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Uruén C, Fernandez A, Arnal JL, Del Pozo M, Amoribieta MC, de Blas I, Jurado P, Calvo JH, Gottschalk M, González-Vázquez LD, Arenas M, Marín CM, Arenas J. Genomic and phenotypic analysis of invasive Streptococcus suis isolated in Spain reveals genetic diversification and associated virulence traits. Vet Res 2024; 55:11. [PMID: 38268053 PMCID: PMC10807230 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-024-01267-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that causes a major health problem in the pig production industry worldwide. Spain is one of the largest pig producers in the world. This work aimed to investigate the genetic and phenotypic features of invasive S. suis isolates recovered in Spain. A panel of 156 clinical isolates recovered from 13 Autonomous Communities, representing the major pig producers, were analysed. MLST and serotyping analysis revealed that most isolates (61.6%) were assigned to ST1 (26.3%), ST123 (18.6%), ST29 (9.6%), and ST3 (7.1%). Interestingly, 34 new STs were identified, indicating the emergence of novel genetic lineages. Serotypes 9 (27.6%) and 1 (21.8%) prevailed, followed by serotypes 7 (12.8%) and 2 (12.2%). Analysis of 13 virulence-associated genes showed significant associations between ST, serotype, virulence patterns, and clinical features, evidencing particular virulence traits associated with genetic clusters. The pangenome was generated, and the core genome was distributed in 7 Bayesian groups where each group included a variable set of over- and under-represented genes of different categories. The study provides comprehensive data and knowledge to improve the design of new vaccines, antimicrobial treatments, and bacterial typing approaches.
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- Cristina Uruén
- Unit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-Center of Research and Technology of Aragón (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Exopol. Veterinary Diagnostic and Autogenous Vaccine Laboratory, San Mateo de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Exopol. Veterinary Diagnostic and Autogenous Vaccine Laboratory, San Mateo de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-Center of Research and Technology of Aragón (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-Center of Research and Technology of Aragón (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Animal Science, Center of Research and Technology of Aragón CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
- ARAID, Saragossa, Spain
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- Research Group on Infectious Diseases in Production Animals and Swine and Poultry Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
- CINBIO, Vigo, Spain
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- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-Center of Research and Technology of Aragón (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Animal Science, Center of Research and Technology of Aragón CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-Center of Research and Technology of Aragón (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain.
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Uruén C, Gimeno J, Sanz M, Fraile L, Marín CM, Arenas J. Invasive Streptococcus suis isolated in Spain contain a highly promiscuous and dynamic resistome. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 13:1329632. [PMID: 38317790 PMCID: PMC10839070 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1329632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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Introduction Streptococcus suis is a major pathogen for swine and human. Here we aimed to know the rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in invasive S. suis isolates recovered along Spain between 2016 - 2021 and elucidate their genetic origin. Methods Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed for 116 isolates of different genetic backgrounds and geographic origins against 18 antibiotics of 9 families. The association between AMR and genotypes and the origin of the isolates were statistically analyzed using Pearson´s chi-square test and the likelihood ratio. The antimicrobial resistant genes were identified by whole genome sequencing analysis and PCR screenings. Results High AMR rates (>80%) were detected for tetracyclines, spectinomycin, lincosamides, and marbofloxacin, medium (20-40%) for sulphonamides/trimethoprim, tiamulin, penicillin G, and enrofloxacin, and low (< 20%) for florfenicol, and four additional β-lactams. The occurrence of multidrug resistance was observed in 90% of isolates. For certain antibiotics (penicillin G, enrofloxacin, marbofloxacin, tilmicosin, and erythromycin), AMR was significantly associated with particular sequence types (STs), geographic regions, age of pigs, and time course. Whole genome sequencing comparisons and PCR screenings identified 23 AMR genes, of which 19 were previously reported in S. suis (aph(3')-IIIa, sat4, aadE, spw, aac(6')-Ie-aph(2'')-Ia, fexA, optrA, erm(B), mef(A/E), mrs(D), mph(C), lnu(B), lsa(E), vga(F), tet(M), tet(O), tet(O/W/32/O), tet(W)), and 4 were novel (aph(2'')-IIIa, apmA, erm(47), tet(T)). These AMR genes explained the AMR to spectinomycin, macrolides, lincosamides, tiamulin, and tetracyclines. Several genes were located on mobile genetic elements which showed a variable organization and composition. As AMR gene homologs were identified in many human and animal pathogens, the resistome of S. suis has a different phylogenetic origin. Moreover, AMR to penicillin G, fluoroquinolones, and trimethoprim related to mutations in genes coding for target enzymes (pbp1a, pbp2b, pbp2x, mraY, gyrA, parC, and dhfr). Bioinformatic analysis estimated traits of recombination on target genes, also indicative of gene transfer events. Conclusions Our work evidences that S. suis is a major contributor to AMR dissemination across veterinary and human pathogens. Therefore, control of AMR in S. suis should be considered from a One Health approach in regions with high pig production to properly tackle the issue of antimicrobial drug resistance.
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- Cristina Uruén
- Unit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Animal Science, ETSEA, University of Lleida-Agrotecno, Lleida, Spain
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- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Animal Production and Health, CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Institute Agrofood of Aragón-IA2, University of Zaragoza-CITA, Zaragoza, Spain
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Charlier J, Barkema HW, Becher P, De Benedictis P, Hansson I, Hennig-Pauka I, La Ragione R, Larsen LE, Madoroba E, Maes D, Marín CM, Mutinelli F, Nisbet AJ, Podgórska K, Vercruysse J, Vitale F, Williams DJL, Zadoks RN. Disease control tools to secure animal and public health in a densely populated world. Lancet Planet Health 2022; 6:e812-e824. [PMID: 36208644 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00147-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Animal health is a prerequisite for global health, economic development, food security, food quality, and poverty reduction, while mitigating against climate change and biodiversity loss. We did a qualitative review of 53 infectious diseases in terrestrial animals with data from DISCONTOOLS, a specialist database and prioritisation model focusing on research gaps for improving infectious disease control in animals. Many diseases do not have any appropriate control tools, but the prioritisation model suggests that we should focus international efforts on Nipah virus infection, African swine fever, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, peste des petits ruminants, sheeppox and goatpox, avian influenza, Rift Valley fever, foot and mouth disease, and bovine tuberculosis, for the greatest impact on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Easy to use and accurate diagnostics are available for many animal diseases. However, there is an urgent need for the development of stable and durable diagnostics that can differentiate infected animals from vaccinated animals, to exploit rapid technological advances, and to make diagnostics widely available and affordable. Veterinary vaccines are important for dealing with endemic, new, and emerging diseases. However, fundamental research is needed to improve the convenience of use and duration of immunity, and to establish performant marker vaccines. The largest gap in animal pharmaceuticals is the threat of pathogens developing resistance to available drugs, in particular for bacterial and parasitic (protozoal, helminth, and arthropod) pathogens. We propose and discuss five research priorities for animal health that will help to deliver a sustainable and healthy planet: vaccinology, antimicrobial resistance, climate mitigation and adaptation, digital health, and epidemic preparedness.
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- Johannes Charlier
- DISCONTOOLS, AnimalhealthEurope, Brussels, Belgium; Kreavet, Kruibeke, Belgium.
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- One Health at UCalgary, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Field Station for Epidemiology in Bakum, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK
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- Institute for Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, Empangeni, South Africa
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Animal Science, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragón (CITA) and AgriFood Institute of Aragón-IA2 (CITA), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- Vaccines and Diagnostics Department, Moredun Research Institute, Mithlothian, Scotland
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- Department of Swine Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Pulawy, Poland
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Sevilla E, Vico JP, Delgado-Blas JF, González-Zorn B, Marín CM, Uruén C, Martín-Burriel I, Bolea R, Mainar-Jaime RC. Resistance to colistin and production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and/or AmpC enzymes in Salmonella isolates collected from healthy pigs in Northwest Spain in two periods: 2008-2009 and 2018. Int J Food Microbiol 2020; 338:108967. [PMID: 33243630 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Salmonellosis is a common subclinical infection in pigs and therefore apparently healthy animals may represent a reservoir of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella for humans. This study estimates and characterizes resistance to two classes of antimicrobials considered of the highest priority within the critically important antimicrobials for humans, i.e. colistin (CR) and 3rd generation cephalosporins (3GC), on a collection of Salmonella isolates from pigs from two periods: between 2008 and 09, when colistin was massively used; and in 2018, after three years under a National Plan against Antibiotic Resistance. Prevalence of CR was low (6 out of 625; 0.96%; 95%CI: 0.44-2.1) in 2008-09 and associated mostly to the mcr-1 gene, which was detected in four S. 4,5,12:i:- isolates. Polymorphisms in the pmrAB genes were detected in a S. 9,12:-:- isolate. No CR was detected in 2018 out of 59 isolates tested. Among 270 Salmonella isolates considered for the assessment of resistance to 3GC in the 2008-2009 sampling, only one Salmonella Bredeney (0.37%; 95%CI: 0.07-2.1) showed resistance to 3GC, which was associated with the blaCMY-2 gene (AmpC producer). In 2018, six isolates out of 59 (10.2%; 95%CI: 4.7-20.5) showed resistance to 3GC, but only two different strains were identified (S. 4,12:i:- and S. Rissen), both confirmed as extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) producers. The blaCTX-M-3 and blaTEM-1b genes in S. 4,12:i:- and the blaTEM-1b gene in S. Rissen seemed to be associated with this resistance. Overall, the prevalence of CR in Salmonella appeared to be very low in 2008-2009 despite the considerable use of colistin in pigs at that time, and seemed to remain so in 2018. Resistance to 3GC was even lower in 2008-2009 but somewhat higher in 2018. Resistance was mostly coded by genes associated with mobile genetic elements. Most serotypes involved in these antimicrobial resistances displayed a multidrug resistance pattern and were considered zoonotic.
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- Eloísa Sevilla
- Dpto. de Patología Animal y, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- IRNASUS-CONICET-Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Dpto. de Sanidad Animal y Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Dpto. de Sanidad Animal y Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (IA2), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Dpto. de Patología Animal y, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Genética Bioquímica (LAGENBIO), Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Dpto. de Patología Animal y, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Dpto. de Patología Animal y, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain.
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Muñoz PM, Blasco JM, Engel B, de Miguel MJ, Marín CM, Dieste L, Mainar-Jaime RC. Assessment of performance of selected serological tests for diagnosing brucellosis in pigs. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2012; 146:150-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Revised: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mancilla M, Marín CM, Blasco JM, Zárraga AM, López-Goñi I, Moriyón I. Spontaneous excision of the O-polysaccharide wbkA glycosyltranferase gene is a cause of dissociation of smooth to rough Brucella colonies. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:1860-7. [PMID: 22328663 PMCID: PMC3318470 DOI: 10.1128/jb.06561-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The brucellae are Gram-negative pathogens that cause brucellosis, a zoonosis of worldwide importance. The genus Brucella includes smooth and rough species that differ in that they carry smooth and rough lipopolysaccharides, respectively. Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis are typical smooth species. However, these smooth brucellae dissociate into rough mutants devoid of the lipopolysaccharide O-polysaccharide, a major antigen and a virulence determinant encoded in regions wbo (included in genomic island-2) and wbk. We demonstrate here the occurrence of spontaneous recombination events in those three Brucella species leading to the deletion of a 5.5-kb fragment carrying the wbkA glycosyltranferase gene and to the appearance of rough mutants. Analysis of the recombination intermediates suggested homologous recombination between the ISBm1 insertion sequences flanking wbkA as the mechanism generating the deletion. Excision of wbkA was reduced but not abrogated in a recA-deficient mutant, showing the existence of both RecA-dependent and -independent processes. Although the involvement of the ISBm1 copies flanking wbkA suggested a transpositional event, the predicted transpositional joint could not be detected. This absence of detectable transposition was consistent with the presence of polymorphism in the inverted repeats of one of the ISBm1 copies. The spontaneous excision of wbkA represents a novel dissociation mechanism of smooth brucellae that adds to the previously described excision of genomic island-2. This ISBm1-mediated wbkA excision and the different %GC levels of the excised fragment and of other wbk genes suggest that the Brucella wbk locus is the result of at least two horizontal acquisition events.
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- Marcos Mancilla
- Instituto de Salud Tropical y Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Instituto de Salud Tropical y Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Tropical y Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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López-Goñi I, García-Yoldi D, Marín CM, de Miguel MJ, Barquero-Calvo E, Guzmán-Verri C, Albert D, Garin-Bastuji B. New Bruce-ladder multiplex PCR assay for the biovar typing of Brucella suis and the discrimination of Brucella suis and Brucella canis. Vet Microbiol 2011; 154:152-5. [PMID: 21782356 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Rapid and specific identification of Brucella suis at the biovar level is necessary because some of the biovars that infect animals are pathogenic for humans. None of the molecular typing methods described so far are able to discriminate B. suis biovars in a single test and differentiation of B. suis from Brucella canis by molecular approaches can be difficult. This article describes a new multiplex PCR assay, Suis-ladder, for fast and accurate identification of B. suis at the biovar level and the differentiation of B. suis, B. canis and Brucella microti. An advancement of the original Bruce-ladder PCR protocol which allows the correct discrimination of all known Brucella species is also described.
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- Ignacio López-Goñi
- Instituto de Salud Tropical, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
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Da Costa Martins R, Irache JM, Blasco JM, Muñoz MP, Marín CM, Jesús Grilló M, Jesús De Miguel M, Barberán M, Gamazo C. Evaluation of particulate acellular vaccines against Brucella ovis infection in rams. Vaccine 2010; 28:3038-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.10.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 10/14/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Muñoz PM, Boadella M, Arnal M, de Miguel MJ, Revilla M, Martínez D, Vicente J, Acevedo P, Oleaga A, Ruiz-Fons F, Marín CM, Prieto JM, de la Fuente J, Barral M, Barberán M, de Luco DF, Blasco JM, Gortázar C. Spatial distribution and risk factors of Brucellosis in Iberian wild ungulates. BMC Infect Dis 2010; 10:46. [PMID: 20205703 PMCID: PMC2841660 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background The role of wildlife as a brucellosis reservoir for humans and domestic livestock remains to be properly established. The aim of this work was to determine the aetiology, apparent prevalence, spatial distribution and risk factors for brucellosis transmission in several Iberian wild ungulates. Methods A multi-species indirect immunosorbent assay (iELISA) using Brucella S-LPS antigen was developed. In several regions having brucellosis in livestock, individual serum samples were taken between 1999 and 2009 from 2,579 wild bovids, 6,448 wild cervids and4,454 Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), and tested to assess brucellosis apparent prevalence. Strains isolated from wild boar were characterized to identify the presence of markers shared with the strains isolated from domestic pigs. Results Mean apparent prevalence below 0.5% was identified in chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica), Iberian wild goat (Capra pyrenaica), and red deer (Cervus elaphus). Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), fallow deer (Dama dama), mouflon (Ovis aries) and Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) tested were seronegative. Only one red deer and one Iberian wild goat resulted positive in culture, isolating B. abortus biovar 1 and B. melitensis biovar 1, respectively. Apparent prevalence in wild boar ranged from 25% to 46% in the different regions studied, with the highest figures detected in South-Central Spain. The probability of wild boar being positive in the iELISA was also affected by age, age-by-sex interaction, sampling month, and the density of outdoor domestic pigs. A total of 104 bacterial isolates were obtained from wild boar, being all identified as B. suis biovar 2. DNA polymorphisms were similar to those found in domestic pigs. Conclusions In conclusion, brucellosis in wild boar is widespread in the Iberian Peninsula, thus representing an important threat for domestic pigs. By contrast, wild ruminants were not identified as a significant brucellosis reservoir for livestock.
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- Pilar M Muñoz
- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria del Gobierno de Aragón (CITA), Montañana, 930 50059, Zaragoza, Spain
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Barrio MB, Grilló MJ, Muñoz PM, Jacques I, González D, de Miguel MJ, Marín CM, Barberán M, Letesson JJ, Gorvel JP, Moriyón I, Blasco JM, Zygmunt MS. Rough mutants defective in core and O-polysaccharide synthesis and export induce antibodies reacting in an indirect ELISA with smooth lipopolysaccharide and are less effective than Rev 1 vaccine against Brucella melitensis infection of sheep. Vaccine 2009; 27:1741-9. [PMID: 19186196 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2008] [Revised: 12/30/2008] [Accepted: 01/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Classical brucellosis vaccines induce antibodies to the O-polysaccharide section of the lipopolysaccharide that interfere in serodiagnosis. Brucella rough (R) mutants lack the O-polysaccharide but their usefulness as vaccines is controversial. Here, Brucella melitensis R mutants in all main lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic pathways were evaluated in sheep in comparison with the reference B. melitensis Rev 1 vaccine. In a first experiment, these mutants were tested for ability to induce anti-O-polysaccharide antibodies, persistence and spread through target organs, and innocuousness. Using the data obtained and those of genetic studies, three candidates were selected and tested for efficacy as vaccines against a challenge infecting 100% of unvaccinated ewes. Protection by R vaccines was 54% or less whereas Rev 1 afforded 100% protection. One-third of R mutant vaccinated ewes became positive in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with smooth lipopolysaccharide due to the core epitopes remaining in the mutated lipopolysaccharide. We conclude that R vaccines interfere in lipopolysaccharide immunosorbent assays and are less effective than Rev 1 against B. melitensis infection of sheep.
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- María B Barrio
- INRA, UR1282, Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, IASP, Nouzilly F-37380, France
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Grilló MJ, Marín CM, Barberán M, de Miguel MJ, Laroucau K, Jacques I, Blasco JM. Efficacy of bp26 and bp26/omp31 B. melitensis Rev.1 deletion mutants against Brucella ovis in rams. Vaccine 2008; 27:187-91. [PMID: 19007836 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.10.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Revised: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Brucella melitensis Rev.1 is the most effective vaccine against B. ovis infection in sheep but induces antibodies interfering with B. melitensis diagnosis. Brucella BP26 and Omp31 proteins are differential diagnostic antigens. Single or double bp26 and omp31 Rev.1 deletion mutants have been proven effective against B. melitensis in sheep. Here, the CGV26 (deleted in bp26 gene) and CGV2631 (deleted in both bp26 and omp31 genes) mutants have been tested for efficacy against B. ovis in rams. Either inoculated subcutaneously or conjunctivally, both mutants conferred significant protection against B. ovis. The protection induced by CGV26 was similar to that of Rev.1 but significantly higher than that conferred by CGV2631. In conclusion, the CGV26 mutant, in association with the adequate diagnostic strategy, could be a useful alternative to Rev.1 for sheep vaccination against B. ovis infections in those countries performing simultaneously B. melitensis and B. ovis eradication campaigns.
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- M J Grilló
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra, Carretera de Mutilva, s/n. 31192, Mutilva Baja, Navarra, Spain.
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Muñoz PM, García-Castrillo C, López-Garciá P, González-Cueli JC, De Miguel MJ, Marín CM, Barberán M, Blasco JM. Isolation of Brucella species from a live-stranded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in Spain. Vet Rec 2007; 158:450-1. [PMID: 16581998 DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.13.450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- P M Muñoz
- Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Centro de Investigacion y Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Gobierno de Aragón, Ap 727, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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García-Yoldi D, Le Fleche P, Marín CM, De Miguel MJ, Muñoz PM, Vergnaud G, López-Goñi I. Assessment of genetic stability of Brucella melitensis Rev 1 vaccine strain by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis. Vaccine 2007; 25:2858-62. [PMID: 17050051 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 09/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The assessment of the genetic stability is one of the essential elements to guarantee the biological quality of live anti-bacteria vaccines. Live attenuated Brucella melitensis Rev 1 is the most effective vaccine against brucellosis in small ruminants. Thirty-six B. melitensis Rev 1 vaccine strains isolated from human or animal sources from different geographic regions, from different commercial batches or laboratory collections were typed by the multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) recently described for Brucella spp. Our results demonstrated that B. melitensis Rev 1 group as assayed by MLVA is genetically very homogeneous. We believe that MLVA methodology could be an essential assay to guarantee the quality and stability of live anti-bacterial vaccines being produced worldwide and can be included as in vitro control.
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- David García-Yoldi
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, c/Irunlarrea no. 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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Grilló MJ, De Miguel MJ, Muñoz PM, Marín CM, Ariza J, Blasco JM. Efficacy of several antibiotic combinations against Brucella melitensis Rev 1 experimental infection in BALB/c mice. J Antimicrob Chemother 2006; 58:622-6. [PMID: 16849379 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The objective of the present study was to compare the efficacy of gentamicin given alone or combined with doxycycline with that of standard combination therapies in BALB/c mice experimentally infected with the Brucella melitensis vaccine strain Rev 1. METHODS A standard broth microdilution method was applied to determine the susceptibility of strain Rev 1 to the clinically most relevant aminoglycosides. Eight groups of BALB/c mice were inoculated intraperitoneally (ip) with 1 x 10(6) cfu/mouse of strain Rev 1. While one group remained untreated, the other seven groups were treated 10 days later once a day for 14 days with (i) doxycycline given orally at 2 mg/day; (ii) streptomycin given ip at 0.4 mg/day; (iii) gentamicin given ip at 0.4 mg/day; (iv) rifampicin given orally at 0.5 mg/day; (v) doxycycline plus streptomycin; (vi) doxycycline plus gentamicin; and (vii) doxycycline plus rifampicin. The number of cfu per spleen and clearance of Rev 1 were assessed 34 days after inoculation. RESULTS With the exception of streptomycin, strain Rev 1 was susceptible to all aminoglycosides tested. As expected, the combination doxycycline/streptomycin was ineffective against Rev 1 infection. In contrast, the combinations doxycycline/gentamicin and doxycycline/rifampicin were effective in the clearance of Rev 1 infection, but only the former improved significantly the therapeutic efficacy as compared with that of the antibiotics given alone. CONCLUSIONS Gentamicin may be used along with doxycycline when the classical combination is considered the first choice in the treatment of patients with brucellosis due to B. melitensis vaccine strain Rev 1.
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- M J Grilló
- Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA) de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
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García-Yoldi D, Marín CM, de Miguel MJ, Muñoz PM, Vizmanos JL, López-Goñi I. Multiplex PCR Assay for the Identification and Differentiation of all Brucella Species and the Vaccine Strains Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 and Brucella melitensis Rev1. Clin Chem 2006; 52:779-81. [PMID: 16595839 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.062596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Muñoz PM, Estevan M, Marín CM, Jesús De Miguel M, Jesús Grilló M, Barberán M, Irache JM, Blasco JM, Gamazo C. Brucella outer membrane complex-loaded microparticles as a vaccine against Brucella ovis in rams. Vaccine 2006; 24:1897-905. [PMID: 16337315 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.10.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Revised: 10/14/2005] [Accepted: 10/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Due to the important drawbacks of the Brucella melitensis Rev 1 vaccine, a safer vaccine based on an outer membrane complex from Brucella ovis encapsulated in poly-epsilon-caprolactone (PEC) microparticles (MP) was developed and tested in rams. Homogeneous batches of microparticles were prepared by a new double emulsion solvent evaporation method called "Total Recirculation One-Machine System" (TROMS). Such microparticles presented a mean diameter of 2 microm and displayed an antigen loading of about 13 microg HS per mg of microparticles. Subcutaneous vaccination of rams with 800 microg HS (hot saline antigenic extract of B. ovis) in PEC microparticles induced an adequate serological response against B. ovis antigens and conferred similar protection against challenge with B. ovis to that induced by the living attenuated B. melitensis Rev 1 reference vaccine. By contrast, lower doses (80 microg) of HS-PEC evoked reduced serological responses against B. ovis antigens and did not induce significant protection. The revaccination with 800 microg of HS-PEC increased the intensity and duration of the serological response against B. ovis antigens but did not improve the protection conferred by the single vaccination. Sample sera taken from any of the animals immunized with Rev 1 were seropositive in both Rose Bengal and the Complement Fixation tests (RBT, CFT) used for the diagnosis of smooth Brucella infections. By contrast, no positive reactors in both tests were recorded in the animals vaccinated with HS-PEC, being this a target objective of this study. HS-PEC microparticles can be used as a safe vaccine against brucellosis in rams, but further studies using higher doses of antigens are necessary to exploit their full potential for the prophylaxis of brucellosis in sheep.
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- Pilar M Muñoz
- CITA, Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Ap 727, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Mainar-Jaime RC, Muñoz PM, de Miguel MJ, Grilló MJ, Marín CM, Moriyón I, Blasco JM. Specificity dependence between serological tests for diagnosing bovine brucellosis in Brucella-free farms showing false positive serological reactions due to Yersinia enterocolitica O:9. Can Vet J 2005; 46:913-6. [PMID: 16454384 PMCID: PMC1255594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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When brucellosis false positive serological reactions happen in cattle, the serial use of pairs of specificity-correlated serological tests (rose bengal, complement fixation, competitive ELISA) results in specificities lower than expected. In this situation, highly specific tests, such as the indirect ELISA used alone, may be more adequate than serial testing.
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- Raúl C Mainar-Jaime
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.
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García-Yoldi D, Marín CM, López-Goñi I. Restriction site polymorphisms in the genes encoding new members of group 3 outer membrane protein family of Brucella spp. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 245:79-84. [PMID: 15796983 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2004] [Revised: 12/13/2004] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Thirty-seven Brucella reference and field strains representing all the species and their biovars were analysed by PCR-RFLP to determine the degree of variation in the genes encoding the new members of group 3 outer membrane protein (Omp) family. Analysis of the omp22 and omp25c/omp25d genes indicated that the restriction patterns were identical for all species and biovars with all restriction enzymes tested, except for Brucella ovis that showed a short 30 bp deletion close to omp22 gene, and for B. abortus biovar 6 and B. ovis that lacked a DdeI site and a HinfI site, respectively, in the omp25c/omp25d genes. Analysis of PCR products of the omp31b gene digested with 20 restriction enzymes revealed that this gene has a greater level of DNA polymorphism than the other genes encoding the new members of group 3 Omp family. A deletion of 232bp was detected in fourteen B melitensis strains from different hosts and from different geographic origins, confirming that this feature is indeed a hallmark of B. melitensis. PCR-RFLP analysis of omp31b with DdeI allowed us to identify species-specific markers for B. abortus, B. melitensis, and B. ovis. Finally, by PCR analysis, Southern blot hybridization and DNA sequencing we showed that a large deletion of 15 kb, comprising the entire omp25b gene and 21 more genes, is present in all B. ovis strains, thus confirming previous observations from other authors.
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- D García-Yoldi
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Muñoz PM, Marín CM, Monreal D, González D, Garin-Bastuji B, Díaz R, Mainar-Jaime RC, Moriyón I, Blasco JM. Efficacy of several serological tests and antigens for diagnosis of bovine brucellosis in the presence of false-positive serological results due to Yersinia enterocolitica O:9. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2005; 12:141-51. [PMID: 15642999 PMCID: PMC540215 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.12.1.141-151.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 bears a smooth lipopolysaccharide (S-LPS) of Brucella sp. O-chain A+C/Y epitopic structure and is a cause of false-positive serological reactions (FPSR) in standard tests for cattle brucellosis. Brucella S-LPS, cross-reacting S-LPSs representing several O-chain epitope combinations, Brucella core lipid A epitopes (rough LPS), Brucella abortus S-LPS-derived polysaccharide, native hapten polysaccharide, rough LPS group 3 outer membrane protein complexes, recombinant BP26, and cytosolic proteins were tested in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and precipitation tests to detect cattle brucellosis (sensitivity) and to differentiate it from FPSR (specificity). No single serological test and antigen combination showed 100% sensitivity and specificity simultaneously. Immunoprecipitation tests with native hapten polysaccharide, counterimmunoelectrophoresis with cytosolic proteins, and a chaotropic ELISA with Brucella S-LPS were 100% specific but less sensitive than the Rose Bengal test, complement fixation, and indirect ELISA with Brucella S-LPSs and native hapten or S-LPS-derived polysaccharides. A competitive ELISA with Brucella S-LPS and M84 C/Y-specific monoclonal antibody was not 100% specific and was less sensitive than other tests. ELISA with Brucella suis bv. 2 S-LPS (deficient in C epitopes), Escherichia hermannii S-LPSs [lacking the contiguous alpha-(1-2)-linked perosamine residues characteristic of Y. enterocolitica S-LPS], BP26 recombinant protein, and Brucella cytosolic fractions did not provide adequate sensitivity/specificity ratios. Although no serological test and antigen combination fully resolved the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis in the presence of FPSR, some are simple and practical alternatives to the brucellin skin test currently recommended for differential diagnosis.
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- P M Muñoz
- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Gobierno de Aragón, Avenida de Montañana 930, Ap. 727, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Cloeckaert A, Jacques I, Grilló MJ, Marín CM, Grayon M, Blasco JM, Verger JM. Development and evaluation as vaccines in mice of Brucella melitensis Rev.1 single and double deletion mutants of the bp26 and omp31 genes coding for antigens of diagnostic significance in ovine brucellosis. Vaccine 2004; 22:2827-35. [PMID: 15246618 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2003] [Revised: 12/29/2003] [Accepted: 01/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The live attenuated Brucella melitensis Rev.1 strain is considered the best vaccine available for the prophylaxis of brucellosis in sheep caused by either B. melitensis or Brucella ovis. However, its application stimulates antibody responses in vaccinated animals indistinguishable by the current conventional serological tests from those observed in infected animals. The periplasmic protein BP26 and the outer membrane protein (OMP) Omp31 are immunodominant antigens in the serological responses of B. melitensis and B. ovis infected sheep, respectively. Accordingly, vaccine strain Rev.1 single and double deletion mutants of the bp26 and omp31 genes were developed, based on the principle that the use of such mutants as vaccines in association with diagnostic tests based on BP26 and Omp31 antigens would allow the serological differentiation between infected and vaccinated animals. The deletion mutants obtained were indistinguishable from the parental Rev.1 strain by conventional bacteriological and typing tests. The expression of their major surface antigens, as determined by reactivity with specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), remained unaffected, i.e. smooth-lipopolysaccharide (S-LPS) and OMPs besides in the expression of the antigens whose respective genes were deleted. The bp26 and omp31 deletions did not modify the kinetics of splenic infection nor the residual virulence of Rev.1 in the BALB/c mouse model. Vaccination of BALB/c mice with the deletion mutants conferred significant protective immunity against B. melitensis strain H38 or B. ovis strain PA challenges, to the same extent as that induced by parental Rev.1 strain. Thus, these Rev.1 bp26 or omp31 deletion mutants are promising vaccine candidates against B. melitensis and B. ovis infections and will be further evaluated in sheep.
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- Axel Cloeckaert
- Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Unité BioAgresseurs Santé et Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly 37380, France.
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Seco-Mediavilla P, Verger JM, Grayon M, Cloeckaert A, Marín CM, Zygmunt MS, Fernández-Lago L, Vizcaíno N. Epitope mapping of the Brucella melitensis BP26 immunogenic protein: usefulness for diagnosis of sheep brucellosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2003; 10:647-51. [PMID: 12853399 PMCID: PMC164270 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.10.4.647-651.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sequencing of bp26, the gene encoding the Brucella sp. immunogenic BP26 periplasmic protein, was performed in the reference strains of Brucella abortus, B. suis, and B. ovis. The three bp26 sequences were almost identical to that published for B. melitensis 16M bp26, and only minor nucleotide substitutions, without modifying the amino acid sequence, were observed between species. The bp26 genes of the seven B. abortus biovar reference strains and B. abortus S19 and RB51 vaccine strains were also sequenced. Again, only minor differences were found. Surprisingly, the bp26 nucleotide sequence for B. abortus S19 was almost identical to that found for B. melitensis 16M and differed from the sequence described previously by others (O. L. Rossetti, A. I. Arese, M. L. Boschiroli, and S. L. Cravero, J. Clin. Microbiol. 34:165-169, 1996) for the same B. abortus strain. The epitope mapping of BP26, performed by using a panel of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant DNA techniques, allowed the identification of an immunodominant region of the protein interesting for the diagnosis of B. melitensis and B. ovis infection in sheep. A recombinant fusion protein containing this region of BP26 reacted indeed, in Western blotting, as the entire recombinant BP26 against sera from B. melitensis- or B. ovis-infected sheep while it avoided false-positive reactions observed with sera from Brucella-free sheep when using the entire recombinant BP26. Thus, use of this recombinant fusion protein instead the entire recombinant BP26 could improve the specific serological diagnosis of B. melitensis or B. ovis infection in sheep.
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Vizcaíno N, Kittelberger R, Cloeckaert A, Marín CM, Fernández-Lago L. Minor nucleotide substitutions in the omp31 gene of Brucella ovis result in antigenic differences in the major outer membrane protein that it encodes compared to those of the other Brucella species. Infect Immun 2001; 69:7020-8. [PMID: 11598077 PMCID: PMC100082 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.11.7020-7028.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The gene coding for the major outer membrane protein Omp31 was sequenced in five Brucella species and their biovars. Although the omp31 genes appeared to be highly conserved in the genus Brucella, nine nucleotide substitutions were detected in the gene of Brucella ovis compared to that of Brucella melitensis. As shown by differential binding properties of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to the two Brucella species, these nucleotide substitutions result in different antigenic properties of Omp31. The antigenic differences were also evidenced when sera from B. ovis-infected rams were tested by Western blotting with the recombinant B. melitensis or B. ovis Omp31 proteins. Twelve available sera reacted with recombinant B. ovis Omp31, but only four of them reacted with recombinant B. melitensis Omp31. These results validate previous evidence for the potential of Omp31 as a diagnostic antigen for B. ovis infection in rams and demonstrate that B. ovis Omp31, instead of B. melitensis Omp31, should be used to evaluate this point. The antigenic differences between the B. melitensis and B. ovis Omp31 proteins should also be taken into account when Omp31 is evaluated as a candidate for the development of subcellular vaccines against B. ovis infection. No reactivity against recombinant B. melitensis Omp31 was detected, by Western blotting, with sera from B. melitensis-infected sheep. Accordingly, Omp31 does not seem to be a good diagnostic antigen for B. melitensis infections in sheep. Two immunodominant regions were identified on the B. ovis Omp31 protein by using recombinant DNA techniques and specific MAbs. Sera from B. ovis-infected rams that reacted with the recombinant protein were tested by Western blotting against one of these immunodominant regions shown to be exposed at the bacterial surface. Only 4 of the 12 sera reacted, but with strong intensity.
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- N Vizcaíno
- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Edificio Departmental, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
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Murillo M, Grilló MJ, Reñé J, Marín CM, Barberán M, Goñi MM, Blasco JM, Irache JM, Gamazo C. A Brucella ovis antigenic complex bearing poly-epsilon-caprolactone microparticles confer protection against experimental brucellosis in mice. Vaccine 2001; 19:4099-106. [PMID: 11457533 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(01)00177-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A hot saline antigenic extract (HS) from Brucella ovis was encapsulated in poly-epsilon-caprolactone microparticles (PEC), and tested as a vaccine against B. ovis and B. abortus infections in mice. Subcutaneous but not oral administration in BALB/c mice of the HS-PEC induced high amounts of IFN-gamma and IL-2 but low quantities of IL-4 suggesting a combined Th1/Th2 cellular immune response. The vaccine administered either subcutaneously or orally protected mice against B. ovis infection. Such protection was similar to that provided by the reference living attenuated B. melitensis Rev. 1 vaccine. By contrast, only the subcutaneous vaccination with HS-PEC was as effective as Rev. 1 in conferring protection against B. abortus infection. The use of free HS or empty PEC microparticles did not produce any protective effect.
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- M Murillo
- Department of Technological Pharmacy, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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Forty yearling Brucella-free ewes were inoculated with Brucella ovis by the conjunctival route in mid or late first pregnancy. Only a few ewes excreted B ovis during pregnancy and gave birth to stillborn lambs, but most of them excreted the organism at lambing or during lactation. One of the 11 lambs which were born alive but died before they were weaned was found to be infected postmortem. In contrast, none of the 46 surviving lambs which were reared in isolation until adulthood, was found to be infected. At weaning, the 40 ewes were mated again with five Brucella-free rams. Although many of the ewes excreted B ovis, none of the rams was found to be infected when necropsied after mating. Most of the ewes that became pregnant, all having excreted B ovis during their first pregnancy, cleared the infection during the second pregnancy. However, three remained persistently infected and excreted B ovis in their milk throughout the second lactation. None of the lambs born to these three ewes was found to be infected when necropsied at weaning.
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- M J Grilló
- Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Diputación General de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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Marín CM, Moreno E, Moriyón I, Díaz R, Blasco JM. Performance of competitive and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, gel immunoprecipitation with native hapten polysaccharide, and standard serological tests in diagnosis of sheep brucellosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 1999; 6:269-72. [PMID: 10066666 PMCID: PMC95699 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.2.269-272.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Competitive and standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), rose bengal (RB), complement fixation, and agar gel immunoprecipitation with native hapten (AGID-NH) were compared by using sera from Brucella-free, Brucella melitensis-infected, and B. melitensis Rev1-vaccinated sheep. The most sensitive tests were indirect ELISA and RB, and the most specific tests were AGID-NH and competitive ELISA. We show that RB followed by AGID-NH is a simple and effective system for diagnosing sheep brucellosis.
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- C M Marín
- Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Servicio de Investigación Agraria, Diputación General de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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Marín CM, Alonso-Urmeneta B, Moriyón I, Pérez-Gómez S, Blasco JM. Comparison of polyclonal, monoclonal and protein G peroxidase conjugates in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Brucella ovis in sheep. Vet Rec 1998; 143:390-4. [PMID: 9802197 DOI: 10.1136/vr.143.14.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The sensitivities of three commercial peroxidase conjugates (polyclonal anti-sheep IgG, recombinant protein G and a monoclonal anti-ruminant IgG1) in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Brucella ovis were evaluated. The monoclonal and protein G conjugates reduced, but did not totally remove, the characteristic background reactivity observed with the sera from brucella-free sheep. The protein G conjugate provided the best sensitivity, similar to that obtained with the classical gel diffusion test. Both tests were highly specific when testing sera from brucella-free animals but detected as positive a large proportion of sera from both Brucella melitensis-infected and B melitensis Rev 1-vaccinated sheep.
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- C M Marín
- Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Diputación General de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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Marín CM, Segura JL, Bern C, Freedman DS, Guillermo Lescano A, Benavente LE, Cordero LG, Clavijo L, Gilman JB. Seasonal change in nutritional status among young children in an urban shanty town in Peru. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1996; 90:442-5. [PMID: 8882202 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90541-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Seasonal variation in nutritional status among young children has been described in rural populations, but in few urban settings. We examined seasonality in 7 years of nutritional surveillance data from an urban shanty town near Lima, Peru, where children 0-35 months old were measured at intervals of 4-5 months. We compared nutritional status by month, using generalized estimating equations to account for the intercorrelations among measurements of the same person at different times. The periodicity of the seasonal variation was found to fit a model in which the month of the year was sine-transformed, and this sine-transformed model was used to examine possible interactions with age, sex and year of examination. A total of 38,626 measurements was available from 11,333 children. In late winter, mean weight-for-height was an estimated 0.38 Z score higher than in late summer. The seasonal effect occurred at all ages, in both sexes, and in each year of surveillance. The amplitude was greatest for children 6-23 months old. The summer trough in weight-for-height was lower in 1989 than in other years; children who experienced this summer low had lower mean height-for-age in subsequent years. The seasonal variation in nutritional status may be related to differences in dietary intake, or to the higher prevalence of bacterial diarrhoea in summer than in winter. The more marked drop in weight-for-height in 1989 and subsequent trough in height-for-age may be related to political and economic changes than adversely affected food access in Peru.
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- C M Marín
- Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru
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Marín CM, Alabart JL, Blasco JM. Effect of antibiotics contained in two Brucella selective media on growth of Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. ovis. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:426-8. [PMID: 8789029 PMCID: PMC228811 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.426-428.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The MIC and the highest concentration enabling bacterial growth (CEG) of the antibiotics contained in two selective media were determined for Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. ovis. The nalidixic acid and bacitracin contained in Farrell's selective medium were responsible for the inhibitory effects observed.
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- C M Marín
- Servicio de Investigación Agraria, Diputación General de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
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The protective efficacy against Brucella ovis of the live vaccine Brucella abortus strain RB51 has been evaluated in rams using the attenuated B. melitensis strain Rev 1 as a reference vaccine. Sixteen Brucella-free rams, 6 months of age, were vaccinated subcutaneously with 4.18 x 10(10) c.f.u. RB51. Sixteen rams of the same condition and age were vaccinated subcutaneously the same day with 1.1 x 10(9) c.f.u. Rev 1. Fifteen similar rams were kept unvaccinated as controls. Six months after vaccination all rams were challenged with 3 x 10(9) c.f.u. B. ovis and slaughtered 8 weeks thereafter for bacteriological and pathological studies. The percentage of rams that were found infected was 68% (Rev 1), 100% (RB51) and 100% (controls). At necropsy, the percentage of organs found to be infected was significantly lower (p < 0.0005) in Rev 1-vaccinated (34%) than in RB51-vaccinated rams (74%) or controls (69%). In conclusion, the RB51 vaccine did not confer protective immunity against B. ovis in rams.
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Jiménez de Bagüés MP, Elzer PH, Blasco JM, Marín CM, Gamazo C, Winter AJ. Protective immunity to Brucella ovis in BALB/c mice following recovery from primary infection or immunization with subcellular vaccines. Infect Immun 1994; 62:632-8. [PMID: 8300219 PMCID: PMC186150 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.2.632-638.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Experiments were performed with BALB/c mice to elucidate the roles of humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in the acquisition of protective immunity to Brucella ovis and to compare infection immunity with immunity developed through vaccination with a hot saline extract (HS) of B. ovis. Mice convalescing from a primary infection with B. ovis displayed a high level of resistance to reinfection, as evidenced by splenic bacterial counts decreased over 10,000-fold from control groups at 2 weeks after challenge. Passive transfer assays revealed that protection was mediated by both T lymphocytes and antibodies but that antibodies had a substantially greater role on the basis of log units of protection that were transferred. Antibodies specific for HS proteins in sera from convalescent mice were predominantly of the immunoglobulin G 2a and 3 isotypes. Vaccination with HS conferred good protection against B. ovis, but protection was greatly enhanced by the incorporation of QS-21 or other adjuvants. Protection provided by the HS vaccine resulted largely from immune responses to its protein moieties. A critical evaluation of the protective efficacy of the rough lipopolysaccharide component of HS was precluded by its poor immunogenicity in BALB/c mice. HS-QS-21 afforded protection against challenge infection with B. ovis as good as that which developed after a primary infection and as good as or better than that provided by attenuated Brucella melitensis vaccine strain Rev 1. Passive transfer experiments confirmed that the magnitudes of both humoral and cell-mediated forms of protective immunity were equivalent in mice vaccinated with HS-QS-21 and those recovering from a primary infection. Protective immunity to B. ovis in mice therefore resembled that to Brucella abortus, except that the relative roles of humoral and cell-mediated immunity, rather than being equivalent, were shifted toward a greater role for antibodies.
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A mouse model was developed to study Brucella ovis infection. The evolution of the number of B. ovis per spleen of mice inoculated intravenously, intraperitoneally or subcutaneously was found to be independent of the sex of the mice. The number of B. ovis increased in the spleen when increasing the challenge dose up to 1.7 x 10(7). At higher doses of challenge, the response remained constant. In this model it was observed that the inoculation of Brucella melitensis Rev 1 vaccine or subcellular B. ovis hot saline antigens during both the acute and chronic phases did not modify the time course of B. ovis infection. Finally, the model was found suitable to determine the efficacy of anti-B. ovis vaccines. B. melitensis Rev 1 (2.2 x 10(5) c.f.u.) and B. suis strain 2 (1.2 x 10(7) c.f.u.) live vaccines but not the inactivated B. melitensis H38 vaccine conferred protection against B. ovis.
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Jiménez de Bagüés MP, Marín CM, Blasco JM, Moriyón I, Gamazo C. An ELISA with Brucella lipopolysaccharide antigen for the diagnosis of B. melitensis infection in sheep and for the evaluation of serological responses following subcutaneous or conjunctival B. melitensis strain Rev 1 vaccination. Vet Microbiol 1992; 30:233-41. [PMID: 1557898 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(92)90117-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with unpurified Brucella melitensis smooth lipopolysaccharide (S-LPS) as antigen was evaluated for the serological diagnosis of B. melitensis infection in sheep in comparison with the Rose Bengal (RB), complement fixation (CF), radial immunodiffusion (RID), microplate agglutination (MA) and rivanol agglutination (RIV) tests. Tests RB and CF detected as positive each of the 77 sera from B. melitensis-infected animals tested, the RID (74), MA (76) and the RIV (72) were less sensitive. However, all tests compared were negative when 77 sera from Brucella-free rams were tested. While subcutaneous Rev 1 vaccination induced high response levels in any of the tests, low level responses were obtained upon conjunctival vaccination, particularly in ELISA and RID tests.
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Marín CM, Barberán M, Jiménez de Bagués MP, Blasco JM. Comparison of subcutaneous and conjunctival routes of Rev 1 vaccination for the prophylaxis of Brucella ovis infection in rams. Res Vet Sci 1990; 48:209-15. [PMID: 2110377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The serological response and protection conferred against Brucella ovis by the Rev 1 vaccine was evaluated in both adult (experiment 1) and young rams (experiment 2) vaccinated either subcutaneously or conjunctivally. In experiment 1 the Rev 1 vaccine protected 55.5 per cent and 100 per cent, respectively, of subcutaneously and conjunctivally vaccinated rams against three consecutive challenges that infected 100 per cent of unvaccinated controls. In experiment 2, Rev 1 protected 100 per cent of rams vaccinated subcutaneously and 70 per cent of those vaccinated conjunctivally against a challenge dose able to infect all the unvaccinated controls. The serological response after vaccination was significantly lower in rams vaccinated conjunctivally than in those vaccinated subcutaneously.
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- C M Marín
- Departamento de Producción Animal, Zaragoza, Spain
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Marín CM, Jiménez de Bagués MP, Blasco JM, Gamazo C, Moriyón I, Díaz R. Comparison of three serological tests for Brucella ovis infection of rams using different antigenic extracts. Vet Rec 1989; 125:504-8. [PMID: 2512715 DOI: 10.1136/vr.125.20.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The sensitivity and specificity of the complement fixation, gel diffusion and ELISA tests for the diagnosis of Brucella ovis infection of rams have been compared using three different antigenic preparations. The antigens obtained by petroleum ether - chloroform - phenol, or cold saline extractions gave poorer diagnostic results than those obtained by hot saline extraction in all the tests. The best sensitivity was obtained with the ELISA (97.6 per cent) followed by the gel diffusion (96.4 per cent) and complement fixation tests (92.7 per cent). The gel diffusion test detected as positive the two rams negative in the ELISA, while the complement fixation test did not improve the sensitivity of the other tests. Under these conditions all the tests were 100 per cent specific when testing sera from rams free of B ovis.
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- C M Marín
- Department of Animal Production, Zaragoza, Spain
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Marín CM, Jiménez de Bagués MP, Barberán M, Blasco JM. Efficacy of long-acting oxytetracycline alone or in combination with streptomycin for treatment of Brucella ovis infection of rams. Am J Vet Res 1989; 50:560-3. [PMID: 2712423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Twenty-four rams inoculated with Brucella ovis by conjunctival and preputial routes were treated with a long-acting oxytetracycline alone or in combination with dihydrostreptomycin sulfate. The combined treatment eliminated Brucella ovis from 11 of 12 (91.6%) treated rams. Only 4 of 12 (33.3%) rams treated with oxytetracycline alone were bacteriologically negative. Neither treatment resolved clinical epididymitis in 2 rams affected before treatment. Many rams had pathologic lesions in the epididymis and ampullae, which limited the efficacy of antibiotic treatment.
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- C M Marín
- Departamento de Producción Animal, SIA-DGA, Zaragoza, Spain
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The efficacy of Brucella Melitensis Rev 1 vaccine (Rev 1) for the prophylaxis of Brucella ovis ram epididymitis was evaluated. Twenty-nine 3-month-old rams were vaccinated with 2 X 10(9) Rev 1 and 14 were revaccinated with 5 X 10(8) at 14 months of age. Six rams remained unvaccinated as a control group. All rams were challenged with 5 X 10(8) B. ovis at 21 months of age. Before being slaughtered 8 weeks later, only one vaccinated ram developed epididymitis while four of the six control rams developed testicular alterations. Genital and selected extragenital organs and lymph nodes were removed at slaughter and inoculated on selective media. B. ovis was isolated from 26.6% of the vaccinated rams, 21.4% of the revaccinated rams and 100% of control rams. Portions of epididymis, testes and vesicular glands were also used for pathological studies. More severe lesions were observed in control rams than in vaccinated ones. In conclusion, these results show that vaccination of young lambs, followed or not by revaccination, is a suitable method for the prophylaxis of B. ovis infection of rams.
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- J M Blasco
- Dpto. P. Animal, SIA/DGA, Zaragoza, Spain
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Riezu-Boj JI, Moriyón I, Blasco JM, Marín CM, Diaz R. Comparison of lipopolysaccharide and outer membrane protein-lipopolysaccharide extracts in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Brucella ovis infection. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 23:938-42. [PMID: 3711279 PMCID: PMC268754 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.23.5.938-942.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Brucella ovis hot saline extracts and petroleum ether-chloroform-phenol lipopolysaccharide were compared in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of B. ovis ram epididymitis. Hot saline extracts detected greater numbers of infected rams. Chemical characterization of the antigens showed that, although both contained lipopolysaccharide, hot saline extracts also contained outer membrane proteins. These proteins were active as antigens in Western blot tests with sera of infected rams, and therefore they explained the better diagnostic results obtained with hot saline extracts. However, compared with lipopolysaccharide, hot saline extracts showed a higher degree of cross-reactivity with sera from smooth B. melitensis-infected animals. This observation might be explained by the presence of B. ovis outer membrane proteins in hot saline extracts which lack the specificity necessary for serological identification of the Brucella species present.
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