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Kayal A, Nahar N, Barker L, Tran T, Williams M, Blackall PJ, Turni C, Omaleki L. Molecular identification and characterisation of Mannheimia haemolytica. Vet Microbiol 2024; 288:109930. [PMID: 38086163 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Mannheimia haemolytica is known as one of the major bacterial contributors to Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) syndrome. This study sought to establish a novel species-specific PCR to aid in identification of this key pathogen. As well, an existing multiplex PCR was used to determine the prevalence of serovars 1, 2 or 6 in Australia. Most of the 65 studied isolates originated from cattle with a total of 11 isolates from small ruminants. All problematic field isolates in the identification or serotyping PCRs were subjected to whole genome sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. The field isolates were also subjected to rep-PCR fingerprinting. A total of 59 out of the 65 tested isolates were conformed as M. haemolytica by the new species-specific PCR which is based on the rpoB gene. The confirmed M. haemolytica field isolates were assigned to serovars 1 (24 isolates), 2 (seven isolates) and 6 (26 isolates) while two of the isolates were negative in the serotyping PCR. The two non-typeable isolates were assigned to serovar 7 and 14 following whole genome sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. The rep-PCR typing resulted in five major clusters with serovars 1 and 6 often within the same cluster. The M. haemolytica-specific PCR developed in this work was species specific and should be a valuable support for frontline diagnostic laboratories. The serotyping results support the relative importance of serovars 1 and 6 in bovine respiratory disease.
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- Advait Kayal
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia
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- Biosecurity Sciences Laboratory, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia
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- Biosecurity Sciences Laboratory, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia
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- Biosecurity Sciences Laboratory, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia.
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Scherrer S, Schmitt S, Rademacher F, Kuhnert P, Ghielmetti G, Peterhans S, Stephan R. Development of a new multiplex quantitative PCR for the detection of Glaesserella parasuis, Mycoplasma hyorhinis, and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae. Microbiologyopen 2023; 12:e1353. [PMID: 37379423 PMCID: PMC10186005 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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Glaesserella parasuis, Mycoplasma hyorhinis, and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae are important porcine pathogens responsible for polyserositis, polyarthritis, meningitis, pneumonia, and septicemia causing significant economic losses in the swine industry. A new multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was designed on one hand for the detection of G. parasuis and the virulence marker vtaA to distinguish between highly virulent and non-virulent strains. On the other hand, fluorescent probes were established for the detection and identification of both M. hyorhinis and M. hyosynoviae targeting 16S ribosomal RNA genes. The development of the qPCR was based on reference strains of 15 known serovars of G. parasuis, as well as on the type strains M. hyorhinis ATCC 17981T and M. hyosynoviae NCTC 10167T . The new qPCR was further evaluated using 21 G. parasuis, 26 M. hyorhinis, and 3 M. hyosynoviae field isolates. Moreover, a pilot study including different clinical specimens of 42 diseased pigs was performed. The specificity of the assay was 100% without cross-reactivity or detection of other bacterial swine pathogens. The sensitivity of the new qPCR was demonstrated to be between 11-180 genome equivalents (GE) of DNA for M. hyosynoviae and M. hyorhinis, and 140-1200 GE for G. parasuis and vtaA. The cut-off threshold cycle was found to be at 35. The developed sensitive and specific qPCR assay has the potential to become a useful molecular tool, which could be implemented in veterinary diagnostic laboratories for the detection and identification of G. parasuis, its virulence marker vtaA, M. hyorhinis, and M. hyosynoviae.
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- Simone Scherrer
- Section of Veterinary Bacteriology, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Section of Veterinary Bacteriology, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Section of Veterinary Bacteriology, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Section of Veterinary Bacteriology, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Section of Veterinary Bacteriology, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Section of Veterinary Bacteriology, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse FacultyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Phylogenetic study and comparison of different TbpB obtained from Glaesserella parasuis present in Spanish clinical isolates. Res Vet Sci 2023; 157:35-39. [PMID: 36863230 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Glaesserella parasuis (Gp) is the etiological agent of Glässer's disease (GD), which causes important economic losses for the pig intensive production worldwide. This organism uses a smart protein-based receptor to acquire specifically iron from the porcine transferrin. This surface receptor consists of transferrin-binding protein A (TbpA) and transferrin-binding protein B (TbpB). TbpB has been considered the most promising antigen to formulate a based-protein vaccine with broad-spectrum of protection against GD. The purpose of our study was to determine the capsular diversity of Gp clinical isolates collected in different Spanish regions between 2018 and 2021. A total of 68 Gp isolates were recovered from porcine respiratory or systemic samples. A species-specific PCR based on tbpA gene, followed by multiplex PCR for typing Gp isolates were performed. Serovars 5, 10, 2, 4 and 1 were the most prevalent and involved almost 84% of isolates. TbpB amino acid sequences from 59 of these isolates were analyzed, and a total of ten clades could be established. All of them showed a wide diversity with respect to capsular type, anatomical isolation site and geographical origin, with minor exceptions. Regardless of the serovars, the in silico analysis of TbpB sequences revealed that a vaccine based on a TbpB recombinant protein could potentially prevent Glässer's disease outbreaks in Spain.
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GUO Z, JIA Y, HUANG C, ZHOU Y, CHEN X, YIN R, GUO Y, WANG L, YUAN J, WANG J, YAN P, YIN R. Immunogenicity and protection against Glaesserella parasuis serotype 13 infection after vaccination with recombinant protein LolA in mice. J Vet Med Sci 2022; 84:1527-1535. [PMID: 36216558 PMCID: PMC9705812 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.22-0203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Glaesserella parasuis is a pathogen causing Glässer's disease characterized by fibrinous polyserositis, polyarthritis, and meningitis. Owing to the low cross-immunogenicity of different bacterial antigens in commercial vaccines, finding and identifying effective immunoprotective antigens will facilitate the development of novel subunit vaccines. In this study, LolA, identified by bioinformatics approaches, was cloned and successfully expressed as a recombinant protein in Escherichia coli, and its immunogenicity and protection were evaluated in a mouse model. The results showed that the recombinant protein LolA can stimulate mice to produce high levels of IgG antibodies and confer 50% protection against challenge with the highly virulent G. parasuis CY1201 strain (serotype 13). By testing the cytokine levels of interleukin 4 (IL-4), IL-10, and interferon-γ (IFN-γ), it was found that the recombinant protein LolA can induce both Th1 and Th2 immune responses in mice. These results suggest that the recombinant protein LolA has the potential to serve as an alternative antigen for a novel vaccine to prevent G. parasuis infection.
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- Zhongbo GUO
- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Research Academy of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Sciences of Jilin Province, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University,
Shenyang, China
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Identification of Glaesserella parasuis and Differentiation of Its 15 Serovars Using High-Resolution Melting Assays. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11070752. [PMID: 35889997 PMCID: PMC9323117 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11070752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Glaesserella parasuis is the etiological agent of Glässer’s disease, which is associated with polyserositis and arthritis and has a significant impact on the economy of the pig production industry. For the optimal surveillance of this pathogen, as well as for the investigation of G. parasuis-associated diseases, it is crucial to identify G. parasuis at the serovar level. In this work, we designed and developed new high-resolution melting (HRM) approaches, namely, the species-specific GPS-HRM1 and two serovar-specific HRM assays (GPS-HRM2 and GPS-HRM3), and evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the assays. The HRM assays demonstrated good sensitivity, with 12.5 fg–1.25 pg of input DNA for GPS-HRM1 and 125 fg–12.5 pg for GPS-HRM2 and GPS-HRM3, as well as a specificity of 100% for the identification of all recognized 15 G. parasuis serovars. Eighteen clinical isolates obtained between 2014 and 2022 in Switzerland were tested by applying the developed HRM assays, which revealed a heterogeneous distribution of serovars 2, 7, 4, 13, 1, and 14. The combination with virulence marker vtaA (virulence-associated trimeric autotransporters) allows for the prediction of potentially virulent strains. The assays are simple to execute and enable a reliable low-cost approach, thereby refining currently available diagnostic tools.
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Macedo N, Gottschalk M, Strutzberg-Minder K, Van CN, Zhang L, Zou G, Zhou R, Marostica T, Clavijo MJ, Tucker A, Aragon V. Molecular characterization of Glaesserella parasuis strains isolated from North America, Europe and Asia by serotyping PCR and LS-PCR. Vet Res 2021; 52:68. [PMID: 33980312 PMCID: PMC8117636 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-021-00935-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Glaesserella parasuis strains were characterized by serotyping PCR, vtaA virulence marker Leader Sequence (LS)-PCR, clinical significance, and geographic region. Overall, the serovars 4, 5/12, 7, 1, and 13 were the most commonly detected. Serovars of greatest clinical relevance were systemic isolates that had a higher probability of being serovar 5/12, 13, or 7. In comparison, pulmonary isolates had a higher likelihood of being serovars 2, 4, 7, or 14. Serovars 5/12 and 13 have previously been considered disease-associated, but this study agrees with other recent studies showing that serovar 7 is indeed associated with systemic G. parasuis disease. Serovar 4 strains illustrated how isolates can have varying degrees of virulence and be obtained from pulmonary, systemic, or nasal sites. Serovars 8, 9, 15, and 10 were predominantly obtained from nasal samples, which indicates a limited clinical significance of these serovars. Additionally, most internal G. parasuis isolates were classified as virulent by LS-PCR and were disease-associated isolates, including serovars 1, 2, 4, 5/12, 7, 13, and 14. Isolates from the nasal cavity, including serovars 6, 9, 10, 11, and 15, were classified as non-virulent by LS-PCR. In conclusion, the distribution of G. parasuis serovars remains constant, with few serovars representing most of the strains isolated from affected pigs. Moreover, it was confirmed that the LS-PCR can be used for G. parasuis virulence prediction of field strains worldwide.
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- Nubia Macedo
- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural and Forestry, Hue University, Hue, 53000, Vietnam.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.,Department of Veterinary Clinic and Surgery, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.,PIC North America, Hendersonville, TN, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OES, UK
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- IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,OIE Collaborating Centre for the Research and Control of Emerging and Re-Emerging Swine Diseases in Europe (IRTA-CReSA), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Zhou YY, Wang C, Yuan J, Yin RL, Chen X, Li R, Zhang XL, Wang J, Huang C, Yin RH. Comparative Transcriptomic Analyses of Haemophilus parasuis Reveal Differently Expressed Genes among Strains with Different Virulence Degrees. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:1566-1576. [PMID: 33674900 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02417-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Haemophilus parasuis is commonly found in the upper respiratory tract of the pigs. Some isolates of H. parasuis can lead to both pneumonia and Glässer's disease of pigs with severe clinical symptoms. The virulence-associated genes for the various degrees of virulence observed in H. parasuis remains poorly understood. In the present study, we identified the differentially expressed genes between YK1603 (non-virulent strain) and XM1602 (moderately virulent strain) or CY1201 (highly virulent strain) of H. parasuis using Illumina sequencing technique. In comparison to YK1603, a total of 195 genes were significantly changed in CY1201, of which 71 genes were up-regulated and 124 genes were down-regulated, whereas 705 genes were significantly changed in XM1602, of which 415 genes were up-regulated and 290 genes were down-regulated. The enriched analysis of Gene Ontology (GO) terms and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways on the differentially expressed genes showed that both enriched main GO terms and KEGG pathways appear to be different between the two kinds of comparision: CY1201 versus YK1603, and XM1602 versus YK1603. Based on real-time PCR technique, on the whole, it was confirmed that the expression of ten genes: lpxL, tbpB, kdtA, waaQ, oapA, napA, ptsH, mmsA, lpxM, and lpxB were agreement with the findings in Illumina sequencing analysis. These identified genes might participate in the regulation of a wide range of biological process involved in virulence of H. parasuis, such as phosphotransferase system and ABC transporters. Our results from this study provide a new way to gain insight into the virulent mechanisms of H. parasuis.
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- Yuan Y Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
- Liaoning Agricultural Technical College, Yingkou, 115009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Research Academy of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Sciences of Jilin Province, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Northeast China, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China.
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Hau SJ, Eberle KC, Brockmeier SL. Importance of strain selection in the generation of heterologous immunity to Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2021; 234:110205. [PMID: 33636545 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2021.110205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis is a part of the microbiota of healthy pigs and also causes the systemic condition called Glässer's disease. G. parasuis is categorized by it capsular polysaccharide into 15 serovars. Because of the serovar and strain specific immunity generated by whole cell vaccines and the rapid onset of disease, G. parasuis has been difficult to control in the swine industry. This report investigated the protection afforded by the use of two serovar 5 isolates (Nagasaki and HS069) as whole cell, killed bacterins against homologous challenge and heterologous challenge with the serovar 1 strain 12939 to better understand bacterin generated immunity. Both bacterins induced a high antibody titer to the vaccine strain and the heterologous challenge strain. Protection was seen with both bacterins against homologous challenge; however, after heterologous challenge, the HS069 bacterin provided complete protection and all Nagasaki bacterin vaccinated animals succumbed to disease. The difference in protection appears to be due to differences in antibody specificity and the capacity of induced antibody to fix complement and opsonize G. parasuis, as shown by Western blotting and functional assays. This report shows the importance of strain selection when developing bacterin vaccines, as some strains are better able to generate heterologous protection. The difference in protection seen here can also be utilized to detect proteins of interest for subunit vaccine development.
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- Samantha J Hau
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA, 50010, United States; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, 1299 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, United States
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- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA, 50010, United States; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, 1299 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, United States
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- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA, 50010, United States.
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Development of a Luminex microbead-based serotyping assay for Glaesserella parasuis. J Microbiol Methods 2021; 182:106159. [PMID: 33548394 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Glaesserella parasuis consists of 15 serovars with some of them highly virulent and some of them avirulent. As killed vaccines do not provide crossprotection across serovars, serotyping is of importance. Serotyping, previously done by gel diffusion, is now done by multiplex PCR followed by electrophoresis. Accurately differentiating 15 serovars by electrophoresis is problematic. To overcome this problem, a Luminex microbead-based multiplex assay was used to differentiate the serovars. The assay consisted of a multiplex PCR assay followed by hybridisation to microbeads which were then analysed on a Luminex machine. The newly developed assay was compared to the multiplex serotyping PCR and the gel diffusion/indirect haemagglutination assay (GD/IHA). The microbead-based assay worked very well for the 15 reference strains but when used on the 74 Australian field strains displayed some problems. The main problems were with the eight out of nine serovar 4 field isolates and the five serovar 7 and three serovar 14 field isolates. While the microbead-based assay could differentiate between the serovar 5 and 12 reference strains, which the serovar multiplex PCR could not, all four field isolates identified by GD/IHA as serovar 12 were identified as serovar 5 by the microbead-based assay. Serovar 4 has been noted to have a high diversity especially among strains from different countries. Our work clearly shows that the diversity of strains at both the national and the international level has to be taken into account when developing diagnostic assays.
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Schuwerk L, Hoeltig D, Waldmann KH, Strutzberg-Minder K, Valentin-Weigand P, Rohde J. Serotyping and pathotyping of Glaesserella parasuis isolated 2012-2019 in Germany comparing different PCR-based methods. Vet Res 2020; 51:137. [PMID: 33203465 PMCID: PMC7673094 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-020-00862-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Glaesserella parasuis is an important pathogen in swine production. It acts as a primary pathogen in systemic Glässer´s disease and as a secondary pathogen in Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex. In this study, a collection of 308 isolates from carrier animals and individuals with respiratory or Glässer´s disease isolated 2012–2019 in Germany was analysed. Isolates were characterized for serovar implementing two different PCR methods. Additionally, two different PCR methods for pathotyping isolates were applied to the collection and results compared. Serovar 6 (p < 0.0001) and 9 (p = 0.0007) were correlated with carrier isolates and serovar 4 was associated with isolates from animals with respiratory disease (p = 0.015). In systemic isolates, serovar 13 was most frequently detected (18.9%). Various other serovars were isolated from all sites and the ratio of serovar 5 to serovar 12 was approximately 1:2. These two serovars together represented 14.3% of the isolates; only serovar 4 was isolated more frequently (24.7%). The pathotyping method based on the leader sequence (LS = ESPR of vta) was easy to perform and corresponded well to the clinical background information. Of the carrier isolates 72% were identified as non-virulent while 91% of the systemic isolates were classified as virulent (p < 0.0001). Results of the pathotyping PCR based on 10 different marker genes overall were in good agreement with clinical metadata as well as with results of the LS-PCR. However, the pathotyping PCR was more complicated to perform and analyze. In conclusion, a combination of the serotyping multiplex-PCR and the LS-PCR could improve identification of clinically relevant G. parasuis isolates, especially from respiratory samples.
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- Lukas Schuwerk
- Institute for Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Swine and Small Ruminants and Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Swine and Small Ruminants and Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine, Foundation, Hannover, Germany.
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He C, Yang P, Wang L, Jiang X, Zhang W, Liang X, Yin L, Yin Z, Geng Y, Zhong Z, Song X, Zou Y, Li L, Lv C. Antibacterial effect of Blumea balsamifera DC. essential oil against Haemophilus parasuis. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:2499-2508. [PMID: 32638056 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-020-01946-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis), the cause of the Glasser's disease, is a potentially pathogenic gram-negative organism that colonizes the upper respiratory tract of pigs. The extraction of Blumea balsamifera DC., as a traditional Chinese herb, has shown great bacteriostatic effect against several common bacteria. To study the antibacterial effect on H. parasuis in vitro, this study evaluated the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of Blumea balsamifera DC. essential oil (BBO) as well as morphological changes in H. parasuis treated with it. Furthermore, changes in expression of total protein and key virulence factors were also assessed. Results showed that the MIC and MBC were 0.625 and 1.25 μg/mL, respectively. As the concentration of BBO increased, the growth curve inhibition became stronger. H. parasuis cells were damaged severely after treatment with BBO for 4 h, demonstrating plasmolysis and enlarged vacuoles, along with broken cell walls and membranes. Total protein and virulence factor expression in H. parasuis was significantly downregulated by BBO. Taken together, these results indicated a substantial antibacterial effect of BBO on H. parasuis.
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- Changliang He
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. .,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of the Utilization for Characteristic Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources in Southwest, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Sichuan Province Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health, Key Laboratory of Environmental Hazard and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huimin Road No. 211, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Natural Medicine Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Hau SJ, Luan SL, Loving CL, Nicholson TL, Wang J, Peters SE, Seilly D, Weinert LA, Langford PR, Rycroft AN, Wren BW, Maskell DJ, Tucker AW, Brockmeier SL. Evaluation of the recombinant proteins RlpB and VacJ as a vaccine for protection against Glaesserella parasuis in pigs. BMC Vet Res 2020; 16:167. [PMID: 32460764 PMCID: PMC7252510 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02377-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glaesserella parasuis, the causative agent of Glӓsser's disease, is widespread in swine globally resulting in significant economic losses to the swine industry. Prevention of Glӓsser's disease in pigs has been plagued with an inability to design broadly protective vaccines, as many bacterin based platforms generate serovar or strain specific immunity. Subunit vaccines are of interest to provide protective immunity to multiple strains of G. parasuis. Selected proteins for subunit vaccination should be widespread, highly conserved, and surface exposed. RESULTS Two candidate proteins for subunit vaccination (RlpB and VacJ) against G. parasuis were identified using random mutagenesis and an in vitro organ culture system. Pigs were vaccinated with recombinant RlpB and VacJ, outer membrane proteins with important contributions to cellular function and viability. Though high antibody titers to the recombinant proteins and increased interferon-γ producing cells were found in subunit vaccinated animals, the pigs were not protected from developing systemic disease. CONCLUSIONS It appears there may be insufficient RlpB and VacJ exposed on the bacterial surface for antibody to bind, preventing high RlpB and VacJ specific antibody titers from protecting animals from G. parasuis. Additionally, this work confirms the importance of utilizing the natural host species when assessing the efficacy of vaccine candidates.
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- Samantha J Hau
- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA, 50010, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA, 50010, USA
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- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA, 50010, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, London, UK
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- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Current address: The University of Melbourne, Level 9, Raymond Priestley Building, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA, 50010, USA.
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Generation and Evaluation of a Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis Capsular Mutant. Infect Immun 2020; 88:IAI.00879-19. [PMID: 32094250 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00879-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis is a commensal bacterium of the upper respiratory tract in pigs and also the causative agent of Glässer's disease, which causes significant morbidity and mortality in pigs worldwide. Isolates are characterized into 15 serovars by their capsular polysaccharide, which has shown a correlation with isolate pathogenicity. To investigate the role the capsule plays in G. parasuis virulence and host interaction, a capsule mutant of the serovar 5 strain HS069 was generated (HS069Δcap) through allelic exchange following natural transformation. HS069Δcap was unable to cause signs of systemic disease during a pig challenge study and had increased sensitivity to complement killing and phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages. Compared with the parent strain, HS069Δcap produced more robust biofilm and adhered equivalently to 3D4/31 cells; however, it was unable to persistently colonize the nasal cavity of inoculated pigs, with all pigs clearing HS069Δcap by 5 days postchallenge. Our results indicate the importance of the capsular polysaccharide to G. parasuis virulence as well as nasal colonization in pigs.
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Immunological and molecular techniques used for determination of serotypes in Pasteurellaceae. J Microbiol Methods 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mim.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Turni C, Yee S, Epstein V, Jackson B, Li K, Knowles G, Blackall PJ. Diverse strains of Actinobacillus lignieresii isolated from clinically affected cattle in a geographically restricted area. Aust Vet J 2019; 97:440-446. [PMID: 31475335 DOI: 10.1111/avj.12868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether an outbreak of Actinobacillus lignieresii was caused by one or multiple strains. METHODS Nine isolates of A. lignieresii were obtained from the lymph nodes of 15 affected cattle from two farms to determine whether a single strain was involved. An enterobacterial repetitive insertion consensus sequence (ERIC) PCR was used for genotyping, and the repeats-in-toxin genes were analysed by PCR and sequencing. RESULTS Isolates from the two farms belonged to two and three genotypes, with a total of four genotypes detected. Genes of the apxICABD operons of some strains had deletions in the apxIA (~697 bp) and in the apxID (~187 bp) genes. The toxin gene deletions and the ERIC PCR patterns suggested the involvement of different A. lignieresii genotypes. CONCLUSION There was no evidence that a unique genotype was associated with actinobacillosis on the two farms, confirming that this disease was associated with other contributing factors.
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- C Turni
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Vic Epstein Veterinary Services, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries, Parks Water and Environment, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
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- University of Sydney, School of Veterinary Science, Camden, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries, Parks Water and Environment, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Dai K, Yang Z, Chang YF, He L, Cao S, Zhao Q, Huang X, Wu R, Huang Y, Yan Q, Han X, Ma X, Wen X, Wen Y. Construction of targeted and integrative promoter-reporter plasmids pDK-K and pDK-G to measure gene expression activity in Haemophilus parasuis. Microb Pathog 2019; 134:103565. [PMID: 31158493 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) is rather difficult to manipulate genetically due to the diversity of restriction-modification systems and other mechanisms harbored by various isolates. This prevents exogenous plasmids from replicating in this species and hinders research efforts focused on transcriptional regulators in this bacterium. In this study, we generated a convenient promoter reporter system based on gene knock-in method using natural transformation in H. parasuis. Gene knock-in has proven useful as a powerful tool facilitating identification and studying the transcription activities of regulators under a variety of conditions that favor gene transcription or expression from an incorporated promoter. The vectors, pDK-K and pDK-G, carrying promoterless reporter lacZ gene and two homologous sequences flanking a knock-in site, may have some advantages over the extensively used plasmid-bearing reporter system in other bacteria in stability and ease of genetic manipulation in H. parasuis. The knock-in site was positioned at a site occupied by flanking genes that were both hypothetical and had the same transcription orientation, thus the expression of the reversely cloned promoter-lacZ fusion wouldn't be affected by the upstream promoter on the chromosome. The expression activity of lacZ gene under the transcriptional activation of a 300 bp promoter-proximal segment of cyaA, crp or comA genes in H. parasuis was separately validated using X-gal and o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactoside(ONPG) as substrates. The derivatives harboring promoter-lacZ fusion segments showed significantly higher β-galactosidase activity levels than the promoterlessones both in TSB++ broth and on TSA++ plate as screened either by X-gal method or the standard Miller method. We also used pDK vector to further certify that the cyaA promoter is inducible and whose transcriptional levels were in correlation with the growth kinetics of the bacteria in TSB++. With this system, gene knock-in method based on natural transformation in H. parasuis proved to be useful in identifying transcriptional regulation of a certain promoter.
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- Ke Dai
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, NY, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
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Lin WH, Shih HC, Lin CF, Yang CY, Lin CN, Chiou MT. Genotypic analyses and virulence characterization of Glaesserella parasuis isolates from Taiwan. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6960. [PMID: 31149406 PMCID: PMC6526895 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis (G. parasuis) causes severe economic losses in the swine industry. Multiple G. parasuis strains can exist in single animals. Typing techniques are required for identifying G. parasuis isolates. Different strains within a serovar display varying virulence. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) can assess the heterogeneity. The group 1 virulence-associated trimeric autotransporters (vtaA) gene is an indicator of virulence. The aim of this study was to characterize Taiwanese G. parasuis isolates via molecular serotyping, vtaA PCR and ERIC-PCR. Methods One hundred and forty-five strains were collected between November 2013 and March 2017 in Taiwan and further examined by molecular serotyping, vtaA PCR and ERIC-PCR. Results The dendrogram revealed heterogeneous genetic diversity within many clusters. Partial correlation between the ERIC-PCR clusters of different strains, serovars and lesion patterns was observed. Twelve herds (8.3%) infected with more than one strain. Group 1 vtaA positive rate reached 98.6%. Discussion This study showed the high genetic diversity of G. parasuis in Taiwan by a high discriminatory capability of ERIC-PCR. Group 1 vtaA commonly exists in G. parasuis isolates and may play important roles in the pathogenesis of Taiwanese G. parasuis isolates.
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- Wei-Hao Lin
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Research Center for Animal Biologics, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Li J, Xu L, Su F, Yu B, Yuan X. Association between iscR-based phylogeny, serovars and potential virulence markers of Haemophilus parasuis. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6950. [PMID: 31143554 PMCID: PMC6524630 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Haemophilus parasuis is an economically important bacterial pathogen of swine. Extensive genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity among H. parasuis strains have been observed, which hinders the deciphering of the population structure and its association with clinical virulence. In this study, two highly divergent clades were defined according to iron–sulphur cluster regulator (iscR)-based phylogeny analysis of 148 isolates. Clear separation of serovars and potential virulence markers (PVMs) were observed between the two clades, which are indicative of independent evolution of the two lineages. Previously suggested virulence factors showed no correlation with clinical virulence, and were probably clade or serovar specific genes emerged during different stage of evolution. PVMs profiles varied widely among isolates in the same serovar. Higher strain diversity in respect of PVMs was found for isolates from multi-strain infected farms than those from single strain infected ones, which indicates that multi-strain infection in one farm may increase the frequency of gene transfer in H. parasuis. Systemic isolates were more frequently found in serovar 13 and serovar 12, while no correlation between clinical virulence and iscR-based phylogeny was observed. It shows that iscR is a reliable marker for studying population structure of H. parasuis, while other factors should be included to avoid the interference of gene exchange of iscR between isolates. The two lineages of H. parasuis may have undergone independent evolution, but show no difference in clinical virulence. Wide distribution of systemic isolates across the entire population poses new challenge for development of vaccine with better cross-protection. Our study provides new information for better deciphering the population structure of H. parasuis, which helps understanding the extreme diversity within this pathogenic bacterium.
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- Junxing Li
- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Members of the highly heterogeneous family Pasteurellaceae cause a wide variety of diseases in humans and animals. Antimicrobial agents are the most powerful tools to control such infections. However, the acquisition of resistance genes, as well as the development of resistance-mediating mutations, significantly reduces the efficacy of the antimicrobial agents. This article gives a brief description of the role of selected members of the family Pasteurellaceae in animal infections and of the most recent data on the susceptibility status of such members. Moreover, a review of the current knowledge of the genetic basis of resistance to antimicrobial agents is included, with particular reference to resistance to tetracyclines, β-lactam antibiotics, aminoglycosides/aminocyclitols, folate pathway inhibitors, macrolides, lincosamides, phenicols, and quinolones. This article focusses on the genera of veterinary importance for which sufficient data on antimicrobial susceptibility and the detection of resistance genes are currently available (Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Actinobacillus, Haemophilus, and Histophilus). Additionally, the role of plasmids, transposons, and integrative and conjugative elements in the spread of the resistance genes within and beyond the aforementioned genera is highlighted to provide insight into horizontal dissemination, coselection, and persistence of antimicrobial resistance genes. The article discusses the acquisition of diverse resistance genes by the selected Pasteurellaceae members from other Gram-negative or maybe even Gram-positive bacteria. Although the susceptibility status of these members still looks rather favorable, monitoring of their antimicrobial susceptibility is required for early detection of changes in the susceptibility status and the newly acquired/developed resistance mechanisms.
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Lin WH, Shih HC, Lin CF, Yang CY, Chang YF, Lin CN, Chiou MT. Molecular serotyping of Haemophilus parasuis isolated from diseased pigs and the relationship between serovars and pathological patterns in Taiwan. PeerJ 2018; 6:e6017. [PMID: 30519512 PMCID: PMC6275120 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Haemophilus parasuis is the etiological agent of Glässer’s disease, and causes severe economic losses in the swine industry. Serovar classification is intended as an indicator of virulence and pathotype and is also crucial for vaccination programs and vaccine development. According to a polysaccharide biosynthesis locus analysis, H. parasuis isolates could be classified by a molecular serotyping assay except serovars 5 and 12 detected by the same primer pair. The aim of this study was to identify H. parasuis isolates from diseased pigs in Taiwan by using a molecular serotyping assay and to analyze the relationship between serovars and pathological patterns. Methods From August 2013 to February 2017, a total of 133 isolates from 277 lesions on 155 diseased animals from 124 infected herds serotyped by multiplex PCR and analyzed with pathological data. Results The dominant serovars of H. parasuis in Taiwan were serovars 5/12 (37.6%), 4 (27.8%) and 13 (15%) followed by molecular serotyping non-typable (MSNT) isolates (13.5%). Nevertheless, the serovar-specific amplicons were not precisely the same sizes as previously indicated in the original publication, and MSNT isolates appeared with unexpected amplicons or lacked serovar-specific amplicons. Most H. parasuis isolates were isolated from nursery pigs infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. The percentage of lung lesions (30.4%) showing H. parasuis infection was significantly higher than that of serosal lesions. Discussion Collectively, the distribution of serovars in Taiwan is similar to that found in other countries, but MSNT isolates remain due to genetic variations. Furthermore, pulmonary lesions may be optimum sites for H. parasuis isolation, the diagnosis of Glässer’s disease, and may also serve as points of origin for systemic H. parasuis infections in hosts.
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- Wei-Hao Lin
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, NY, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.,Research Center for Animal Biologics, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Zhang L, Zhao L, Liu Y, Liu J, Li X. Pharmacokinetics of tilmicosin in healthy pigs and in pigs experimentally infected with Haemophilus parasuis. J Vet Sci 2018; 18:431-437. [PMID: 28385011 PMCID: PMC5746435 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2017.18.4.431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 12/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A comparative in vivo pharmacokinetic (PK) study of tilmicosin (TIL) was conducted in 6 crossbred healthy pigs and 6 crossbred pigs infected with Haemophilus (H.) parasuis following oral administration of a single 40 mg/kg dose. The infected model was established by intranasal inoculation and confirmed by clinical signs, blood biochemistry, and microscopic examinations. Plasma TIL concentrations were determined by a validated high-performance liquid chromatography method with ultraviolet detection at 285 nm. PK parameters were calculated by using WinNonlin software. After TIL administration, the main PK parameters of TIL in healthy and H. parasuis-infected pigs were as follows: Area under the concentration-time curve, maximal drug concentration, half-life of the absorption phase, half-life of the distribution phase, and half-life of the elimination phase were 34.86 ± 9.69 vs. 28.73 ± 6.18 μgㆍh/mL, 1.77 ± 0.33 vs. 1.67 ± 0.28 μg/mL, 2.27 ± 0.45 vs. 2.24 ± 0.44 h, 5.35 ± 1.40 vs. 4.61 ± 0.35 h, and 43.53 ± 8.17 vs. 42.05 ± 9.36 h, respectively. These results of this exploratory study suggest that there were no significant differences between the PK profiles of TIL in the healthy and H. parasuis-infected pigs.
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- Ling Zhang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China.,Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar 843300, China.,College of Animal Science & Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China.,Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar 843300, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China.,Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar 843300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar 843300, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China.,Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar 843300, China
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Zhang X, Cai X, Qi Y, Liu Y, Cao Q, Wang X, Chen H, Xu X. Improvement in the efficiency of natural transformation of Haemophilus parasuis by shuttle-plasmid methylation. Plasmid 2018; 98:8-14. [PMID: 30003899 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 07/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Some Haemophilus parasuis strains display resistance to transformation with Escherichia.coli-derived plasmids. This property limits the application of genetic approaches previously developed for H. parasuis. The present study showed that natural transformation with the shuttle plasmid pS2UK led to allelic exchange in H. parasuis strains SH0165 and CF7066. Furthermore, natural transformation with pS2UK yielded allelic exchange mutants in 10 of 17 H. parasuis strains, similar to results using the suicide plasmid pK2UK. Subsequently, 17 H. parasuis strains were transformed with pS2UK by electroporation and 13 obtained the transformants harboring the complete plasmid molecules. As a result, natural transformation of homologous blank strains with the H. parasui-derived plasmids significantly improved the transformation efficiency targeted at obtaining allelic exchange mutants. In addition, shuttle plasmids pS1UG and pSHUK that carried the different homologous arm sequences also displayed the increased transformation efficiency after they were replicated in homologous H. parasuis cells. The approach described here not only improved the efficiency of natural transformation of H. parasuis, but also enlarged the range of transformable H. parasuis strains, thereby enabling application of H. parasuis-specific genetic manipulation techniques in a wider range of isolates.
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- Xiaojing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China; Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China; Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China; Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan, Hubei 430070,China; Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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Zhao Y, Wang Q, Li J, Lin X, Huang X, Fang B. Epidemiology of Haemophilus parasuis isolates from pigs in China using serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility, biofilm formation and ERIC-PCR genotyping. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5040. [PMID: 29915708 PMCID: PMC6004116 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Haemophilus parasuis is a commensal organism of the upper respiratory tract of healthy pigs and causes high morbidity and mortality in piglets. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of H. parasuis in China from 2014 to 2017. Methods We characterized 143 H. parasuis isolates by serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility, biofilm formation and with enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) assays. Results Serotyping revealed serovar 5 as the most prevalent (26.6%) followed by serovars 4 (22.4%), 7 (9.1 %), 13 (6.3%), 12 (5.6 %), and non-typeable (8.4%). In a panel of 23 antimicrobials, the minimum inhibitory concentration 50% (MIC50) were in the range of 0.25–16 μg/mL and MIC90 were 2–>512 μg/mL. A total of 99 isolates of H. parasuis (69.2%) were able to form biofilms and 59.6% (59/99) performed weak biofilm-forming ability. ERIC-PCR revealed a very heterogeneous pattern with 87 clusters. Discussion These H. parasuis isolates showed a high serovar and genotypic lineage diversity, different abilities to form biofilms and a high degree of genetic diversity. Biofilm formation was related to antimicrobial susceptibility but there were no statistically significant associations between the antimicrobial susceptibility and either the serovars or the ERIC-PCR clusters. This study showed a high prevalence of high-MIC H. parasuis strains and suggests the need for a continuous surveillance of clinical isolates of H. parasuis.
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- Yongda Zhao
- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Turni C, Singh R, Blackall PJ. Virulence-associated gene profiling, DNA fingerprinting and multilocus sequence typing ofHaemophilus parasuisisolates in Australia. Aust Vet J 2018; 96:196-202. [DOI: 10.1111/avj.12705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- C Turni
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Level 2A EcoSciences Precinct; The University of Queensland, Boggo Road; Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Level 2A EcoSciences Precinct; The University of Queensland, Boggo Road; Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Level 2A EcoSciences Precinct; The University of Queensland, Boggo Road; Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia
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Yee S, Blackall PJ, Turni C. Genetic diversity and toxin gene distribution among serovars ofActinobacillus pleuropneumoniaefrom Australian pigs. Aust Vet J 2018; 96:17-23. [DOI: 10.1111/avj.12660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S Yee
- EcoSciences Precinct, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation; The University of Queensland; Boggo Road Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia
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- EcoSciences Precinct, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation; The University of Queensland; Boggo Road Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia
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- EcoSciences Precinct, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation; The University of Queensland; Boggo Road Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia
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Liu S, Li W, Wang Y, Gu C, Liu X, Charreyre C, Fan S, He Q. Coinfection with Haemophilus parasuis serovar 4 increases the virulence of porcine circovirus type 2 in piglets. Virol J 2017; 14:227. [PMID: 29157279 PMCID: PMC5696968 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-017-0890-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is an emerging disease in swine. Pigs with PMWS are often infected with a variety of other pathogens, including bacteria, viruses and mycoplasm, in addition to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2). PCV2 and Haemophilus parasuis serovar 4 (HPS4) coinfection remain epidemic in China. Methods Here we report construction of a three-week-old naturally farrowed, colostrum-deprived (NFCD) piglet’s infection model and demonstrate that PCV2-infected piglets with the HPS4 coinfection increased the virulence of PCV2 and these pathogens interact acquired PMWS. Results All the single infected piglets were transiently bacteremic or viremic. All the PCV2/HPS4 coinfected piglets developed PMWS, characterized by dyspnea, anorexia, prostration and lose weight severely. Co-infection with PCV2 and HPS4 resulted in an increased amount of virus in serum and tissues, presented a slower generation and lower levels of antibodies against PCV2. Co-infection with PCV2 and HPS4 resulted in further reductions in total and differential peripheral blood leukocyte counts. Meantime, PCV2/ HPS4 coinfection potentiated the severity of lung and lymphoid lesions by PCV2-associated, increased the virulence of PCV2-antigen and enhanced the incidence of PMWS in piglets. Conclusion Co-infection with PCV2 and HPS4 induce the exacerbation of system injuries and enhance the pathogenicity of PCV2 in piglets.
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- Shuqing Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Ministry of Health, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China. .,Department of Animal Infectious Disease, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
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Development of Serotype-Specific PCR Assays for Typing of Haemophilus parasuis Isolates Circulating in Southern China. J Clin Microbiol 2017; 55:3249-3257. [PMID: 28878007 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00688-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bacterium Haemophilus parasuis is the specific pathogenic cause of Glässer's disease in swine. Fifteen serotypes of H. parasuis have been reported. A method to serotype H. parasuis isolates accurately would help to prevent and control Glässer's disease outbreaks through appropriate vaccination and to understand the epidemiology in specific geographic areas. However, according to traditional serotyping, the rate of nontypeable (NT) strains is 10 to 40%, which gives low accuracy. In the present study, we developed a set of PCR assays that are able to identify all the currently known H. parasuis serotypes, with a detection limit of 5 CFU. This PCR method is particularly useful to distinguish serotype 5 from serotype 12. We then surveyed the serotype prevalence of H. parasuis isolates from southern China using both the traditional indirect hemagglutination (IHA) and current PCR methods. Of the 298 isolates tested, 228 (76.51%) and 281 (94.30%) were serotyped by the IHA and PCR tests, respectively, with a concordance rate of 80.87% (241/298). The most prevalent serotypes obtained by PCR were 4, 5, 12, 13, NT, and 2, and the most prevalent obtained by IHA were NT, 5, 4, 12, 13, and 2. In conclusion, the PCR assays developed in this study provide a rapid and specific method for the molecular serotyping of H. parasuis.
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Wang Z, Zhao Q, Wei H, Wen X, Cao S, Huang X, Wu R, Yan Q, Huang Y, Wen Y. Prevalence and seroepidemiology of Haemophilus parasuis in Sichuan province, China. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3379. [PMID: 28584712 PMCID: PMC5452937 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Haemophilus parasuis, the causative agent of Glässer’s disease, has been reported as widespread, but little is known about its epidemiology in the Sichuan province of China. The goal of our research is to reveal the prevalence and distribution of H. parasuis in this area. Sampling and isolation were performed across Sichuan; isolates were processed using serotyping multiplex PCR (serotyping-mPCR) and agar gel diffusion (AGD) for confirmation of serovar identity. This study was carried out from January 2014 to May 2016 and 254 H. parasuis field strains were isolated from 576 clinical samples collected from pigs displaying clinical symptoms. The isolation frequency was 44.10%. Statistically very significant differences of infection incidence were found in three age groups (P < 0.01) and different seasons (P < 0.01). Serovars 5 (25.98%) and 4 (23.62%) were the most prevalent, however, non-typeable isolates accounted for nearly 7.87%. In terms of geographical distribution, serovars 5 and 4 were mostly prevalent in west and east Sichuan. The results confirmed that the combined approach was dependable and revealed the diversity and distribution of serovars in Sichuan province, which is vital for efforts aimed at developing vaccine candidates allowing for the prevention or control of H. parasuis outbreaks.
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- Zhenghao Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Effect of enrofloxacin on Haemophilus parasuis infection, disease and immune response. Vet Microbiol 2017; 199:91-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ma L, Wang L, Chu Y, Li X, Cui Y, Chen S, Zhou J, Li C, Lu Z, Liu J, Liu Y. Characterization of Chinese Haemophilus parasuis Isolates by Traditional Serotyping and Molecular Serotyping Methods. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168903. [PMID: 28005999 PMCID: PMC5179118 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Haemophilus parasuis is classified mainly through serotyping, but traditional serotyping always yields non-typable (NT) strains and unreliable results via cross-reactions. Here, we surveyed the serotype prevalence of Chinese H. parasuis isolates using traditional serotyping (gel immuno-diffusion test, GID) and molecular serotyping (multiplex PCR, mPCR). We also investigated why discrepant results between these methods were obtained, and investigated mPCR failure through whole-genome sequencing. Of the 100 isolate tested, 73 (73%) and 93 (93%) were serotyped by the GID test and mPCR, respectively, with a concordance rate of 66% (66/100). Additionally, mPCR reduced the number of NT isolates from 27 (27%) for the GID testing, to seven (7%). Eleven isolates were sequenced, including nine serotype-discrepant isolates from mPCR and GID typing (excluding strains that were NT by GID only) and two NT isolates from both methods, and their in silico serotypes were obtained from genome sequencing based on their capsule loci. The mPCR results were supported by the in silico serotyping of the seven serotype-discrepant isolates. The discrepant results and NT isolates determined by mPCR were attributed to deletions and unknown sequences in the serotype-specific region of each capsule locus. Compared with previous investigations, this study found a similar predominant serotype profile, but a different prevalence frequency for H. parasuis, and the five most prevalent serotypes or strain groups were serotypes 5, 4, NT, 7 and 13 for mPCR, and serotypes 5, NT, 4, 7 and 13/10/14 for GID. Additionally, serotype 7 was recognized as a principal serotype in this work.
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- Lina Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Immune response to oligopeptide permease A (OppA) protein in pigs naturally and experimentally infected with Haemophilus parasuis. Res Vet Sci 2016; 107:62-67. [PMID: 27473976 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Haemophilus parasuis is an important swine pathogen that causes Glasser's disease, characterized by pneumonia, polyserositis and meningitis. Protection against H. parasuis infection is associated with the presence of homologous antibodies in serum. However, a H. parasuis antigen that can elicit a protective immune response against all H. parasuis strains has yet to be found. A novel immunogenic and species-specific H. parasuis protein was identified by screening H. parasuis whole cell proteins using swine convalescent sera. One protein of 52kDa was clearly immunodominant and conserved among different H. parasuis strains. This protein was further identified as an oligopeptide permease A (OppA). Because OppA elicited a specific antibody response in pigs that recovered from H. parasuis infection, we investigated its potential role in diagnostics and protective immunity. An ELISA test using recombinant OppA (rOppA) as its coating antigen was further developed and tested. H. parasuis specific antibodies to rOppA were detected in serum from convalescent pigs but not in serum from specific pathogen free (SPF) or conventional pigs. Pigs immunized with rOppA protein had robust serological responses. However, the antibodies were not protective against challenge infection. We conclude that OppA is a universal species-specific H. parasuis immunogen, and a good marker for previous systemic infection with H. parasuis.
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Li M, Li C, Song S, Kang H, Yang D, Li G. Development and antigenic characterization of three recombinant proteins with potential for Glässer's disease prevention. Vaccine 2016; 34:2251-8. [PMID: 26993332 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Haemophilus parasuis is the causative agent of Glässer's disease, which causes high morbidity and mortality in piglets, leading to severe economic losses. The lack of a commercial vaccine against a broad spectrum of strains has limited the disease control. H. parasuis outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are potentially essential components for vaccine formulation. In this study, seven putative OMPs were selected from the annotated H. parasuis serovar 5 genome; they were predicted by bioinformatics and annotated as potential virulence-related factors. These proteins were cloned, expressed, and purified as His-tagged proteins. Antigenicity of the candidate proteins was assessed using Western blotting with convalescent sera against H. parasuis serovar 5. The immunogenicity of the seven OMPs was assessed in a guinea pig model. Except VacJ, all the other six recombinant proteins elicited a detectable antibody response. Antisera against four of the selected proteins effectively killed the bacteria in vitro. Three proteins (Omp26, VacJ, and HAPS_0742) were found to confer significant protection against challenge with a lethal dose of H. parasuis in a guinea pig model. The results suggest that these three proteins have a strong potential to be vaccine candidates against Glässer's disease.
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- Miao Li
- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Public Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Diseases Prevention, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Public Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Diseases Prevention, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China.
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- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Public Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Diseases Prevention, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Public Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Diseases Prevention, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Public Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Diseases Prevention, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China.
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Li M, Song S, Yang D, Li C, Li G. Identification of secreted proteins as novel antigenic vaccine candidates of Haemophilus parasuis serovar 5. Vaccine 2015; 33:1695-701. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Linhares LL, Yang M, Sreevatsan S, Munoz-Zanzi CA, Torremorell M, Davies PR. The effect of anatomic site and age on detection of Staphylococcus aureus in pigs. J Vet Diagn Invest 2014; 27:55-60. [DOI: 10.1177/1040638714559598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Despite active research into methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in pigs since 2004, the ecology of the susceptible ancestral organism has been neglected. A longitudinal study of pigs in 2 intensive production systems was conducted to investigate the effects of age and anatomical site on detection of S. aureus. Sampling was replicated in 2 cohorts per farm, with swabs collected from the nares, tonsils, skin (axilla), and rectum in lactating sows, suckling, weaned, and market-age pigs, plus the vagina of sows. No MRSA were isolated, but S. aureus was detected in a least 1 site in 175 (91.1%) out of 192 pigs. Pig-level prevalence did not differ among the age groups, but the proportion of positive samples (all sites) was higher in market-age pigs (75.2%) and nursery-age pigs (63.2%) than in sows (40.7%) and suckling piglets (38%). Prevalence did not differ among nasal (67.9%), skin (62.3%), and tonsil (61.7%) swabs, but was lower in rectal (42%) and vaginal swabs (39.6%). Multiple multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and spa types were found in both production systems, but all isolates were of ST398, ST9, or ST5. These MLST lineages have been variably predominant among reports of MRSA in pigs on 3 continents, and the presence of methicillin-sensitive variants in several countries raises the likelihood that MRSA in pigs has likely resulted from independent acquisition of the mecA gene by multiple S. aureus lineages that have been adapted to swine over the long term, rather than recent introduction of novel clones into swine populations.
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- Leticia L. Linhares
- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (Linhares, Yang, Sreevatsan, Torremorell, Davies)
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Munoz-Zanzi)
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (Linhares, Yang, Sreevatsan, Torremorell, Davies)
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Munoz-Zanzi)
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (Linhares, Yang, Sreevatsan, Torremorell, Davies)
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Munoz-Zanzi)
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (Linhares, Yang, Sreevatsan, Torremorell, Davies)
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Munoz-Zanzi)
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (Linhares, Yang, Sreevatsan, Torremorell, Davies)
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Munoz-Zanzi)
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (Linhares, Yang, Sreevatsan, Torremorell, Davies)
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Munoz-Zanzi)
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Identification of putative virulence-associated genes among Haemophilus parasuis strains and the virulence difference of different serovars. Microb Pathog 2014; 77:17-23. [PMID: 25283960 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study was aimed at determining virulence-associated genes among Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) strains, and supplying for the Kielstein-Rapp-Gabrielson serotyping scheme. The subtractive fragments, obtained through suppression subtractive hybridization and reverse Southern blot hybridization, were found to encode genes representative of 7 different functions. PCR was used to investigate the distribution of these fragments in H. parasuis strains isolated from different infection sites in pigs. Mice challenge was then used to analyze the correlationship between subtractive fragments, infection sites and bacterial virulence. Eight weeks old female BALB/c mice (10 mice/group) were inoculated intraperitoneally with 3.0 × 10(9) CFU suspension (0.5 ml/mouse) of H. parasuis strains in PBS. Results indicated that H. parasuis possessed varied virulence even among the same serovar strains. Transcription units hsdR, hsdS, gpT and ompP2, identified from the subtractive fragments, were uniformly expressed in highly virulent strains, while absent in weakly virulent strains, and demonstrated variable degrees of expression in moderately virulent strains. Moreover, H. parasuis strains, isolated from pericardium and heart blood, were all highly virulent strains, while from nasal cavity and joint were moderately or weakly virulent strains. This study indicated that fragments hsdR, hsdS, gpT and ompP2 were associated with the virulence of H. parasuis. The virulence of H. parasuis strains isolated from different infection sites was different. The current research provides a new reference for determining bacterial virulence in different H. parasuis strains.
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Fifteen novel immunoreactive proteins of Chinese virulent Haemophilus parasuis serotype 5 verified by an immunoproteomic assay. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2014; 60:81-7. [PMID: 25200063 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-014-0343-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) is associated with meningitis, polyserositis, polyarthritis and bacterial pneumonia. At present, its prevention and control is difficult because of the lack of suitable subunit vaccines. Nowadays, high-throughput methods, immunoproteomics, are available to screen for more vaccine candidates. A protein extraction method for H. parasuis and two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) were optimized to provide high-resolution profiles covering pH 3 to 10. Twenty immunoreactive spots were excised from gels after strict comparison between 2-DE Western blot membranes and the relevant gels. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS successfully identified 16 different proteins. Fifteen of them were reported as immunoreactive proteins in H. parasuis for the first time. In addition, recombinant HP5-7 (ABC transporter, periplasmic-binding protein) showed immunoreactivity both with hyperimmune rabbit serum and convalescent swine serum. Four recombinants of the 14 successfully expressed genes showed immunoreactivity with hyperimmune rabbit serum.
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Zhang L, Wen Y, Li Y, Wei X, Yan X, Wen X, Wu R, Huang X, Huang Y, Yan Q, Liu M, Cao S. Comparative proteomic analysis of the membrane proteins of two Haemophilus parasuis strains to identify proteins that may help in habitat adaptation and pathogenesis. Proteome Sci 2014; 12:38. [PMID: 25057263 PMCID: PMC4107730 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-12-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Haemophilus parasuis is the causative agent of Glässer’s disease characterized by polyserositis, arthritis, and meningitis in pig, leading to serious economic loss. Despite many years of study, virulence factors and the mechanisms of the entire infection process remain largely unclear. So two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry were used to search for distinctions at the membrane protein expression level between two H. parasuis isolates aimed at uncovering some proteins potentially involved in habitat adaption and pathogenesis. Results A comparative proteomic approach combining two-dimensional gel electrophoresis with mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry was employed to explore the differences among membrane proteomes of a virulent Haemophilus parasuis strain isolated from the lung of a diseased pig and an avirulent strain isolated from the nasal swab of a healthy pig. Differentially expressed protein spots identified by mass spectrometry were annotated and analyzed by bioinformatic interpretation. The mRNA level was determined by quantitative real-time PCR. Proteins representing diverse functional activities were identified. Among them, the tonB-dependent siderophore receptor was a new discovery highlighted for its activity in iron uptake. In addition, periplasmic serine protease and putrescine/spermidine ABC transporter substrate-binding protein were given focus because of their virulence potential. This study revealed that the differentially expressed proteins were important in either the habitat adaption or pathogenesis of H. parasuis. Conclusions The outcome demonstrated the presence of some proteins which raise the speculation for their importance in helping in habitat adaption or pathogenesis within the host.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, PR China
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Singh R, Remington B, Blackall P, Turni C. Epidemiology of fowl cholera in free range broilers. Avian Dis 2014; 58:124-8. [PMID: 24758124 DOI: 10.1637/10656-090313-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Fowl cholera, caused by Pasteurella multocida, remains a major problem of poultry worldwide. In the current report, we describe an outbreak in free range organic broilers. In addition to culturing samples from dead broilers, we attempted to isolate P. multocida from feral cats trapped on the farm. The isolates were identified by PCR as P. multocida and then serotyped using the Heddleston scheme and genotyped using both a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) method and an enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR method. A total of 123 isolates of P. multocida were recovered from 12 broilers. All 123 isolates were examined by ERIC-PCR, and only one pattern was identified. A subset of seven broiler isolates were examined by MLST and all were typed as sequence type (ST) 20. A total of 28 isolates of P. multocida were recovered from 17 cats, and five ERIC-PCR genotypes were identified, with one genotype (E-1, shared by 19 isolates) being the same as the ERIC-PCR pattern associated with the broilers. One representative cat strain for each ERIC-PCR pattern was subjected to MLST. The cat isolate with the same ERIC-PCR genotype as the broiler isolates was confirmed as having the same MLST result, ST 20. The other five cat ERIC-PCR patterns were allocated to four STs: E-2 and E-5 to ST 265, E-3 to ST 30, E-4 to ST 20, and E-6 to ST 264. Both genotyping methods confirmed that isolates of P. multocida were common between the feral cats and the chickens. It was not clear whether the strain was transmitted from the cats to the chicken or whether the cats obtained the strain preying on chicken. The study has shown that cats can harbor P. multocida strains with the same genotype found in chickens affected with fowl cholera.
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Understanding the virulence of Haemophilus parasuis. Vet J 2013; 198:549-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.09.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 09/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Frandoloso R, Pivato M, Martínez-Martínez S, Rodríguez-Ferri EF, Kreutz LC, Martín CBG. Differences in Haemophilus parasuis adherence to and invasion of AOC-45 porcine aorta endothelial cells. BMC Vet Res 2013; 9:207. [PMID: 24119995 PMCID: PMC3852208 DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background The pathogenesis of Haemophilus parasuis depends on the bacterium’s ability to interact with endothelial cells and invade adjacent tissues. In this study, we investigated the abilities of eight H. parasuis reference strains belonging to serovars 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 13 to adhere to and invade porcine aortic endothelial cells (AOC-45 cell line). Results The strains belonging to serovars 1, 2 and 5 were able to attach at high rates between 60 and 240 min of incubation, and serovars 4, 7 and 13 had moderate attachment rates; however, the strains belonging to serovars 9 and 10 had low adherence at all time points. Strong adherence was observed by scanning electron microscopy for the strains of serovars 5 and 4, which had high and moderate numbers, respectively, of H. parasuis cells attached to AOC-45 cells after 240 min of incubation. The highest invasiveness was reached at 180 min by the serovar 4 strain, followed by the serovar 5 strain at 240 min. The invasion results differed substantially depending on the strain. Conclusion The reference strains of H. parasuis serovars 1, 2, 4 and 5 exhibited high adhesion and invasion levels to AOC-45 porcine aorta endothelial cells, and these findings could aid to better explain the pathogenesis of the disease caused by these serovars.
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- Section of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Animal Health, University of León, León, Spain.
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Virulence, transmission, and heterologous protection of four isolates of Haemophilus parasuis. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2013; 20:1466-72. [PMID: 23885030 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00168-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Haemophilus parasuis causes Glässer's disease, a syndrome of polyserositis, meningitis, and arthritis in swine. Previous studies with H. parasuis have revealed virulence disparity among isolates and inconsistent heterologous protection. In this study, virulence, direct transmission, and heterologous protection of 4 isolates of H. parasuis (SW114, 12939, MN-H, and 29755) were evaluated using a highly susceptible pig model. In an initial experiment, isolates 12939, MN-H, and 29755 caused Glässer's disease, while strain SW114 failed to cause any clinical signs of disease. One pig from each group challenged with MN-H or 29755 failed to develop clinical disease but was able to transmit H. parasuis to noninfected pigs, which subsequently developed Glässer's disease. Pigs colonized with SW114, 29755, or MN-H that were free of clinical disease were protected from a subsequent challenge with isolate 12939. In a following experiment, pigs vaccinated with strain SW114 given as either a bacterin intramuscularly or a live intranasal vaccine were protected from subsequent challenge with isolate 12939; however, some pigs given live SW114 developed arthritis. Overall these studies demonstrated that pigs infected with virulent isolates of H. parasuis can remain healthy and serve as reservoirs for transmission to naive pigs and that heterologous protection among H. parasuis isolates is possible. In addition, further attenuation of strain SW114 is necessary if it is to be used as a live vaccine.
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Cross-protective efficacy of recombinant transferrin-binding protein A of Haemophilus parasuis in guinea pigs. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2013; 20:912-9. [PMID: 23616407 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00621-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The causative agent of Glasser's disease in swine is Haemophilus parasuis. Commercial bacterins are widely used for protection of the swine population. However, cross protection is limited because H. parasuis has more than 15 serovars. Transferrin-binding protein A has shown potential as a broad-spectrum vaccine candidate against homologous and heterologous strains. Here we amplified the full-length tbpA gene from an H. parasuis serovar 13 isolate and cloned it into a pET-SUMO expression vector. We then expressed and purified the TbpA protein by Ni affinity chromatography. First, the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the protein were evaluated in guinea pigs by two subcutaneous immunizations with different doses of Montanide IMS 206 VG adjuvant. The immunized guinea pigs were, respectively, challenged on week 3 after a booster immunization with homologous strain LJ3 (serovar 13) and heterologous strain FX1 (serovar 4), and vaccine-inoculated groups were compared with nonvaccinated controls. All immunized groups showed serum antibody titers higher than those of negative-control groups. Furthermore, the cytokine and chemokine levels were evaluated at the transcriptional level by the real-time PCR analysis of six cytokines and chemokines. Gamma interferon and interleukin-5 in groups immunized with 100 μg were elevated more than 15-fold over those in negative-control groups. The protection rates were 80 and 60% after a challenge with strains LJ3 and FX1, respectively, in the groups vaccinated with 100 μg of recombinant TbpA protein. Subsequently, the data showed that guinea pigs immunized with a single dose (100 μg) were protected at levels of 80, 80, and 60% against LJ3, FX1, and another heterologous strain, SZ (serovar 14), respectively. The results indicate for the first time that TbpA protein cross protects guinea pigs against serovars 13, 4, and 14 of H. parasuis. Taken together, these results suggest that the recombinant TbpA protein is a promising vaccine candidate that needs to be confirmed in a swine population.
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Zehr ES, Tabatabai LB, Bayles DO. Genomic and proteomic characterization of SuMu, a Mu-like bacteriophage infecting Haemophilus parasuis. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:331. [PMID: 22823751 PMCID: PMC3447690 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Haemophilus parasuis, the causative agent of Glässer’s disease, is prevalent in swine herds and clinical signs associated with this disease are meningitis, polyserositis, polyarthritis, and bacterial pneumonia. Six to eight week old pigs in segregated early weaning herds are particularly susceptible to the disease. Insufficient colostral antibody at weaning or the mixing of pigs with heterologous virulent H. parasuis strains from other farm sources in the nursery or grower-finisher stage are considered to be factors for the outbreak of Glässer’s disease. Previously, a Mu-like bacteriophage portal gene was detected in a virulent swine isolate of H. parasuis by nested polymerase chain reaction. Mu-like bacteriophages are related phyologenetically to enterobacteriophage Mu and are thought to carry virulence genes or to induce host expression of virulence genes. This study characterizes the Mu-like bacteriophage, named SuMu, isolated from a virulent H. parasuis isolate. Results Characterization was done by genomic comparison to enterobacteriophage Mu and proteomic identification of various homologs by mass spectrometry. This is the first report of isolation and characterization of this bacteriophage from the Myoviridae family, a double-stranded DNA bacteriophage with a contractile tail, from a virulent field isolate of H. parasuis. The genome size of bacteriophage SuMu was 37,151 bp. DNA sequencing revealed fifty five open reading frames, including twenty five homologs to Mu-like bacteriophage proteins: Nlp, phage transposase-C-terminal, COG2842, Gam-like protein, gp16, Mor, peptidoglycan recognition protein, gp29, gp30, gpG, gp32, gp34, gp36, gp37, gpL, phage tail tube protein, DNA circulation protein, gpP, gp45, gp46, gp47, COG3778, tail fiber protein gp37-C terminal, tail fiber assembly protein, and Com. The last open reading frame was homologous to IS1414. The G + C content of bacteriophage SuMu was 41.87% while its H. parasuis host genome’s G + C content was 39.93%. Twenty protein homologs to bacteriophage proteins, including 15 structural proteins, one lysogeny-related and one lysis-related protein, and three DNA replication proteins were identified by mass spectrometry. One of the tail proteins, gp36, may be a virulence-related protein. Conclusions Bacteriophage SuMu was characterized by genomic and proteomic methods and compared to enterobacteriophage Mu.
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- Emilie S Zehr
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
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Zehr ES, Lavrov DV, Tabatabai LB. Comparison of Haemophilus parasuis reference strains and field isolates by using random amplified polymorphic DNA and protein profiles. BMC Microbiol 2012; 12:108. [PMID: 22703293 PMCID: PMC3499290 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Haemophilus parasuis is the causative agent of Glässer’s disease and is a pathogen of swine in high-health status herds. Reports on serotyping of field strains from outbreaks describe that approximately 30% of them are nontypeable and therefore cannot be traced. Molecular typing methods have been used as alternatives to serotyping. This study was done to compare random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiles and whole cell protein (WCP) lysate profiles as methods for distinguishing H. parasuis reference strains and field isolates. Results The DNA and WCP lysate profiles of 15 reference strains and 31 field isolates of H. parasuis were analyzed using the Dice and neighbor joining algorithms. The results revealed unique and reproducible DNA and protein profiles among the reference strains and field isolates studied. Simpson’s index of diversity showed significant discrimination between isolates when three 10mer primers were combined for the RAPD method and also when both the RAPD and WCP lysate typing methods were combined. Conclusions The RAPD profiles seen among the reference strains and field isolates did not appear to change over time which may reflect a lack of DNA mutations in the genes of the samples. The recent field isolates had different WCP lysate profiles than the reference strains, possibly because the number of passages of the type strains may affect their protein expression.
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- Emilie S Zehr
- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
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Castilla KS, de Gobbi DDS, Moreno LZ, Paixão R, Coutinho TA, dos Santos JL, Moreno AM. Characterization of Haemophilus parasuis isolated from Brazilian swine through serotyping, AFLP and PFGE. Res Vet Sci 2012; 92:366-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Revised: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Luppi A, Bonilauri P, Dottori M, Iodice G, Gherpelli Y, Merialdi G, Maioli G, Martelli P. Haemophilus parasuis serovars isolated from pathological samples in Northern Italy. Transbound Emerg Dis 2012; 60:140-2. [PMID: 22494561 DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2012.01326.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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From January 2007 to December 2011, a total of 106 Haemophilus parasuis strains isolated from pigs were serotyped by agar gel diffusion test (DG). Serovar 4 was the most prevalent (24.5%), followed by serovar 13 (19.8%) and serovar 5 (11.3%). Twenty-nine strains were non-typeable (27.3%). The strains were divided into two groups, depending on whether they were isolated from specific pathological lesions of systemic disease such as polyserositis, arthritis or meningitis (73 cases of 106) or from the lower respiratory tract of pigs suffering from bronchopneumonia (33 cases of 106). Serovars 4 and 13 had a higher prevalence in systemic infection (polyserositis) than in respiratory disease only. Pasteurella multocida (14/106), Streptococcus suis (7/106), Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (4/106), Bordetella bronchiseptica (3/106) and Arcanobacterium pyogenes (3/106) were isolated in association with H. parasuis.
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- A Luppi
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSLER) - Brescia, Italy.
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Zhou M, Zhang Q, Zhao J, Jin M. Haemophilus parasuis encodes two functional cytolethal distending toxins: CdtC contains an atypical cholesterol recognition/interaction region. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32580. [PMID: 22412890 PMCID: PMC3296717 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Haemophilus parasuis is the causative agent of Glässer's disease of pigs, a disease associated with fibrinous polyserositis, polyarthritis and meningitis. We report here H. parasuis encodes two copies of cytolethal distending toxins (Cdts), which these two Cdts showed the uniform toxin activity in vitro. We demonstrate that three Cdt peptides can form an active tripartite holotoxin that exhibits maximum cellular toxicity, and CdtA and CdtB form a more active toxin than CdtB and CdtC. Moreover, the cellular toxicity is associated with the binding of Cdt subunits to cells. Further analysis indicates that CdtC subunit contains an atypical cholesterol recognition/interaction amino acid consensus (CRAC) region. The mutation of CRAC site resulted in decreased cell toxicity. Finally, western blot analysis show all the 15 H. parasuis reference strains and 109 clinical isolates expressed CdtB subunit, indicating that Cdt is a conservative putative virulence factor for H. parasuis. This is the first report of the molecular and cellular basis of Cdt host interactions in H. parasuis.
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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Zehr ES, Tabatabai LB. Detection of a bacteriophage gene encoding a Mu-like portal protein in Haemophilus parasuis reference strains and field isolates by nested polymerase chain reaction. J Vet Diagn Invest 2012; 23:538-42. [PMID: 21908286 DOI: 10.1177/1040638711404143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) assay was developed to determine the presence of a gene encoding a bacteriophage Mu-like portal protein, gp29, in 15 reference strains and 31 field isolates of Haemophilus parasuis. Specific primers, based on the gene's sequence, were utilized. A majority of the virulent reference strains and field isolates tested harbored the gene. The results suggest that the nPCR technique described in the current report could serve as a tool for epidemiological studies of H. parasuis.
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- Emilie S Zehr
- Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1920 Dayton Avenue, Building 24, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
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Usefulness of PCR/RFLP and ERIC PCR techniques for epidemiological study of Haemophilus parasuis infections in pigs. Pol J Vet Sci 2011; 14:111-6. [PMID: 21528720 DOI: 10.2478/v10181-011-0016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Haemophilus parasuis belongs to opportunistic microorganisms of undefined virulence. The purpose of the studies was to compare suitability of PCR/RFLP in our modification and ERIC PCR for epidemiological study of domestic strains of H. parasuis. The results were evaluated taking into account two different aspects: suitability of the tests for isolating the highest possible number of clone groups and subjective evaluation of the method judged with respect to the following criteria: difficulty, availability of equipment and reagents as well as time and cost of the study. The results obtained in the present study show that the two methods used for typing of H. parasuis had high discriminatory power. Taking into account this parameter it can be concluded that ERIC PCR is more suitable than PCR/RFLP. This justifies the use of ERIC PCR for routine epidemiological analyses of mentioned pathogen. Taking into account the complexity of method used, ERIC-PCR based on random amplification of DNA, proved to be comparable to PCR/RFLP. The last mentioned technique is relatively less expensive and labour-consuming, especially when diagnostic PCR method is used for the epidemiological studies.
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Xu Z, Yue M, Zhou R, Jin Q, Fan Y, Bei W, Chen H. Genomic characterization of Haemophilus parasuis SH0165, a highly virulent strain of serovar 5 prevalent in China. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19631. [PMID: 21611187 PMCID: PMC3096633 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Haemophilus parasuis can be either a commensal bacterium of the porcine respiratory tract or an opportunistic pathogen causing Glässer's disease, a severe systemic disease that has led to significant economical losses in the pig industry worldwide. We determined the complete genomic sequence of H. parasuis SH0165, a highly virulent strain of serovar 5, which was isolated from a hog pen in North China. The single circular chromosome was 2,269,156 base pairs in length and contained 2,031 protein-coding genes. Together with the full spectrum of genes detected by the analysis of metabolic pathways, we confirmed that H. parasuis generates ATP via both fermentation and respiration, and possesses an intact TCA cycle for anabolism. In addition to possessing the complete pathway essential for the biosynthesis of heme, this pathogen was also found to be well-equipped with different iron acquisition systems, such as the TonB system and ABC-type transport complexes, to overcome iron limitation during infection and persistence. We identified a number of genes encoding potential virulence factors, such as type IV fimbriae and surface polysaccharides. Analysis of the genome confirmed that H. parasuis is naturally competent, as genes related to DNA uptake are present. A nine-mer DNA uptake signal sequence (ACAAGCGGT), identical to that found in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Mannheimia haemolytica, followed by similar downstream motifs, was identified in the SH0165 genome. Genomic and phylogenetic comparisons with other Pasteurellaceae species further indicated that H. parasuis was closely related to another swine pathogenic bacteria A. pleuropneumoniae. The comprehensive genetic analysis presented here provides a foundation for future research on the metabolism, natural competence and virulence of H. parasuis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhuofei Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Division of Animal Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Division of Animal Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Division of Animal Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Division of Animal Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Division of Animal Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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