny of broiler breeder hens with high neutralizing antibody titers. Vet Microbiol 2005; 105:65-72. [PMID: 15607085 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2004] [Revised: 09/16/2004] [Accepted: 09/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Previous evidence for the presence of chicken anemia virus (CAV) in the gonads of immune specific-pathogen-free chickens raised the question whether this occurs also in commercial breeders. The presence of CAV was investigated by nested PCR in the gonads and spleens of hens from two 55- and 59-week-old, CAV-vaccinated (flocks 2 and 3), and two 48- and 31-week-old non-vaccinated broiler breeder flocks (flocks 1 and 4). In addition, lymphoid tissues of 20-day-old embryos from these hens were also investigated for the presence of CAV. CAV was detected in the gonads and of 5/6 and 11/22 of the vaccinated hens and in some hens also in the spleen alone. Embryos from 7/8 and 5/18 of these hens were positive. In the non-vaccinated flocks, CAV was detected in the gonads of 11/34 and 10/10 hens in flocks 1 and 4, respectively. In addition, 11 birds in flock 1 had positive spleens. CAV DNA was detected in 3/11 and 2/10 of their embryos. CAV-positive gonads and embryos were detected in samples from hens with moderate as well as high VN antibody titers. Vaccinated chickens positive for CAV in the gonads and in their embryos had VN titers ranging from >1:512 to <1:2048. In non-vaccinated chickens, the VN titers of CAV positive chickens ranged from 1:128 to 1:4096. These results demonstrate that CAV genome can remain present in the gonads of hens in commercial broiler breeder flocks even in the presence of high neutralizing antibody titers that have been associated with protection against CAV vertical transmission. It also suggests that transmission to the progeny may occur irrespectively of the level of the humoral immune response in the hens.
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- L Brentano
- Embrapa Suinos e Aves, BR 153 Km 110, Concórdia, SC 89700-000, Brazil.
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Miller MM, Schat KA. Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus: An Example of the Ultimate Host–Parasite Relationship. Avian Dis 2004; 48:734-45. [PMID: 15666854 DOI: 10.1637/7271-090304r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) is a resistant and ubiquitous virus of chickens causing disease in young chickens and immunosuppression in all birds. This paper reviews the current knowledge of CIAV with a focus on new findings indicating that immunosuppressive effects have not been fully appreciated, especially as they relate to the development of antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells. A more complete understanding of the immunosuppressive effects of CIAV emphasizes the need for better vaccines, especially for the broiler industry. In addition, a new model is proposed for the control of viral replication in the reproductive tract of specific-pathogen-free chickens, which may be latently infected. This model suggests that virus transcription is controlled by viral enhancer and repressor elements, which are regulated by different hormones. As a consequence, CIAV has a well-adapted relationship with its host, avoiding immune detection, ensuring passage of virus to the next generation, and eliciting limited pathology to the host.
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- Myrna M Miller
- Unit of Avian Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Islam MR, Johne R, Raue R, Todd D, Müller H. Sequence analysis of the full-length cloned DNA of a chicken anaemia virus (CAV) strain from Bangladesh: evidence for genetic grouping of CAV strains based on the deduced VP1 amino acid sequences. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. B, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH 2002; 49:332-7. [PMID: 12420868 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2002.00581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chicken anaemia virus (CAV) was detected in the bursa of Fabricius of a 4-week-old chicken obtained from an outbreak of acute infectious bursal disease in Bangladesh. Repeated attempts to grow this virus in MDCC-MSB1 cells were not successful. A full-length PCR amplicon of the genome of this strain, designated as BD-3 CAV, was cloned and sequenced. The complete nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence were compared with those of 12 other CAV strains. The genetic analysis of the amino acid sequences of VP1 indicated the possible existence of genetic groups among CAV strains, as BD-3 CAV along with four other strains (CIA-1, L-028, Isolate 704 and TR-20) formed a distinct lineage. These strains have four signatory amino acids in VP1, such as 75I/T, 97L, 139Q and 144Q, out of which the latter two are located in a small hydrophilic peak.
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- M R Islam
- Institute for Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
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