ABSTRACT
Within the last two decades, several high-impact viruses have emerged in the global swine population, including porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). In Uruguay, the more recent serological survey for PRRSV and other notifiable diseases such as Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV) and classical swine fever virus (CSFV) dated from year 2000. The main purpose of this study was to update our information on the infection status of PRRSV, ADV and CSFV in Uruguayan pig herds, in order to keep informed about the epidemiological situation of these notifiable infections in the country. For serological testing, a total of 524 swine serum samples collected during the period 2014-2016 were assayed by commercial ELISAs. Our results revealed the (unexpected) presence of PRRSV antibodies in Uruguayan domestic swine herds and confirmed the absence of ADV and CSFV antibodies in all of the assessed samples. Following such initial finding, PRRSV antibodies were further investigated in 23 retrospective samples collected during 2010-2014. Thirteen of these 23 samples resulted seropositive. Subsequently, a molecular detection approach in frozen serum samples was implemented to confirm PRRSV infection, and viral RNA was identified by reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nPCR). Fourteen of 86 evaluated 2014-2016 samples resulted positive for viral RNA, while molecular analysis of four retrospective samples also revealed the presence of PRRSV type 2. Viral isolation of selected samples was carried out in porcine alveolar macrophages (PAM) and MARC 145 simian kidney cells, and the virus identity was confirmed by cytopathic effect (CPE) and immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using specific monoclonal antibodies for PRRSV nucleocapsid. Data reported here evidence for the first time the circulation of PRRSV type 2 in Uruguay, and retrospective serology results suggest that the virus has been infecting pigs in this country at least since 2011.
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging/veterinary , Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/diagnosis , Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/isolation & purification , Animals , Antibodies, Monoclonal , Antibodies, Viral/blood , Classical Swine Fever Virus/immunology , Classical Swine Fever Virus/isolation & purification , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/diagnosis , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/virology , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Herpesvirus 1, Suid/immunology , Herpesvirus 1, Suid/isolation & purification , Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/epidemiology , Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/virology , Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics , Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/immunology , RNA, Viral/genetics , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary , Retrospective Studies , Swine , Uruguay/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to compare the ability of two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and an in-house fluorescent microbead immunoassay (FMIA) to detect IgG antibodies against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) types 1 and 2 in serum and oral fluids from boars infected experimentally. Samples from uninfected control pigs and PRRSV-negative field samples were also used. Serum samples were tested by ELISAs (IDEXX Se, HIPRA Se) and an in-house FMIA-Se for detection of PRRSV types 1 and 2. Oral fluids were tested by ELISAs (IDEXX-SO, IDEXX-OF, HIPRA-OF) for detection of PRRSV types 1 and 2. Among the sera, IDEXX-Se and HIPRA-Se had similar sensitivity and specificity (p>0.05); however, IDEXX-Se detected positive animals earlier than HIPRA-Se (p<0.05). FMIA-Se had the highest false-positive rates in known negative field samples (1/205 for IDEXX-Se, 5/205 for HIPRA-Se, and 37/205 for FMIA-Se; p<0.01). Serum and oral fluid samples had similar detection rates and antibody kinetics using the IDEXX tests. There was a higher detection rate in serum than oral fluid using the HIPRA assays. In this study, the nucleocapsid protein utilized as antigen in the FMIAs yielded a low specificity. IDEXX-Se had the earliest detection and similar sensitivity and specificity to the HIPRA-Se.
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Antibodies, Viral/analysis , Antibodies, Viral/blood , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/methods , Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/diagnosis , Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/immunology , Veterinary Medicine/methods , Animals , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Immunoassay/methods , Saliva/immunology , Sensitivity and Specificity , Serum/immunology , Sus scrofa , SwineABSTRACT
A síndrome reprodutiva e respiratória dos suínos (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - PRRS) é uma doença relativamente nova dos suínos que foi detectada primeiramente em 1985 nos Estados Unidos, e em 1990 no continente Europeu. A síndrome é causada pelo PRRS vírus (PRRSV), o qual foi incluído em uma nova família de vírus, a Arteriviridae. A infecçäo pelo PRRSV causa problemas reprodutivos em fêmeas gestantes, o quais säo caracterizados por abortos no final da gestaçäo e/ou parto precoce, onde pode-se observar um elevado número de fetos mumificados e natimortos; leitöes que nascem infectados säo fracos e economicamente inviáveis. Os problemas respiratórios causados pela infecçäo pelo PRRSV podem se manifestar em suínos de todas as faixas etárias, e säo semelhantes a influenza. Embora PRRS tem sido detectada na maioria dos países em que a suinocultura tem importância econômica significativa, näo há informaçöes publicadas a respeito da doença ou do vírus no Brasil. No entanto, devido as perdas econômicas significativas que essa síndrome causou nos países já afetados, e da possibilidade do vírus ser eventualmente introduzido nos rebanhos brasileiros, é necessário reconhecer a doença imediatamente, e tomar as devidas medidas para o diagnóstico e controle em casos de surtos de problemas reprodutivos e respiratórios.