College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station of Jiangyan District, Taizhou, China.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2019 Jan;66(1):28-34. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13026. Epub 2018 Oct 13.
Co-infection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circoviruses (PCVs) is commonly observed under field conditions and elicits more severe diseases than any singular infection. In this study, the co-infection of PRRSV, PCV2 and PCV3 was analyzed in tissue samples collected from 150 pigs from April 2016 to April 2018. PRRSV, PCV2 and PCV3 was detected in 55 (36.67%), 43 (28.67%) and 3 (2%) of 150 pigs respectively. Remarkably, one lung sample (SD17-36) collected from a diseased pig was co-infected with PRRSV, PCV2 and PCV3. The complete genomes of SD17-36 viruses of PRRSV, PCV2 and PCV3 were determined, which belong to the subgroups of NADC30-like PRRSV, PCV2d and PCV3a respectively. Sequence comparison showed that PRRSV SD17-36 isolate contains a N33 deletion in GP5. Animal challenge study showed that the novel NADC30-like PRRSV SD17-36 isolate is low pathogenic. Our results indicate that the co-infection of PRRSV and PCVs might cause diseases even when PRRSV plays a limited role in the pathogenicity of the co-infection.
猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)和猪圆环病毒(PCVs)的合并感染在田间条件下很常见,比任何单一感染都能引起更严重的疾病。在本研究中,分析了 2016 年 4 月至 2018 年 4 月从 150 头猪采集的组织样本中 PRRSV、PCV2 和 PCV3 的合并感染情况。PRRSV、PCV2 和 PCV3 在 150 头猪中分别检出 55 头(36.67%)、43 头(28.67%)和 3 头(2%)。值得注意的是,从一头患病猪的肺组织样本(SD17-36)中同时检测到了 PRRSV、PCV2 和 PCV3。测定了 SD17-36 病毒的 PRRSV、PCV2 和 PCV3 的完整基因组,分别属于 NADC30 样 PRRSV、PCV2d 和 PCV3a 亚群。序列比较表明,PRRSV SD17-36 分离株在 GP5 中存在 N33 缺失。动物攻毒试验表明,新型 NADC30 样 PRRSV SD17-36 分离株为低致病性。我们的结果表明,即使 PRRSV 在合并感染的致病性中起有限作用,PRRSV 和 PCVs 的合并感染也可能导致疾病。