McIntyre Leila, Chaiyakul Mark, Clark Edward G, Marshall Frank, Czub Markus
Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Can J Vet Res. 2010 Apr;74(2):149-52.
Nineteen pigs with clinical signs of porcine circovirus associated diseases (PCVAD) on 5 Alberta pig farms were examined pathologically, including gross pathology, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for porcine circovirus type-2 (PCV-2) and sequence analysis was performed on tissue samples of 12 animals. Results showed that new strains of porcine circovirus type-2 genogroup b were present in most pigs that were positive for PCV-2. Furthermore, a mixed infection with PCV-2a and PCV-2b occurred in the liver and lungs of 1 pig. Comparison of whole genome sequences representing known viruses and the newly discovered Alberta viruses revealed mutations distributed over the entire genome of PCV-2; however, sequences encoding for immunodominant epitopes of PCV-2 appear to be unaffected by these mutations.
对艾伯塔省5个养猪场出现猪圆环病毒相关疾病(PCVAD)临床症状的19头猪进行了病理检查,包括大体病理学、组织病理学和免疫组织化学检查。对12头猪的组织样本进行了2型猪圆环病毒(PCV-2)的聚合酶链反应(PCR)和序列分析。结果显示,在大多数PCV-2呈阳性的猪中存在2型猪圆环病毒b基因型的新毒株。此外,1头猪的肝脏和肺脏发生了PCV-2a和PCV-2b的混合感染。对代表已知病毒的全基因组序列与新发现的艾伯塔病毒进行比较,发现PCV-2的整个基因组存在突变;然而,编码PCV-2免疫显性表位的序列似乎未受这些突变影响。