Abalone viral ganglioneuritis: Establishment and use of an experimental immersion challenge system for the study of abalone herpes virus infections in Australian abalone

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• 作者：Serge Corbeil^a ; ^{serge.corbeil@csiro.au} ; Kenneth A. McColl^a ; Lynette M. Williams^a ; Ilhan Mohammad^b ; Alexander D. Hyatt^a ; Sandra G. Crameri^a ; Mark Fegan^b ; Mark St.J. Crane^a
• 关键词：Abalone viral ganglioneuritis ; AbHV ; Immersion challenge ; Virus detection
• 刊名：Virus Research
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：92_01681702
• 类别：imm
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：165
• 期：2
• 页码：207-213
• 文件大小：1690 K

摘要

In late 2005, acute mortalities occurred in abalone on farms located in Victoria, Australia. Disease was associated with infection by an abalone herpes virus (AbHV). Subsequently, starting in 2006, the disease (abalone viral ganglioneuritis; AVG) was discovered in wild abalone in Victorian open waters. Currently, it continues to spread, albeit at a slow rate, along the Victorian coast-line. Here, we report on experimental transmission trials that were carried out by immersion using water into which diseased abalone had shed infectious viral particles. At various time points following exposure, na茂ve abalone were assessed by an AbHV-specific real-time PCR and histological analyses including in situ hybridization (ISH). Results demonstrated that while exposed abalone began displaying clinical signs of the disease from 60 hours post exposure (hpe), they tested positive for the presence of viral DNA at 36 hpe. Of further interest, the AbHV DNA probe used in the ISH assay detected the virus as early as 48 hpe.