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Duffield KR, Hunt J, Sadd BM, Sakaluk SK, Oppert B, Rosario K, Behle RW, Ramirez JL. Active and Covert Infections of Cricket Iridovirus and Acheta domesticus Densovirus in Reared Gryllodes sigillatus Crickets. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:780796. [PMID: 34917059 PMCID: PMC8670987 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.780796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Interest in developing food, feed, and other useful products from farmed insects has gained remarkable momentum in the past decade. Crickets are an especially popular group of farmed insects due to their nutritional quality, ease of rearing, and utility. However, production of crickets as an emerging commodity has been severely impacted by entomopathogenic infections, about which we know little. Here, we identified and characterized an unknown entomopathogen causing mass mortality in a lab-reared population of Gryllodes sigillatus crickets, a species used as an alternative to the popular Acheta domesticus due to its claimed tolerance to prevalent entomopathogenic viruses. Microdissection of sick and healthy crickets coupled with metagenomics-based identification and real-time qPCR viral quantification indicated high levels of cricket iridovirus (CrIV) in a symptomatic population, and evidence of covert CrIV infections in a healthy population. Our study also identified covert infections of Acheta domesticus densovirus (AdDNV) in both populations of G. sigillatus. These results add to the foundational research needed to better understand the pathology of mass-reared insects and ultimately develop the prevention, mitigation, and intervention strategies needed for economical production of insects as a commodity.
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- Kristin R. Duffield
- Crop BioProtection Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, United States
- *Correspondence: Kristin R. Duffield,
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States
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- Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Marine Genomics Laboratory, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
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- Crop BioProtection Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, United States
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- Crop BioProtection Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, United States
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Bertola M, Mutinelli F. A Systematic Review on Viruses in Mass-Reared Edible Insect Species. Viruses 2021; 13:2280. [PMID: 34835086 PMCID: PMC8619331 DOI: 10.3390/v13112280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Edible insects are expected to become an important nutrient source for animals and humans in the Western world in the near future. Only a few studies on viruses in edible insects with potential for industrial rearing have been published and concern only some edible insect species. Viral pathogens that can infect insects could be non-pathogenic, or pathogenic to the insects themselves, or to humans and animals. The objective of this systematic review is to provide an overview of the viruses detected in edible insects currently considered for use in food and/or feed in the European Union or appropriate for mass rearing, and to collect information on clinical symptoms in insects and on the vector role of insects themselves. Many different virus species have been detected in edible insect species showing promise for mass production systems. These viruses could be a risk for mass insect rearing systems causing acute high mortality, a drastic decline in growth in juvenile stages and in the reproductive performance of adults. Furthermore, some viruses could pose a risk to human and animal health where insects are used for food and feed.
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- Michela Bertola
- Laboratory of Parasitology Micology and Sanitary Enthomology, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell’Università 10, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- National Rereference Laboratory for Honey Bee Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell’Università 10, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy;
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FATAL RANAVIRUS INFECTION IN A GROUP OF ZOO-HOUSED MELLER'S CHAMELEONS ( TRIOCEROS MELLERI). J Zoo Wildl Med 2021; 50:696-705. [PMID: 33517641 DOI: 10.1638/2018-0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A group of five juvenile Meller's chameleons (Trioceros melleri) experienced 100% mortality over a period of 1 mo due to ranavirus infection. The index case was found dead without premonitory signs. The three subsequent cases presented with nonspecific clinical signs (lethargy, decreased appetite, ocular discharge) and were ultimately euthanatized. The final case died after initially presenting with skin lesions. Postmortem examination revealed thin body condition in all five animals and mild coelomic effusion and petechiae affecting the tongue and kidneys of one animal. Microscopically, all animals had multifocal necrosis of the spleen, liver, and kidney; four of five animals had necrosis of the nasal cavity; and two of five had necrosis of adrenal tissue, bone marrow, and skin. Numerous basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusions were present in the liver of all animals and nasal mucosa of three of the five animals. Consensus polymerase chain reaction for herpesvirus and adenovirus were negative, whereas ranavirus quantitative polymerase chain reaction was positive. Virus isolation followed by whole genome sequencing and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis classified the isolates as a strain of frog virus 3 (FV3) most closely related to an FV3 isolate responsible for a previous outbreak in the zoo's eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) group. This case series documents the first known occurrence of ranavirus-associated disease in chameleons and demonstrates the potential for interspecies transmission between chelonian and squamate reptiles.
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Papp T, Marschang RE. Detection and Characterization of Invertebrate Iridoviruses Found in Reptiles and Prey Insects in Europe over the Past Two Decades. Viruses 2019; 11:E600. [PMID: 31269721 PMCID: PMC6669658 DOI: 10.3390/v11070600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Invertebrate iridoviruses (IIVs), while mostly described in a wide range of invertebrate hosts, have also been repeatedly detected in diagnostic samples from poikilothermic vertebrates including reptiles and amphibians. Since iridoviruses from invertebrate and vertebrate hosts differ strongly from one another based not only on host range but also on molecular characteristics, a series of molecular studies and bioassays were performed to characterize and compare IIVs from various hosts and evaluate their ability to infect a vertebrate host. Eight IIV isolates from reptilian and orthopteran hosts collected over a period of six years were partially sequenced. Comparison of eight genome portions (total over 14 kbp) showed that these were all very similar to one another and to an earlier described cricket IIV isolate, thus they were given the collective name lizard-cricket IV (Liz-CrIV). One isolate from a chameleon was also subjected to Illumina sequencing and almost the entire genomic sequence was obtained. Comparison of this longer genome sequence showed several differences to the most closely related IIV, Invertebrateiridovirus6 (IIV6), the type species of the genus Iridovirus, including several deletions and possible recombination sites, as well as insertions of genes of non-iridoviral origin. Three isolates from vertebrate and invertebrate hosts were also used for comparative studies on pathogenicity in crickets (Gryllusbimaculatus) at 20 and 30 °C. Finally, the chameleon isolate used for the genome sequencing studies was also used in a transmission study with bearded dragons. The transmission studies showed large variability in virus replication and pathogenicity of the three tested viruses in crickets at the two temperatures. In the infection study with bearded dragons, lizards inoculated with a Liz-CrIV did not become ill, but the virus was detected in numerous tissues by qPCR and was also isolated in cell culture from several tissues. Highest viral loads were measured in the gastro-intestinal organs and in the skin. These studies demonstrate that Liz-CrIV circulates in the pet trade in Europe. This virus is capable of infecting both invertebrates and poikilothermic vertebrates, although its involvement in disease in the latter has not been proven.
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- Tibor Papp
- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungaria krt 21, H-1143 Budapest, Hungary
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- Cell Culture Lab, Microbiology Department, Laboklin GmbH & Co. KG, 97688 Bad Kissingen, Germany.
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Marschang RE. Virology. MADER'S REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN MEDICINE AND SURGERY 2019. [PMCID: PMC7173601 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-48253-0.00030-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Invertebrate Iridoviruses: A Glance over the Last Decade. Viruses 2018; 10:v10040161. [PMID: 29601483 PMCID: PMC5923455 DOI: 10.3390/v10040161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Members of the family Iridoviridae (iridovirids) are large dsDNA viruses that infect both invertebrate and vertebrate ectotherms and whose symptoms range in severity from minor reductions in host fitness to systemic disease and large-scale mortality. Several characteristics have been useful for classifying iridoviruses; however, novel strains are continuously being discovered and, in many cases, reliable classification has been challenging. Further impeding classification, invertebrate iridoviruses (IIVs) can occasionally infect vertebrates; thus, host range is often not a useful criterion for classification. In this review, we discuss the current classification of iridovirids, focusing on genomic and structural features that distinguish vertebrate and invertebrate iridovirids and viral factors linked to host interactions in IIV6 (Invertebrate iridescent virus 6). In addition, we show for the first time how complete genome sequences of viral isolates can be leveraged to improve classification of new iridovirid isolates and resolve ambiguous relations. Improved classification of the iridoviruses may facilitate the identification of genus-specific virulence factors linked with diverse host phenotypes and host interactions.
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From fish to frogs and beyond: Impact and host range of emergent ranaviruses. Virology 2017; 511:272-279. [PMID: 28860047 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ranaviruses are pathogens of ectothermic vertebrates, including amphibians. We reviewed patterns of host range and virulence of ranaviruses in the context of virus genotype and postulate that patterns reflect significant variation in the historical and current host range of three groups of Ranavirus: FV3-like, CMTV-like and ATV-like ranaviruses. Our synthesis supports previous hypotheses about host range and jumps: FV3s are amphibian specialists, while ATVs are predominantly fish specialists that switched once to caudate amphibians. The most recent common ancestor of CMTV-like ranaviruses and FV3-like forms appears to have infected amphibians but CMTV-like ranaviruses may circulate in both amphibian and fish communities independently. While these hypotheses are speculative, we hope that ongoing efforts to describe ranavirus genetics, increased surveillance of host species and targeted experimental assays of susceptibility to infection and/or disease will facilitate better tests of the importance of hypothetical evolutionary drivers of ranavirus virulence and host range.
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Stöhr AC, Papp T, Marschang RE. Repeated Detection of an Invertebrate Iridovirus in Amphibians. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.5818/1529-9651-26.1-2.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Anke C. Stöhr
- 1. Fachgebiet für Umwelt- und Tierhygiene, Universität Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 30, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 2. Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research of the Hungarian Academy of Science, H-1143 Budapest, Hungária krt. 21, Hungary
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- 1. Fachgebiet für Umwelt- und Tierhygiene, Universität Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 30, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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Ferrie GM, Alford VC, Atkinson J, Baitchman E, Barber D, Blaner WS, Crawshaw G, Daneault A, Dierenfeld E, Finke M, Fleming G, Gagliardo R, Hoffman EA, Karasov W, Klasing K, Koutsos E, Lankton J, Lavin SR, Lentini A, Livingston S, Lock B, Mason T, McComb A, Morris C, Pessier AP, Olea-Popelka F, Probst T, Rodriguez C, Schad K, Semmen K, Sincage J, Stamper MA, Steinmetz J, Sullivan K, Terrell S, Wertan N, Wheaton CJ, Wilson B, Valdes EV. Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry. Zoo Biol 2014; 33:485-501. [PMID: 25296396 PMCID: PMC4685711 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Amphibian biology is intricate, and there are many inter-related factors that need to be understood before establishing successful Conservation Breeding Programs (CBPs). Nutritional needs of amphibians are highly integrated with disease and their husbandry needs, and the diversity of developmental stages, natural habitats, and feeding strategies result in many different recommendations for proper care and feeding. This review identifies several areas where there is substantial room for improvement in maintaining healthy ex situ amphibian populations specifically in the areas of obtaining and utilizing natural history data for both amphibians and their dietary items, achieving more appropriate environmental parameters, understanding stress and hormone production, and promoting better physical and population health. Using a scientific or research framework to answer questions about disease, nutrition, husbandry, genetics, and endocrinology of ex situ amphibians will improve specialists' understanding of the needs of these species. In general, there is a lack of baseline data and comparative information for most basic aspects of amphibian biology as well as standardized laboratory approaches. Instituting a formalized research approach in multiple scientific disciplines will be beneficial not only to the management of current ex situ populations, but also in moving forward with future conservation and reintroduction projects. This overview of gaps in knowledge concerning ex situ amphibian care should serve as a foundation for much needed future research in these areas.
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- Gina M. Ferrie
- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- Department of Animal Science, Graduate Program in Avian Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Wildlife Disease Laboratories, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego, CA
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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- Amphibian Ark, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA
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- Animals, Science and Environment, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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Development and use of a real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of group II invertebrate iridoviruses in pet lizards and prey insects. J Zoo Wildl Med 2014; 45:219-27. [PMID: 25000681 DOI: 10.1638/2012-0044.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Members of the genus Iridovirus (invertebrate iridoviruses [IIVs]) of the Iridoviridae family infect a wide range of invertebrates, mainly arthropods, but there have also been a few reports from other taxa. The cricket iridovirus described recently has been shown to infect a wide host range among insect orders and has also been described in several diseased reptiles. This virus together with the type species Chilo iridescent virus form a distinct "group II" in the genus. The aim of this study was to develop a fast and easy real-time polymerase chain reaction [quantitative (q)PCR] for the detection of these group II iridoviruses. In silico and in vitro assays demonstrated that the designed TaqMan primer-probe combination targeting a portion of the major capsid protein is specific for this group of IIVs. A sensitivity assay showed that it is able to detect as little as one copy of viral DNA. Direct comparison of cell culture isolation, nested (n)PCR, and qPCR methods has shown that PCR methods are 10(2)-10(3) more sensitive compared with the isolation method. In testing the three methods on routine diagnostic samples from lizards (n = 22) and crickets (n = 11), the nPCR and qPCR results were consistent with 19 positive lizards and 10 positive crickets, respectively, whereas isolation on cell culture detected only seven and six positives, respectively. QPCR is a fast, sensitive, and specific diagnostic method. Furthermore, it requires fewer handling steps than were previously required. It also allows the quantitation and comparison of the amounts of IIV DNA in samples.
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In the years 2011-2012, a consensus nested polymerase chain reaction was used for the detection of adenovirus (AdV) infection in reptiles. During this screening, three new AdVs were detected. One of these viruses was detected in three lizards from a group of green striped tree dragons (Japalura splendida). Another was detected in a green anole (Anolis carolinensis). A third virus was detected in a Jackson's chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksonii). Analysis of a portion of the DNA-dependent DNA polymerase genes of each of these viruses revealed that they all were different from one another and from all previously described reptilian AdVs. Phylogenetic analysis of the partial DNA polymerase gene sequence showed that all newly detected viruses clustered within the genus Atadenovirus. This is the first description of AdVs in these lizard species.
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Grosset C, Wellehan JFX, Owens SD, McGraw S, Gaffney PM, Foley J, Childress AL, Yun S, Malm K, Groff JM, Paul-Murphy J, Weber ES. Intraerythrocytic iridovirus in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). J Vet Diagn Invest 2014; 26:354-364. [DOI: 10.1177/1040638714534851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Three adult central bearded dragons ( Pogona vitticeps) originating from a commercial breeding facility presented with clinical signs, including anorexia, dehydration, white multifocal lesions on the dorsal aspect of the tongue, blepharospasm, and weight loss. In 1 of 3 lizards, a marked regenerative anemia was noted, and all 3 bearded dragons had erythrocytic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Nine bearded dragons housed in contact also had identical, but fewer intraerythrocytic inclusions. Inclusion bodies examined by electron microscopy had particles consistent with iridoviruses. Attempts to culture the virus were unsuccessful; however, amplification and sequencing of regions of the viral DNA polymerase by polymerase chain reaction confirmed the presence of an iridovirus. One of the bearded dragons died, while the 2 others showing clinical signs were euthanized. The remaining 9 infected bearded dragons of the teaching colony were also euthanized. Postmortem examination revealed a moderate, multifocal, lymphoplasmacytic or mononuclear adenitis of the tongue in the 3 bearded dragons, and a lymphohistiocytic hepatitis with bacterial granulomas in 2 lizards.
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- Claire Grosset
- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Grosset, McGraw, Groff), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology (Weber, Paul-Murphy, Foley, Yun, Malm), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (Owens, Gaffney), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences of the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wellehan, Childress)
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Adamo SA, Kovalko I, Easy RH, Stoltz D. A viral aphrodisiac in the cricket Gryllus texensis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 217:1970-6. [PMID: 24625650 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.103408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We identified the insect iridovirus IIV-6/CrIV as a pathogen of the cricket Gryllus texensis using electron microscopy (EM) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. EM showed that the virus attacks the fat body, an organ important for protein production, immune function and lipid storage. During infection the fat body hypertrophied, but egg production withered, leaving the lateral oviducts empty of eggs; the females were effectively sterile. EM of the testis of infected males suggests that the testis was not invaded by the virus, although sperm taken from the spermatophores of infected males showed little or no motility. Nevertheless, males and females continued to mate when infected. In fact, infected males were quicker to court females than uninfected controls. The virus benefits from the continued sexual behaviour of its host; transmission studies show that the virus can be spread through sexual contact. Sickness behaviour, the adaptive reduction of feeding and sexual behaviour that is induced by an activated immune system, was absent in infected crickets. Total haemolymph protein was reduced, as was phenoloxidase activity, suggesting a reduction in immune protein production by the fat body. The evidence suggests that during IIV-6/CrIV infection, the immune signal(s) that induces sickness behaviour is absent. Curtailment of a host's sickness behaviour may be necessary for any pathogen that is spread by host sexual behaviour.
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- Shelley A Adamo
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
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Ball I, Hoferer M, Marschang RE. Establishment of an agamid cell line and isolation of adenoviruses from central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). J Vet Diagn Invest 2014; 26:221-5. [DOI: 10.1177/1040638714523615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A cell line was established from whole 6–8-week-old central bearded dragon ( Pogona vitticeps) embryos. Cells were mid-sized and showed an elongated and polymorphic form. The cell line grew in a monolayer and has been serially passaged for 17 passages at time of publication. This cell line has been used with samples from adenovirus polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive bearded dragons, and 2 virus isolates have been obtained so far. The isolates show a clear cytopathic effect in inoculated cells. Both virus isolates have been serially passaged on this cell line, and have been identified by PCR amplification and sequencing of a portion of the DNA-dependent DNA polymerase gene and show 100% nucleotide identity to the corresponding region of an agamid adenovirus. Electron microscopic examination of supernatant from infected cells demonstrated the presence of nonenveloped particles, with a diameter of approximately 80 nm in both virus isolates.
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- Inna Ball
- Fachgebiet für Umwelt und Tierhygiene, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany (Ball, Marschang)
- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt, Stuttgart, Germany (Hoferer)
- Laboklin GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany (Marschang)
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- Fachgebiet für Umwelt und Tierhygiene, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany (Ball, Marschang)
- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt, Stuttgart, Germany (Hoferer)
- Laboklin GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany (Marschang)
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- Fachgebiet für Umwelt und Tierhygiene, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany (Ball, Marschang)
- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt, Stuttgart, Germany (Hoferer)
- Laboklin GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Kissingen, Germany (Marschang)
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Ranavirus infections associated with skin lesions in lizards. Vet Res 2013; 44:84. [PMID: 24073785 PMCID: PMC3850657 DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-44-84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Ranaviral disease in amphibians has been studied intensely during the last decade, as associated mass-mortality events are considered to be a global threat to wild animal populations. Several studies have also included other susceptible ectothermic vertebrates (fish and reptiles), but only very few cases of ranavirus infections in lizards have been previously detected. In this study, we focused on clinically suspicious lizards and tested these animals for the presence of ranaviruses. Virological screening of samples from lizards with increased mortality and skin lesions over a course of four years led to the detection of ranaviral infections in seven different groups. Affected species were: brown anoles (Anolis sagrei), Asian glass lizards (Dopasia gracilis), green anoles (Anolis carolinensis), green iguanas (Iguana iguana), and a central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). Purulent to ulcerative-necrotizing dermatitis and hyperkeratosis were diagnosed in pathological examinations. All animals tested positive for the presence of ranavirus by PCR and a part of the major capsid protein (MCP) gene of each virus was sequenced. Three different ranaviruses were isolated in cell culture. The analyzed portions of the MCP gene from each of the five different viruses detected were distinct from one another and were 98.4-100% identical to the corresponding portion of the frog virus 3 (FV3) genome. This is the first description of ranavirus infections in these five lizard species. The similarity in the pathological lesions observed in these different cases indicates that ranaviral infection may be an important differential diagnosis for skin lesions in lizards.
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Behncke H, Stöhr AC, Heckers KO, Ball I, Marschang RE. Mass-mortality in green striped tree dragons (Japalura splendida
) associated with multiple viral infections. Vet Rec 2013; 173:248. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.101545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- H. Behncke
- Import-Export Peter Hoch GmbH; August-Jeanmaire-Str. 12 Waldkirch 79183 Germany
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- Fachgebiet für Umwelt und Tierhygiene; University of Hohenheim; Garbenstr. 30 Stuttgart 70599 Germany
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- Laboratory for Clinical Diagnostics; Laboklin GmbH & Co. KG, Steubenstr. 4 Bad Kissingen 97688 Germany
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- Fachgebiet für Umwelt und Tierhygiene; University of Hohenheim; Garbenstr. 30 Stuttgart 70599 Germany
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- Fachgebiet für Umwelt und Tierhygiene; University of Hohenheim; Garbenstr. 30 Stuttgart 70599 Germany
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Latney LV, Wellehan J. Selected emerging infectious diseases of squamata. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract 2013; 16:319-38. [PMID: 23642865 DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2013.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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It is important that reptile clinicians have an appreciation for the epidemiology, clinical signs, pathology, diagnostic options, and prognostic parameters for novel and emerging infectious diseases in squamates. This article provides an update on emerging squamate diseases reported in the primary literature within the past decade. Updates on adenovirus, iridovirus, rhabdovirus, arenavirus, and paramyxovirus epidemiology, divergence, and host fidelity are presented. A new emerging bacterial disease of Uromastyx species, Devriesea agamarum, is reviewed. Chrysosporium ophiodiicola-associated mortality in North American snakes is discussed. Cryptosporidium and pentastomid infections in squamates are highlighted among emerging parasitic infections.
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- La'toya V Latney
- Exotic Companion Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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A large number of viruses have been described in many different reptiles. These viruses include arboviruses that primarily infect mammals or birds as well as viruses that are specific for reptiles. Interest in arboviruses infecting reptiles has mainly focused on the role reptiles may play in the epidemiology of these viruses, especially over winter. Interest in reptile specific viruses has concentrated on both their importance for reptile medicine as well as virus taxonomy and evolution. The impact of many viral infections on reptile health is not known. Koch's postulates have only been fulfilled for a limited number of reptilian viruses. As diagnostic testing becomes more sensitive, multiple infections with various viruses and other infectious agents are also being detected. In most cases the interactions between these different agents are not known. This review provides an update on viruses described in reptiles, the animal species in which they have been detected, and what is known about their taxonomic positions.
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Chinchar VG, Yu KH, Jancovich JK. The molecular biology of frog virus 3 and other iridoviruses infecting cold-blooded vertebrates. Viruses 2011; 3:1959-85. [PMID: 22069524 PMCID: PMC3205390 DOI: 10.3390/v3101959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Frog virus 3 (FV3) is the best characterized member of the family Iridoviridae. FV3 study has provided insights into the replication of other family members, and has served as a model of viral transcription, genome replication, and virus-mediated host-shutoff. Although the broad outlines of FV3 replication have been elucidated, the precise roles of most viral proteins remain unknown. Current studies using knock down (KD) mediated by antisense morpholino oligonucleotides (asMO) and small, interfering RNAs (siRNA), knock out (KO) following replacement of the targeted gene with a selectable marker by homologous recombination, ectopic viral gene expression, and recombinant viral proteins have enabled researchers to systematically ascertain replicative- and virulence-related gene functions. In addition, the application of molecular tools to ecological studies is providing novel ways for field biologists to identify potential pathogens, quantify infections, and trace the evolution of ecologically important viral species. In this review, we summarize current studies using not only FV3, but also other iridoviruses infecting ectotherms. As described below, general principles ascertained using FV3 served as a model for the family, and studies utilizing other ranaviruses and megalocytiviruses have confirmed and extended our understanding of iridovirus replication. Collectively, these and future efforts will elucidate molecular events in viral replication, intrinsic and extrinsic factors that contribute to disease outbreaks, and the role of the host immune system in protection from disease.
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- V Gregory Chinchar
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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The etiology of reptilian viral diseases can be attributed to a wide range of viruses occurring across different genera and families. Thirty to forty years ago, studies of viruses in reptiles focused mainly on the zoonotic potential of arboviruses in reptiles and much effort went into surveys and challenge trials of a range of reptiles with eastern and western equine encephalitis as well as Japanese encephalitis viruses. In the past decade, outbreaks of infection with West Nile virus in human populations and in farmed alligators in the USA has seen the research emphasis placed on the issue of reptiles, particularly crocodiles and alligators, being susceptible to, and reservoirs for, this serious zoonotic disease. Although there are many recognised reptilian viruses, the evidence for those being primary pathogens is relatively limited. Transmission studies establishing pathogenicity and cofactors are likewise scarce, possibly due to the relatively low commercial importance of reptiles, difficulties with the availability of animals and permits for statistically sound experiments, difficulties with housing of reptiles in an experimental setting or the inability to propagate some viruses in cell culture to sufficient titres for transmission studies. Viruses as causes of direct loss of threatened species, such as the chelonid fibropapilloma associated herpesvirus and ranaviruses in farmed and wild tortoises and turtles, have re-focused attention back to the characterisation of the viruses as well as diagnosis and pathogenesis in the host itself. 1. Introduction 2. Methods for working with reptilian viruses 3. Reptilian viruses described by virus families 3.1. Herpesviridae 3.2. Iridoviridae 3.2.1 Ranavirus 3.2.2 Erythrocytic virus 3.2.3 Iridovirus 3.3. Poxviridae 3.4. Adenoviridae 3.5. Papillomaviridae 3.6. Parvoviridae 3.7. Reoviridae 3.8. Retroviridae and inclusion body disease of Boid snakes 3.9. Arboviruses 3.9.1. Flaviviridae 3.9.2. Togaviridae 3.10. Caliciviridae 3.11. Picornaviridae 3.12. Paramyxoviridae 4. Summary 5. Acknowledgements 6. Competing interests 7. References
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- Ellen Ariel
- Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia.
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de Matos APA, Caeiro MFADST, Papp T, Matos BADCA, Correia ACL, Marschang RE. New viruses from Lacerta monticola (Serra da Estrela, Portugal): further evidence for a new group of nucleo-cytoplasmic large deoxyriboviruses. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2011; 17:101-108. [PMID: 21138619 DOI: 10.1017/s143192761009433x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Lizard erythrocytic viruses (LEVs) have previously been described in Lacerta monticola from Serra da Estrela, Portugal. Like other known erythrocytic viruses of heterothermic vertebrates, these viruses have never been adapted to cell cultures and remain uncharacterized at the molecular level. In this study, we made attempts to adapt the virus to cell cultures that resulted instead in the isolation of a previously undetected Ranavirus closely related to FV3. The Ranavirus was subsequently detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the blood of infected lizards using primers for a conserved portion of the Ranavirus major capsid protein gene. Electron microscopic study of the new Ranavirus disclosed, among other features, the presence of intranuclear viruses that may be related to an unrecognized intranuclear morphogenetic process. Attempts to detect by PCR a portion of the DNA polymerase gene of the LEV in infected lizard blood were successful. The recovered sequence had 65.2/69.4% nt/aa% homology with a previously detected sequence from a snake erythrocytic virus from Florida, which is ultrastructurally different from the studied LEV. These results further support the hypothesis that erythrocytic viruses are related to one another and may represent a new group of nucleo-cytoplasmic large deoxyriboviruses.
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Farkas SL, Gál J. Adenovirus and mycoplasma infection in an ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) in Hungary. Vet Microbiol 2009; 138:169-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2008] [Revised: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wellehan JF, Strik NI, Stacy BA, Childress AL, Jacobson ER, Telford SR. Characterization of an erythrocytic virus in the family Iridoviridae from a peninsula ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus sackenii). Vet Microbiol 2008; 131:115-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2008] [Revised: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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