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An outbreak of canine distemper in 2017 in mink breeding farms (Shandong province, China) caused severe pneumonia, hardened footpads, and death in more than 5000 vaccinated animals. Sequencing of the hemagglutinin and fusion protein genes from the WH2 canine distemper virus (CDV) strain we isolated from the infected minks were clustered into the recently isolated CDV Asia-1 genotype group. The WH2 strain was distinct from the current vaccine strains, containing a novel potential N-glycosylation site in its hemagglutinin protein. It also contained amino acid mutations in the fusion protein gene (I87N, T110P and L386I), and the T110P mutation results in N-glycosylation site silencing. WH2 was highly virulent in both unvaccinated and vaccinated animals in our pathogenesis experiments. Immunohistochemistry results revealed positive staining of different organs in unvaccinated and vaccinated animals. The serum in vitro neutralizing antibody titers for the vaccinated mink group and a dog were higher for the WH2 strain than those of the HNly150520B strain (isolated from a dog). These findings indicate that the current commercial vaccines provide incomplete protection against WH2 challenge infections. Thus, a new vaccine strain is urgently needed to protect against variant CDV strains.
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Vírus da Cinomose Canina/isolamento & purificação , Cinomose/virologia , Vison/virologia , Vacinas Virais/efeitos adversos , Animais , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/efeitos adversos , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/farmacologia , Cinomose/genética , Vírus da Cinomose Canina/patogenicidade , Cães , Genótipo , Vison/genética , Filogenia , Vacinação/efeitos adversos , Vacinas Atenuadas/efeitos adversos , Vacinas Atenuadas/farmacologiaRESUMO
Mink enteritis virus (MEV) is a parvovirus that causes acute enteritis in mink. The capsid protein VP2 of MEV is a major immunogenicity that is important for disease prevention. In this study, this protein was expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda 9 cells using a recombinant baculovirus system and was observed to self-assemble into virus-like particles (VLPs) with a high hemagglutination (HA) titer (1:216). A single-dose injection of VLPs (HA titer, 1:256) resulted in complete protection of mink against virulent MEV challenge for at least 180 days. These data suggest that these MEV VLPs could be used as a vaccine for the prevention of viral enteritis in mink.
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Proteínas do Capsídeo/genética , Proteínas do Capsídeo/imunologia , Enterite Viral do Vison/prevenção & controle , Vírus da Enterite do Vison/imunologia , Animais , Baculoviridae/genética , Baculoviridae/metabolismo , Proteínas do Capsídeo/administração & dosagem , Expressão Gênica , Vison/imunologia , Vison/virologia , Enterite Viral do Vison/imunologia , Enterite Viral do Vison/virologia , Vírus da Enterite do Vison/genética , Vírus da Enterite do Vison/patogenicidade , Proteínas Recombinantes/administração & dosagem , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/imunologia , Células Sf9 , Spodoptera , Vacinas Virais/administração & dosagem , Vacinas Virais/genética , Vacinas Virais/imunologia , VirulênciaRESUMO
Eighteen canine distemper virus (CDV) isolates were obtained from clinical samples in Henan province, China, between 2012 and 2016. These viruses could not be recognized by 1A4, a monoclonal antibody specific for the H protein of CDV vaccine strains. The complete haemagglutinin (H) genes of all 18 isolates were sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis showed that they segregated into two clusters within the Asia-1 genotype. Moreover, the H genes of four viruses were found to lack a potential N-glycosylation site at position 309, which is the most conserved site within the Asia-1 genotype of CDV, and a novel potential N-glycosylation site (amino acids 517-519) was found in strain HL013, which has not been reported previously. These results will help in achieving a better understanding of the evolution of CDV in China.
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Vírus da Cinomose Canina/genética , Vírus da Cinomose Canina/isolamento & purificação , Cinomose/virologia , Hemaglutininas Virais/genética , Animais , Ásia , China , Cães , Genótipo , Filogenia , Análise de Sequência de DNA/métodosRESUMO
Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) and canine parvovirus (CPV) infections are highly contagious and cause serious enteric diseases, with high fatality rates of cats and dogs. Given the importance of cats as a potential source of genetic diversity for parvoviruses, parvovirus strains detected in cats with gastroenteritis signs were analysed, and molecular characterisation, sequence analysis and phylogeny were evaluated on the VP2 gene. The results showed that FPV, new CPV-2a, and CPV-2 are co-circulating in the cat population in Henan province of China. Moreover, CPV-2 strains (F2016020, and F2016021) with Ser297Ala substitution in VP2 protein was for the first time detected in cats with clinical gastroenteritis. This study provided new important findings about the evolutionary of parvovirus infection in domestic cats.
