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Singha H, Tuanyok A, Elschner M, Laroucau K, Mukhopadhyay C. Editorial: Glanders and melioidosis: one health model. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1303556. [PMID: 37901106 PMCID: PMC10613062 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1303556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Jena, Germany
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- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
- Center for Emerging and Tropical Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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Brangsch H, Singha H, Laroucau K, Elschner M. Sequence-based detection and typing procedures for Burkholderia mallei: Assessment and prospects. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:1056996. [PMID: 36452150 PMCID: PMC9703372 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1056996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Although glanders has been eradicated in most of the developed world, the disease still persists in various countries such as Brazil, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Iran, Bahrain, UAE and Turkey. It is one of the notifiable diseases listed by the World Organization for Animal Health. Occurrence of glanders imposes restriction on equestrian events and restricts equine movement, thus causing economic losses to equine industry. The genetic diversity and global distribution of the causing agent, Burkholderia (B.) mallei, have not been assessed in detail and are complicated by the high clonality of this organism. Among the identification and typing methods, PCR-based methods for distinguishing B. mallei from its close relative B. pseudomallei as well as genotyping using tandem repeat regions (MLVA) are established. The advent and continuous advancement of the sequencing techniques and the reconstruction of closed genomes enable the development of genome guided epidemiological tools. For achieving a higher genomic resolution, genotyping methods based on whole genome sequencing data can be employed, like genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms. One of the limitations in obtaining complete genomic sequences for further molecular characterization of B. mallei is its high GC content. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of the widely used detection and typing methods for B. mallei and illustrate gaps that still require development. The genomic features of Burkholderia, their high homology and clonality will be first described from a comparative genomics perspective. Then, the commonly used molecular detection (PCR systems) and typing systems (e.g., multilocus sequence typing, variable number of tandem repeat analysis) will be presented and put in perspective with recently developed genomic methods. Also, the increasing availability of B. mallei genomic sequences and evolution of the sequencing methods offers exciting prospects for further refinement of B. mallei typing, that could overcome the difficulties presently encountered with this particular bacterium.
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- Hanka Brangsch
- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut – Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Jena, Germany
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- Bacterial Zoonosis Unit, Animal Health Laboratory, French Food Agency (Anses), Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut – Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Jena, Germany
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Erume J, Roesel K, Dione MM, Ejobi F, Mboowa G, Kungu JM, Akol J, Pezo D, El-Adawy H, Melzer F, Elschner M, Neubauer H, Grace D. Serological and molecular investigation for brucellosis in swine in selected districts of Uganda. Trop Anim Health Prod 2016; 48:1147-55. [PMID: 27142028 PMCID: PMC4943980 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-016-1067-9] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Brucellosis is a notifiable zoonotic disease affecting livestock, humans, and wildlife in Uganda. Pigs can be infected with human pathogenic Brucella suis biovars 1 and 3 and can be a significant source of brucellosis for humans. Uganda has a rapidly growing pig population, and the pork consumption per capita is the highest in East Africa. The objective of this work was to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis in Ugandan pigs. A cross-sectional serosurvey of pigs was conducted in three of the major pig-keeping districts in Uganda (Masaka (n = 381 samples), Mukono (n = 398), and Kamuli (n = 414)). In addition, pigs originating from these districts were sampled in the major pig abattoir in Kampala (n = 472). In total, 1665 serum samples were investigated by serological and molecular tests. Only three putative brucellosis-positive samples were detected serologically using indirect ELISA. These sera were found negative for Brucella antibodies by CFT; however, two had antibodies against Yersinia enterocolitica as determined by SAT. Presence of antibodies against Yersiniae was confirmed by Y. enterocolitica antibody-specific ELISA. The two Yersiniae ELISA-positive samples were brucellosis negative using real-time PCR. We tested additional 142 sera from the 1665 samples with real-time PCR. All tested negative. Under this type of production system, we expect a maximum B. suis prevalence of less than 1 % at 95 % confidence level, and therefore, the risk of acquiring brucellosis from the pigs or their products is negligible. However, pigs may harbor the zoonotic Y. enterocolitica. This is the first study to investigate the occurrence of brucellosis in pigs in Uganda and the first study to report Y. enterocolitica antibodies in swine in Uganda.
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- Joseph Erume
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
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- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), C/O Bioversity International, P. O. Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda
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- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), C/O Bioversity International, P. O. Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Mycobacteriology (BSL-3) Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
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- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), C/O Bioversity International, P. O. Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda
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- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), C/O Bioversity International, P. O. Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda
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- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), C/O Bioversity International, P. O. Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- International Livestock Research Institute, P. O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya
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Raghavan R, Syriac G, Wernery R, Elschner M, Mawhinney I, Wernery U. Comparative test performance of different serological tests for glanders. J Equine Vet Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2016.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Schmoock G, Elschner M, Sprague LD. Clear distinction between Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei using fluorescent motB primers. Acta Vet Scand 2015; 57:13. [PMID: 25887130 PMCID: PMC4364355 DOI: 10.1186/s13028-015-0104-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND A frame-shift mutation in the flagellum motor gene motB coding for the chemotaxis MotB protein of Burkholderia mallei has been utilized to design a conventional duplex PCR assay with fluorescent labelled primers. FINDINGS Species specificity was tested with a panel of 13 Burkholderia type strains. A total of 41 B. mallei field strains, 36 B. pseudomallei field strains, and 1 B. thailandensis field strain from different geographic regions were tested and correctly identified. Testing of 55 non-Burkholderia bacterial species revealed 100% specificity of the assay. The minimum detection limit was 1 pg DNA or 160 GE for B. mallei and 130 GE for B. pseudomallei, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This assay enables the clear distinction between B. mallei and B. pseudomallei/B. thailandensis.
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Ali S, Ali Q, Neubauer H, Melzer F, Elschner M, Khan I, Abatih EN, Ullah N, Irfan M, Akhter S. Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with brucellosis as a professional hazard in Pakistan. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013; 10:500-5. [PMID: 23560424 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The present study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and identify risk factors associated with brucellosis in humans at high risk in the Potohar plateau of northeastern Pakistan. A total of 262 serum samples were collected from persons of different occupational groups: veterinary personnel, milkers, abattoir workers, livestock farmers, and others (drivers, security guards, housewives). Data related to gender, age, occupation, contact with animals, brucellosis-related symptoms, consumption of raw milk, and geographical region were collected. The Rose Bengal plate test and the serum agglutination test were performed to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis. The overall seroprevalence was found to be 6.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.1, 10.6). Real-time polymerase chain reaction assay showed that all cases were affected by Brucella abortus. Individuals who consumed raw milk had higher odds of brucellosis seropositivity. This is the first report of human brucellosis related to B. abortus in high-risk professionals from Pakistan by the combined use of serological and molecular methods.
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- Shahzad Ali
- Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University-PMAS-AAUR, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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Grunow R, Klee SR, Beyer W, George M, Grunow D, Barduhn A, Klar S, Jacob D, Elschner M, Sandven P, Kjerulf A, Jensen JS, Cai W, Zimmermann R, Schaade L. Anthrax among heroin users in Europe possibly caused by same Bacillus anthracis strain since 2000. Euro Surveill 2013. [DOI: 10.2807/ese.18.13.20437-en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Injection anthrax was described first in 2000 in a heroin-injecting drug user in Norway. New anthrax cases among heroin consumers were detected in the United Kingdom (52 cases) and Germany (3 cases) in 2009-10. In June 2012, a fatal case occurred in Regensburg, Bavaria. As of December 2012, 13 cases had been reported in this new outbreak from Germany, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom. We analysed isolates from 2009-10 and 2012 as well as from the first injection anthrax case in Norway in 2000 by comparative molecular typing using a high resolution 31 marker multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and a broad single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis. Our results show that all cases may be traced back to the same outbreak strain. They also indicate the probability of a single source contaminating heroin and that the outbreak could have lasted for at least a decade. However, an additional serological pilot study in two German regions conducted in 2011 failed to discover additional anthrax cases among 288 heroin users.
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- R Grunow
- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Environmental and Animal Hygiene, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Oslo, Norway
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- Statens Serum Institut, National Institute for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Statens Serum Institut, National Institute for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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Grunow R, Klee SR, Beyer W, George M, Grunow D, Barduhn A, Klar S, Jacob D, Elschner M, Sandven P, Kjerulf A, Jensen JS, Cai W, Zimmermann R, Schaade L. Anthrax among heroin users in Europe possibly caused by same Bacillus anthracis strain since 2000. Euro Surveill 2013; 18:20437. [PMID: 23557972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Injection anthrax was described first in 2000 in a heroin-injecting drug user in Norway. New anthrax cases among heroin consumers were detected in the United Kingdom (52 cases) and Germany (3 cases) in 2009-10. In June 2012, a fatal case occurred in Regensburg, Bavaria. As of December 2012, 13 cases had been reported in this new outbreak from Germany, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom. We analysed isolates from 2009-10 and 2012 as well as from the first injection anthrax case in Norway in 2000 by comparative molecular typing using a high resolution 31 marker multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and a broad single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis. Our results show that all cases may be traced back to the same outbreak strain. They also indicate the probability of a single source contaminating heroin and that the outbreak could have lasted for at least a decade. However, an additional serological pilot study in two German regions conducted in 2011 failed to discover additional anthrax cases among 288 heroin users.
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- R Grunow
- Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Berlin, Germany.
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Stöckel S, Meisel S, Elschner M, Rösch P, Popp J. Identification of Bacillus anthracis via Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometric Approaches. Anal Chem 2012; 84:9873-80. [DOI: 10.1021/ac302250t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- S. Stöckel
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry
and Abbe School of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry
and Abbe School of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich Loeffler Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute
of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Straße 96a,
07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry
and Abbe School of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry
and Abbe School of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena,
Germany
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Tappe D, Melzer F, Schmoock G, Elschner M, Lâm TT, Abele-Horn M, Stetter C. Isolation of Brucella melitensis biotype 3 from epidural empyema in a Bosnian immigrant in Germany. J Med Microbiol 2012; 61:1335-1337. [PMID: 22683655 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.038612-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Brucellosis is a regionally emerging infectious disease in Mediterranean countries with an increasing number of human cases and high morbidity rates. Here, we describe a case of severe B. melitensis biotype 3 infection in an immigrant who had contact with ruminants during a short-term stay in Bosnia before he returned to Germany. The patient developed thoracic spondylodiscitis accompanied by a large epidural empyema and neurological deficits. The isolated strain was characterized and compared to other strains from the Mediterranean region by multiple locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis, showing minor differences between emerging strains from neighbouring geographical areas.
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- Dennis Tappe
- Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 11, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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Stöckel S, Meisel S, Elschner M, Rösch P, Popp J. Raman spectroscopic detection of anthrax endospores in powder samples. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:5339-42. [PMID: 22505355 PMCID: PMC3470700 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201201266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- S Stöckel
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
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Stöckel S, Meisel S, Elschner M, Rösch P, Popp J. Raman-spektroskopische Detektion von Anthrax-Endosporen in Pulverproben. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201201266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Schmoock G, Ehricht R, Melzer F, Elschner M, Tomaso H, Neubauer H, Al Dahouk S. Development of a diagnostic multiplex polymerase chain reaction microarray assay to detect and differentiate Brucella spp. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011; 71:341-53. [PMID: 21982564 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Revised: 08/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis leading to tremendous economic losses and severe human illness. Fast and reliable laboratory tests are needed to detect disease in both humans and animals and to monitor the production of safe food products and feed. For rapid identification of the genus Brucella and differentiation of its species, a multiplex polymerase chain reaction microarray assay based on 11 signature sequences and redundant oligonucleotide probes was developed. The gene targets included genus-specific sequences in bcsp31, perA, cgs, and omp2b, as well as chromosomal regions displaying species-specific hybridization patterns. Brucella reference strains and a representative panel of 102 field isolates were unambiguously identified by their hybridization patterns. The differentiation of species, however, was limited in members of the groups B. suis bv 3/4/B. canis and B. neotomae/B. microti. In summary, the newly developed Brucella ArrayTube® assay is an easy-to-handle molecular test for high-throughput and parallel analysis.
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- Gernot Schmoock
- Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany
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Hagen RM, Frickmann H, Elschner M, Melzer F, Neubauer H, Gauthier YP, Racz P, Poppert S. Rapid identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) from culture and paraffin-embedded tissue samples. Int J Med Microbiol 2011; 301:585-90. [PMID: 21658996 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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: 02/15/2011] [Revised: 04/12/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
We evaluated newly developed probes for rapid identification of Burkholderia (B.) pseudomallei and B. mallei and differentiation from B. thailandensis by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). FISH correctly identified 100% of the tested B. pseudomallei (11), B. mallei (11), and B. thailandensis (1) strains, excluded 100% of all tested negative controls (61), and allowed demonstration of B. pseudomallei infection in a paraffin-embedded spleen tissue sample of an experimentally infected mouse.
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- Ralf M Hagen
- Department for Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse, Germany.
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Meisel S, Stöckel S, Elschner M, Rösch P, Popp J. Assessment of two isolation techniques for bacteria in milk towards their compatibility with Raman spectroscopy. Analyst 2011; 136:4997-5005. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15761b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Radun D, Bernard H, Altmann M, Schöneberg I, Bochat V, van Treeck U, Rippe RM, Grunow R, Elschner M, Biederbick W, Krause G. Preliminary case report of fatal anthrax in an injecting drug user in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, December 2009. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 15. [PMID: 20085693 DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.02.19464-en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
A fatal case of anthrax occurred in an injecting drug user in Germany, in December 2009. A potential link to similar cases in Scotland in the same time period is currently under investigation.
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- D Radun
- Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
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Schmoock G, Ehricht R, Melzer F, Rassbach A, Scholz HC, Neubauer H, Sachse K, Mota RA, Saqib M, Elschner M. DNA microarray-based detection and identification of Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia spp. Mol Cell Probes 2009; 23:178-87. [PMID: 19366627 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Revised: 04/03/2009] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
We developed a rapid oligonucleotide microarray assay based on genetic markers for the accurate identification and differentiation of Burkholderia (B.) mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei, the agents of glanders and melioidosis, respectively. These two agents were clearly identified using at least 4 independent genetic markers including 16S rRNA gene, fliC, motB and also by novel species-specific target genes, identified by in silico sequence analysis. Specific hybridization signal profiles allowed the detection and differentiation of up to 10 further Burkholderia spp., including the closely related species Burkholderia thailandensis and Burkholderia-like agents, such as Burkholderia cepacia, Burkholderia cenocepacia, Burkholderia vietnamiensis, Burkholderia ambifaria, and Burkholderia gladioli, which are often associated with cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. The assay was developed using the easy-to-handle and economical ArrayTube (AT) platform. A representative strain panel comprising 44 B. mallei, 32 B. pseudomallei isolates, and various Burkholderia type strains were examined to validate the test. Assay specificity was determined by examination of 40 non-Burkholderia strains.
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- Gernot Schmoock
- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses at the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut), Naumburger Strasse 96a, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Oliver SL, Wood E, Asobayire E, Wathes DC, Brickell JS, Elschner M, Otto P, Lambden PR, Clarke IN, Bridger JC. Serotype 1 and 2 bovine noroviruses are endemic in cattle in the United kingdom and Germany. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:3050-2. [PMID: 17596356 PMCID: PMC2045281 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02015-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The genomically and antigenically distinct bovine noroviruses Bo/Jena/1980/DE and Bo/Newbury2/1976/UK have been associated with calf diarrhea. In the present seroprevalence study, both were found to be endemic in cattle from Germany and the United Kingdom, a finding in contrast to previous virus prevalence studies. They were less common than group A rotaviruses, particularly in calves, suggesting a different epidemiology.
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- S L Oliver
- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, 4 Royal College Street, London NW1 0TU, United Kingdom
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Reinhold P, Jaeger J, Liebler-Tenorio E, Berndt A, Bachmann R, Schubert E, Melzer F, Elschner M, Sachse K. Impact of latent infections with Chlamydophila species in young cattle. Vet J 2007; 175:202-11. [PMID: 17317243 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 08/16/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/02/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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To assess long-term effects of naturally occurring infection with Chlamydophila spp. on animal health, 25 calves were grouped according to their chlamydial carrier status and checked for health parameters from 2 to 7 months of age. Monthly PCR testing revealed persistent or frequently recurring infections with Chlamydophila pecorum and Chlamydophila abortus in Group 2 (Chl+, n=13), but not in Group 1 (Chl-, n=12). Despite the absence of any clinical illness, calves in Group 2 showed significantly higher body temperatures (subfebrile), lower bodyweights, reduced serum iron concentrations, lower total haemoglobin and haematocrit values. Counting and flow cytometric differentiation of peripheral white blood cells revealed a general decrease in leukocytes in Group 2. At necropsy, follicular bronchiolitis was found in 10/13 calves in Group 2 but in none of Group 1, and the weight of pharyngeal tonsils was significantly higher in Group 2. In conclusion, naturally occurring infections with Chlamydophila species in calves were found to be associated with chronic effects on animal health at a subclinical level.
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- Petra Reinhold
- Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Naumburger Street 96 a, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Otto P, Liebler-Tenorio EM, Elschner M, Reetz J, Löhren U, Diller R. Detection of Rotaviruses and Intestinal Lesions in Broiler Chicks from Flocks with Runting and Stunting Syndrome (RSS). Avian Dis 2006; 50:411-8. [PMID: 17039842 DOI: 10.1637/7511-020106r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The intestinal tract and intestinal contents were collected from 34 stunted, 5-to-14-day-old broiler chicks from eight flocks with runting and stunting syndrome (RSS) in Northern Germany to investigate intestinal lesions and the presence of enteric pathogens with a special focus on rotaviruses (RVs). Seven chicks from a healthy flock were used as controls. Severe villous atrophy was seen in chicks from six flocks with RSS but not in the control flock. Lesions were often "regionally" distributed in the middle-to-distal small intestine. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis (PAGE), reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and seminested RT-PCR were used for detection and characterization of RVs. The PAGE allows discrimination of different RV groups, and the RT-PCR was used to verify the presence of group (gp) A RVs. RVs were detected (by all methods) in 32 of 34 chicks from the flocks with RSS. By TEM (negative staining), RV particles were observed in intestinal contents of 28 chicks from the flocks with RSS. PAGE analysis showed four RV groups: gpA, gpD, gpF, and gpG. Group A RVs were detected in four chicks from two flocks with RSS, without intestinal lesions. GpD RVs were detected in 12 chicks of five flocks with RSS, 10 of them with severe villous atrophy. GpF RVs were confirmed in four chicks from three flocks with RSS and in two birds in the control flock. GpG RVs were verified in two chicks from two flocks with RSS, one with, and one without, intestinal lesions. At present, PCR methods are only available for detection of gpA RVs. Using RT-PCR, gpA RVs were identified in samples from 22 chicks including samples of two chicks from the control flock. Statistical analysis revealed a positive correlation between presence of gpD RV and severe villous atrophy in flocks with RSS. The results suggest that gpD RV plays a major role in the pathogenesis of RSS.
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- Peter Otto
- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Jena, Germany
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Wittig MB, Wohlsein P, Hagen RM, Al Dahouk S, Tomaso H, Scholz HC, Nikolaou K, Wernery R, Wernery U, Kinne J, Elschner M, Neubauer H. [Glanders--a comprehensive review]. Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 2006; 113:323-30. [PMID: 17009807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Since 1990 the number of glanders outbreaks in race, military and pleasure horses in Asia and South America is steadily increasing. Glanders, which is eradicated in Western Europe, Australia and Northern America, is currently considered a re-emerging disease. Consequently, the disease may be introduced into glanders-free regions by subclinical carriers at any time. The causative agent of glanders, Burkholderia (B.) mallei, is highly contagious and leads to chronic disease in horses whereas in donkeys and mules the disease is acute and often fatal. Occurrence of the disease leads to international trading restrictions and infected animals immediately have to be culled and safely disposed off. In humans B. mallei infection results in a severe clinical course, and is fatal without appropriate therapy. Its pathogenicity makes B. mallei a potential biological agent that may be used in bioterroristic attacks. Due to the eradication of glanders in the second half of the last century, veterinarians in western European countries are no longer familiar with its clinical presentation in solipeds. Having these facts in mind, this review describes the epidemiology, clinical signs, pathology and the current eradication strategy of this interesting zoonosis. Pictures of imported endurance horses infected with glanders taken during an eradication campaign in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2004 illustrate most typical clinical findings.
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- M B Wittig
- Institut for Mikrobiologie der Bundeswehr, München, Deutschland.
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Oliver SL, Batten CA, Deng Y, Elschner M, Otto P, Charpilienne A, Clarke IN, Bridger JC, Lambden PR. Genotype 1 and genotype 2 bovine noroviruses are antigenically distinct but share a cross-reactive epitope with human noroviruses. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:992-8. [PMID: 16517888 PMCID: PMC1393167 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.44.3.992-998.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bovine enteric caliciviruses Bo/Jena/1980/DE and Bo/Newbury2/1976/UK represent two distinct genotypes within a new genogroup, genogroup III, in the genus Norovirus of the family Caliciviridae. In the present study, the antigenic relatedness of these two genotypes was determined for the first time to enable the development of tests to detect and differentiate between both genotypes. Two approaches were used. First, cross-reactivity was examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) and convalescent-phase sera from calves infected with either Jena (genotype 1) or Newbury2 (genotype 2). Second, cross-reactivity was examined between the two genotypes with a monoclonal antibody, CM39, derived using Jena VLPs. The two genotypes, Jena and Newbury2, were antigenically distinct with little or no cross-reactivity by ELISA to the heterologous VLPs using convalescent calf sera that had homologous immunoglobulin G titers of log10 3.1 to 3.3. CM39 reacted with both Jena and heterologous Newbury2 VLPs. The CM39 epitope was mapped to nine amino acids (31PTAGAQIAA39) in the Jena capsid protein, which was not fully conserved for Newbury2 (31PTAGAPVAA39). Molecular modeling showed that the CM39 epitope was located within the NH2-terminal arm inside the virus capsid. Surprisingly, CM39 also reacted with VLPs from two genogroup II/3 human noroviruses by ELISA and Western blotting. Thus, although the bovine noroviruses Jena and Newbury2 corresponded to two distinct antigenic types or serotypes, they shared at least one cross-reactive epitope. These findings have relevance for epidemiological studies to determine the prevalence of bovine norovirus serotypes and to develop vaccines to bovine noroviruses.
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- S L Oliver
- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Camden, London, United Kingdom.
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Elschner M, Hotzel H, Reetz J, Diller R, Otto P. Isolation, identification and characterization of group A rotavirus from a chicken: the inner capsid protein sequence shows only a distant phylogenetic relationship to most other avian group A rotaviruses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 52:211-3. [PMID: 16115093 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00848.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rotavirus particles were identified in the intestinal content of a 35-day-old stunted chicken. The virus was isolated, RNA pattern was analysed and the viral genome segment 6 was sequenced. In particular, the sequence data showed a very close similarity to the chicken rotavirus isolate Ch-1 (99.2% amino acid homology), this is distantly related to all known avian rotaviruses and supports the existence of different VP6 types amongst avian group A rotaviruses.
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- M Elschner
- Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany.
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Elschner M, Schrader C, Hotzel H, Prudlo J, Sachse K, Eichhorn W, Herbst W, Otto P. Isolation and molecular characterisation of equine rotaviruses from Germany. Vet Microbiol 2005; 105:123-9. [PMID: 15627523 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 10/13/2003] [Revised: 10/21/2004] [Accepted: 10/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A total of 26 rotavirus positive faecal samples of diarrhoeal foals, and 8 equine rotavirus isolates were examined. Viral RNA patterns were generated, G typing was performed by PCR, and a P[12]-specific DNA probe was developed for P typing. Furthermore, five equine rotavirus isolates were sequenced in the genomic regions coding for VP7 and part of VP4. Rotaviruses of genotype G3 P[12] were found in 22 faecal samples and G14 P[12] type could be found in 4 faecal samples. These findings confirm that in Germany G3 P[12] is the predominating type of equine rotaviruses.
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- Mandy Elschner
- Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Strasse 96a, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Deng Y, Batten CA, Liu BL, Lambden PR, Elschner M, Günther H, Otto P, Schnürch P, Eichhorn W, Herbst W, Clarke IN. Studies of epidemiology and seroprevalence of bovine noroviruses in Germany. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:2300-5. [PMID: 12791840 PMCID: PMC156573 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.6.2300-2305.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Jena virus (JV) is a bovine enteric calicivirus that causes diarrhea in calves. The virus is approximately 30 nm in diameter and has a surface morphology similar to the human Norwalk virus. The genome sequence of JV was recently described, and the virus has been assigned to the genus Norovirus of the family CALICIVIRIDAE: In the present study, the JV capsid gene encoded by open reading frame 2 was cloned into the baculovirus transfer vector pFastBac 1, and this was used to transform Escherichia coli to generate a recombinant bacmid. Transfection of insect cells with the recombinant baculovirus DNA resulted in expression of the JV capsid protein. The recombinant JV capsid protein undergoes self-assembly into virus-like particles (VLPs) similar to JV virions in size and appearance. JV VLPs were released into the cell culture supernatant, concentrated, and then purified by CsCl equilibrium gradient centrifugation. Purified JV VLPs were used to hyperimmunize laboratory animals. An antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed and characterized initially with clinical specimens containing defined human noroviruses and bovine diarrheal samples from calves experimentally infected with JV; the ELISA was specific only for JV. The ELISA was used to screen 381 diarrheal samples collected from dairy herds in Thuringia, Hesse, and Bavaria, Germany, from 1999 to 2002; 34 of these samples (8.9%) were positive for JV infection. The unexpectedly high prevalence of JV was confirmed in a seroepidemiological study using 824 serum or plasma samples screened using an anti-JV ELISA, which showed that 99.1% of cattle from Thuringia have antibodies to JV.
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- Y Deng
- Molecular Microbiology Group, University Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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Hänel I, Elschner M, Berndt A, Otto P. [Mixed infections of rotaviruses and Campylobacter jejuni in Caco-2 cells]. Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 2002; 109:167-72. [PMID: 11998368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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A mixed infection with rotavirus and 3 different Campylobacter jejuni strains was analysed in Caco-2 cells, a cell line highly susceptible to these pathogens. The results obtained showed no influence of the virus preinfection on the Campylobacter jejuni adhesion or internalisation in Caco-2 cells. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of mixed infected cells confirmed these results. The data from the present study indicate that specific rather than nonspecific mechanisms are involved in the interaction between rotavirus, campylobacter and host cells.
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- I Hänel
- Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Fachbereich 4 Bakterielle Tierseuchen und Bekämpfung von Zoonosen, Jena.
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Elschner M, Prudlo J, Hotzel H, Otto P, Sachse K. Nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for the detection of group A rotaviruses. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 2002; 49:77-81. [PMID: 12002423 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2002.00510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rotaviruses are important pathogens associated with diarrhoeal diseases in almost all species of mammals. In the present study, a nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the detection of group A rotaviruses was developed, which is based on a target region in gene segment 6. Rotavirus strains of human, bovine, porcine, canine, feline, equine, and ovine origin were examined. Furthermore several faecal specimens, in which rotavirus had already been detected using other methods than PCR, were included in the study. A nested RT-PCR product was formed with all strains and faecal samples tested. The detection limit for virus-containing cell culture supernatant was 3 x 10(-2) [50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50)] by RT-PCR and 3 x 10(-3) TCID50) by nested amplification. In order to examine the influence of the sample matrix on sensitivity, a rotavirus-negative faecal specimen was spiked with virus-containing cell culture suspension of the porcine rotavirus OSU. The detection limit of the present PCR procedure was approximately 1.6 x 10(2) TCID50 per g faeces and could be increased by one order of magnitude using nested PCR. The present method for detection and identification of group A rotaviruses represents a powerful diagnostic tool and was shown to be applicable to rotaviruses of different origin, including human sources.
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- M Elschner
- Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine (BgVV), Division 4: Bacterial Epizootics and Control of Zoonoses, Jena, Germany.
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Philippou S, Otto P, Reinhold P, Elschner M, Streckert HJ. Respiratory syncytial virus-induced chronic bronchiolitis in experimentally infected calves. Virchows Arch 2000; 436:617-21. [PMID: 10917178 DOI: 10.1007/s004280000197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Human (RSV) and bovine (BRSV) respiratory syncytial virus cause similar infections of the lower respiratory tract. Therefore, experimentally infected calves are suited to the study of RSV-induced chronic bronchiolitis. Colostrum-fed calves aged 17-24 days were successfully infected with BRSV. BRSV strain 375 was applied as an aerosol on 4 consecutive days. Clinical symptoms were already evident on the 1st day after infection. The calves were necropsied 12 weeks after the first infection. Focal severe chronic bronchiolitis with atelectasis and focal bronchiolitis obliterans were demonstrated. The bronchiolar lumina were filled with secretion. Transmission electron microscopy revealed an alteration of the ciliogenesis and partial loss of cilia. Immunhistochemically virus P protein could still be detected, mainly in the epithelial cells of the inflamed bronchioli.
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- S Philippou
- Institute of Pathology, Augusta Hospital, Bochum, Germany
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Liu BL, Lambden PR, Günther H, Otto P, Elschner M, Clarke IN. Molecular characterization of a bovine enteric calicivirus: relationship to the Norwalk-like viruses. J Virol 1999; 73:819-25. [PMID: 9847396 PMCID: PMC103897 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.1.819-825.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Jena virus (JV) is a noncultivatable bovine enteric calicivirus associated with diarrhea in calves and was first described in Jena, Germany. The virus was serially passaged 11 times in colostrum-deprived newborn calves and caused diarrheal disease symptoms at each passage. The complete JV genome sequence was determined by using cDNA made from partially purified virus obtained from a single stool sample. JV has a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome which is 7,338 nucleotides in length, excluding the poly(A) tail. JV genome organization is similar to that of the human Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs), with three separate open reading frames (ORFs) and a 24-nucleotide sequence motif located at the 5' terminus of the genome and at the start of ORF 2. The polyprotein (ORF 1) consists of 1,680 amino acids and has the characteristic 2C helicase, 3C protease, and 3D RNA polymerase motifs also found in the NLVs. However, comparison of the N-terminal 100 amino acids of the JV polyprotein with those of the group 1 and group 2 NLVs showed a considerable divergence in sequence. The capsid protein (ORF 2) at 519 amino acids is smaller than that of all other caliciviruses. JV ORF 2 was translated in vitro to produce a 55-kDa protein that reacted with postinfection serum but not preinfection serum. Phylogenetic studies based on partial RNA polymerase sequences indicate that within the Caliciviridae JV is most closely related to the group 1 NLVs.
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- B L Liu
- Molecular Microbiology Group, University Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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Otto P, Elschner M, Schulze P, Prudlo J, Schrader R. [Use of a fast test to detect rotavirus in feces]. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 1997; 110:397-400. [PMID: 10084947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The commercially available immunoassay "OnSite Rotavirus" was used for the detection of animal rotaviruses in 113 faecal samples. The sensitivity of the test was 88% and the specificity 96% compared with reference methods (EIA, EM). This test would detect approximately 4.4 x 10(6) to 1.8 x 10(7) virus particles per ml. The presence of virus could be demonstrated in fresh faecal samples from cattle, horses and pigs within a few minutes. The rotaviruses of group A were identified independently of the virus serotype. Further results and additional problems of using this test kit are described.
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- P Otto
- Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Jena
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Philippou S, Streckert HJ, Otto P, Reinhold P, Elschner M, Werchau H, Morgenroth K. Morphological studies of the respiratory syncytial virus induced bronchiolitis in experimentally infected calves. Pathol Res Pract 1996; 192:1045-56. [PMID: 8958555 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(96)80048-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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RSV-infections of the lower respiratory tract in infancy and early childhood are the most frequent causes of a hyperreactive bronchial system and obstructive lung disease. Studies concerning the morphological alterations of the bronchial mucosa during an RSV-infection are dependent on an experimental animal model. In this study the alterations of the lower respiratory tract from five infected colostrum-fed calves during the initial stage of the infection are described. BRSV strain 375 was applied as an aerosol on four consecutive days. The animals showed clinical symptoms already on the first day after infection. 7 days after the first infection the calves were necropsied. Lobular distributed atelectasis of the lung were found. The corresponding bronchioli were collapsed. The bronchiolar lumina were filled with a putrid exudate. In the bronchiolar wall a band-like lymphocytic infiltrate was found. By confocal laserscanning microscopy and by scanning electron microscopy intracellular viral components marked by an antibody against the viral P-protein were depicted. The intracellular virus inclusions were arranged along the bundles of filaments of the cytoskeleton. By transmission electron microscopy an alteration of the ciliogenesis and in cases of severe cell damage, cell death could be observed. The morphological findings suggest that the cytoskeleton plays an important role in the development of bronchiolitis.
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- S Philippou
- Department of Pathology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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Otto P, Elschner M, Reinhold P, Köhler H, Streckert HJ, Philippou S, Werchau H, Morgenroth K. A model for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection based on experimental aerosol exposure with bovine RSV in calves. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 1996; 19:85-97. [PMID: 8814979 PMCID: PMC7133857 DOI: 10.1016/0147-9571(95)00030-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/1995] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Five conventionally kept calves aged between 17 and 24 days were experimentally infected with bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) by aerosol in order to mimic the natural infection route. The calves were killed and autopsies performed 7 days after the first virus challenge. The BRSV isolate used induced tracheitis, bronchitis and atelectasis in infected calves. The only virus which could be isolated from the lungs of the calves was BRSV. In addition, Mycoplasma bovirhinis was isolated from the lungs or/and trachea of two calves. The clinical and histopathological findings, as well as the detection of BRSV antigens by immunofluorescence in the epithelial cells of lung and trachea, and the reisolation of the virus from bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of all inoculated calves, provided confirmation of successful infection with BRSV.
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- P Otto
- Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine, Jena, Germany
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Elschner M. [Diagnosis of bovine parvoviruses in feces of calves]. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 1995; 108:256-60. [PMID: 8593148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A haemagglutination assay was tested to detect bovine parvoviruses (BPV) in 456 faecal samples of calves. The assay was not suitable because of a high number of nonspecific haemagglutinating reactions and many haemolytical specimens. A 16fold higher sensitivity was obtained using solid-phase immune electronmicroscopy (SPIEM) in comparison with direct negative contrast staining for detection of BPV. Therefore we examined 117 faecal specimens from young calves of dairy herds from the eastern part of Thuringia by SPIEM. We detected BPV in 2 faecal specimens of calves with diarrhoea and in 3 faecal specimens of clinically normal calves. In comparison with results of other investigators this detection rate of BPV was relatively high.
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- M Elschner
- Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Fachbereich 4 Bakterielle Tierseuchen und Bekämpfung von Zoonosen, Jena
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Otto P, Elschner M, Reinhold P, Streckert HJ, Werchau H, Philippou S. A model for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection based on experimental aerosol infection with bovine RSV in Calves. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0962-8479(94)91046-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Elschner M. [The replication of bovine parvoviruses in vitro]. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 1994; 107:163-5. [PMID: 8067986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
In order to replace primary cell cultures by cell lines we investigated the replication of bovine parvoviruses on primary and secondary calf kidney cells, primary and secondary calf testicle cells and the cell lines MA-104, EBL, TR and MDBK. Virus growth was controlled by a hemagglutination assay. The highest titres could be achieved on calf kidney cells. No continuous virus replication could be detected in the other cell cultures.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Elschner
- Robert von Ostertag-Institut des Bundesgesundheitsamtes, Bereich Jena
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