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Soda K, Tomioka Y, Usui T, Ozaki H, Ito H, Nagai Y, Yamamoto N, Okamatsu M, Isoda N, Kajihara M, Sakoda Y, Takada A, Ito T. Susceptibility of common dabbling and diving duck species to clade 2.3.2.1 H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus: an experimental infection study. J Vet Med Sci 2023; 85:942-949. [PMID: 37495526 PMCID: PMC10539830 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.23-0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
Abstract
In the winter of 2010-2011, Japan experienced a large outbreak of infections caused by clade 2.3.2.1 H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) in wild birds. Interestingly, many tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula), which are migratory diving ducks, succumbed to the infection, whereas only one infection case was reported in migratory dabbling duck species, the major natural hosts of the influenza A virus, during the outbreak. To assess whether the susceptibility of each duck species to HPAIVs was correlated with the number of cases, tufted duck and dabbling duck species (Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope; mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; Northern pintail, Anas acuta) were intranasally inoculated with A/Mandarin duck/Miyazaki/22M807-1/2011 (H5N1), an index clade 2.3.2.1 virus previously used for experimental infection studies in various bird species. All ducks observed for 10 days post-inoculation (dpi) mostly shed the virus via the oral route and survived. The tufted ducks shed a higher titer of the virus than the other dabbling duck species, and one of them showed apparent neurological symptoms after 7 dpi, which were accompanied by eye lesions. No clinical symptoms were observed in the dabbling ducks, although systemic infection and viremia were observed in some of them sacrificed at 3 dpi. These results suggest that the susceptibility of clade 2.3.2.1 HPAIVs might differ by duck species.
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- Kosuke Soda
- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
- Present address: Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Division of Global Epidemiology, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
- International Collaboration Unit, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Division of Global Epidemiology, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
- International Collaboration Unit, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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Mueller RC, Ellström P, Howe K, Uliano-Silva M, Kuo RI, Miedzinska K, Warr A, Fedrigo O, Haase B, Mountcastle J, Chow W, Torrance J, Wood JMD, Järhult JD, Naguib MM, Olsen B, Jarvis ED, Smith J, Eöry L, Kraus RHS. A high-quality genome and comparison of short- versus long-read transcriptome of the palaearctic duck Aythya fuligula (tufted duck). Gigascience 2021; 10:giab081. [PMID: 34927191 PMCID: PMC8685854 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giab081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The tufted duck is a non-model organism that experiences high mortality in highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks. It belongs to the same bird family (Anatidae) as the mallard, one of the best-studied natural hosts of low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses. Studies in non-model bird species are crucial to disentangle the role of the host response in avian influenza virus infection in the natural reservoir. Such endeavour requires a high-quality genome assembly and transcriptome. FINDINGS This study presents the first high-quality, chromosome-level reference genome assembly of the tufted duck using the Vertebrate Genomes Project pipeline. We sequenced RNA (complementary DNA) from brain, ileum, lung, ovary, spleen, and testis using Illumina short-read and Pacific Biosciences long-read sequencing platforms, which were used for annotation. We found 34 autosomes plus Z and W sex chromosomes in the curated genome assembly, with 99.6% of the sequence assigned to chromosomes. Functional annotation revealed 14,099 protein-coding genes that generate 111,934 transcripts, which implies a mean of 7.9 isoforms per gene. We also identified 246 small RNA families. CONCLUSIONS This annotated genome contributes to continuing research into the host response in avian influenza virus infections in a natural reservoir. Our findings from a comparison between short-read and long-read reference transcriptomics contribute to a deeper understanding of these competing options. In this study, both technologies complemented each other. We expect this annotation to be a foundation for further comparative and evolutionary genomic studies, including many waterfowl relatives with differing susceptibilities to avian influenza viruses.
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- Ralf C Mueller
- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, 78315, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, 78457, Germany
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Zoonosis Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75185, Sweden
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, 10065, NY
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, 10065, NY
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Zoonosis Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75185, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Zoonosis Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75237, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Zoonosis Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-75185, Sweden
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory and HHMI, The Rockefeller University, New York, 10065, NY
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, 78315, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, 78457, Germany
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Bröjer C, van Amerongen G, van de Bildt M, van Run P, Osterhaus A, Gavier-Widén D, Kuiken T. Pathogenicity and tissue tropism of currently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1; clade 2.3.2) in tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula). Vet Microbiol 2015; 180:273-80. [PMID: 26441012 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
Abstract
Reports describing the isolation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus (H5N1) clade 2.3.2 in feces from apparently healthy wild birds and the seemingly lower pathogenicity of this clade compared to clade 2.2 in several experimentally infected species, caused concern that the new clade might be maintained in the wild bird population. To investigate whether the pathogenicity of a clade 2.3.2 virus was lower than that of clades previously occurring in free-living wild birds in Europe, four tufted ducks were inoculated with influenza A/duck/HongKong/1091/2011 (H5N1) clade 2.3.2 virus. The ducks were monitored and sampled for virus excretion daily during 4 days, followed by pathologic, immunohistochemical, and virological investigations. The virus produced severe disease as evidenced by clinical signs, presence of marked lesions and abundant viral antigen in several tissues, especially the central nervous system. The study shows that HPAI-H5N1 virus clade 2.3.2 is highly pathogenic for tufted ducks and thus, they are unlikely to maintain this clade in the free-living population or serve as long-distance vectors.
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- Caroline Bröjer
- Section of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7028, SE750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Pathology and Wildlife Disease, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), 751 89 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Artemis Research Institute for One Health in Europe, Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Section of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7028, SE750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Pathology and Wildlife Disease, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), 751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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