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Thabet S, Sghaier S, Curini V, Mincarelli LF, El Mansouri D, Ben Osmane R, Ben Hassan S, Amara A, Ben Hassine T, Savini G, Pulsoni S, Sayadi A, Krichene A, Cammà C, Spedicato M, Lorusso A, Marcacci M, Hammami S. Identification and characterization of two atypical strains of bluetongue virus in sheep, Tunisia. Acta Trop 2024; 260:107416. [PMID: 39349236 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107416] [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: 06/28/2024] [Revised: 09/09/2024] [Accepted: 09/28/2024] [Indexed: 10/02/2024]
Abstract
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the causative agent of the bluetongue disease (BT), an infectious disease of domestic and wild ruminants that is primarily transmitted by Culicoides biting midges. In recent years, several novel BTV serotypes (often referred to as "atypical" BTVs) have been documented. These strains are usually asymptomatic in animals and seem to be unable to replicate efficiently in the arthropod vector. Here we report the detection of two putative atypical BTV strains in the Governorate of Gafsa, in the southwest region of Tunisia. Specifically, we recognised the recurrence of an atypical BTV strain (BTV-Y TUN2022) and a novel BTV-W TUN2022.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sara Thabet
- Service de Microbiologie, Immunologie et Pathologie Générale, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, IRESA, Université de la Manouba, Tunis 2020, Tunisia
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- Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, Tunis 1006, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1068. Tunisia
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Service de Microbiologie, Immunologie et Pathologie Générale, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, IRESA, Université de la Manouba, Tunis 2020, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Médicaments, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
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- Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, Tunis 1006, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1068. Tunisia
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- Direction Générale des Services Vétérinaires, Commissariat Régional au Développement Agricole de Gafsa, Gafsa 2100, Tunisia
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- Direction Générale des Services Vétérinaires, Commissariat Régional au Développement Agricole de Nabeul, Nabeul 8000, Tunisia
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Médicaments, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
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- Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, Tunis 1006, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1068. Tunisia
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy.
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- Service de Microbiologie, Immunologie et Pathologie Générale, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, IRESA, Université de la Manouba, Tunis 2020, Tunisia
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Didkowska A, Klich D, Nowak M, Wojciechowska M, Prolejko K, Kwiecień E, Rzewuska M, Olech W, Anusz K. A serological survey of pathogens associated with the respiratory and digestive system in the Polish European bison (Bison bonasus) population in 2017-2022. BMC Vet Res 2023; 19:74. [PMID: 37264393 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-023-03627-y] [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: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The European bison (Bison bonasus) is a near threatened species and requires health monitoring. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of antibodies to pathogens known to cause respiratory and digestive illness in ruminants. RESULTS In the studied 328 European bison, the highest seroprevalence was observed for Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1) (50.27%), Bovine Coronavirus (BCoV) (26.36%), and Bluetongue Virus (BTV) (12.83%). For Mycoplasma bovis strains and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV), positive results were rare. Interestingly, a higher prevalence of BTV antibodies was noted in the northeastern populations and older animals. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that the Polish European bison population appears to have considerable contact with BoHV-1; however, this does not appear to be of great significance, as clinical symptoms and post-mortem lesions are rarely noted in Polish European bison population. The high seroprevalence of BTV in the north-east of Poland is an ongoing trend, also noted in previous studies. It is possible that European bison may perpetuate the virus in this region. This is the first report of antibodies for BCoV in European bison.
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- Anna Didkowska
- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Animal Genetics and Conservation, Institute of Animal Sciences, University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Ciszewskiego 8, Warsaw, 02-786, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Genetics and Conservation, Institute of Animal Sciences, University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Ciszewskiego 8, Warsaw, 02-786, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, Warsaw, 02-786, Poland
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- Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, Warsaw, 02-786, Poland
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- Department of Animal Genetics and Conservation, Institute of Animal Sciences, University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Ciszewskiego 8, Warsaw, 02-786, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, Poland
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Rivera NA, Varga C, Ruder MG, Dorak SJ, Roca AL, Novakofski JE, Mateus-Pinilla NE. Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in the United States of America at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface. Pathogens 2021; 10:915. [PMID: 34451380 PMCID: PMC8402076 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10080915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bluetongue (BT) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) cases have increased worldwide, causing significant economic loss to ruminant livestock production and detrimental effects to susceptible wildlife populations. In recent decades, hemorrhagic disease cases have been reported over expanding geographic areas in the United States. Effective BT and EHD prevention and control strategies for livestock and monitoring of these diseases in wildlife populations depend on an accurate understanding of the distribution of BT and EHD viruses in domestic and wild ruminants and their vectors, the Culicoides biting midges that transmit them. However, national maps showing the distribution of BT and EHD viruses and the presence of Culicoides vectors are incomplete or not available at all. Thus, efforts to accurately describe the potential risk of these viruses on ruminant populations are obstructed by the lack of systematic and routine surveillance of their hosts and vectors. In this review, we: (1) outline animal health impacts of BT and EHD in the USA; (2) describe current knowledge of the distribution and abundance of BT and EHD and their vectors in the USA; and (3) highlight the importance of disease (BT and EHD) and vector surveillance for ruminant populations.
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- Nelda A. Rivera
- Illinois Natural History Survey-Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA; (S.J.D.); (J.E.N.)
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2001 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61802, USA;
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- Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA;
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- Illinois Natural History Survey-Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA; (S.J.D.); (J.E.N.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1207 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA;
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- Illinois Natural History Survey-Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA; (S.J.D.); (J.E.N.)
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1503 S. Maryland Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Illinois Natural History Survey-Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA; (S.J.D.); (J.E.N.)
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2001 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61802, USA;
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1503 S. Maryland Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Flannery J, Frost L, Fay P, Hicks H, Henstock M, Smreczak M, Orłowska A, Rajko-Nenow P, Darpel K, Batten C. BTV-14 Infection in Sheep Elicits Viraemia with Mild Clinical Symptoms. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E892. [PMID: 32545731 PMCID: PMC7355590 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8060892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
In 2011, Bluetongue virus serotype 14 (BTV-14) was detected in Russia during routine surveillance, and was subsequently found in a number of European countries. The strain had high sequence similarity to a BTV-14 vaccine strain. We aimed to determine the risk of this BTV-14 strain causing disease in a UK sheep breed. Four Poll Dorset sheep were infected with a Polish isolate of BTV-14 and infection kinetics were monitored over 28 days. BTV RNA was detected in EDTA blood by 4 days post-infection (dpi) and remained detectable at 28 days post-infection (dpi). Peak viraemia occurred at 6 and 7 dpi with Ct values ranging between 24.6 and 27.3 in all infected animals. BTV antibodies were detected by 10 dpi using a commercial ELISA and neutralising antibodies were detected from 10 dpi. BTV was isolated between 6 and 12 dpi. All infected sheep developed mild clinical signs such as reddening of conjunctiva and mucosal membranes, with one sheep demonstrating more overt clinical signs. Two uninoculated control animals remained clinically healthy and did not have detectable BTV RNA or antibodies. The overall mild clinical symptoms caused by this BTV-14 in this highly susceptible sheep breed were in accordance with the asymptomatic infections observed in the affected countries.
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- John Flannery
- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Virology, National Veterinary Research Institute, 24-100 Puławy, Poland; (M.S.); (A.O.)
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- Department of Virology, National Veterinary Research Institute, 24-100 Puławy, Poland; (M.S.); (A.O.)
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- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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- Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK; (L.F.); (P.F.); (H.H.); (M.H.); (P.R.-N.); (K.D.); (C.B.)
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