Abstract
Based on the hypothesis that the viral load of cells infected with EHV-4 will likely change during the course of disease, TaqMan PCR was used to investigate and characterize the kinetics of EHV-4 viral DNA load (glycoprotein B gene) and transcriptional activity (glycoprotein B and latency-associated transcripts) in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) and nasopharyngeal secretions (NSs) collected from 11 foals during a field outbreak of respiratory disease. The EHV-4 DNA load in PBLs was low and of short duration after onset of clinical signs. In contrast, the EHV-4 load in NSs remained high for the majority of the foals over a period of 4 weeks. Viral replication determined by detection of mRNA expression of the structural glycoprotein B was detected only in NSs during the first 7 days after onset of clinical signs for most foals. The majority of foals expressed latency-associated transcripts in NS sonly during the first 7 days after onset of clinical signs. Persistence of the expression of latency-associated transcripts in NS, as a reflection of a latent viral state, was not documented during the 28-day study period. Based on these results, it was concluded that lytic infection with EHV-4 can be diagnosed either by high EHV-4 DNA load of glycoprotein B gene or by detection of transcriptional activity of glycoprotein B.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 578-581 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - Nov 2005 |
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Keywords
- Equine herpesvirus-4
- Nasopharyngeal secretions
- Peripheral blood leukocytes
- TaqMan PCR
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- veterinary(all)
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Equine herpesvirus-4 kinetics in peripheral blood leukocytes and nasopharyngeal secretions in foals using quantitative real-time TaqMan PCR. / Pusterla, Nicola; Leutenegger, Christian M.; Wilson, William D; Watson, Johanna L; Ferraro, Gregory L.; Madigan, John E.
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AU - Pusterla, Nicola
AU - Leutenegger, Christian M.
AU - Wilson, William D
AU - Watson, Johanna L
AU - Ferraro, Gregory L.
AU - Madigan, John E
PY - 2005/11
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N2 - Based on the hypothesis that the viral load of cells infected with EHV-4 will likely change during the course of disease, TaqMan PCR was used to investigate and characterize the kinetics of EHV-4 viral DNA load (glycoprotein B gene) and transcriptional activity (glycoprotein B and latency-associated transcripts) in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) and nasopharyngeal secretions (NSs) collected from 11 foals during a field outbreak of respiratory disease. The EHV-4 DNA load in PBLs was low and of short duration after onset of clinical signs. In contrast, the EHV-4 load in NSs remained high for the majority of the foals over a period of 4 weeks. Viral replication determined by detection of mRNA expression of the structural glycoprotein B was detected only in NSs during the first 7 days after onset of clinical signs for most foals. The majority of foals expressed latency-associated transcripts in NS sonly during the first 7 days after onset of clinical signs. Persistence of the expression of latency-associated transcripts in NS, as a reflection of a latent viral state, was not documented during the 28-day study period. Based on these results, it was concluded that lytic infection with EHV-4 can be diagnosed either by high EHV-4 DNA load of glycoprotein B gene or by detection of transcriptional activity of glycoprotein B.
AB - Based on the hypothesis that the viral load of cells infected with EHV-4 will likely change during the course of disease, TaqMan PCR was used to investigate and characterize the kinetics of EHV-4 viral DNA load (glycoprotein B gene) and transcriptional activity (glycoprotein B and latency-associated transcripts) in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) and nasopharyngeal secretions (NSs) collected from 11 foals during a field outbreak of respiratory disease. The EHV-4 DNA load in PBLs was low and of short duration after onset of clinical signs. In contrast, the EHV-4 load in NSs remained high for the majority of the foals over a period of 4 weeks. Viral replication determined by detection of mRNA expression of the structural glycoprotein B was detected only in NSs during the first 7 days after onset of clinical signs for most foals. The majority of foals expressed latency-associated transcripts in NS sonly during the first 7 days after onset of clinical signs. Persistence of the expression of latency-associated transcripts in NS, as a reflection of a latent viral state, was not documented during the 28-day study period. Based on these results, it was concluded that lytic infection with EHV-4 can be diagnosed either by high EHV-4 DNA load of glycoprotein B gene or by detection of transcriptional activity of glycoprotein B.
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KW - Nasopharyngeal secretions
KW - Peripheral blood leukocytes
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