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Li K, Liu Y, Liu C, Zhang Y, Cui H, Qi X, Zhang J, Xu J, Wang S, Chen Y, Duan Y, Gao Y, Wang X. Construction of Recombinant Marek's Disease Virus Co-Expressing VP1 and VP2 of Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus. Vaccines (Basel) 2024; 12:1047. [PMID: 39340077 PMCID: PMC11436033 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12091047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2024] [Revised: 09/11/2024] [Accepted: 09/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
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The chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) has been reported in major poultry-producing countries and poses a significant threat to the poultry industry worldwide. In this study, two Marek's disease virus (MDV) recombinants, rMDV-CIAV-1 and rMDV-CIAV-2, were generated by inserting the CIAV VP1 and VP2 genes into the MDV vaccine strain 814 at the US2 site using the fosmid-based rescue system. For rMDV-CIAV-1, an internal ribosome entry site was inserted between VP1 and VP2, so that both proteins were produced from a single open reading frame. In rMDV-CIAV-2, VP1 and VP2 were cloned into different open reading frames and inserted into the MDV genome. The recombinant viruses simultaneously expressed VP1 and VP2 in infected chicken embryo fibroblasts and exhibited growth kinetics similar to those of the parent MDV. The two recombinant viruses induced antibodies against CIAV in chickens. A single dose of the recombinant viruses provided strong protection against CIAV-induced anemia in chickens. These recombinant VP1- and VP2-expressing MDVs are potential vaccines against CIAV in chickens.
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- Kai Li
- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
- Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610299, China
- Chengdu National Agricultural Science and Technology Center, Chengdu 610299, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Harbin 150049, China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Harbin 150049, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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Yan T, Wang Z, Li R, Zhang D, Song Y, Cheng Z. Gyrovirus: current status and challenge. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1449814. [PMID: 39220040 PMCID: PMC11362077 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1449814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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Gyrovirus (GyV) is small, single-stranded circular DNA viruses that has recently been assigned to the family Anelloviridae. In the last decade, many GyVs that have an apparent pan-tropism at the host level were identified by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technology. As of now, they have achieved global distribution. Several species of GyVs have been demonstrated to be pathogenic to poultry, particularly chicken anemia virus (CAV), causing significant economic losses to the global poultry industry. Although GyVs are highly prevalent in various birds worldwide, their direct involvement in the etiology of specific diseases and the reasons for their ubiquity and host diversity are not fully understood. This review summarizes current knowledge about GyVs, with a major emphasis on their morphofunctional properties, epidemiological characteristics, genetic evolution, pathogenicity, and immunopathogenesis. Additionally, the association between GyVs and various diseases, as well as its potential impact on the poultry industry, have been discussed. Future prevention and control strategies have also been explored. These insights underscore the importance of conducting research to establish a virus culture system, optimize surveillance, and develop vaccines for GyVs.
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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Xu H, Li W, Nie Y, Chen S, Li H, Zhang X, Xie Q, Chen W. Synergy of Subgroup J Avian Leukosis Virus and Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus Enhances the Pathogenicity in Chickens. Microorganisms 2024; 12:740. [PMID: 38674684 PMCID: PMC11052190 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12040740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Subgroup J avian leukemia virus (ALV-J) and chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) are widely acknowledged as significant immunosuppressive pathogens that commonly co-infect chickens, causing substantial economic losses in the poultry industry. However, whether co-infection of ALV-J and CIAV have synergistic pathogenicity remains uncertain. To explore their synergistic pathogenesis, we established a co-infection model of ALV-J and CIAV in HD11 cells and specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens. We discovered that ALV-J and CIAV can synergistically promote the secretion of IL-6, IL-10, IFN-α, and IFN-γ and apoptosis in HD11 cells. In vivo, compared to the ALV-J and CIAV mono-infected group, the mortality increased significantly by 27% (20 to 47%) and 14% (33 to 47%) in the co-infected group, respectively. We also discovered that ALV-J and CIAV synergistically inhibited weight gain and exhibited more severe organ damage in co-infected chickens. Furthermore, we found that CIAV can promote the replication of ALV-J in HD11 cells and significantly enhance ALV-J viral load in blood and tissues of co-infected chickens, but ALV-J cannot promote the replication of CIAV. Moreover, by measuring the immune organ indexes and proportions of blood CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ lymphocytes, more serious instances of immunosuppression were observed in ALV-J and CIAV co-infected chickens than in mono-infected chickens. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that ALV-J and CIAV synergistically enhance pathogenicity and immunosuppression.
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- Huijuan Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, Heyuan 517001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, Heyuan 517001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, Heyuan 517001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (H.X.); (W.L.); (Y.N.); (S.C.); (H.L.); (X.Z.)
- South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, Heyuan 517001, China
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Angsujinda K, Peala W, Sittidech A, Wanganurakkul S, Mahony TJ, Wang SF, Smith DR, Chintapitaksakul L, Khongchareonporn N, Assavalapsakul W. Development of a lateral flow assay for rapid and accurate detection of chicken anemia virus. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103432. [PMID: 38232617 PMCID: PMC10827598 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103432] [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] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Significant challenges to poultry health are posed by chicken anemia virus (CAV), which induces immunosuppression and causes increased susceptibility to secondary infections. The effective management and containment of CAV within poultry stocks require precise and prompt diagnosis. However, a deficiency persists in the availability of low-cost, rapid, and portable CAV detection devices. In this study, an immunochromatographic lateral-flow test strip-based assay was developed for CAV detection using in-house generated monoclonal antibodies (MABs) against CAV viral protein 1 (VP1). The recombinant truncated VP1 protein (Δ60VP1), with amino acid residues 1 to 60 of the native protein deleted, was produced via a prokaryotic expression system and utilized for immunizing BALB/c mice. Subsequently, high-affinity MABs against Δ60VP1 were generated and screened using conventional hybridoma technology combined with serial dilution assays. Two MABs, MAB1, and MAB3, both binding to distinct epitopes of Δ60VP1, were selected for the development of a lateral-flow assay. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the Δ60VP1 antigen could be detected by our homemade lateral-flow assay at concentrations as low as 625 ng/mL, and this sensitivity was maintained for at least 6 mo. The assay exhibited high specificity, as evidenced by its lack of reactivity with surrogate recombinant proteins and the absence of cross-reactivity with other chicken viruses and viral antigens. Comparative analysis with quantitative PCR data demonstrated substantial agreement, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.66, utilizing a sample set comprising 305 clinical chicken serum samples. In conclusion, the first lateral-flow assay for CAV detection was developed in this study, utilizing 2 specific anti-VP1 MABs. It is characterized by simplicity, rapidity, sensitivity, and specificity.
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- Kitipong Angsujinda
- Aquatic Resources Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Veterinary Research and Development Center (Eastern Region), Department of Livestock Development, Chonburi 20220, Thailand
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Center of Excellence for Food and Water Risk Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, 10330 Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Adedeji AJ, Shittu I, Akanbi OB, Asala OO, Adole JA, Okewole PA, Ijale GO, Kabantiyok D, Idoko F, Shallmizhili JJ, Abdu PA, Pewan SB. First report of co-infections of Marek's disease virus and chicken infectious anaemia virus in poultry flocks in Nigeria. Vet Anim Sci 2024; 23:100339. [PMID: 38406258 PMCID: PMC10884768 DOI: 10.1016/j.vas.2024.100339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Marek's disease (MD) and chicken infectious anaemia (CIA) are viral immunosuppressive diseases of poultry caused by the MD virus (MDV) and CIA virus (CIAV) respectively. Despite vaccination against MD, the incidence of the disease in vaccinated poultry flocks in Nigeria persists. However, underlying factors like co-infection with CIAV have not been investigated in the country. This study was designed to investigate possible co-infections of MDV and CIAV in poultry flocks in Nigeria. In 2016, tumorous tissue samples were collected from suspected cases of MD at necropsy in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. The samples collected were fixed in formalin for histopathological examination, genomic DNA was extracted from a second part and analysed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), targeting the meq and VP1 genes of the MDV and CIAV, respectively. The histology results revealed that the cutaneous and proventricular lymphomas were characterized by large numbers of mononuclear cellular infiltrates admixed with heterophils. The PCR results revealed that MDV was detected in 66.7% (16/24), CIAV in 45.8% (11/24), and co-infections of MDV and CIAV were detected in 45.8% (11/24) of the samples analysed. In addition, co-infections of MD and CIA were recorded in 100% (6/6) and 27.7% (5/18) of broilers and layer/pullet' samples respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of the meq gene sequences revealed that the Nigerian MDV clusters with very virulent MDV from Egypt and Italy. While, CIAV sequences were genotype II and genotype III and clustered with CIAVs from Cameroon and China. This is the first report of co-infections of MD and CIA in Nigeria.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
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- Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria
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- National Veterinary Research Institute Vom, Nigeria
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
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Kamdi B, Barate A, Kulurkar P, Kaore M, Bhandarkar A, Singh R, Kurkure N. Pathology and molecular characterization of chicken infectious anemia virus and in silico antigen prediction. Anim Biotechnol 2023; 34:5160-5167. [PMID: 36919599 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2023.2186889] [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: 03/16/2023]
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The present study investigated five poultry flocks (size 142-600 birds) suspected of chicken infectious anemia (CIA) from Maharashtra, India. The necropsy of dead birds revealed severe atrophy of the thymus, gelatinization of bone marrow, subcutaneous hemorrhages, growth impairment, and severe anemia. Specific PCR targeting, 1390 bp fragment of the CIAV, VP1 gene was used in this study. Sequence analysis revealed that CIAV sequences of this study were grouped in genotype A. At the nucleotide level identity of 99.6% or more was seen between field sequences. At the amino acid level identity of 100% was seen between field sequences and NGP-1. Also, VP1 protein sequences of this study showed high identity with TJBD40, GD-K-12 strains from China and AB046590 strain from Japan. Further, the protein sequences of field CIAV had 0.7% to 2.5% divergence from VP1 sequences of vaccine strains. Antigenic epitopes of VP1 protein were predicted by SVMTriPtool and the field CIAV presented substitutions in two epitopes. To conclude, present study confirms the circulation of genotype A of CIAV in Maharashtra, India and predicted VP1 proteins of field CIAV revealed changes in two epitopes compared to vaccine strains.
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- Bhupesh Kamdi
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, MAFSU, Nagpur, India
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- Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, MAFSU, Nagpur, India
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, MAFSU, Nagpur, India
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- Animal/Experimental Pathology, CCRAS, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, MAFSU, Nagpur, India
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Zeng Y, Zhang H, Zhang H. Isolation, Identification, and Whole Genome Analysis of Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus in an Outbreak of Disease in Adult Layer Hens. Vet Sci 2023; 10:481. [PMID: 37505885 PMCID: PMC10386238 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci10070481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Chicken infectious anemia (CIA) poses a significant threat to the chicken industry in China. Due to its non-specific symptoms, the disease is often overlooked. This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the etiology and pathology of CIA in Guangxi Province, China. Three strains of the chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) were isolated from liver samples of diseased 20-week-old chickens. The complete genomes of these strains were sequenced, and experiments on specific pathogen-free (SPF) chicks revealed that the GX21121 strain exhibited high virulence. Histopathological examination of the deceased chickens showed liver cell necrosis, fibrous serous exudation, inflammatory cell infiltration, hemorrhage in liver tissues, and congestion in lung and renal tissues. Phylogenetic analysis of the genome revealed that the three strains had a close genetic relationship to the Heilongjiang wild-type strain (GenBank KY486144). The genetic evolution of their VP1 genes indicated that all three CIAV isolates belonged to genotype IIIc. In summary, this study demonstrated the genomic diversity of three CIAV strains in adult layer hens. The isolation and characterization of the GX21121 strain as a highly virulent isolate provide valuable information for further investigations into the etiology, molecular epidemiology, and viral evolution of CIAV.
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- Yueyan Zeng
- College of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- College of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Key Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine, Universities in Sichuan, Chengdu 610093, China
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- College of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Key Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine, Universities in Sichuan, Chengdu 610093, China
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Abdulkareem ZA, Mohammed NI, Abdollahi A, Ahmed OR, Ghaffar OR, Khdir HA, Salam DA, Aziz SA, Mustafa MM, Mustafa WM, Abas ZA, Abid OI. Effects of garlic, onion, and apple cider vinegar as a herbal mixture on performance and blood traits of broilers inoculated with chicken infectious anemia virus. Heliyon 2023; 9:e17768. [PMID: 37449102 PMCID: PMC10336684 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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This study assessed the effects of a herbal mixture (HM) to protect poultry against chicken infectious anemia (CIA) and to modulate the adverse effects of this virus on performance, mortality, blood profile, white blood cells (WBCs) count, liver enzymes, liver histopathology, and intestinal morphology. Therefore, 240 one-day-old male broiler chicks (Ross 308) were divided into four experimental groups, with six replicates and ten chicks per group. The experimental groups consisted of a control group and groups with 2.5%, 5%, and 7.5% HM, all based on corn-soybean meal. All chicks were inoculated with the CIA virus (CIAV) on day 7. The results showed that supplementation of 2.5% of HM to broiler diet increased feed intake (FI) (P < 0.05) and also increased body weight (BW) and weight gain (WG) slightly (P > 0.05). Adding 7.5% HM caused a reversible decrease in FI, BW, and WG and increased FCR. Compared with the control group, mortality rates declined with an additional dose of HM in CIAV-infected chickens. HM supplementation in the diet of CIAV-infected chickens increased hematocrit (HCT), hemoglobin (Hb), and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and decreased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) compared to the control (P < 0.05). Lymphocyte percentage and lymphocyte/heterophile ratio increased in HM-supplemented groups, especially at 2.5% (P < 0.05), and heterophile and granulocyte percentages were reduced (P < 0.05). Liver enzyme alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and liver steatosis declined in the 2.5% HM-treated group compared to the control (P < 0.05). It was concluded that adding 2.5% of the HM to the CIAV-infected broiler's diet did not negatively affect chicken performance. In addition to its hypolipidemic effects, it could prevent HCT and Hb from decreasing in chicks infected with CIAV and positively affect leukocyte types and liver enzymes. Interestingly, an additional dose of HM in the diet of the CIAV-infected broilers reduced mortality. Therefore, adding 2.5% of HM could prevent the adverse effects of CIA on hematological traits in broiler chicken flocks without adverse effects on performance.
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- Zana Azeez Abdulkareem
- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, 66177-15175, Iran
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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- Department of Animal Resources, Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Raparin, Ranya, Sulaymaniyah, 46012, Iraq
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Shah PT, Bahoussi AN, Cui X, Shabir S, Wu C, Xing L. Genetic diversity, distribution, and evolution of chicken anemia virus: A comparative genomic and phylogenetic analysis. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1145225. [PMID: 36970671 PMCID: PMC10034120 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1145225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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Chicken infectious anemia (CIA) is an immunosuppressive poultry disease that causes aplastic anemia, immunosuppression, growth retardation and lymphoid tissue atrophy in young chickens and is responsible for huge economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. The disease is caused by the chicken anemia virus (CAV), which belongs to the genus Gyrovirus, family Anelloviridae. Herein, we analyzed the full-length genomes of 243 available CAV strains isolated during 1991–2020 and classified them into two major clades, GI and GII, divided into three and four sub-clades, GI a-c, and GII a-d, respectively. Moreover, the phylogeographic analysis revealed that the CAVs spread from Japan to China, China to Egypt and subsequently to other countries, following multiple mutational steps. In addition, we identified eleven recombination events within the coding and non-coding regions of CAV genomes, where the strains isolated in China were the most active and involved in ten of these events. Furthermore, the amino acids variability analysis indicated that the variability coefficient exceeded the estimation limit of 1.00 in VP1, VP2, and VP3 proteins coding regions, demonstrating substantial amino acid drift with the rise of new strains. The current study offers robust insights into the phylogenetic, phylogeographic and genetic diversity characteristics of CAV genomes that may provide valuable data to map the evolutionary history and facilitate preventive measures of CAVs.
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- Pir Tariq Shah
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Cell Biology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Major Infectious Diseases, Taiyuan, China
- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Cell Biology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Major Infectious Diseases, Taiyuan, China
- The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
- *Correspondence: Li Xing,
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Sehrawat S, Osterrieder N, Schmid DS, Rouse BT. Can the triumph of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 be extended to other viral infections of humans and domesticated animals? Microbes Infect 2023; 25:105078. [PMID: 36435367 PMCID: PMC9682868 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2022.105078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The unprecedented success of mRNA vaccines in managing the COVID-19 pandemic raises the prospect of applying the mRNA platform to other viral diseases of humans and domesticated animals, which may lead to more efficacious vaccines for some agents. We briefly discuss reasons why mRNA vaccines achieved such success against COVID-19 and indicate what other virus infections and disease conditions might also be ripe for control using mRNA vaccines. We also evaluate situations where mRNA could prove valuable to rebalance the status of immune responsiveness and achieve success as a therapeutic vaccine approach against infections that induce immunoinflammatory lesions.
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- Sharvan Sehrawat
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Knowledge City, PO Manauli, Mohali 140306, Punjab, India.
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- Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany; Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, 5F, Block 1B, To Yuen Building, 31 To Yuen Street, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0845, USA.
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Design of a Multiepitope Vaccine against Chicken Anemia Virus Disease. Viruses 2022; 14:v14071456. [PMID: 35891436 PMCID: PMC9318905 DOI: 10.3390/v14071456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV) causes severe clinical and sub-clinical infection in poultry globally and thus leads to economic losses. The drawbacks of the commercially available vaccines against CAV disease signal the need for a novel, safe, and effective vaccine design. In this study, a multiepitope vaccine (MEV) consisting of T-cell and B-cell epitopes from CAV viral proteins (VP1 and VP2) was computationally constructed with the help of linkers and adjuvant. The 3D model of the MEV construct was refined and validated by different online bioinformatics tools. Molecular docking showed stable interaction of the MEV construct with TLR3, and this was confirmed by Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Codon optimization and in silico cloning of the vaccine in pET-28a (+) vector also showed its potential expression in the E. coli K12 system. The immune simulation also indicated the ability of this vaccine to induce an effective immune response against this virus. Although the vaccine in this study was computationally constructed and still requires further in vivo study to confirm its effectiveness, this study marks a very important step towards designing a potential vaccine against CAV disease.
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Dai M, Huang Y, Wang L, Luo J, Yan N, Zhang L, Huang H, Zhou J, Li Z, Xu C. Genomic Sequence and Pathogenicity of the Chicken Anemia Virus Isolated From Chicken in Yunnan Province, China. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:860134. [PMID: 35664859 PMCID: PMC9158507 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.860134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV), which has been reported in many countries, causes severe anemia and immunosuppression in chickens. In this study, a CAV strain YN04 belonging to genotype A was first identified from infected chickens in Yunnan province, China. Moreover, the animal infection experiments further confirmed that the strain YN04 is a highly pathogenic strain, which can cause 86.67% mortality in chickens in the infection group. The mean death time of infected chickens was 13.1 days post infection (dpi). CAV infection induced severe anemia with significant decrease in packed cell volume (PCV), and serious atrophy and lesion of thymus and bursa with high viral load at 14 dpi. Besides, CAV infection caused a sharp decrease in chicken body weight and immune organ indices including the ratio of thymus or bursa to body weight at 21 dpi, which displayed the potential immunosuppression state at this stage. These findings enrich the epidemiological data on CAV and may provide information for preventing its further spread in Yunnan province, China.
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- National and Regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Whole genome analysis and molecular characterization of chicken infectious anemia virus from an outbreak in a layer flock reveals circulation of genogroup IIIb in South India. Virus Res 2022; 308:198649. [PMID: 34861312 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The complete genome (2298 nucleotides) of the economically important and immunosuppressive, chicken infectious anemia virus (CAV), from a disease outbreak in a layer flock is discussed. This is the first report of a complete genome sequence of CAV from India. The phylogenetic analyses grouped this isolate with CAV genogroup IIIb based on both complete genome and capsid protein (VP1) sequences. The analyses further revealed the presence of CAV genogroups II, IIIa and IIIb in India. The VP1 sequence identity ranged between 84.4 to 99.3% with that of the Indian isolates and carried a unique substitution at position 447 (serine instead of threonine). Two novel amino acid substitutions were observed at position 52 of VP1 (serine instead of proline) and at position 26 of VP2 (asparagine instead of serine). Sequence analyses of VP1, VP2 and VP3 suggested that the isolate could be attenuated. Comparison with CAV variants, isolated from mammalian species, showed similarities in the numbers of certain transcription factor binding sites in the non-coding regions. Recombination analysis detected no recombination events in this isolate. Further investigations are needed to understand the implications of the unique features of this isolate on viral virulence.
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Techera C, Marandino A, Tomás G, Grecco S, Hernández M, Hernández D, Panzera Y, Pérez R. Origin, spreading and genetic variability of chicken anaemia virus. Avian Pathol 2021; 50:311-320. [PMID: 33928817 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2021.1919289] [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] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chicken anaemia virus (CAV) is a widespread pathogen that causes immunosuppression in chickens. The virus-induced immunosuppression often results in secondary infections and a sub-optimal response to vaccinations, leading to high mortality rates and significant economic losses in the poultry industry. The small circular ssDNA genome (2.3 kb) has three partially overlapping genes: vp1, vp2 and vp3. VP1 capsid protein is highly variable and contains the neutralizing epitopes. Here, we analysed CAV strains from Uruguay using the full-length vp1 gene and performed a global comparative analysis to provide new evidence about the origin, dispersion and genetic variability of the virus. The phylogenetic analysis classified CAV in three or four major clades. Two clades (II and III) grouped most of the strains circulating worldwide including the Uruguayan strains. The phylodynamic analyses indicated that CAV emerged in the early 1900s and diverged to originate clade II and III. This early period of viral emergence was characterised by local diversification promoted by the extremely high substitution rate inferred for the virus (3.8 × 10-4 substitutions/site/year). Later, the virus underwent a global spreading by intra- and inter-continental migrations that correlates with a significant rise in the effective population size. In South America, CAV was introduced in three different migratory events and spread across the continent. Our findings suggest that the current CAV distribution is the consequence of its continuous expansion capability that homogenizes the populations and prevents the detection of clear temporal and geographic patterns of evolution in most strains.RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Current strains of chicken anaemia virus emerged in Asia in the early 1900s.Chicken anaemia virus has a high substitution rate.The phylogenetic analysis classified chicken anaemia virus in four major clades.Evolution in South America was characterized by long migration and local spreading.
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- Claudia Techera
- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Genética Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay
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Molecular evolution and pathogenicity of chicken anemia virus isolates in China. Arch Virol 2021; 166:439-449. [PMID: 33389105 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04909-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chicken infectious anemia (CIA), caused by chicken anemia virus (CAV), is an important immunosuppressive disease that seriously threatens the global poultry industry. Here, we isolated and identified 30 new CAV strains from CAV-positive flocks. The VP1 genes of these strains were sequenced and analyzed at the nucleotide and amino acid levels and were found to have very similar nucleotide sequences (> 97% identity); however, they showed 93.9-100.0% sequence identity to the VP1 genes of 55 reference strains. Furthermore, alignment of the deduced amino acid sequences revealed some unique mutations. Phylogenetic analysis indicated the division of VP1 amino acid sequences into two groups (A and B) and four subgroups (A1, A2, A3 and A4). Interestingly, 22 of the newly isolated strains and some Asian reference strains belonged to the A1 group, whereas the remaining eight new isolates belonged to the A3 group. To evaluate the pathogenicity of the epidemic CAV strains from China, the representative strains CAV-JL16/8901 and CAV-HeN19/3001 and the reference strain Cux-1 were selected for animal experiments. Chickens infected with the isolates and reference strain all showed thymus atrophy and bone marrow yellowing. The mortality rates for CAV-JL16/8901, CAV-HeN19/3001, and the reference strain was 30%, 20%, and 0%, respectively, indicating that the epidemic strains pose a more serious threat to chickens. We not only analyzed the molecular evolution of the epidemic strains but also showed for the first time that the epidemic strains in China are more pathogenic than reference strain Cux-1. Effective measures should be established to prevent the spread of CIA in China.
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M. Najimudeen S, H. Hassan MS, C. Cork S, Abdul-Careem MF. Infectious Bronchitis Coronavirus Infection in Chickens: Multiple System Disease with Immune Suppression. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9100779. [PMID: 32987684 PMCID: PMC7598688 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9100779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In the early 1930s, infectious bronchitis (IB) was first characterized as a respiratory disease in young chickens; later, the disease was also described in older chickens. The etiology of IB was confirmed later as being due to a coronavirus: the infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). Being a coronavirus, IBV is subject to constant genome change due to mutation and recombination, with the consequence of changing clinical and pathological manifestations. The potential use of live attenuated vaccines for the control of IBV infection was demonstrated in the early 1950s, but vaccine breaks occurred due to the emergence of new IBV serotypes. Over the years, various IBV genotypes associated with reproductive, renal, gastrointestinal, muscular and immunosuppressive manifestations have emerged. IBV causes considerable economic impacts on global poultry production due to its pathogenesis involving multiple body systems and immune suppression; hence, there is a need to better understand the pathogenesis of infection and the immune response in order to help developing better management strategies. The evolution of new strains of IBV during the last nine decades against vaccine-induced immune response and changing clinical and pathological manifestations emphasize the necessity of the rational development of intervention strategies based on a thorough understanding of IBV interaction with the host.
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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
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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: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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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Su Q, Wang T, Meng F, Cui Z, Chang S, Zhao P. Synergetic pathogenicity of Newcastle disease vaccines LaSota strain and contaminated chicken infectious anemia virus. Poult Sci 2019; 98:1985-1992. [PMID: 30566627 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Newcastle disease virus (NDV)-attenuated vaccine has been widely used to prevent ND in poultry flocks, while many reports also mentioned the exogenous virus contamination in attenuated vaccines, which might be the reason for the widespread of some contagious diseases. Recently, the chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) contamination in the NDV-attenuated vaccine was also found in China, though no systemic study has studied the pathogenicity or infection mechanism of this special transmission route. Accordingly, simulation experiments were launched using CIAV isolated from a contaminated NDV-attenuated vaccine. Results showed that using NDV-attenuated vaccine contaminated with CIAV could cause CIA in chickens with obvious symptoms, including anemia, hemorrhage, lymphoatrophy, and growth retardation, while the synergistic reaction of CIAV and LaSota prompted their multiplication in vivo and disturbed the production of antibodies against each other. And CIAV could significantly reduce the NDV antibody titers and decrease the protective effectiveness. This study showed the synergetic pathogenicity of CIAV and LaSota strain after using contaminated NDV-attenuated vaccine, helping us to understand how the CIAV causes infection and induces severe diseases with a relatively low dose through the mouth, as well as reminding us that the damage of an attenuated vaccine contaminated with CIAV even in extremely low dose is not insignificant.
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- Qi Su
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China
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- China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, 102629, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, 271018, Taían, Shandong, China
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Cheng JH, Lai GH, Lien YY, Sun FC, Hsu SL, Chuang PC, Lee MS. Identification of nuclear localization signal and nuclear export signal of VP1 from the chicken anemia virus and effects on VP2 shuttling in cells. Virol J 2019; 16:45. [PMID: 30953524 PMCID: PMC6451244 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-019-1153-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND VP1 of the chicken anemia virus (CAV) is a structural protein that is required for virus encapsulation. VP1 proteins are present both in the nucleus and cytoplasm; however, the functional nuclear localization signal (NLS) and nuclear export signal (NES) of VP1 are still unknown. This study aimed to characterize the NLS and NES motifs of VP1 using bioinformatics methods and multiple-site fragment deletions, and investigate shuttling of VP2 from nucleus to cytoplasm by co-transfection with VP1. METHODS Two putative NLS motifs were predicted by the WoLF PSORT and NLStradamus programs from the amino acid sequence of VP1. Three NES motifs of VP1 were predicted by the NetNES 1.1 Server and ELM server programs. All mutants were created by multiple-site fragment deletion mutagenesis. VP1 and VP2 were co-expressed in cells using plasmid transfection. RESULTS A functional NLS motif was identified at amino acid residues 3 to 10 (RRARRPRG) of VP1. Critical amino acids 3 to 10 were significantly involved in nuclear import in cells and were evaluated using systematic deletion mutagenesis. Three NES motifs of VP1 were predicted by the NetNES 1.1 Server and ELM server programs. A functional NES was identified at amino acid residues 375 to 388 (ELDTNFFTLYVAQ). Leptomycin B (LMB) treatment demonstrated that VP1 export from nucleus to cytoplasm occurred through a chromosome region maintenance 1 (CRM1)-dependent pathway. With co-expression of VP1 and VP2 in cells, we observed that VP1 may transport VP2 from nucleus to cytoplasm. CONCLUSION Our data showed that VP1 of CAV contained functional NLS and NES motifs that modulated nuclear import and export through a CRM1-dependent pathway. Further, VP1 may play a role in the transport of VP2 from nucleus to cytoplasm.
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- Jai-Hong Cheng
- Center for Shockwave Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 123 Tai-Pei Road, Niao Sung District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 833
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40402 Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- Research Center of Animal Biologics, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioresources, Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Shockwave Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine; Fooyin University, School of Nursing, Kaohsiung, 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, 123 Tai-Pei Road, Niao Sung District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 833
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- Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Science and Chinese Medicine Resources, China Medical University, 91, Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung, Taiwan
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Fang L, Zhen Y, Su Q, Zhu H, Guo X, Zhao P. Efficacy of CpG-ODN and Freund's immune adjuvants on antibody responses induced by chicken infectious anemia virus VP1, VP2, and VP3 subunit proteins. Poult Sci 2019; 98:1121-1126. [PMID: 30376069 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Chicken infectious anemia virus is an important pathogen that causes severe anemia and immunosuppression in chickens, leading to serious economic losses worldwide in the poultry industry. However, no commercialized inactivated vaccine, subunit vaccine, or genetically engineered vaccine that is effective for controlling this virus is available. In this study, 3 recombinant plasmids were constructed to produce corresponding viral proteins in an Escherichia coli system. The immune effects of the subunit proteins accompanied by CpG-ODN or Freund's immune adjuvants were evaluated and analyzed in systemic animal experiments. The results showed that VP1 induced the highest antibody titers with the participation of VP2 protein, indicating better protection under combined treatment, and the CpG-ODN adjuvant induced higher antibody titers and smaller dispersion of antibody titers than Freund's adjuvants. This is the first study to demonstrate that VP1 protein formulated with VP2 and CpG-ODN adjuvant can induce highest antibody titers and markedly enhance the immune response, indicating its promise as a vaccine candidate.
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- Lichun Fang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China.,Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China
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Tissue Tropism of Chicken Anaemia Virus in Naturally Infected Broiler Chickens. J Comp Pathol 2019; 167:32-40. [PMID: 30898295 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Chicken anaemia virus (CAV) causes chicken infectious anaemia, a severe disease characterized by anaemia and immunosuppression and leading to serious economic losses in the poultry industry worldwide. Although CAV infection has been investigated under experimental conditions, information regarding natural infection is scarce. This report describes an outbreak of CAV infection in 18-day-old broiler chickens and investigates virus tropism in affected birds. Thymic atrophy, pale bone marrow, swelling of the legs and foot ulcers (gangrenous dermatitis) were the most common gross lesions. Severe lymphoid cell depletion in the thymic cortex and presence of intranuclear acidophilic inclusion bodies, depletion of haemopoietic cells in bone marrow and presence of lymphoid infiltrates in several organs were also observed. Immunohistochemical labelling demonstrated the CAV antigens VP1 and VP3 in several organs. The expression of both proteins was similar in the thymic cortex and in the bone marrow, the main target organs of CAV; however, VP3 expression was more abundant in the other organs. Labelling of serial sections showed that CD3+ T lymphocytes might be responsible for the dissemination of the virus from the thymus and bone marrow to other organs and that virus-induced apoptosis, mediated through caspase-3, occurred mainly in the thymus and bone marrow.
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Vagnozzi AE, Espinosa R, Cheng S, Brinson D, O'Kane P, Wilson J, Zavala G. Study of dynamic of chicken infectious anaemia virus infection: which sample is more reliable for viral detection? Avian Pathol 2018; 47:489-496. [PMID: 29974790 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2018.1492089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Chicken infectious anaemia virus (CIAV) is a widely distributed immunosuppressive agent. SPF flocks and eggs used for vaccine production and diagnostics must be CIAV-free. Detection of CIAV infection in SPF flocks involves primarily serology or other invasive methods. In order to evaluate different types of samples for rapid detection of CIAV infection, a trial was conducted in serologically negative broiler breeder pullets vaccinated with a commercial live-attenuated CIAV vaccine. Controls and vaccinated groups were sampled before and after vaccination. Invasive and non-invasive samples were used for CIAV DNA detection by real-time PCR. Seroconversion occurred at 14 days post-inoculation (DPI) in the vaccinated group, whereas CIAV genome was detected by qPCR at 7 DPI in both invasive and non-invasive samples. Only invasive samples remained qPCR positive for CIAV DNA by 21 DPI despite seroconversion of the chickens.
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- Ariel E Vagnozzi
- a Instituto de Virología, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas , Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria , Argentina
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- b Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center , University of Georgia , USA
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- b Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center , University of Georgia , USA
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- b Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center , University of Georgia , USA
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- b Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center , University of Georgia , USA
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- c Department of Poultry Science , University of Georgia , USA
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Goldberg TL, Clyde VL, Gendron-Fitzpatrick A, Sibley SD, Wallace R. Severe neurologic disease and chick mortality in crested screamers (Chauna torquata) infected with a novel Gyrovirus. Virology 2018; 520:111-115. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2018] [Revised: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to provide an update on recent literature and findings concerning selected foodborne viruses. Two groups of viruses were selected: (a) the most important viruses contaminating food, based on numbers of publications in the last 5 years and (b) viruses infecting sources of food that might have an impact on human health. RECENT FINDINGS Important foodborne viruses such as norovirus, hepatitis A and rotavirus are usually "only" contaminating food and are detected on the surface of foodstuffs. However, they are threats to human public health and make up for the majority of cases. In contrast, the meaning of viruses born from within the food such as natural animal and plant viruses is still in many cases unknown. An exception is Hepatitis E virus that is endemic in pigs, transmitted via pork meat and is recognised as an emerging zoonosis in industrialised countries. SUMMARY Even though the clinical meaning of "new" foodborne viruses, often detected by next generation sequencing, still needs clarification, the method has great potential to enhance surveillance and detection particularly in view of an increasingly globalised food trade.
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- Claudia Bachofen
- Institute of Virology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhang Y, Cui N, Han N, Wu J, Cui Z, Su S. Depression of Vaccinal Immunity to Marek's Disease by Infection with Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1863. [PMID: 29018431 PMCID: PMC5622928 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Marek’s disease (MD) has been occurring with increasing frequency in chickens in recent years. To our knowledge, however, there has been no report of the very virulent plus (vv+) MD virus (MDV) field isolate in China. Studies have shown that dual infection with immunosuppressive viruses such as chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) occurs frequently in chickens developing MD. In this study, we performed a designed set of in vivo experiments, which comprised five different groups of chickens, including the group of CVI988/Rispens-vaccinated chickens, the groups of CVI988/Rispens-vaccinated chickens infected with MDV or CIAV or both viruses (MDV and CIAV), and the group of MDV-challenged chickens. The effects of CIAV dual infection on the immunization of commercial MDV vaccine CVI988/Rispens were evaluated. The results show that infection of the SD15 strain of CIAV significantly reduced the weight and antibody titers to avian influenza virus (AIV)/Newcastle disease virus (NDV) inactivated vaccines of chickens immunized with the CVI988/Rispens, and resulted in the atrophy of thymus/bursa and the enlargement of spleen. The CVI988/Rispens vaccination conferred good immune protection for chickens challenged with 2000 PFU of the GX0101 strain of MDV. However, dual infection with SD15 significantly reduced the body weight, antibody titers induced by AIV/NDV inactivated vaccines and protective index of CVI988/Rispens, and resulted in the aggravation of the immunosuppression, mortality, and viremia of GX0101 in CVI988/Rispens-immunized/GX0101-challenged chickens. Overall, CIAV infection significantly reduced the protective effects of the CVI988/Rispens vaccine against MDV, implying that concurrent infection with CIAV may be a major contributor in the frequent attacks of MD in China in recent years.
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- Yankun Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.,Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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Circular single-stranded DNA viruses infect archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotic organisms. The relatively recent emergence of single-stranded DNA viruses, such as chicken anemia virus (CAV) and porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), as serious pathogens of eukaryotes is due more to growing awareness than to the appearance of new pathogens or alteration of existing pathogens. In the case of the ubiquitous human circular single-stranded DNA virus family Anelloviridae, there is still no convincing direct causal relation to any specific disease. However, infections may play a role in autoimmunity by changing the homeostatic balance of proinflammatory cytokines and the human immune system, indirectly affecting the severity of diseases caused by other pathogens. Infections with CAV (family Anelloviridae, genus Gyrovirus) and PCV2 (family Circoviridae, genus Circovirus) are presented here because they are immunosuppressive and affect health in domesticated animals. CAV shares genomic organization, genomic orientation, and common features of major proteins with human anelloviruses, and PCV2 DNA may be present in human food and vaccines.
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- L M Shulman
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel; .,Laboratory of Environmental Virology, Central Virology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center Public Health Services, Israel Ministry of Health, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Israel
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- Division of Avian Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel;
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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
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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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Giotis ES, Rothwell L, Scott A, Hu T, Talbot R, Todd D, Burt DW, Glass EJ, Kaiser P. Transcriptomic Profiling of Virus-Host Cell Interactions following Chicken Anaemia Virus (CAV) Infection in an In Vivo Model. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134866. [PMID: 26244502 PMCID: PMC4526643 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Chicken Anaemia Virus (CAV) is an economically important virus that targets lymphoid and erythroblastoid progenitor cells leading to immunosuppression. This study aimed to investigate the interplay between viral infection and the host's immune response to better understand the pathways that lead to CAV-induced immunosuppression. To mimic vertical transmission of CAV in the absence of maternally-derived antibody, day-old chicks were infected and their responses measured at various time-points post-infection by qRT-PCR and gene expression microarrays. The kinetics of mRNA expression levels of signature cytokines of innate and adaptive immune responses were determined by qRT-PCR. The global gene expression profiles of mock-infected (control) and CAV-infected chickens at 14 dpi were also compared using a chicken immune-related 5K microarray. Although in the thymus there was evidence of induction of an innate immune response following CAV infection, this was limited in magnitude. There was little evidence of a Th1 adaptive immune response in any lymphoid tissue, as would normally be expected in response to viral infection. Most cytokines associated with Th1, Th2 or Treg subsets were down-regulated, except IL-2, IL-13, IL-10 and IFNγ, which were all up-regulated in thymus and bone marrow. From the microarray studies, genes that exhibited significant (greater than 1.5-fold, false discovery rate <0.05) changes in expression in thymus and bone marrow on CAV infection were mainly associated with T-cell receptor signalling, immune response, transcriptional regulation, intracellular signalling and regulation of apoptosis. Expression levels of a number of adaptor proteins, such as src-like adaptor protein (SLA), a negative regulator of T-cell receptor signalling and the transcription factor Special AT-rich Binding Protein 1 (SATB1), were significantly down-regulated by CAV infection, suggesting potential roles for these genes as regulators of viral infection or cell defence. These results extend our understanding of CAV-induced immunosuppression and suggest a global immune dysregulation following CAV infection.
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- Efstathios S. Giotis
- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Animal Health, Compton, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Animal Health, Compton, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Animal Health, Compton, United Kingdom
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Zhang X, Wu B, Liu Y, Chen W, Dai Z, Bi Y, Xie Q. Assessing the efficacy of an inactivated chicken anemia virus vaccine. Vaccine 2015; 33:1916-22. [PMID: 25758933 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.02.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chicken anemia virus (CAV) is an immunosuppressive virus that causes chicken infectious anemia (CIA) which is a highly contagious avian disease. CAV causes major economic losses in the poultry industry worldwide. The current CAV vaccine is a live attenuated strain administered in the drinking water that risks horizontal infection of other chickens. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel vaccine against CAV that can be administered safely using a highly pathogenic isolate inactivated with β-propiolactone hydrolysis that would protect chicks from CAV. METHODS Hens were vaccinated twice intramuscularly with a novel CAV GD-G-12 inactivated vaccine and the humoral immune responses of the hens and offspring were monitored by ELISA. A heterologous intramuscular challenge using the CAV strain GD-E-12 was conducted in the chicks hatched from vaccinated or unvaccinated hens. RESULTS The vaccine strain, GD-G-12, was shown to be highly pathogenic prior to inactivation evidenced by thymic atrophy and bleeding, and weight loss. The inactivated vaccine was considered safe and showed no signs of pathogenicity. High titers of CAV specific antibodies were detected in the vaccinated hens and in their chicks, indicating vertical transfer of maternal antibodies. Furthermore, the chicks hatched from vaccinated hens were resistant to a heterologous CAV challenge and showed no signs of weight loss and thymic atrophy and bleeding. CONCLUSION Our studies are proof of principle that inactivated GD-G-12 might be a novel vaccine candidate to prevent CAV infection, and highlight the utility of using an inactivated virus for this vaccine.
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- Xinheng Zhang
- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
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Subclinical immunosuppression in chickens is an important but often underestimated factor in the subsequent development of clinical disease. Immunosuppression can be caused by pathogens such as chicken infectious anemia virus, infectious bursal disease virus, reovirus, and some retroviruses (e.g., reticuloendotheliosis virus). Mycotoxins and stress, often caused by poor management practices, can also cause immunosuppression. The effects on the innate and acquired immune responses and the mechanisms by which mycotoxins, stress and infectious agents cause immunosuppression are discussed. Immunoevasion is a common ploy by which viruses neutralize or evade immune responses. DNA viruses such as herpesvirus and poxvirus have multiple genes, some of them host-derived, which interfere with effective innate or acquired immune responses. RNA viruses may escape acquired humoral and cellular immune responses by mutations in protective antigenic epitopes (e.g., avian influenza viruses), while accessory non-structural proteins or multi-functional structural proteins interfere with the interferon system (e.g., Newcastle disease virus).
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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: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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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dos Santos HF, Knak MB, de Castro FL, Slongo J, Ritterbusch GA, Klein TA, Esteves PA, Silva AD, Trevisol IM, Claassen EA, Cornelissen LA, Lovato M, Franco AC, Roehe PM, Rijsewijk FA. Variants of the recently discovered avian gyrovirus 2 are detected in Southern Brazil and The Netherlands. Vet Microbiol 2012; 155:230-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Darwich L, Mateu E. Immunology of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2). Virus Res 2011; 164:61-7. [PMID: 22178803 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Revised: 11/24/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The emergence of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) associated diseases and particularly postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) was a shock for the swine industry and formulated a considerable challenge for researchers in the area of viral immunology in swine. The unique features of PMWS of which emaciation and lymphoid depletion were the most evident indicated a deep involvement of the immune system of the pig in the pathogenesis of this condition and indicated that PCV2 was a singular pathogen. Also, the multifactorial nature of the disease complicated the understanding of PMWS pathogenesis. Nowadays, it is known that PCV2 deeply affects the functionality of the immune system of the pig but also the industry has been able to produce efficacious vaccines. In the present paper some of the most relevant immunological features of PMWS and of PCV2 infection in general will be reviewed.
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- Laila Darwich
- Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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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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Kim HR, Kwon YK, Bae YC, Oem JK, Lee OS. Molecular characterization of chicken infectious anemia viruses detected from breeder and broiler chickens in South Korea. Poult Sci 2010; 89:2426-31. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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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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Greger M. The Human/Animal Interface: Emergence and Resurgence of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Crit Rev Microbiol 2008; 33:243-99. [DOI: 10.1080/10408410701647594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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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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Davidson I, Artzi N, Shkoda I, Lublin A, Loeb E, Schat KA. The contribution of feathers in the spread of chicken anemia virus. Virus Res 2008; 132:152-9. [PMID: 18177972 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2007] [Revised: 11/21/2007] [Accepted: 11/22/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV) spreads vertically and horizontally, however, the process is mostly still obscure. To further clarify the horizontal CAV spread, we examined the contribution of feathers. We demonstrated that CAV could be amplified from DNA purified from feather shafts of experimentally infected chicks, and the process efficacy was evaluated by comparing the amplification of DNA purified from feather shafts and lymphoid organs of CAV-experimentally infected chicks. DNA from feathers was found as an efficient source for CAV detection. Further, to substantiate whether CAV reaches the feather shafts passively via the blood, or intrinsically, causing histopathological changes, the feather follicle tissues were examined for CAV-induced lesions. Specific histological changes were found, however, immunohistochemistry failed to detect viral proteins. To determine whether the feather shafts are a source of infective virus, they were homogenized and used to infect 1-day-old chicks via the mucosal entries (eyes, nose and oropharynx). That infection mode simulates the natural route of horizontal infection in commercial poultry houses. We demonstrated the CAV-infection by serology, virology and pathology, showing that feather shafts carry infectious CAV either on their surface or within their feather pulp, and concluded that feathers contribute to the horizontal CAV dissemination.
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- I Davidson
- Division of Avian and Fish Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.
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Wang X, Gao H, Gao Y, Fu C, Wang Z, Lu G, Cheng Y, Wang X. Mapping of epitopes of VP2 protein of chicken anemia virus using monoclonal antibodies. J Virol Methods 2007; 143:194-9. [PMID: 17481740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2006] [Revised: 03/14/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To map the epitopes of VP2 protein of chicken anemia virus (CAV), VP2 was expressed as a fusion protein in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The Western blot demonstrated that recombinant VP2 protein could be recognized by sera of chickens infected with CAV. Female BALB/c mice were immunized with purified recombinant VP2 produced in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and seven VP2-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were developed. The results of Western blot showed that all the seven MAbs recognized the recombinant VP2 protein expressed in the baculovirus and reacted with MDCC-MSB1 cells infected with CAV by indirect immunofluorescence assay. The VP2 protein was dissected into 21 overlapping fragments, expressed as fusion peptides in E. coli and used for epitope mapping by pepscan analysis. ELISA and Western blot assays indicated that most of MAbs reacted with the 12th and 13th fragments (amino acids 111-136) and one of them reacted with the 3rd fragment (amino acids 21-36). The linear immunodominant epitope of VP2 was located mainly in amino acid residues 111-126 and 121-136.
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- Xiaoyan Wang
- Division of Avian Infectious Diseases, National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 427 Maduan Street, Harbin 150001, China.
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Smyth JA, Moffett DA, Connor TJ, McNulty MS. Chicken anaemia virus inoculated by the oral route causes lymphocyte depletion in the thymus in 3-week-old and 6-week-old chickens. Avian Pathol 2007; 35:254-9. [PMID: 16753618 DOI: 10.1080/03079450600717349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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There have been many reports of the severe clinical disease and pathology seen in young chicks that have been vertically infected with chicken anaemia virus (CAV). The disease is characterized by anaemia, and atrophy of the thymus and bone marrow. However, while it has been suggested that horizontally acquired infections of older birds are common, to date there has been no description in the literature of the pathology of this type of infection. In the present study, 3-week-old and 6-week-old chickens were infected by the oral route, as is likely to occur naturally, and a wide range of tissues were examined immunocytochemically for the presence of CAV antigen. Histological examination was carried out on the thymus, spleen and bone marrow of all birds, and on all other tissue samples in which CAV antigen was found. CAV antigen and associated pathological change were detected in the thymus of both 3-week-old and 6-week-old birds. However, CAV antigen was rarely found in other tissues, which is in contrast to what is found in birds infected when 1-day-old. In particular, very few infected cells were found in the bone marrow. Anaemia and bone marrow atrophy, which are typically found in chicks infected vertically or when 1-day-old, did not develop in the 3-week-old or 6-week-old birds. The findings of this study show that CAV is capable of infecting thymocytes of older birds, in contrast to previous belief, and that it is associated with lymphocyte depletion. There was only limited evidence of viral replication in the other tissues examined.
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- J A Smyth
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland, Veterinary Sciences Division, Stoney Road, Stormont, Belfast, BT4 3SD, UK.
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Peters MA, Crabb BS, Washington EA, Browning GF. Site-directed mutagenesis of the VP2 gene of Chicken anemia virus affects virus replication, cytopathology and host-cell MHC class I expression. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:823-831. [PMID: 16528031 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81468-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV) is an immunosuppressive pathogen of chickens. To further examine the role of viral protein 2 (VP2), which possesses dual-specificity protein phosphatase (DSP) activity, in viral cytopathogenicity and its influence on viral growth and virulence, an infectious genomic clone of CAV was subjected to site-directed mutagenesis. Substitution mutations C87R, R101G, K102D and H103Y were introduced into the DSP catalytic motif and R129G, Q131P, R/K/K150/151/152G/A/A, D/E161/162G/G, L163P, D169G and E186G into a region predicted to have a high degree of secondary structure. All mutant constructs were infectious, but their growth curves differed. The growth curve for mutant virus R/K/K150/151/152G/A/A was similar to that for wild-type virus, a second cluster of mutant viruses had an extended latent period and a third cluster of mutant viruses had extended latent and eclipse periods. All mutants had a reduced cytopathogenic effect in infected cells and VP3 was restricted to the cytoplasm. Mutation of the second basic residue (K102D) in the atypical DSP signature motif resulted in a marked reduction in virus replication efficiency, whereas mutation of the first basic residue (R101G) attenuated cytopathogenicity, but did not reduce replication efficiency. Expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I was markedly downregulated in cells infected with wild-type CAV, but not in those infected with mutants. This study further demonstrates the significance of VP2 in CAV replication and shows that specific mutations introduced into the gene encoding this protein can reduce virus replication, cytopathogenicity and downregulation of MHC I in infected cells.
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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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