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Jansen van Vuren P, Singanallur NB, Keck H, Eschbaumer M, Vosloo W. Chemical inactivation of foot-and-mouth disease virus in bovine tongue epithelium for safe transport and downstream processing. J Virol Methods 2022; 305:114539. [PMID: 35523370 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2022.114539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Epithelial tissue or vesicular fluid from an unruptured or recently ruptured vesicle is the sample of choice for confirmatory laboratory diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). However, in 'FMD-free' countries the transport and downstream processing of such samples from potentially infected animals present a biosafety risk, particularly during heightened surveillance, potentially involving decentralised testing in laboratories without adequate biocontainment facilities. In such circumstances, rapid inactivation of virus, if present, prior to transport becomes a necessity, while still maintaining the integrity of diagnostic analytes. Tongue epithelium collected from cattle infected with FMD virus (FMDV) of serotype O (O/ALG/3/2014 - Lineage O/ME-SA/Ind-2001d) or A (A/IRN/22/2015 - Lineage A/ASIA/G-VII) was incubated in the PAXGene Tissue System Fixative (pH 4) and Stabiliser (pH 6.5) components respectively, in McIlvaine's citrate-phosphate buffer (pH 2.6) or in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, pH 7.4) at room temperature for 2, 6, 24 or 48h. Following incubation, tissues were homogenised and tested by virus isolation and titration using LFBKαVβ6 cells. The integrity of FMD viral RNA was assessed by RT-qPCR (3Dpol coding region), Sanger sequencing of the VP1 region and transfection of LFBKαVβ6 cells to recover infectious virus. Viable virus could be recovered from samples incubated in PBS for at least 48hours. The PAXgene Tissue System Stabiliser component yielded variable results dependent on virus serotype, requiring at least 6hours of incubation to inactivate A/IRN/22/2015 in most samples, whereas the Fixative component required up to 2hours in some samples. McIlvaine's citrate-phosphate buffer rapidly inactivated both viruses within 2hours of incubation. There was no demonstrable degradation of FMD viral RNA resulting from incubation in any of the buffers for up to 48hours, as assessed by RT-qPCR, and 24hours by sequencing and transfection to recover infectious virus. McIlvaine's citrate-phosphate buffer (pH 2.6) is easy to prepare, inexpensive and inactivates serotype A and O FMDV in epithelial tissue within 2hours, while maintaining RNA integrity for downstream diagnostic processes and virus characterisation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Petrus Jansen van Vuren
- Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, 5 Portarlington rd, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- National Reference Laboratory for FMD, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Suedufer 10, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- National Reference Laboratory for FMD, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Suedufer 10, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, 5 Portarlington rd, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
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Sequence Analysis of Egyptian Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Field and Vaccine Strains: Intertypic Recombination and Evidence for Accidental Release of Virulent Virus. Viruses 2020; 12:v12090990. [PMID: 32899903 PMCID: PMC7552000 DOI: 10.3390/v12090990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
In spite of annual mass vaccination programs with polyvalent inactivated vaccines, the incidence and economic impact of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Egypt is high. Viruses of the A, O and SAT 2 serotypes are endemic and repeated incursions of new lineages from other countries lead to an unstable situation that makes the selection of appropriate vaccine antigens very difficult. In this study, whole genome sequencing of a 2016 serotype A isolate from Egypt revealed a recombination event with an African serotype O virus. Based on available vaccine matching data, none of the vaccines currently used in Egypt are expected to sufficiently protect against this virus or other viruses of this lineage (A/AFRICA/G-IV) circulating there since 2012. In addition to the risk of vaccine failure caused by strain mismatch, the production of inactivated FMD vaccines is dangerous if adequate biosafety cannot be maintained. Using a high-throughput sequencing protocol optimized for short nucleic acid fragments, the composition of a local inactivated vaccine was analyzed in depth. The serotype O strain identified in the vaccine was genetically identical to viruses found in recent FMD outbreaks in Egypt.
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Yeo S, Yang M, Nyachoti M, Rauh R, Callahan JD, Nfon C. Detection of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Swine Meat Juice. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9060424. [PMID: 32485851 PMCID: PMC7350341 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9060424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a highly contagious agent that impacts livestock industries worldwide, leading to significant financial loss. Its impact can be avoided or minimized if the virus is detected early. FMDV detection relies on vesicular fluid, epithelial tags, swabs, serum, and other sample types from live animals. These samples might not always be available, necessitating the use of alternative sample types. Meat juice (MJ), collected after freeze-thaw cycles of skeletal muscle, is a potential sample type for FMDV detection, especially when meat is illegally imported. We have performed experiments to evaluate the suitability of MJ for FMDV detection. MJ was collected from pigs that were experimentally infected with FMDV. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) was extracted from MJ, sera, oral swabs, and lymph nodes from the same animals and tested for FMDV by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). MJ was also tested for FMDV antigen by Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI). FMDV RNA was detected in MJ by rRT-PCR starting at one day post infection (DPI) and as late as 21 DPI. In contrast, FMDV RNA was detected in sera at 1–7 DPI. Antigen was also detected in MJ at 1–9 DPI by LFI. Live virus was not isolated directly from MJ, but was recovered from the viral genome by transfection into susceptible cells. The data show that MJ is a good sample type for FMDV detection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sean Yeo
- National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3R2, Canada; (S.Y.); (M.Y.)
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada;
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- National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3R2, Canada; (S.Y.); (M.Y.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada;
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- Tetracore, Inc., 9901 Belward Campus Drive, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; (R.R.); (J.D.C.)
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- Tetracore, Inc., 9901 Belward Campus Drive, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; (R.R.); (J.D.C.)
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- National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3R2, Canada; (S.Y.); (M.Y.)
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-204-789-2023
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Eschbaumer M, Dill V, Carlson JC, Arzt J, Stenfeldt C, Krug PW, Hardham JM, Stegner JE, Rodriguez LL, Rieder E. Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Lacking the Leader Protein and Containing Two Negative DIVA Markers (FMDV LL3B3D A 24) Is Highly Attenuated in Pigs. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9020129. [PMID: 32079312 PMCID: PMC7168223 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9020129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Inactivated whole-virus vaccines are widely used for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Their production requires the growth of large quantities of virulent FMD virus in biocontainment facilities, which is expensive and carries the risk of an inadvertent release of virus. Attenuated recombinant viruses lacking the leader protease coding region have been proposed as a safer alternative for the production of inactivated FMD vaccines (Uddowla et al., 2012, J Virol 86:11675-85). In addition to the leader deletion, the marker vaccine virus FMDV LL3BPVKV3DYR A24 encodes amino acid substitutions in the viral proteins 3B and 3D that allow the differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals and has been previously shown to be effective in cattle and pigs. In the present study, two groups of six pigs each were inoculated with live FMDV LL3BPVKV3DYR A24 virus either intradermally into the heel bulb (IDHB) or by intra-oropharyngeal (IOP) deposition. The animals were observed for 3 or 5 days after inoculation, respectively. Serum, oral and nasal swabs were collected daily and a thorough postmortem examination with tissue collection was performed at the end of the experiment. None of the animals had any signs of disease or virus shedding. Virus was reisolated from only one serum sample (IDHB group, sample taken on day 1) and one piece of heel bulb skin from the inoculation site of another animal (IDHB group, necropsy on day 3), confirming that FMDV LL3BPVKV3DYR A24 is highly attenuated in pigs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael Eschbaumer
- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald - Insel Riems 17493, Germany; (V.D.); (J.C.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-38351-71211
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald - Insel Riems 17493, Germany; (V.D.); (J.C.C.)
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald - Insel Riems 17493, Germany; (V.D.); (J.C.C.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA/ARS, Orient, NY 11957, USA; (J.A.); (C.S.); (P.W.K.); (L.L.R.); (E.R.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA/ARS, Orient, NY 11957, USA; (J.A.); (C.S.); (P.W.K.); (L.L.R.); (E.R.)
- Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA/ARS, Orient, NY 11957, USA; (J.A.); (C.S.); (P.W.K.); (L.L.R.); (E.R.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA/ARS, Orient, NY 11957, USA; (J.A.); (C.S.); (P.W.K.); (L.L.R.); (E.R.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA/ARS, Orient, NY 11957, USA; (J.A.); (C.S.); (P.W.K.); (L.L.R.); (E.R.)
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