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Thiel WA, Toohey-Kurth KL, Giehtbrock D, Baker BB, Finley M, Goldberg TL. Widespread Seropositivity to Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) in Four Species of Inland Sport Fishes in Wisconsin. JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH 2021; 33:53-65. [PMID: 33825241 DOI: 10.1002/aah.10120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Serological assays were conducted for anti-viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) antibodies in four species of fish in Wisconsin (Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, Brown Trout Salmo trutta, Northern Pike Esox lucius, and Walleye Sander vitreus) to examine spatial and temporal distributions of exposure. Sera were tested for non-neutralizing anti-nucleocapsid antibodies to VHSV by blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results (percent inhibition [%I]) were analyzed for differences among species, across geographic distance, and among water management units. Positive fish occurred in 37 of 46 inland water bodies tested, including in water bodies far from reported outbreak events. Using highly conservative species-specific thresholds (mean %I of presumptive uninfected fish + 2 SDs), 4.3% of Bluegill, 13.4% of Brown Trout, 19.3% of Northern Pike, and 18.3% of Walleye tested positive for VHSV antibodies by ELISA. Spatial patterns of seropositivity and changes in %I between sampling years were also analyzed. These analyses explore how serology might be used to understand VHSV distribution and dynamics and ultimately to inform fisheries management.
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Affiliation(s)
- Whitney A Thiel
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Robert P. Hanson Laboratories, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
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- University of California-Davis, 105 West Central Avenue, San Bernardino, California, 92408, USA
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- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 2801 Progress Road, Madison, Wisconsin, 53716, USA
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- WATER Lab, Wayne State University, 101 Integrative Biosciences Center, 6135 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 3860 Highway 97A, Wenatchee, Washington, 98801, USA
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, and UW-Madison Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Robert P. Hanson Laboratories, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
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Thiel WA, Toohey-Kurth KL, Baker BB, Finley M, Goldberg TL. Assessment of a Serologic Diagnostic Test and Kinetics of Antibody Development in Northern Pike Experimentally Infected with Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus. JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH 2020; 32:3-10. [PMID: 31965624 DOI: 10.1002/aah.10094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is an ongoing cause of disease and mortality in freshwater fishes across the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States. Antibody detection assays such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are nonlethal serological methods that can have significantly shorter turnaround times than the current validated viral detection diagnostic methodology for VHSV: cell culture with confirmation by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This study evaluated an ELISA that detects nonneutralizing antinucleocapsid antibodies to VHSV in Northern Pike Esox lucius. Juvenile Northern Pike were experimentally infected with VHSV by intraperitoneal injection. The infected fish were monitored for 12 weeks for signs of disease, and weekly serum samples were obtained. An analysis of the survival data showed that mortality occurred significantly more quickly in inoculated fish than in control fish. Fish that were infected by injection showed a significant increase in antibody response by 2 weeks postinfection. However, variation in the rate and pattern of antibody response among the infected fish was high at any given point. The optimum window for detecting antibodies in Northern Pike is 2-12 weeks postinfection, which generally follows the median time to appearance of clinical signs (21 d postinfection). The receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis showed the ELISA to have a sensitivity of 80.5% and a specificity of 63.2% in Northern Pike, but these values can be adjusted by choosing different percent inhibition cutoffs, which may facilitate the use of the test for specific management goals. The results of this study offer insights into the disease progression and immune kinetics of VHSV, including interindividual variation, which will aid in the management of this economically important virus.
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Affiliation(s)
- Whitney A Thiel
- Robert P. Hanson Laboratories, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
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- Clinical Diagnostic Microbiology, University of California-Davis, 105 West Central Avenue, San Bernardino, California, 92408, USA
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- WATER Lab, 101 Integrative Biosciences Center, Wayne State University, 6135 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 3860 Highway 97A, Wenatchee, Washington, 98801, USA
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- Epidemiology, Robert P. Hanson Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Associate Director for Research, UW-Madison Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
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Faisal M, Standish IF, Vogelbein MA, Millard EV, Kaattari SL. Production of a monoclonal antibody against of muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) IgM heavy chain and its use in development of an indirect ELISA for titrating circulating antibodies against VHSV-IVB. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 88:464-471. [PMID: 30858097 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study reports the development of a monoclonal antibody (designated 3B10) against the muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) IgM. The 3B10 monoclonal antibody (mAb) belongs to the IgG3 kappa isotype. Western blotting demonstrated that 3B10 mAb reacted primarily to muskellunge IgM heavy chain. 3B10 also reacted strongly with the IgM heavy chain of other esocids, including the northern pike (Esox lucius), tiger muskellunge (E. masquinongy x E. lucius), and, to a much lesser extent, the chain pickerel (E. niger). The 3B10 mAb did not bind to IgM from 10 other fish species resident in the Great Lakes basin. Using the 3B10 mAb, it was possible to determine the muskellunge Ig ability to bind to antigens. Using trinitrophenyl hapten conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (TNP-KLH) as the eliciting antigen, muskellunge Ig subclasses exhibited a range of affinities with log aK values 5.56-6.25 that is considered intermediate compared to other fish species. 3B10 mAb was used to develop and evaluate an indirect ELISA for the detection and quantitation of circulating antibodies against the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus genotype IVb (VHSV-IVb). Using the newly optimized assay, anti-VHSV-IVb antibodies were detected in sera of VHSV-IVb vaccinated muskellunge as well as from those of wild muskellunge sampled from an endemic waterbody. In addition to its use in immunoassays, the developed 3B10 mAb will enable future investigation aiming at deciphering immune mechanism of this important fish species to pathogens.
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- Mohamed Faisal
- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, 784 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, 784 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Health Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, 784 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Health Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
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Getchell RG, Cornwell ER, Bogdanowicz S, Andrés J, Batts WN, Kurath G, Breyta R, Choi JG, Farrell JM, Bowser PR. Complete sequences of 4 viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus IVb isolates and their virulence in northern pike fry. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2017; 126:211-227. [PMID: 29160219 DOI: 10.3354/dao03171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Four viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) genotype IVb isolates were sequenced, their genetic variation explored, and comparative virulence assayed with experimental infections of northern pike Esox lucius fry. In addition to the type strain MI03, the complete 11183 bp genome of the first round goby Neogobius melanostomus isolate from the St. Lawrence River, and the 2013 and 2014 isolates from gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum die-offs in Irondequoit Bay, Lake Ontario and Dunkirk Harbor, Lake Erie were all deep sequenced on an Illumina platform. Mutations documented in the 11 yr since the MI03 index case from Lake St. Clair muskellunge Esox masquinongy showed 87 polymorphisms among the 4 isolates. Twenty-six mutations were non-synonymous and located at 18 different positions within the matrix protein, glycoprotein, non-virion protein, and RNA polymerase genes. The same 4 isolates were used to infect northern pike fry by a single 1 h bath exposure. Cumulative percent mortality varied from 42.5 to 62.5%. VHSV was detected in 57% (41/72) of the survivors at the end of the 21-d trial, suggesting that the virus was not rapidly cleared. Lesions were observed in many of the moribund and dead northern pike, such as hemorrhaging in the skin and fins, as well as hydrocephalus. Mean viral load measured from the trunk and visceral tissues of MI03-infected pike was significantly higher than the quantities detected in fish infected with the most recent isolates of genotype IVb, but there were no differences in cumulative mortality observed.
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- Rodman G Getchell
- Aquatic Animal Health Program, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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