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Thomas JM, Allison AB, Holmes EC, Phillips JE, Bunting EM, Yabsley MJ, Brown JD. Molecular Surveillance for Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus in Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from the Eastern United States. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122644. [PMID: 25897755 PMCID: PMC4405500 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV) is a poorly understood, oncogenic avian retrovirus of domestic turkeys that has historically been restricted to Europe and Israel. However, a recent study reported LPDV in multiple wild turkey diagnostic cases from throughout the eastern United States of America (USA). To better understand the distribution of LPDV in the eastern USA, we surveyed 1,164 reportedly asymptomatic hunter-harvested wild turkeys from 17 states for the presence of LPDV proviral DNA by PCR. In total, 564/1,164 (47%) turkeys were positive for LPDV. Wild turkeys from each state had a relatively high prevalence of LPDV, although statewide prevalence varied from 26 to 83%. Phylogenetic analysis revealed two major clades of LPDV in the USA, although one was at a low frequency suggesting restricted transmission, as well as significant clustering by state of isolation. To determine the best tissue to target for diagnostic purposes, liver, spleen, and bone marrow were tested from a subset of 15 hunter-harvested wild turkeys and 20 wild turkey diagnostic cases. Overall, bone marrow provided the highest level of detection for both hunter-harvested turkeys and diagnostic cases. The sensitivity of LPDV detection between tissues was not significantly different for diagnostic cases, but was for hunter-harvested birds. These results indicate that LPDV infection is common and widespread in wild turkey populations throughout the eastern USA, even without overt signs of disease.
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- Jesse M. Thomas
- Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, 589 D.W. Brooks Drive, Wildlife Health Building, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Biological Sciences and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, 589 D.W. Brooks Drive, Wildlife Health Building, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Animal Health Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, 589 D.W. Brooks Drive, Wildlife Health Building, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, 589 D.W. Brooks Drive, Wildlife Health Building, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Niewiadomska AM, Gifford RJ. The extraordinary evolutionary history of the reticuloendotheliosis viruses. PLoS Biol 2013; 11:e1001642. [PMID: 24013706 PMCID: PMC3754887 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The reticuloendotheliosis viruses (REVs) comprise several closely related amphotropic retroviruses isolated from birds. These viruses exhibit several highly unusual characteristics that have not so far been adequately explained, including their extremely close relationship to mammalian retroviruses, and their presence as endogenous sequences within the genomes of certain large DNA viruses. We present evidence for an iatrogenic origin of REVs that accounts for these phenomena. Firstly, we identify endogenous retroviral fossils in mammalian genomes that share a unique recombinant structure with REVs-unequivocally demonstrating that REVs derive directly from mammalian retroviruses. Secondly, through sequencing of archived REV isolates, we confirm that contaminated Plasmodium lophurae stocks have been the source of multiple REV outbreaks in experimentally infected birds. Finally, we show that both phylogenetic and historical evidence support a scenario wherein REVs originated as mammalian retroviruses that were accidentally introduced into avian hosts in the late 1930s, during experimental studies of P. lophurae, and subsequently integrated into the fowlpox virus (FWPV) and gallid herpesvirus type 2 (GHV-2) genomes, generating recombinant DNA viruses that now circulate in wild birds and poultry. Our findings provide a novel perspective on the origin and evolution of REV, and indicate that horizontal gene transfer between virus families can expand the impact of iatrogenic transmission events.
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- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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Sun F, Ferro PJ, Lupiani B, Kahl J, Morrow ME, Flanagan JP, Estevez C, Clavijo A. A duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous detection of long terminal repeat regions and envelope protein gene sequences of Reticuloendotheliosis virus in avian blood samples. J Vet Diagn Invest 2011; 23:937-41. [DOI: 10.1177/1040638711416631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The Reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) group of retroviruses infects a wide range of avian species, including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, quail, and prairie chickens. The objective of the present study was to develop a highly sensitive and specific diagnostic test for the detection of REV in whole blood samples. In order to increase the diagnostic sensitivity, a duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that detects both the envelope protein gene ( env) and the long terminal repeat (LTR) region of REV was designed. This assay demonstrated greater analytical and diagnostic sensitivity than the gel-based PCR assay when using DNA extracted from whole blood by both phenol-chloroform and magnetic bead methods. In general, threshold cycle values in the duplex real-time PCR assay were lower from DNA extracted using the magnetic bead system compared to DNA extracted by the phenol-chloroform method. Data presented herein show the successful development of a rapid and accurate test procedure, with high-throughput capability, for the diagnosis of REV infection using avian blood samples.
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- Feng Sun
- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (Sun, Kahl, Estevez, Clavijo)
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ferro, Lupiani)
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Eagle Lake, TX (Morrow)
- Houston Zoo Inc., Houston, TX (Flanagan)
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Mays JK, Silva RF, Lee LF, Fadly AM. Characterization of reticuloendotheliosis virus isolates obtained from broiler breeders, turkeys, and prairie chickens located in various geographical regions in the United States. Avian Pathol 2010; 39:383-9. [DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.510828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Witter R, Sharma J, Fadly A. Nonbursal lymphomas induced by nondefective reticuloendotheliosis virus. Avian Pathol 2008; 15:467-86. [DOI: 10.1080/03079458608436308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Davidson I, Alphandary R, Novoseler M, Malkinson M. Replication of non‐defective reticuloendotheliosis viruses in the avian embryo assayed by PCR and immunofluorescence. Avian Pathol 2007; 26:579-93. [DOI: 10.1080/03079459708419236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Zavala G, Cheng S, Barbosa T, Haefele H. Enzootic reticuloendotheliosis in the endangered Attwater's and greater prairie chickens. Avian Dis 2007; 50:520-5. [PMID: 17274288 DOI: 10.1637/7655-052806r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Reticuloendotheliosis (RE) in captive greater prairie chickens (GPC, Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) and Attwater's prairie chickens (APC, Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) was first reported in 1998. RE is caused by avian reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV), an oncogenic and immunosuppressive retrovirus infecting multiple species of wild and domestic birds. During August 2004 through May 2006 a captive population of prairie chickens was affected simultaneously with a neoplastic condition and also avian pox, the latter being detected in 7.4% (2 of 27) of all birds submitted for histopathology. A survey for REV was conducted in order to examine its possible role in mortality observed primarily in juvenile and adult specimens of prairie chickens. The investigative procedures included postmortem examinations, histopathology, molecular detection, and virus isolation. In total, 57 Attwater's prairie chickens and two greater prairie chickens were included in the study. REV infection was diagnosed using virus isolation or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or both in 59.5% (28 of 47) of blood samples and/or tumors from suspect birds. Lymphosarcomas were detected in the tissues of 37% (10 of 27) of the birds submitted for histopathology. Such lymphosarcomas suggestive of RE represented the most frequent morphologic diagnosis on histopathology among 27 separate submissions of naturally dead prairie chickens. Overall, REV was detected or RE diagnosed in 34 of 59 prairie chickens (57.62%). The average death age of all birds diagnosed with lymphosarcomas on histopathology was 2.2 yr, ranging from <1 to 4 yr. Although deaths associated with neoplasia occurred in males and females in equal proportions based on submissions, overall more males were diagnosed as REV infected or RE affected (16 males vs. 7 females, and 11 birds of undetermined gender). Reticuloendotheliosis virus was confirmed as a significant cause of mortality in captive prairie chickens.
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- Guillermo Zavala
- Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Bohls RL, Collisson EW, Gross SL, Silvy NJ, Phalen DN. Experimental Infection of Attwater's/Greater Prairie Chicken Hybrids with the Reticuloendotheliosis Virus. Avian Dis 2006; 50:613-9. [PMID: 17274303 DOI: 10.1637/7517-021306r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV), a common pathogen of poultry, has been associated with runting and neoplasia in an endangered subspecies of grouse, the Attwater's prairie chicken. The pathogenesis of REV infection was examined in experimentally infected prairie chickens. Three groups of four Attwater's/greater prairie chicken hybrids were infected intravenously with varying doses (tissue culture infective dose [TCID50], 200, 1000, and 5000) of a prairie chicken-isolated REV. A fourth group of four birds was not infected. Blood was collected prior to infection, and at various times up to 37 wk following infection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were examined for integrated proviral DNA by a single-amplification polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nested PCR of a region within the pol gene. The nested PCR identified REV proviral DNA in all REV-inoculated birds by 2 wk postinfection and confirmed chronic infection throughout the study. With the exception of a bird that died from bacterial pneumonia 8 wk postinfection, neoplasia, resembling that seen in naturally occurring infections, was observed in all birds, even those receiving as little as 200 TCID50 of virus.
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- Ryan L Bohls
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Bohls RL, Linares JA, Gross SL, Ferro PJ, Silvy NJ, Collisson EW. Phylogenetic analyses indicate little variation among reticuloendotheliosis viruses infecting avian species, including the endangered Attwater's prairie chicken. Virus Res 2006; 119:187-94. [PMID: 16497405 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2005] [Revised: 01/04/2006] [Accepted: 01/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Reticuloendotheliosis virus infection, which typically causes systemic lymphomas and high mortality in the endangered Attwater's prairie chicken, has been described as a major obstacle in repopulation efforts of captive breeding facilities in Texas. Although antigenic relationships among reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) strains have been previously determined, phylogenetic relationships have not been reported. The pol and env of REV proviral DNA from prairie chickens (PC-R92 and PC-2404), from poxvirus lesions in domestic chickens, the prototype poultry derived REV-A and chick syncytial virus (CSV), and duck derived spleen necrosis virus (SNV) were PCR amplified and sequenced. The 5032bp, that included the pol and most of env genes, of the PC-R92 and REV-A were 98% identical, and nucleotide sequence identities of smaller regions within the pol and env from REV strains examined ranged from 95 to 99% and 93 to 99%, respectively. The putative amino acid sequences were 97-99% identical in the polymerase and 90-98% in the envelope. Phylogenetic analyses of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences indicated the closest relationship among the recent fowl pox-associated chicken isolates, the prairie chicken isolates and the prototype CSV while only the SNV appeared to be distinctly divergent. While the origin of the naturally occurring viruses is not known, the avian poxvirus may be a critical component of transmission of these ubiquitous oncogenic viruses.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- DNA, Viral/chemistry
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Galliformes/virology
- Genes, env
- Genes, pol
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Proviruses/genetics
- Reticuloendotheliosis Viruses, Avian/classification
- Reticuloendotheliosis Viruses, Avian/genetics
- Reticuloendotheliosis Viruses, Avian/isolation & purification
- Retroviridae Infections/veterinary
- Retroviridae Infections/virology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Tumor Virus Infections/veterinary
- Tumor Virus Infections/virology
- United States
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- Ryan L Bohls
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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de B Welchman D, Ainsworth HL, Pennycott TW, MacKenzie G, Wood AM. Pheasant ataxia: a new condition in pheasant poults. Vet Rec 2000; 147:93-7. [PMID: 10955880 DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.4.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Between 1995 and 1997 a neurological condition in pheasant poults from 24 sites in England and Scotland was investigated. Affected birds showed varying degrees of ataxia and incoordinated movements and, in severe cases, recumbency, but generally remained alert with their heads held upright. The condition characteristically affected poults from seven weeks of age and the incidence on any one site was low. No significant bacteria were isolated consistently from brain tissue. The condition was characterised histologically by a non-suppurative meningoencephalitis, in which lesions were found predominantly in the cerebellum in 61 of 81 samples examined (75.3 per cent). A non-suppurative myelitis was recorded in 16 of 20 spinal cords examined. No lesions were recorded in peripheral neural tissue and lesions were rare in other tissues. The condition appeared not to have been recorded previously in pheasants. A viral aetiology was suspected but Newcastle disease virus was not involved.
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The causes of the deaths or culling of 155 adult pheasants in breeding pens on one site between 1995 and 1997 were investigated. Approximately half the deaths were the result of problems associated with the reproductive tract or trauma, including injuries acquired during fighting or mating. Sinusitis was the commonest infectious cause of mortality or culling, despite medication of the flocks for mycoplasmosis. Marble spleen disease and pheasant coronavirus-associated nephritis, two viral conditions capable of causing high mortality, were diagnosed in a few birds in 1996 and 1997. Histomoniasis (blackhead) contributed to the mortality in 1996. A lymphomatous condition of uncertain aetiology was detected in a small number of birds.
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- T W Pennycott
- Veterinary Science Division, Avian Health Unit, Auchincruive, Ayr
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Davidson I, Yang H, Witter RL, Malkinson M. The immunodominant proteins of reticuloendotheliosis virus. Vet Microbiol 1996; 49:273-84. [PMID: 8734645 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(95)00183-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The antigenic profiles of three REV prototype strains, CSV, SNV and REV-T and eight Israeli isolates were analysed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting with convalescent chicken serum, three mAbs, 11A25, 11C237 and 11C100, a rabbit antiserum to REV-T whole virus (Cui et al., 1986) and a rabbit antiserum to REV-A p30 gag protein (Tsai et al., 1985). Under both reducing (+DTT) and non-reducing conditions of SDS-PAGE, a major immunodominant 75-100 kDa band was shared by all strains examined. In contrast to the chicken serum that recognized both continuous and discontinuous epitopes on the 75-100 kDa band of all the isolates, the mAbs and the two rabbit sera behaved otherwise. Only the DTT-resistant epitopes on the 75-100 kDa band of REV-T were recognized by the rabbit antisera and the mAb 11C237, and only the DTT-labile epitopes of REV-T 75-100 kDa antigen were detected by mAb 11C100. The two mAbs 11A25 and 11C237 detected discontinuous epitopes of all the strains except SNV, while the rabbit antisera recognized the discontinuous epitopes on the 75-100 kDa band of all the 11 strains. The rabbit antisera and mAb 11C237 detected additional lower molecular weight proteins and the mAb 11C237 also detected three proteins of high molecular weight under non-reducing conditions only. The p30 antiserum detected the low molecular weight proteins demonstrating their gag gene-encoded identity. From these results we conclude that the major immunogen of REV is the 75-100 kDa protein that contains both continuous and discontinuous epitopes. With this panel of antibodies the eight new isolates appeared to belong antigenically to REV subtype 3 (Chen et al., 1987).
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- I Davidson
- Divn. of Avian Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Motha MXJ, Egerton JR. Outbreak of atypical fowlpox in chickens with persistent reticuloendotheliosis viraemia∗. Avian Pathol 1987; 16:177-82. [DOI: 10.1080/03079458708436362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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