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Scoizec A, Niqueux E, Schmitz A, Grasland B, Palumbo L, Huneau-Salaün A, Le Bouquin S. New Patterns for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Adjustment of Prevention, Control and Surveillance Strategies: The Example of France. Viruses 2024; 16:101. [PMID: 38257801 PMCID: PMC10819649 DOI: 10.3390/v16010101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
From 2020 up to summer 2023, there was a substantial change in the situation concerning the high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in Europe. This change concerned mainly virus circulation within wildlife, both in wild birds and wild mammals. It involved the seasonality of HPAI detections, the species affected, excess mortality events, and the apparent increased level of contamination in wild birds. The knock-on effect concerned new impacts and challenges for the poultry sector, which is affected by repeated annual waves of HPAI arriving with wild migratory birds and by risks due to viral circulation within resident wild birds across the year. Indeed, exceeding expectations, new poultry sectors and production areas have been affected during the recent HPAI seasons in France. The HPAI virus strains involved also generate considerable concern about human health because of enhanced risks of species barrier crossing. In this article, we present these changes in detail, along with the required adjustment of prevention, control, and surveillance strategies, focusing specifically on the situation in France.
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Affiliation(s)
- Axelle Scoizec
- Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Epidemiology Health and Welfare Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; (A.H.-S.); (S.L.B.)
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- Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian & Rabbit Virology, Immunology & Parasitology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; (E.N.); (A.S.); (B.G.)
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- Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian & Rabbit Virology, Immunology & Parasitology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; (E.N.); (A.S.); (B.G.)
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- Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian & Rabbit Virology, Immunology & Parasitology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; (E.N.); (A.S.); (B.G.)
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- Research and Scientific Support Department (DRAS), Wildlife Health and Agricultural Ecosystem Functioning Department (SantéAgri), National Biodiversity Office (OFB), 9 Av. Buffon, 45100 Orléans, France;
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- Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Epidemiology Health and Welfare Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; (A.H.-S.); (S.L.B.)
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- Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Epidemiology Health and Welfare Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; (A.H.-S.); (S.L.B.)
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Molinet A, Courtillon C, Bougeard S, Keita A, Grasland B, Eterradossi N, Soubies S. Infectious bursal disease virus: predicting viral pathotype using machine learning models focused on early changes in total blood cell counts. Vet Res 2023; 54:101. [PMID: 37904195 PMCID: PMC10614337 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-023-01222-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is an avian viral disease caused in chickens by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). IBDV strains (Avibirnavirus genus, Birnaviridae family) exhibit different pathotypes, for which no molecular marker is available yet. The different pathotypes, ranging from sub-clinical to inducing immunosuppression and high mortality, are currently determined through a 10-day-long animal experiment designed to compare mortality and clinical score of the uncharacterized strain with references strains. Limits of this protocol lie within standardization and the extensive use of animal experimentation. The aim of this study was to establish a predictive model of viral pathotype based on a minimum number of early parameters measured during infection, allowing faster pathotyping of IBDV strains with improved ethics. We thus measured, at 2 and 4 days post-infection (dpi), the blood concentrations of various immune and coagulation related cells, the uricemia and the infectious viral load in the bursa of Fabricius of chicken infected under standardized conditions with a panel of viruses encompassing the different pathotypes of IBDV. Machine learning algorithms allowed establishing a predictive model of the pathotype based on early changes of the blood cell formula, whose accuracy reached 84.1%. Its accuracy to predict the attenuated and strictly immunosuppressive pathotypes was above 90%. The key parameters for this model were the blood concentrations of B cells, T cells, monocytes, granulocytes, thrombocytes and erythrocytes of infected chickens at 4 dpi. This predictive model could be a second option to traditional IBDV pathotyping that is faster, and more ethical.
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- Annonciade Molinet
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de L'alimentation, de L'environnement Et du Travail, 41 Rue de Beaucemaine, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de L'alimentation, de L'environnement Et du Travail, 41 Rue de Beaucemaine, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de L'alimentation, de L'environnement Et du Travail, 41 Rue de Beaucemaine, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de L'alimentation, de L'environnement Et du Travail, 41 Rue de Beaucemaine, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de L'alimentation, de L'environnement Et du Travail, 41 Rue de Beaucemaine, 22440, Ploufragan, France.
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de L'alimentation, de L'environnement Et du Travail, 41 Rue de Beaucemaine, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de L'alimentation, de L'environnement Et du Travail, 41 Rue de Beaucemaine, 22440, Ploufragan, France
- INRAE-ENVT, UMR 1225 IHAP, 23 Chemin Des Capelles, 31076, Toulouse CEDEX 3, France
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Briand FX, Souchaud F, Pierre I, Beven V, Hirchaud E, Hérault F, Planel R, Rigaudeau A, Bernard-Stoecklin S, Van der Werf S, Lina B, Gerbier G, Eterradossi N, Schmitz A, Niqueux E, Grasland B. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus in Domestic Cat, France, 2022. Emerg Infect Dis 2023; 29. [PMID: 37379514 PMCID: PMC10370847 DOI: 10.3201/eid2908.230188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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We detected highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in a domestic cat that lived near a duck farm infected by a closely related virus in France during December 2022. Enhanced surveillance of symptomatic domestic carnivores in contact with infected birds is recommended to prevent further spread to mammals and humans.
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Niqueux É, Flodrops M, Allée C, Lebras MO, Pierre I, Louboutin K, Guillemoto C, Le Prioux A, Le Bouquin-Leneveu S, Keïta A, Amelot M, Martenot C, Massin P, Cherbonnel-Pansart M, Briand FX, Schmitz A, Cazaban C, Dauphin G, Delquigny T, Lemière S, Watier JM, Mogler M, Tarpey I, Grasland B, Eterradossi N. Evaluation of three hemagglutinin-based vaccines for the experimental control of a panzootic clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N8) high pathogenicity avian influenza virus in mule ducks. Vaccine 2023; 41:145-158. [PMID: 36411134 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
In France during winter 2016-2017, 487 outbreaks of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 subtype high pathogenicity (HP) avian influenza A virus (AIV) infections were detected in poultry and captive birds. During this epizootic, HPAIV A/decoy duck/France/161105a/2016 (H5N8) was isolated and characterized in an experimental infection transmission model in conventional mule ducks. To investigate options to possibly protect such ducks against this HPAIV, three vaccines were evaluated in controlled conditions. The first experimental vaccine was derived from the hemagglutinin gene of another clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N8) HPAIV. It was injected at three weeks of age, either alone (Vac1) or after a primer injection at day-old (Vac1 + boost). The second vaccine (Vac2) was a commercial bivalent adjuvanted vaccine containing an expressed hemagglutinin modified from a clade 2.3.2 A(H5N1) HPAIV. Vac2 was administered as a single injection at two weeks of age. The third experimental vaccine (Vac3) also incorporated a homologous 2.3.4.4b H5 HA gene and was administered as a single injection at three weeks of age. Ducks were challenged with HPAIV A/decoy duck/France/161105a/2016 (H5N8) at six weeks of age. Post-challenge virus excretion was monitored in vaccinated and control birds every 2-3 days for two weeks using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and serological analyses (haemagglutination inhibition test against H5N8, H5 ELISA and AIV ELISA) were performed. Vac1 abolished oropharyngeal and cloacal shedding to almost undetectable levels, whereas Vac3 abolished cloacal shedding only (while partially reducing respiratory shedding) and Vac2 only partly reduced the respiratory and intestinal excretion of the challenge virus. These results provided relevant insights in the immunogenicity of recombinant H5 vaccines in mule ducks, a rarely investigated hybrid between Pekin and Muscovy duck species that has played a critical role in the recent H5 HPAI epizootics in France.
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- Éric Niqueux
- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Epidemiology Health and Welfare Unit, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian Experimentation and Breeding Service, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian Experimentation and Breeding Service, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Ceva Santé Animale, 10 Avenue de la Ballastière, 33500 Libourne, France
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, 29 avenue Tony Garnier, 69007 Lyon, France
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, 29 avenue Tony Garnier, 69007 Lyon, France
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- MSD Santé Animale, 7 rue Olivier de Serres, BP 17144, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France
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- Merck Animal Health, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America
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- MSD Animal Health, Walton Manor, Milton Keynes MK7 7AJ, United Kingdom
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.
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- Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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Cubas-Gaona LL, Courtillon C, Briand FX, Cotta H, Bougeard S, Hirchaud E, Leroux A, Blanchard Y, Keita A, Amelot M, Eterradossi N, Tatár-Kis T, Kiss I, Cazaban C, Grasland B, Soubies SM. High antigenic diversity of serotype 1 infectious bursal disease virus revealed by antigenic cartography. Virus Res 2023; 323:198999. [PMID: 36379388 PMCID: PMC10194283 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
The antigenic characterization of IBDV, a virus that causes an immunosuppressive disease in young chickens, has been historically addressed using cross virus neutralization (VN) assay and antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent (AC-ELISA). However, VN assay has been usually carried out either in specific antibody negative embryonated eggs, for non-cell culture adapted strains, which is tedious, or on chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF), which requires virus adaptation to cell culture. AC-ELISA has provided crucial information about IBDV antigenicity, but this information is limited to the epitopes included in the tested panel with a lack of information of overall antigenic view. The present work aimed at overcoming those technical limitations and providing an extensive antigenic landscape based on original cross VN assays employing primary chicken B cells, where no previous IBDV adaptation is required. Sixteen serotype 1 IBDV viruses, comprising both reference strains and documented antigenic variants were tested against eleven chicken post-infectious sera. The VN data were analysed by antigenic cartography, a method which enables reliable high-resolution quantitative and visual interpretation of large binding assay datasets. The resulting antigenic cartography revealed i) the existence of several antigenic clusters of IBDV, ii) high antigenic relatedness between some genetically unrelated viruses, iii) a highly variable contribution to global antigenicity of previously identified individual epitopes and iv) broad reactivity of chicken sera raised against antigenic variants. This study provides an overall view of IBDV antigenic diversity. Implementing this approach will be instrumental to follow the evolution of IBDV antigenicity and control the disease.
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- Liliana L Cubas-Gaona
- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), OIE reference Laboratory for Infectious bursal disease virus, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France; Science and Investigation Department, Ceva Santé Animale, BP 126, Libourne Cedex 33501, France.
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), OIE reference Laboratory for Infectious bursal disease virus, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), OIE reference Laboratory for Infectious bursal disease virus, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Science and Investigation Department, Ceva Santé Animale, BP 126, Libourne Cedex 33501, France
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- Epidemiology, Animal Health and Welfare Unit (EPISABE), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Experimental Poultry Unit (SELEAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Experimental Poultry Unit (SELEAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), OIE reference Laboratory for Infectious bursal disease virus, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Scientific Support and Investigation Unit, Ceva-Phylaxia Co. Ltd., Ceva Animal Health, 5 Szallas utca, Budapest, Hungary
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- Scientific Support and Investigation Unit, Ceva-Phylaxia Co. Ltd., Ceva Animal Health, 5 Szallas utca, Budapest, Hungary
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- Science and Investigation Department, Ceva Santé Animale, BP 126, Libourne Cedex 33501, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), OIE reference Laboratory for Infectious bursal disease virus, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), OIE reference Laboratory for Infectious bursal disease virus, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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Briand FX, Niqueux E, Schmitz A, Martenot C, Cherbonnel M, Massin P, Busson R, Guillemoto C, Pierre I, Louboutin K, Souchaud F, Allée C, Quenault H, Lucas P, de Wiele AV, Blanchard Y, Eterradossi N, Scoizec A, Bouquin-Leneveu SL, Rautureau S, Lambert Y, Grasland B. Multiple independent introductions of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 viruses during the 2020-2021 epizootic in France. Transbound Emerg Dis 2022; 69:4028-4033. [PMID: 36161777 PMCID: PMC10092607 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
During winter 2020-2021, France and other European countries were severely affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 viruses of the Gs/GD/96 lineage, clade 2.3.4.4b. In total, 519 cases occurred, mainly in domestic waterfowl farms in Southwestern France. Analysis of viral genomic sequences indicated that 3 subtypes of HPAI H5 viruses were detected (H5N1, H5N3, H5N8), but most French viruses belonged to the H5N8 subtype genotype A, as Europe. Phylogenetic analyses of HPAI H5N8 viruses revealed that the French sequences were distributed in 9 genogroups, suggesting 9 independent introductions of H5N8 from wild birds, in addition to the 2 introductions of H5N1 and H5N3.
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- François-Xavier Briand
- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,French national reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Ploufragan, France
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Briand FX, Schmitz A, Scoizec A, Allée C, Busson R, Guillemoto C, Quenault H, Lucas P, Pierre I, Louboutin K, Guillou-Cloarec C, Martenot C, Cherbonnel-Pansart M, Thomas R, Massin P, Souchaud F, Blanchard Y, Steensels M, Lambrecht B, Eterradossi N, Le Bouquin S, Niqueux E, Grasland B. Concomitant NA and NS deletion on avian Influenza H3N1 virus associated with hen mortality in France in 2019. Infect Genet Evol 2022; 104:105356. [PMID: 36038008 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
An H3N1 avian influenza virus was detected in a laying hens farm in May 2019 which had experienced 25% mortality in Northern France. The complete sequencing of this virus showed that all segment sequences belonged to the Eurasian lineage and were phylogenetically very close to many of the Belgian H3N1 viruses detected in 2019. The French virus presented two genetic particularities with NA and NS deletions that could be related to virus adaptation from wild to domestic birds and could increase virulence, respectively. Molecular data of H3N1 viruses suggest that these two deletions occurred at two different times.
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Flageul A, Courtillon C, Allée C, Leroux A, Blanchard Y, Deleforterie Y, Grasland B, Brown PA. Extracting Turkey Coronaviruses from the intestinal lumen of infected turkey embryos yields full genome data with good coverage by NGS. Avian Pathol 2022; 51:291-294. [PMID: 35201915 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2022.2046701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Currently, turkey coronaviruses (TCoV) are isolated from homogenized intestines of experimentally infected embryos to ensure a maximum recovery of viral particles from all components of the intestines. However, the process of homogenization also ensures a release of an important amount of cellular RNAs into the sample that hinders downstream viral genome sequencing. This is especially the case for next generation sequencing (NGS) that sequences molecules at random. This characteristic means that the heavily abundant cellular RNA in the sample drowns out the minority viral RNA during the sequencing process and consequently very little to no viral genome data is obtained.To address this problem, a method was developed, in which ten descendent isolates of the European strain of TCoV were recovered uniquely from the intestinal lumen without homogenization of the tissue. For nine out of ten samples, NGS produced viral RNA reads with good coverage depth over the entire TCoV genomes. This is a much-needed new, simple and cost effective method of isolating TCoV that facilitates downstream NGS of viral RNA and should be considered as an alternative method for isolating other avian enteric coronaviruses in the interest of obtaining full-length genome sequences.
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- Alexandre Flageul
- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, immunology and parasitology in poultry and rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université de Rennes 1
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, immunology and parasitology in poultry and rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université de Rennes 1
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, immunology and parasitology in poultry and rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université de Rennes 1
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Viral Genetic and Biosafety (GVB) Unit, Université de Rennes 1
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Viral Genetic and Biosafety (GVB) Unit, Université de Rennes 1
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, immunology and parasitology in poultry and rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université de Rennes 1
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, immunology and parasitology in poultry and rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université de Rennes 1
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Huneau-Salaün A, Scoizec A, Thomas R, Martenot C, Schmitz A, Pierre I, Allée C, Busson R, Massin P, Briand FX, Guillemoto C, Louboutin K, Souchaud F, Cherbonnel-Pansart M, Niqueux E, Grasland B, Souillard R, Bouquin SL. Avian influenza outbreaks: evaluating the efficacy of cleaning and disinfection of vehicles and transport crates. Poult Sci 2021; 101:101569. [PMID: 34823166 PMCID: PMC8626697 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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In 2021, France faced large avian influenza outbreaks, like in 2016 and 2017. Controlling these outbreaks required the preventive depopulation of a large number of duck farms. A previous study in 2017 showed that the quality of decontamination of trucks and transport crates used for depopulation was often insufficient. A new study was then set up to evaluate cleaning and disinfection (C&D) of trucks and crates used for duck depopulation and whether practices had changed since 2017. Three methods were used to assess decontamination: 1) detection of avian influenza virus (AIV) genome, 2) visual inspection of cleanliness, and 3) microbial counts, considering that 2 and 3 are commonly used in abattoirs. Another objective of the study was to evaluate the correlation between results obtained with the 3 methods. In 5 abattoirs, 8 trucks and their crates were sampled by swabbing to detect AIV genome by rRT-PCR before and after decontamination. Visual cleanliness scores and coliform counts were also determined on crates after C&D. Trucks and crates were decontaminated according to the abattoirs' protocols. Before C&D, 3 quarters of crates (59/79) and 7 of 8 trucks were positive for AIV genome. C&D procedures were reinforced in 2021 compared to 2017; use of detergent solution and warm water were more common. Nevertheless, 28% of the crates were positive for AIV genome after C&D, despite the fact that cleaning scores and microbiological counts were satisfactory for 84% and 91% of the crates, respectively. No correlation was observed between results for AIV genome detection and results from visual control or from coliform counts. Abattoirs are encouraged to use environmental sampling coupled with AIV genome detection to monitor the quality of cleaning and disinfection of trucks and crates during AI outbreaks. Reinforcement of biosecurity measures at abattoirs is still needed to avoid residual contamination of the equipment and cross-contamination during the decontamination process.
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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- ANSES - Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory, Ploufragan 22440, France
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Courtillon C, Briand FX, Allée C, Contrant M, Beven V, Lucas P, Blanchard Y, Mouchel S, Eterradossi N, Delforterie Y, Grasland B, Brown P. Description of the first isolates of guinea fowl corona and picornaviruses obtained from a case of guinea fowl fulminating enteritis. Avian Pathol 2021; 50:507-521. [PMID: 34545751 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2021.1976725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Guinea fowl fulminating enteritis has been reported in France since the 1970s. In 2014, a coronavirus was identified and appeared as a possible viral pathogen involved in the disease. In the present study, intestinal content from a guinea fowl involved in a new case of the disease in 2017 was analysed by deep sequencing, revealing the presence of a guinea fowl coronavirus (GfCoV) and a picornavirus (GfPic). Serial passage assays into the intra-amniotic cavity of 13-day-old specific pathogen-free chicken eggs and 20-day-old conventional guinea fowl eggs were attempted. In chicken eggs, isolation assays failed, but in guinea fowl eggs, both viruses were successfully obtained. Furthermore, two GfCoV and two GfPic isolates were obtained from the same bird but from different sections of its intestines. This shows that using eggs of the same species, in which the virus has been detected, can be the key for successful isolation. The consensus sequence of the full-length genomes of both GfCoV isolates was highly similar, and correlated to those previously described in terms of genome organization, ORF length and phylogenetic clustering. According to full-length genome analysis and the structure of the Internal Ribosome Entry Site, both GfPic isolates belong to the Anativirus genus and specifically the species Anativirus B. The availability of the first isolates of GfCoV and GfPic will now provide a means of assessing their pathogenicity in guinea fowl in controlled experimental conditions and to assess whether they are primary viral pathogens of the disease "guinea fowl fulminating enteritis".RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTSFirst isolation of guinea fowl coronaviruses and picornaviruses.Eggs homologous to the infected species are key for isolation.Isolates available to precisely evaluate the virus roles in fulminating enteritis.First full-length genome sequences of guinea fowl picornaviruses.
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- Céline Courtillon
- VIPAC Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- VIPAC Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- VIPAC Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- GVB Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- GVB Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- GVB Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- GVB Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- VIPAC Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- VIPAC Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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- VIPAC Unit, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Ploufragan, France
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Briand FX, Niqueux E, Schmitz A, Martenot C, Cherbonnel M, Massin P, Kerbrat F, Chatel M, Guillemoto C, Guillou-Cloarec C, Ogor K, Le Prioux A, Allée C, Beven V, Hirchaud E, Blanchard Y, Scoizec A, Le Bouquin S, Eterradossi N, Grasland B. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Spread by Short- and Long-Range Transmission, France, 2016-17. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27:508-516. [PMID: 33496244 PMCID: PMC7853534 DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.202920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We detected 3 genotypes of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in France during winter 2016–17. Genotype A viruses caused dramatic economic losses in the domestic duck farm industry in southwestern France. Our phylogenetic analysis suggests that genotype A viruses formed 5 distinct geographic clusters in southwestern France. In some clusters, local secondary transmission might have been started by a single introduction. The intensity of the viral spread seems to correspond to the density of duck holdings in each production area. To avoid the introduction of disease into an unaffected area, it is crucial that authorities limit the movements of potentially infected birds.
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Cubas-Gaona LL, Flageul A, Courtillon C, Briand FX, Contrant M, Bougeard S, Lucas P, Quenault H, Leroux A, Keita A, Amelot M, Grasland B, Blanchard Y, Eterradossi N, Brown PA, Soubies SM. Genome Evolution of Two Genetically Homogeneous Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Strains During Passages in vitro and ex vivo in the Presence of a Mutagenic Nucleoside Analog. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:678563. [PMID: 34177862 PMCID: PMC8226269 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.678563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The avibirnavirus infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is responsible for a highly contagious and sometimes lethal disease of chickens (Gallus gallus). IBDV genetic variation is well-described for both field and live-attenuated vaccine strains, however, the dynamics and selection pressures behind this genetic evolution remain poorly documented. Here, genetically homogeneous virus stocks were generated using reverse genetics for a very virulent strain, rvv, and a vaccine-related strain, rCu-1. These viruses were serially passaged at controlled multiplicities of infection in several biological systems, including primary chickens B cells, the main cell type targeted by IBDV in vivo. Passages were also performed in the absence or presence of a strong selective pressure using the antiviral nucleoside analog 7-deaza-2'-C-methyladenosine (7DMA). Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) of viral genomes after the last passage in each biological system revealed that (i) a higher viral diversity was generated in segment A than in segment B, regardless 7DMA treatment and viral strain, (ii) diversity in segment B was increased by 7DMA treatment in both viruses, (iii) passaging of IBDV in primary chicken B cells, regardless of 7DMA treatment, did not select cell-culture adapted variants of rvv, preserving its capsid protein (VP2) properties, (iv) mutations in coding and non-coding regions of rCu-1 segment A could potentially associate to higher viral fitness, and (v) a specific selection, upon 7DMA addition, of a Thr329Ala substitution occurred in the viral polymerase VP1. The latter change, together with Ala270Thr change in VP2, proved to be associated with viral attenuation in vivo. These results identify genome sequences that are important for IBDV evolution in response to selection pressures. Such information will help tailor better strategies for controlling IBDV infection in chickens.
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- Liliana L Cubas-Gaona
- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Epidemiology, Animal Health and Welfare Unit (EPISABE), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Experimental Poultry Unit (SELEAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Experimental Poultry Unit (SELEAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Viral Genetics and Biosecurity Unit (GVB), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit (VIPAC), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Heath Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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Flageul A, Lucas P, Hirchaud E, Touzain F, Blanchard Y, Eterradossi N, Brown P, Grasland B. Viral variant visualizer (VVV): A novel bioinformatic tool for rapid and simple visualization of viral genetic diversity. Virus Res 2020; 291:198201. [PMID: 33080244 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Here a bioinformatic pipeline VVV has been developed to analyse viral populations in a given sample from Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. To date, handling large amounts of data from NGS requires the expertise of bioinformaticians, both for data processing and result analysis. Consequently, VVV was designed to help non-bioinformaticians to perform these tasks. By providing only the NGS data file, the developed pipeline generated consensus sequences and determined the composition of the viral population for an avian Metapneumovirus (AMPV) and three different animal coronaviruses (Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), Turkey Coronavirus (TCoV) and Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV)). In all cases, the pipeline produced viral consensus genomes corresponding to known consensus sequence and made it possible to highlight the presence of viral genetic variants through a single graphic representation. The method was validated by comparing the viral populations of an AMPV field sample, and of a copy of this virus produced from a DNA clone. VVV demonstrated that the cloned virus population was homogeneous (as designed) at position 2934 where the wild-type virus demonstrated two variant populations at a ratio of almost 50:50. A total of 18, 10, 3 and 28, viral genetic variants were detected for AMPV, PEDV, TCoV and IBV respectively. The simplicity of this pipeline makes the study of viral genetic variants more accessible to a wide variety of biologists, which should ultimately increase the rate of understanding of the mechanisms of viral genetic evolution.
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- Alexandre Flageul
- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, Immunology and Parasitology in Poultry and Rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université Bretagne Loire (UBL), France
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Viral Genetic and Biosafety (GVB) Unit, France
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Viral Genetic and Biosafety (GVB) Unit, France
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Viral Genetic and Biosafety (GVB) Unit, France
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Viral Genetic and Biosafety (GVB) Unit, France
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, Immunology and Parasitology in Poultry and Rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université Bretagne Loire (UBL), France
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, Immunology and Parasitology in Poultry and Rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université Bretagne Loire (UBL), France
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- Agence National de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, Virology, Immunology and Parasitology in Poultry and Rabbit (VIPAC) Unit, Université Bretagne Loire (UBL), France.
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Bigault L, Brown P, Bernard C, Blanchard Y, Grasland B. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus: Viral RNA detection and quantification using a validated one-step real time RT-PCR. J Virol Methods 2020; 283:113906. [PMID: 32485176 PMCID: PMC7261358 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2020.113906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Development and complete validation of a one-step RT-qPCR method for the detection and quantification of PEDV. Broad range detection of S-INDEL and S-non-INDEL strains. Optimization of Primer concentrations reduce primer dimer formation. Addition of a proteinase K treatment allow good reproducibility.
Since 2014, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has reemerged in Europe. RT-PCR methods have been described for the detection of PEDV, but none have been validated according to a norm. In this study we described the development and validation of a SYBR™ Green one-step RT-qPCR according to the French norm NF U47-600, for the detection and quantification of PEDV viral RNA. The method was validated from sample preparation (feces or jejunum) through to nucleic acid extraction and RT-qPCR detection. Specificity and sensitivity, limit of detection (LoD), limit of quantification (LQ), linearity, intra and inter assay variability were evaluated using transcribed RNA and fecal and jejunum matrices spiked with virus. The analytical and diagnostic specificities and sensitivities of this RT-qPCR were 100% in this study. A LoD of 50 genome copies/5 μl of extract from fecal matrices spiked with virus or RNA transcript and 100 genome copies/5 μl of extract from jejunum matrices spiked with virus were obtained. The Lower LQ (LLQ) was 100 genome copies/5 μl and the Upper LQ (ULQ) 108 copies/5 μl. This method is the first, validated according a norm for PEDV and may serve as a global reference method to harmonize detection and quantification of PEDV viral RNA in both field and experimental settings.
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- Lionel Bigault
- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France.
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France
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Eclercy J, Larcher T, Andraud M, Renson P, Bernard C, Bigault L, Ledevin M, Paboeuf F, Grasland B, Rose N, Bourry O. PCV2 co-infection does not impact PRRSV MLV1 safety but enhances virulence of a PRRSV MLV1-like strain in infected SPF pigs. Vet Microbiol 2020; 244:108656. [PMID: 32402344 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Co-infection by a type 1 modified live vaccine-like strain (MLV1-like) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and a type 2 porcine circovirus (PCV2) was identified on a French pig farm with post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). An in vivo experiment was set up to characterize the virulence level of the MLV1-like strain compared with the parental MLV1 strain, and to assess the impact of PCV2 co-infection on the pathogenicity of both PRRSV strains. Six groups of six pigs each were inoculated only with either one of the two PRRSV strains or with PCV2, or co-inoculated with PCV2 and MLV1 or PCV2 and MLV1-like strains. Six contact pigs were added to each inoculated group to assess viral transmission. The animals were monitored daily for 35 days post-inoculation for clinical symptoms. Blood and nasal swabs were sampled twice a week, and tissue samples were collected during necropsy for viral quantification. Compared to MLV1-infected pigs, animals infected with the MLV1-like strain had increased PRRSV viremia and nasal shedding, a higher viral load in the tonsils, and lymph node hypertrophy at microscopic level. PCV2 co-infection did not influence clinical, virologic or transmission parameters for MLV1, but co-infected MLV1-like/PCV2 pigs had the most severe lung lesions, the highest viremia in contact animals and the highest transmission rate. Our study demonstrated that the MLV1 strain tested was safe when co-inoculated with PCV2 in piglets. However, co-infection by the MLV1-like strain and PCV2 resulted in increased virulence compared with that due to a single infection.
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- Julie Eclercy
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), APEX, La Chantrerie, CS 40706, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France; Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'Alimentation Nantes Atlantique (Oniris), CS 40706, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), APEX, La Chantrerie, CS 40706, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France; Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'Alimentation Nantes Atlantique (Oniris), CS 40706, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.
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Salines M, Dumarest M, Andraud M, Mahé S, Barnaud E, Cineux M, Eveno E, Eono F, Dorenlor V, Grasland B, Bourry O, Pavio N, Rose N. Natural viral co-infections in pig herds affect hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection dynamics and increase the risk of contaminated livers at slaughter. Transbound Emerg Dis 2019; 66:1930-1945. [PMID: 31067014 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic pathogen, in particular genotype 3 HEV is mainly transmitted to humans through the consumption of contaminated pork products. This study aimed at describing HEV infection patterns in pig farms and at assessing the impact of immunomodulating co-infections namely Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) and Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2), as well as other individual factors such as piglets' immunity and litters' characteristics on HEV dynamics. A longitudinal follow-up was conducted in three farrow-to-finish farms known to be HEV infected. Overall, 360 piglets were individually monitored from birth to slaughter with regular blood and faecal sampling as well as blood and liver samples collected at slaughterhouse. Virological and serological analyses were performed to detect HEV, PCV2 and PRRSV genome and antibodies. The links between 12 explanatory variables and four outcomes describing HEV dynamics were assessed using cox-proportional hazard models and logistic regression. HEV infection dynamics was found highly variable between farms and in a lower magnitude between batches. HEV positive livers were more likely related to short time-intervals between HEV infection and slaughter time (<40 days, OR = 4.1 [3.7-4.5]). In addition to an influence of piglets' sex and sows' parity, the sequence of co-infections was strongly associated with different HEV dynamics: a PRRSV or PCV2/PRRSV pre- or co-infection was associated with a higher age at HEV shedding (Hazard Ratio = 0.3 [0.2-0.5]), as well as a higher age at HEV seroconversion (HR = 0.5 [0.3-0.9] and HR = 0.4 [0.2-0.7] respectively). A PCV2/PRRSV pre- or co-infection was associated with a longer duration of shedding (HR = 0.5 [0.3-0.8]). Consequently, a PRRSV or PCV2/PRRSV pre- or co-infection was strongly associated with a higher risk of having positive livers at slaughter (OR = 4.1 [1.9-8.9] and OR = 6.5 [3.2-13.2] respectively). In conclusion, co-infections with immunomodulating viruses were found to affect HEV dynamics in the farrow-to-finish pig farms that were followed in this study.
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- Morgane Salines
- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France.,INRA, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France.,Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France.,INRA, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France.,Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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- ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France.,INRA, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France.,Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- ANSES, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, Ploufragan, France.,Bretagne-Loire University, Rennes, France
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Gallien S, Catinot V, Pozzi N, Berri M, Authié E, Rose N, Grasland B. No evidence of PEDV infection in French artificial insemination centers in 2015. Porcine Health Manag 2019; 5:5. [PMID: 30675372 PMCID: PMC6332690 DOI: 10.1186/s40813-018-0110-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Pigs infected by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) are affected by severe diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration. The severity of clinical signs depends on the virus strain. Two genetically different PEDV strains are known to infect pigs, the PEDV S-InDel strains which circulate on all continents and the highly virulent PEDV S-non-InDel strains found in Asia and in America. We have previously demonstrated the presence of PEDV RNA in semen from boars experimentally infected with an S-non-InDel PEDV strain. If naturally infected boars may shed PEDV in semen, this would have important consequences for the breeding sector. Thus we sought to determine whether PEDV has been circulating in populations of breeding boars from French artificial insemination (AI) centers. The current study reports on a serological survey conducted on one hundred and twenty boars from six AI centers, representing 18.6% of the total population of breeding boars in French AI centers in 2015. All of them were found negative for PEDV antibodies, showing no evidence of PEDV circulation in French AI centers at that time.
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- S. Gallien
- ANSES, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire, Laboratoire de Ploufragan, B.P.53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
- ISP, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR 1282, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- ISP, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR 1282, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- ANSES, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire, Laboratoire de Ploufragan, B.P.53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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- ANSES, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire, Laboratoire de Ploufragan, B.P.53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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Gallien S, Andraud M, Moro A, Lediguerher G, Morin N, Gauger PC, Bigault L, Paboeuf F, Berri M, Rose N, Grasland B. Better horizontal transmission of a US non-InDel strain compared with a French InDel strain of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus. Transbound Emerg Dis 2018; 65:1720-1732. [PMID: 29968338 PMCID: PMC7169779 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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From the severe porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) epidemics that struck in 2013 in the United States of America and other countries of North and South America, two types of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) were isolated, namely the InDel and the non-InDel strains. They are differentiated by insertions/deletions in the S1 nucleotide sequence of the S gene, and differences in virulence were observed from the clinical cases. In 2014, a PED outbreak occurred in a pig farm in France, from which an InDel strain was isolated. This study aimed at comparing, under experimental conditions, the pathogenicity and the direct and indirect transmissions between a non-InDel strain isolated from a PED-affected piglet in 2014 in the USA and the French InDel strain. All infected pigs showed clinical signs with the non-InDel strain although only the inoculated and direct contact pigs showed clinical signs in the InDel strain group. Although viral RNA was detected in air samples with both strains, the indirect contact pigs remained free from infection with the InDel strain in contrast to the non-InDel group in which airborne transmission occurred in the indirect contact pigs. All infected pigs shed virus in faeces regardless of PEDV strain with 9 of 30 pigs showing intermittent faecal shedding. The transmission rate by direct contact was found to be 2.17-fold higher than the non-InDel strain compared with the InDel. In conclusion, the InDel strain was less pathogenic than the non-InDel strain in our experimental conditions. The transmission route differed between the two strains. Direct contact was the main transmission route for the InDel strain, although the non-InDel strain was transmitted through direct contact and indirectly through the air.
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- Sarah Gallien
- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
- ISPINRAUniversité François Rabelais de ToursUMR 1282NouzillyFrance
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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- Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal MedicineVeterinary Diagnostic LaboratoryIowa State University College of Veterinary MedicineAmesIowa
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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- ISPINRAUniversité François Rabelais de ToursUMR 1282NouzillyFrance
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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- Laboratoire de PloufraganANSESAgence Nationale de Sécurité SanitairePloufraganFrance
- Université Bretagne LoireRennesFrance
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Gallien S, Moro A, Lediguerher G, Catinot V, Paboeuf F, Bigault L, Gauger PC, Pozzi N, Berri M, Authié E, Rose N, Grasland B. Limited shedding of an S-InDel strain of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in semen and questions regarding the infectivity of the detected virus. Vet Microbiol 2018; 228:20-25. [PMID: 30593368 PMCID: PMC7117288 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine if PEDV can be shed in semen from SPF (specific pathogens free) boars infected by a French «S-InDel» PEDV strain (PEDV/FR/001/2014) and in case of positive semen to determine the infectivity of that semen. Both infected boars had diarrhea after inoculation and shed virus in feces. In addition, PEDV genome was detected by RT-qPCR in the sperm-rich fraction of semen from the two boars infected with the «S-InDel» PEDV strain. The PEDV positive semen («S-non-InDel» and «S-InDel») sampled during a previous trial and in this boar trial were inoculated to six SPF weaned pigs. PEDV could be detected in intestinal tissues such as duodenum, jejunum and jejunum Peyer’s patches by RT-qPCR except for one pig.
PEDV is mainly transmitted by the oro-fecal route although PEDV shedding in semen has already been shown for an S-non-InDel PEDV strain infection. The aim of this study was to determine if PEDV can be shed in semen from SPF (specific pathogens free) boars infected by a French S-InDel PEDV strain (PEDV/FR/001/2014) and in case of positive semen to determine the infectivity of that semen. Both infected boars had diarrhea after inoculation and shed virus in feces. PEDV genome was also detected by RT-qPCR in the sperm-rich fraction of semen (6.94 × 103 and 4.73 × 103 genomic copies/mL) from the two boars infected with the S-InDel PEDV strain but only once at 7DPI. In addition, PEDV RNA in Peyer’s patches and in mesenteric lymph nodes was also present for the two inoculated boars. The PEDV positive semen (S-non-InDel and S-InDel) sampled during a previous trial and in this boar trial were inoculated to six SPF weaned pigs. The inoculated piglets did not seroconvert and did not shed virus throughout the duration of the study except for one pig at 18 DPI. But, PEDV could be detected in intestinal tissues such as duodenum, jejunum and jejunum Peyer’s patches by RT-qPCR except for one pig. Even if PEDV genome has been detected in semen, experimental infection of piglets with positive semen failed to conclude to the infectivity of the detected PEDV.
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- Sarah Gallien
- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 35000, Rennes, France; Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université François Rabelais UMR, 1282 37380, Nouzilly, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, United States
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université François Rabelais UMR, 1282 37380, Nouzilly, France
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 35000, Rennes, France.
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Gallien S, Fablet C, Bigault L, Bernard C, Toulouse O, Berri M, Blanchard Y, Rose N, Grasland B. Lessons learnt from a porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) case in France in 2014: Descriptive epidemiology and control measures implemented. Vet Microbiol 2018; 226:9-14. [PMID: 30389049 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
An acute epidemic of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) has affected the USA since 2013 and spread all around the world. In France, the immune status of the pig population against PED virus (PEDV) was expected to be low due to the absence of circulation of the virus since the 80's and a compulsory notification of PED was set up in 2014. Here, we reported the first case of a PED outbreak in December 2014 in the North of France after a long absence of the disease, the monitoring of the excretion and the control measure implementation. The isolated strain in France in December 2014 was a PEDV "S-InDel" strain which was close to the "S-InDel" German PEDV strain isolated in May 2014. The individual shedding duration of PEDV in feces was estimated around 20 days for pigs of different ages. Biosecurity measures implemented allowed the limitation of PEDV spread to fattening and farrowing rooms without dissemination to the nursery block. Using strict biosecurity measures, direct shipment of infected fatteners to the slaughterhouse, strict decontamination protocols with a quarantine of 6 weeks for replacement gilts without voluntary contamination helped PEDV fade out within the herd and avoided the spread to other herds. PEDV presence in manure was investigated as well as the inactivation treatment of the virus present in the liquid manure. An increase to a pH 12 of liquid manure by liming led to the absence of PEDV detection by RT-PCR after seven days.
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- Sarah Gallien
- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Cité internationale, 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Cité internationale, 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Cité internationale, 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Cité internationale, 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- Clinique VET Flandres, 5 bis rue de Dunkerque, 59190, Hazebrouck, France
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- INRA ISP, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR 1282, 37380, Nouzilly, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Cité internationale, 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Cité internationale, 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440, Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Cité internationale, 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France.
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Fablet C, Rose N, Grasland B, Robert N, Lewandowski E, Gosselin M. Factors associated with the growing-finishing performances of swine herds: an exploratory study on serological and herd level indicators. Porcine Health Manag 2018; 4:6. [PMID: 29588859 PMCID: PMC5863451 DOI: 10.1186/s40813-018-0082-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Growing and finishing performances of pigs strongly influence farm efficiency and profitability. The performances of the pigs rely on the herd health status and also on several non-infectious factors. Many recommendations for the improvement of the technical performances of a herd are based on the results of studies assessing the effect of one or a limited number of infections or environmental factors. Few studies investigated jointly the influence of both type of factors on swine herd performances. This work aimed at identifying infectious and non-infectious factors associated with the growing and finishing performances of 41 French swine herds. Results Two groups of herds were identified using a clustering analysis: a cluster of 24 herds with the highest technical performance values (mean average daily gain = 781.1 g/day +/− 26.3; mean feed conversion ratio = 2.5 kg/kg +/− 0.1; mean mortality rate = 4.1% +/− 0.9; and mean carcass slaughter weight = 121.2 kg +/− 5.2) and a cluster of 17 herds with the lowest performance values (mean average daily gain =715.8 g/day +/− 26.5; mean feed conversion ratio = 2.6 kg/kg +/− 0.1; mean mortality rate = 6.8% +/− 2.0; and mean carcass slaughter weight = 117.7 kg +/− 3.6). Multiple correspondence analysis was used to identify factors associated with the level of technical performance. Infection with the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and the porcine circovirus type 2 were infectious factors associated with the cluster having the lowest performance values. This cluster also featured farrow-to-finish type herds, a short interval between successive batches of pigs (≤3 weeks) and mixing of pigs from different batches in the growing or/and finishing steps. Inconsistency between nursery and fattening building management was another factor associated with the low-performance cluster. The odds of a herd showing low growing-finishing performance was significantly increased when infected by PRRS virus in the growing-finishing steps (OR = 8.8, 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.8–41.7) and belonging to a farrow-to-finish type herd (OR = 5.1, 95% CI = 1.1–23.8). Conclusions Herd management and viral infections significantly influenced the performance levels of the swine herds included in this study. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40813-018-0082-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- C Fablet
- 1Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unité Epidémiologie et Bien-Etre du Porc, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.,Université Bretagne-Loire, Cité internationale 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- 1Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unité Epidémiologie et Bien-Etre du Porc, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.,Université Bretagne-Loire, Cité internationale 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- 2Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (Anses), Laboratoire de Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unité Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.,Université Bretagne-Loire, Cité internationale 1 place Paul Ricoeur CS 54417, 35044 Rennes, France
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- 3Boehringer Ingelheim France - Santé Animale, Les Jardins de la Teillais, 3 allée de la grande Egalonne, 35740 Pacé, France
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- 3Boehringer Ingelheim France - Santé Animale, Les Jardins de la Teillais, 3 allée de la grande Egalonne, 35740 Pacé, France
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- Univet Santé Elevage, rue Monge, 22600 Loudéac, France
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Rasmussen TB, Boniotti MB, Papetti A, Grasland B, Frossard JP, Dastjerdi A, Hulst M, Hanke D, Pohlmann A, Blome S, van der Poel WHM, Steinbach F, Blanchard Y, Lavazza A, Bøtner A, Belsham GJ. Full-length genome sequences of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus strain CV777; Use of NGS to analyse genomic and sub-genomic RNAs. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193682. [PMID: 29494671 PMCID: PMC5832266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus, strain CV777, was initially characterized in 1978 as the causative agent of a disease first identified in the UK in 1971. This coronavirus has been widely distributed among laboratories and has been passaged both within pigs and in cell culture. To determine the variability between different stocks of the PEDV strain CV777, sequencing of the full-length genome (ca. 28kb) has been performed in 6 different laboratories, using different protocols. Not surprisingly, each of the different full genome sequences were distinct from each other and from the reference sequence (Accession number AF353511) but they are >99% identical. Unique and shared differences between sequences were identified. The coding region for the surface-exposed spike protein showed the highest proportion of variability including both point mutations and small deletions. The predicted expression of the ORF3 gene product was more dramatically affected in three different variants of this virus through either loss of the initiation codon or gain of a premature termination codon. The genome of one isolate had a substantially rearranged 5´-terminal sequence. This rearrangement was validated through the analysis of sub-genomic mRNAs from infected cells. It is clearly important to know the features of the specific sample of CV777 being used for experimental studies.
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- Thomas Bruun Rasmussen
- DTU National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark
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- IZSLER, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Brescia, Italy
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- IZSLER, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Brescia, Italy
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- ANSES–Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané –BP 53, Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency, Department of Virology, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency, Department of Virology, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Wageningen BioVeterinary Research, Department of Virology, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency, Department of Virology, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- ANSES–Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané –BP 53, Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France
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- IZSLER, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, Brescia, Italy
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- DTU National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark
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- DTU National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark
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Gallien S, Moro A, Lediguerher G, Catinot V, Paboeuf F, Bigault L, Berri M, Gauger PC, Pozzi N, Authié E, Rose N, Grasland B. Evidence of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) shedding in semen from infected specific pathogen-free boars. Vet Res 2018; 49:7. [PMID: 29368629 PMCID: PMC5784731 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-018-0505-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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In 2013, PED emerged for the first time in the United States (US). The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) spread quickly throughout North America. Infection with PEDV causes watery diarrhea and up to 100% mortality in piglets, particularly for highly pathogenic non-InDel strains circulating in the US. PEDV is mainly transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Transmission via the venereal route has been suspected but not previously investigated. The aim of the study was to determine if PEDV could be detected in semen from infected specific pathogen-free (SPF) boars inoculated with a PEDV US non-InDel strain suggesting venereal transmission may occur. Two boars orally inoculated with PEDV showed clinical signs and virus shedding in feces. Transient presence of the PEDV genome was detected by RT-qPCR in the seminal (5.06 × 102 to 2.44 × 103 genomic copies/mL) and sperm-rich fraction of semen (5.64 × 102 to 3.40 × 104 genomic copies/mL) and a longer duration of viral shedding was observed in the sperm-rich fraction. The evidence of PEDV shedding in semen raises new questions in term of disease spread within the pig population with the use of potentially contaminated semen.
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- Sarah Gallien
- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1282, Université François Rabelais, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1282, Université François Rabelais, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Reproducteurs (LNCR), 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
- Université Bretagne Loire, 35000 Rennes, France
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Fablet C, Rose N, Bernard C, Messager I, Piel Y, Grasland B. Estimation of the diagnostic performance of two ELISAs to detect PCV2 antibodies in pig sera using a Bayesian method. J Virol Methods 2017; 249:121-125. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Strandbygaard B, Lavazza A, Lelli D, Blanchard Y, Grasland B, Poder SL, Rose N, Steinbach F, van der Poel WHM, Widén F, Belsham GJ, Bøtner A. Inter-laboratory study to characterize the detection of serum antibodies against porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus. Vet Microbiol 2016; 197:151-160. [PMID: 27938678 PMCID: PMC7117164 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has caused extensive economic losses to pig producers in many countries. It was recently introduced, for the first time, into North America and outbreaks have occurred again in multiple countries within Europe as well. To assess the properties of various diagnostic assays for the detection of PEDV infection, multiple panels of porcine sera have been shared and tested for the presence of antibodies against PEDV in an inter-laboratory ring trial. Different laboratories have used a variety of "in house" ELISAs and also one commercial assay. The sensitivity and specificity of each assay has been estimated using a Bayesian analysis applied to the ring trial results obtained with the different assays in the absence of a gold standard. Although different characteristics were found, it can be concluded that each of the assays used can detect infection of pigs at a herd level by either the early European strains of PEDV or the recently circulating strains (INDEL and non-INDEL). However, not all the assays seem suitable for demonstrating freedom from disease in a country. The results from individual animals, especially when the infection has occurred within an experimental situation, show more variation.
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- Bertel Strandbygaard
- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave 4771, Denmark.
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- IZSLER - Virology Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini" Via Bianchi 7/9, 25124 Brescia, Italy.
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- IZSLER - Virology Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini" Via Bianchi 7/9, 25124 Brescia, Italy.
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- ANSES - Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané - BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France.
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- ANSES - Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané - BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France.
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- Université Paris-Est, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France; INRA, UMR 1161 Virology, Maisons-Alfort, France; ANSES - Laboratory of Animal Health of Maisons-Alfort - UMR 1161 Virology, 23 avenue du Général de Gaulle, France.
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- ANSES - Laboratory of Ploufragan-Plouzané - BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France.
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- APHA, Dept of Virology, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey. KT15 3NB, UK.
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Edelhertweg 15, 8219PH, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
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- The National Veterinary Institute (SVA), 75189 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave 4771, Denmark.
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave 4771, Denmark.
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Fablet C, Marois-Créhan C, Grasland B, Simon G, Rose N. Factors associated with herd-level PRRSV infection and age-time to seroconversion in farrow-to-finish herds. Vet Microbiol 2016; 192:10-20. [PMID: 27527759 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Factors associated with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection were investigated in 109 herds. Serums from four batches of pigs (4, 10, 16 and 22 weeks, 15 pigs/batch) were tested by ELISA for PRRSV antibodies. Infection by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhp), Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, H1N1 and H1N2 swine influenza A viruses (swIAV) and PCV2 were detected by specific serological or PCR tests. Data related to herd characteristics, biosecurity, management housing and climatic conditions were collected during a herd visit. Factors associated with the herd's PRRSV seropositive status were identified by logistic regression. Large herd size, the lack of disinsectisation in the gestation facilities, on-farm semen collection, a short time-period for gilt quarantine and a low temperature setpoint for the ventilation controller in the fattening room significantly increased the odds of a herd being seropositive for PRRSV. Infection by Mhp and H1N2 swIAV were associated with a PRRSV seropositive status. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify the factors associated with the age-time to seroconversion in infected herds. Joint housing for the gilts and sows when lactating, a large nursery pen, a small number of pens per fattening room and lack of all-in all-out management in the fattening section significantly reduced the age-time to seroconversion. A small range of temperatures controlling ventilation rate in the nursery room was also associated with time to PRRSV seroconversion. Infection by Mhp and a high PCV2 infection pressure were associated with a shorter time to seroconversion. Biosecurity measures minimising the risk of introducing PRRSV into the herd, management practices reducing contacts between animals from different batches and within batches and favourable climatic conditions should be implemented to better control PRRSV infection.
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- C Fablet
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Unité Epidémiologie et Bien-Etre du Porc, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Ploufragan, France.
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Unité Mycoplasmologie Bactériologie, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Unité Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Unité Virologie Immunologie Porcines, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Ploufragan, France
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- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Unité Epidémiologie et Bien-Etre du Porc, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Ploufragan, France
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Rose N, Andraud M, Bigault L, Jestin A, Grasland B. A commercial PCV2a-based vaccine significantly reduces PCV2b transmission in experimental conditions. Vaccine 2016; 34:3738-45. [PMID: 27318416 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Transmission characteristics of PCV2 have been compared between vaccinated and non-vaccinated pigs in experimental conditions. Twenty-four Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) piglets, vaccinated against PCV2 at 3weeks of age (PCV2a recombinant CAP protein-based vaccine), were inoculated at 15days post-vaccination with a PCV2b inoculum (6⋅10(5) TCID50), and put in contact with 24 vaccinated SPF piglets during 42days post-inoculation. Those piglets were shared in six replicates of a contact trial involving 4 inoculated piglets mingled with 4 susceptible SPF piglets. Two replicates of a similar contact trial were made with non-vaccinated pigs. Non vaccinated animals received a placebo at vaccination time and were inoculated the same way and at the same time as the vaccinated group. All the animals were monitored twice weekly using quantitative real-time PCR and ELISA for serology until 42days post-inoculation. The frequency of infection and the PCV2 genome load in sera of the vaccinated pigs were significantly reduced compared to the non-vaccinated animals. The duration of infectiousness was significantly different between vaccinated and non-vaccinated groups (16.6days [14.7;18.4] and 26.6days [22.9;30.4] respectively). The transmission rate was also considerably decreased in vaccinated pigs (β=0.09 [0.05-0.14] compared to β=0.19 [0.11-0.32] in non-vaccinated pigs). This led to an estimated reproduction ratio of 1.5 [95% CI 0.8 - 2.2] in vaccinated animals versus 5.1 [95% CI 2.5 - 8.2] in non-vaccinated pigs when merging data of this experiment with previous trials carried out in same conditions.
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- N Rose
- Anses, Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France.
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- Anses, Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France
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- Anses, Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France; Université Bretagne Loire, Rennes, France
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Kouokam Fotso GB, Bernard C, Bigault L, de Boisséson C, Mankertz A, Jestin A, Grasland B. The expression level of gC1qR is down regulated at the early time of infection with porcine circovirus of type 2 (PCV-2) and gC1qR interacts differently with the Cap proteins of porcine circoviruses. Virus Res 2016; 220:21-32. [PMID: 27063333 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Porcine circoviruses (PCV) are small, non-enveloped single-stranded DNA-viruses. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) is the causal agent of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) whereas porcine circovirus of type 1 (PCV-1) is non- pathogenic. gC1qR is a membrane-located receptor of the complement protein subunit C1q and interacts with PCV capsid proteins. The mechanisms associated with the triggering of PMWS are not well known and gC1qR may have a role in the life cycle and eventually in the pathogenicity of PCV. The objectives of this study were to determine the level of expression of gC1qR during early PCV-2 infection, to determine the region of PCV-2 capsid protein (Cap) required for the interaction with gC1qR and to evaluate the interaction of gC1qR with Cap proteins of different PCV strains. The results indicate that gC1qR transcripts are downregulated in the tonsils and the tracheo-bronchial lymph nodes of piglets infected by PCV-2 at the early time of the infection. The N-terminal amino acids (a.a. 1-59) of PCV-2b Cap, an arginine rich region, are involved in the interaction with gC1qR. Porcine gC1qR interacts with Cap proteins of two pathogenic viral strains, PCV-2a and PCV-2b, while interaction has been observed with only one Cap protein of two investigated strains of PCV-1. The amino acids 30 and 49 of PCV-1Cap, solely, were not responsible of the difference of interaction observed. We have also shown that gC1qR interacts strongly with PCV-2Caps and PCV-1 GER Cap. This result suggests that the different interaction of gC1qR with PCV Cap proteins may have an impact on the pathogenicity of the PCV.
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- Guy Baudry Kouokam Fotso
- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unit of viral genetic and biosafety, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unit of viral genetic and biosafety, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unit of viral genetic and biosafety, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unit of viral genetic and biosafety, Ploufragan, France
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- Robert Koch institute, Division of viral infection, Berlin, Germany
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unit of viral genetic and biosafety, Ploufragan, France
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- Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unit of viral genetic and biosafety, Ploufragan, France.
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Faurez F, Grasland B, Béven V, Cariolet R, Keranflec’h A, Henry A, Jestin A, Dory D. The protective immune response against Pseudorabies virus induced by DNA vaccination is impaired if the plasmid harbors a functional Porcine circovirus type 2 rep and origin of replication. Antiviral Res 2012; 96:271-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 09/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fablet C, Marois-Créhan C, Simon G, Grasland B, Jestin A, Kobisch M, Madec F, Rose N. Infectious agents associated with respiratory diseases in 125 farrow-to-finish pig herds: a cross-sectional study. Vet Microbiol 2011; 157:152-63. [PMID: 22226820 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A study was carried out in 125 farrow-to-finish pig herds to assess the relationships between pathogens involved in respiratory disorders and to relate these findings to clinical signs of respiratory diseases and pneumonia and pleuritis at slaughter. Clinical examination and sampling were carried out on four different batches in each herd (pigs aged 4, 10, 16 and 22 weeks). Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, swine influenza viruses (SIV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) were detected by serological or PCR tests. Pneumonia-like gross lesions and pleuritis were scored at the slaughterhouse. The results indicate that the percentage of pigs PCR-positive for PCV2 at 4, 10 and 16 weeks old was associated with the percentage of pigs PCR-positive for M. hyopneumoniae at these ages. On the other hand, the percentage of pigs with antibodies against PRRSV at 10, 16 and 22 weeks was positively correlated with the percentage of pigs seropositive for M. hyopneumoniae at 22 weeks, with the percentage of pigs with antibodies against SIV H1N1 and SIV H1N2 and the percentage of pigs sero-positive for A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 2. The findings also indicate that, within the five studied pathogens, M. hyopneumoniae, PRRSV and SIV H1N1 are the major pathogens involved in pneumonia-like gross lesions even though PCV2 may play a role. A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 2, in association with PRRSV, is significantly associated with extensive pleuritis. Respiratory diseases could be significantly reduced by implementing measures including appropriate management practices to control these pathogens.
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- C Fablet
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (Anses), Unité Epidémiologie et Bien-Etre du Porc, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.
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Allemandou A, Grasland B, Hernandez-Nignol AC, Kéranflec'h A, Cariolet R, Jestin A. Modification of PCV-2 virulence by substitution of the genogroup motif of the capsid protein. Vet Res 2011; 42:54. [PMID: 21435235 PMCID: PMC3074528 DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-42-54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) is the causal agent of the post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). PCV-2 are small single-stranded circular DNA viruses clustered into two main genogroups: PCV-2a and PCV-2b. Each genogroup present a specific highly-conserved motif of six amino acids (between amino acids 86 and 91) in the PCV-2 capsid protein. The aim of this study was to verify whether the motif located in the capsid protein and specific to each PCV-2 genogroup contributes to virulence. Two parental DNA clones, PCV-2a and PCV-2b, were constructed as well as two mutants DNA clones, PCV-2a/motif 2b and PCV-2b/motif 2a by exchanging the capsid motif of each genogroup. The four DNA clones were characterized in vitro as well as in vivo. Cells transfected by the four DNA clones produced infectious viruses. In specific-pathogen-free piglets transfected by the four infectious DNA clones, PCV-2b/motif 2a virulence was not attenuated while the PCV-2a/motif 2b virulence was drastically reduced compared to their parent virulence. These results suggest that the amino acids between positions 86 and 91 of the capsid protein are determinant for the virulence of isolates. However, the environment of this motif seems also involved.
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- Aude Allemandou
- Anses, Viral genetics and biosafety unit, 22440 Ploufragan, France.
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Andraud M, Rose N, Grasland B, Pierre JS, Jestin A, Madec F. Influence of husbandry and control measures on porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) dynamics within a farrow-to-finish pig farm: a modelling approach. Prev Vet Med 2009; 92:38-51. [PMID: 19720410 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2008] [Revised: 07/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We assessed, using a modelling approach, the influence of several management practices within a farrow-to-finish farm on the age of PCV-2 infection. The impact of PCV-2 vaccination with different vaccination schemes on infection dynamics, was also tested. A stochastic individual-based model describing the population dynamics in a typical French farrow-to-finish pig farm was built and coupled with an epidemiological model of PCV-2 infection. The parameters of the infectious model were mainly obtained from previous transmission experiments. Results were subjected to a survival analysis of time-to-infection. For each comparison, the reference situation was no vaccination followed by random mixing of piglets after birth and after weaning. The risk of early infection was significantly reduced when mixing of piglets was reduced at different stages (avoiding cross-fostering and grouping piglets by litters in small pens after weaning, hazard ratio (HR)=0.52 [0.46; 0.59]). Sow-targeted vaccination delayed the infectious process until the waning of passive immunity and piglet-targeted vaccination considerably decreased the force of infection leading to a dramatic decrease of the total number of infections (HR=0.44 [0.37; 0.54]). The effect was even more pronounced when strict management measures were applied (HR=0.24 [0.19; 0.31]). Changing from a low (3%) prevalence of PCV-2-infected semen to a higher one (18%) significantly increased the risk of early infections (HR=1.36 [1.2; 1.53]), whereas reducing replacement rate or changing sow housing from individual crates to group housing had a limited impact on PCV-2 dynamics.
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- M Andraud
- AFSSA-Site de Ploufragan, Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches Avicole, Porcine et Piscicole, B.P. 53, F-22440 Ploufragan, France.
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Rose N, Eveno E, Grasland B, Nignol AC, Oger A, Jestin A, Madec F. Individual risk factors for Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) in pigs: A hierarchical Bayesian survival analysis. Prev Vet Med 2009; 90:168-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Revised: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Porcine circoviruses are circular single-stranded DNA viruses that infect swine and wild boars. Two species of porcine circoviruses exist. Porcine circovirus type 1 is non pathogenic contrary to porcine circovirus type 2 which is associated with the disease known as Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome. Porcine circovirus DNA has been shown to replicate by a rolling circle mechanism. Other studies have revealed similar mechanisms of rolling-circle replication in plasmids and single-stranded viruses such as Geminivirus. Three elements are important in rolling-circle replication: i) a gene encoding initiator protein, ii) a double strand origin, and iii) a single strand origin. However, differences exist between viruses and plasmids and between viruses. Porcine circovirus replication probably involves a "melting pot" rather than "cruciform" rolling-circle mechanism. This review provides a summary of current knowledge of replication in porcine circoviruses as models of the Circovirus genus. Based on various studies, the factors affecting replication are defined and the mechanisms involved in the different phases of replication are described or proposed.
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- Florence Faurez
- French Food Safety Agency, Viral Genetics and Biosafety Unit, Ploufragan, France.
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Andraud M, Grasland B, Durand B, Cariolet R, Jestin A, Madec F, Pierre JS, Rose N. Modelling the time-dependent transmission rate for porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in pigs using data from serial transmission experiments. J R Soc Interface 2009; 6:39-50. [PMID: 18559313 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Six successive transmission trials were carried out from 4 to 39 days post inoculation (DPI) to determine the features of the infectious period for PCV2-infected pigs. The infectiousness of inoculated pigs, assessed from the frequency of occurrence of infected pigs in susceptible groups in each contact trial, increased from 4 to 18 DPI (0, 7 and 8 infected pigs at 4, 11 and 18 DPI, respectively) and then decreased slowly until 39 days post infection (4, 2 and 1 pigs infected at 25, 32 and 39 DPI, respectively). The estimated time-dependent infectiousness was fitted to three unimodal function shapes (gamma, Weibull and lognormal) for comparison. The absence of infected pigs at 4 DPI revealed a latency period between 4 and 10 DPI. A sensitivity analysis was performed to test whether the parametric shape of the transmission function influenced the estimations. The estimated time-dependent transmission rate was implemented in a deterministic SEIR model and validated by comparing the model prediction with external data. The lognormal-like function shape evidenced the best quality of fit, leading to a latency period of 8 days, an estimated basic reproduction ratio of 5.9 [1.8,10.1] and a mean disease generation time of 18.4 days [18.2, 18.5].
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- M Andraud
- AFSSA-site de Ploufragan, B.P. 53, F22440 Ploufragan, France.
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Madec F, Rose N, Grasland B, Cariolet R, Jestin A. Post-Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome and Other PCV2-Related Problems in Pigs: a 12-Year Experience. Transbound Emerg Dis 2008; 55:273-83. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Andraud M, Grasland B, Durand B, Cariolet R, Jestin A, Madec F, Rose N. Quantification of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) within- and between-pen transmission in pigs. Vet Res 2008; 39:43. [PMID: 18413131 DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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PCV-2 within- and between-pen transmission was quantified by estimating the daily transmission rate beta and the basic reproduction ratio (R(0)) using a stochastic SEIR (Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, Removed) model fitted on experimental data. Within-pen transmission was quantified by using four groups of eight SPF (specific pathogen-free) pigs (four infected and four susceptible pigs having direct contact). Between-pen transmission was studied in two groups of 16 SPF pigs (eight infected and eight susceptible pigs having indirect contact (10 cm distance)). Pigs were monitored twice a week (blood samples) and were tested for PCV-2 antibodies (ELISA test) and viral genome load in sera (real-time PCR). Transmission parameters beta(within) and beta(between) were estimated using a maximum likelihood method and the duration of infectiousness, to compute R(0), was estimated with a parametric survival model. Different assumptions were made to determine the end of infectiousness (seroconversion, seroconversion and decline in viral genome load, permanent infectiousness). R(0[within]) (8.9 (5.1-15.4)) was greater when the end of infectiousness was assumed to be related to both seroconversion and a decline of PCV-2 genome load in sera (average duration of infectiousness = 32 days) compared with only seroconversion as the indicator of recovery (R(0[within]) = 5.5 (3.3-9.0)). Whatever the assumption, between-pen R(0) (0.58 (0.23-1.47)) was always significantly lower than within-pen R(0). Only beta(within) was sensitive to the assumption on end of infectiousness and decreased with increasing duration of infectiousness. These results showed that PCV-2 transmission is influenced by contact structure that appears worth being taken into account in an epidemic model.
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- Mathieu Andraud
- AFSSA-site de Ploufragan, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.
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Rose N, Blanchard P, Cariolet R, Grasland B, Amenna N, Oger A, Durand B, Balasch M, Jestin A, Madec F. Vaccination of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)-infected sows against porcine Parvovirus (PPV) and Erysipelas: effect on post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and on PCV2 genome load in the offspring. J Comp Pathol 2007; 136:133-44. [PMID: 17374380 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2006] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The effect of different Parvovirus+Erysipelas vaccination schemes in PCV2-infected sows on PMWS outcome in the offspring was investigated under experimental conditions. Six PCV2-free sows were first infected oro-nasally with PCV2 two months before insemination (D0; "Day 0") and then by the intra-uterine route at insemination (D62). On D21 and D42, vaccinated sows received either the two commercial monovalent vaccines, A1(PPV) and A2(Erysipelas), or the bivalent vaccine B (PPV+Erysipelas). In addition, three SPF sows (foster-sows) were synchronized for farrowing dates to enable them to foster piglets born to infected sows and removed at birth before colostrum intake. A significantly higher proportion of mummified fetuses was obtained from PCV2-infected non-vaccinated sows than from vaccinated sows. Acute myocarditis lesions were found in their piglets, together with a high PCV2 genome load. The latter was significantly higher than in those born to PCV2-infected vaccinated sows. Sentinel PCV2-negative piglets, born to SPF foster-sows, seroconverted at almost the same time as piglets without PCV2 passive immunity and born to infected sows. Sixteen of the 84 liveborn piglets born to infected sows and foster-sows were affected by a syndrome possibly related to PMWS, as judged by clinical signs and histological lesions. Most were born to PCV2-infected non-vaccinated sows and 12/16 did not receive PCV2 passive immunity. The probability of PCV2 infection and the number of PCV2 genome copies per gram of tissue were significantly increased in piglets that did not receive PCV2 passive immunity.
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- N Rose
- AFSSA-LERAP, Zoopôle, Ploufragan, BP 53, F22440, France.
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Prel A, Le Gall-Reculé G, Cherbonnel M, Grasland B, Amelot M, Jestin V. Assessment of the Protection Afforded by Triple Baculovirus Recombinant Coexpressing H5, N3, M1 Proteins Against a Homologous H5N3 Low-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus Challenge in Muscovy Ducks. Avian Dis 2007; 51:484-9. [PMID: 17494615 DOI: 10.1637/7683-072106r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In Asia, domestic ducks have been shown to play a pivotal role in H5 high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus transmission. We have also observed that the same situation may exist for H5 low-pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) virus. No data are available regarding the protection afforded by commercial inactivated vaccines against H5 LPAI virus infection in ducks, and two preliminary experiments using commercial inactivated vaccines gave poor results. Virus-like particles (VLPs) have been shown to be immunogenic in different species. With regard to the influenza model, the matrix (M) protein has been shown to be necessary for the formation of VLPs. In order to attempt to develop a VLP influenza vaccine expressing hemagglutinin and neuraminidase (NA) of interest, we generated a triple recombinant baculovirus (rB) expressing three structural proteins: H5, N3, and M, derived from a recent French LPAI virus strain. Although the three proteins were successfully expressed in rB-infected cells and displayed the expected biological activity, no VLPs were observed. Despite this result, the protection afforded to ducks by rB-infected cell lysates was assessed and was compared with the protection afforded by an inactivated commercial H5N9 vaccine. For this purpose, specific-pathogen-free Muscovy ducks (15 per group) received rB-infected cell lysates (3 wk apart), while a second group received the H5N9 vaccine. Ten days after the boost, a homologous virus challenge was implemented. Both vaccines induced positive hemagglutination inhibition titers and M immune response, whereas lysates of rB-infected cells elicited NA immune response. Tracheal and cloacal sheddings were measured using M-based real-time-reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and were compared with the sheddings of vaccinated and unvaccinated infected controls. Lysates of rB-infected cells afforded a significant decrease of cloacal shedding and a delayed peak of tracheal shedding, whereas the inactivated commercial vaccine afforded a significant decrease of tracheal shedding only.
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- Anne Prel
- AFSSA, Swine and Poultry Research Laboratory, French National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease, Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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Grasland B, Loizel C, Blanchard P, Oger A, Nignol AC, Bigarré L, Morvan H, Cariolet R, Jestin A. Reproduction of PMWS in immunostimulated SPF piglets transfected with infectious cloned genomic DNA of type 2 porcine circovirus. Vet Res 2005; 36:685-97. [PMID: 16120245 DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2005024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is a recently emerged disease affecting pigs. Type 2 porcine circovirus (PCV2) has been associated with this syndrome although other factors are required in association with this virus for PMWS expression. The aim of this study was to investigate whether general immunostimulation (injections of keyhole limpet hemocyanin emulsified in incomplete Freund adjuvant and of thioglycollate medium) could strengthen the severity of PMWS in six-week-old specific-pathogen-free (SPF) piglets transfected with pure tandem-cloned PCV2 DNA by the intramuscular route. Non-immunostimulated piglets transfected with the viral clone did not present clinical signs but only mild pathological microlesions characteristic of PMWS. These piglets seroconverted and high viral genome loads and infectious titers were detected in the lymphoid organs at the end of the trial. Mild-to-moderate forms of PMWS were generally observed in the immunostimulated transfected piglets, as well as one severe form for a piglet (8003) which died. These piglets with mild-to-moderate forms had higher DNA loads than the transfected-only animals. Thus, viral replication was enhanced by immunostimulation. This is the first time that clinical PMWS has been reported in an SPF immunostimulated piglet infected with a pure inoculum consisting of tandem-cloned PCV2 DNA. This result confirms that PCV2 is the agent of PMWS and that immunostimulation could enhance PMWS in SPF piglets transfected with a PCV2 DNA clone.
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- Béatrice Grasland
- French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA), Unit of Viral Genetics and Biosafety, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France.
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Bigarré L, Beven V, de Boisséson C, Grasland B, Rose N, Biagini P, Jestin A. Pig anelloviruses are highly prevalent in swine herds in France. J Gen Virol 2005; 86:631-635. [PMID: 15722523 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80573-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A survey of anelloviruses in swine herds from Britanny, France, is reported. By using PCR targeted to the conserved untranslated region, prevalences of 93 and 73 % were found among 15 herds and 33 animals, respectively. The lung was the organ found to be positive most frequently among the five organs tested from 32 animals. The highest identity levels of our nucleotide sequences were found with pig isolates from Japan and with an isolate from Tupaia belangeri. Interestingly, when aligning all available swine isolates from France and Japan, at least two phylogenetic groups were identified, each one containing clones from France and Japan. Some animals carried clones from both groups, demonstrating intra-individual variability. Despite the putative harmlessness of anelloviruses, the potential inoculum carried by pigs must be further evaluated as a sanitary threat.
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- L Bigarré
- Unité de Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, AFSSA, BP 5035, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Unité de Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, AFSSA, BP 5035, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Unité de Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, AFSSA, BP 5035, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Unité de Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, AFSSA, BP 5035, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Unité d'Epidémiologie Porcine, AFSSA, BP 5035, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Unité des Virus Emergents, EA 3292, Établissement Français du Sang, Bd Baille, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Unité de Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, AFSSA, BP 5035, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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Loizel C, Blanchard P, Grasland B, Dory D, Oger A, Nignol AC, Cariolet R, Jestin A. Effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in porcine circovirus type-2-transfected piglets. Int J Exp Pathol 2005; 86:33-43. [PMID: 15676031 PMCID: PMC2517399 DOI: 10.1111/j.0959-9673.2005.00409.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is a complex disease syndrome in swine, affecting nursery and fattening pigs. Although ongoing evidence suggests that porcine circovirus type-2 (PCV2) is the causal agent of PMWS, the host immune system appears to have a crucial role in the PMWS pathogenesis of PCV2-affected pigs. Owing to difficulties in producing a biologically pure form of PCV2 devoid of the other viral agents commonly present in swine tissues, we decided to use a tandem-cloned PCV2 DNA providing highly pure grade reagent in order to monitor the virulence of PCV2 alone or with an immunostimulating co-factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). A single intramuscular injection of tandem-cloned PCV2 DNA into 5-week-old piglets produced plasmid to viral genome progeny and infectious particles as early as 8 days post-injection in all the organs tested (the lung, the tonsil and the inguinal, mesenteric, bronchial and upper-right axial lymph nodes). The initial plasmid load was not detected with the help of primers designed to specifically detect the acceptor plasmid, thus confirming the replication of the viral genome. Despite the presence of a high level of PCV2 genome copies in the lymphoid organs--the tonsil and the lung--and the presence of infectious particles, no detectable clinical manifestations or pathological lesions were observed in the transfected pigs over the period of observation, regardless of whether they had been co-injected with plasmid containing GM-CSF DNA or had received plasmid containing PCV2 DNA alone. GM-CSF encoding DNA injection had no significant effect on viral replication or on the production of viral particles and appearance of the disease.
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- Christophe Loizel
- The Unit of Viral Genetics and Biosafety, French Agency for Food Safety, Ploufragan, France.
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Morin D, Grasland B, Vallée-Réhel K, Dufau C, Haras D. On-line high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric detection and quantification of N-acylhomoserine lactones, quorum sensing signal molecules, in the presence of biological matrices. J Chromatogr A 2003; 1002:79-92. [PMID: 12885081 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(03)00730-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A protocol using reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled with positive-ion electrospray ionization and ion trap mass spectrometry is described for the identification and quantification of N-acylhomoserine lactones (HSLs) in crude cell-free supernatants of bacterial cultures. The HSLs are produced by gram-negative bacteria and act as intercellular signals inducing density-dependent gene expression. Compared with the multi-step procedures previously reported, which included chemical extraction, purification and the use of Escherichia coli HSL biosensors, this on-line LC-MS-MS method is fast and detects 11 HSLs. Its speed and robustness allow the analysis of a large number of samples without loss of performance (no signal variation for a control sample after 90 chromatographic injections). The selectivity is based on the MS-MS fragment ions of the molecular [M+H]- ions and on their relative intensities. For quantification, the m/z 102 ion, specific for the lactone ring and detected with a good signal-to-noise ratio, allows low detection limits even in complex matrix samples (0.28 up to 9.3 pmol). Moreover, this method allows the quantification of 11 HSLs whatever their chemical structure, substituted or not. The protocol was applied to Vibrio vulnificus, a marine bacterium. Six HSLs were detected and quantified with relative standard deviations for repeatability of < 10%.
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- Danièle Morin
- Laboratoire de Biologie et Chimie Moléculaires, Université de Bretagne-Sud, B.P. 92116, F-56321 Lorient Cedex, France.
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