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Pathology of Equine Influenza virus (H3N8) in Murine

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Title Pathology of Equine Influenza virus (H3N8) in Murine
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Creator Selvaraj Pavulraj, B. C. Bera, Alok Joshi, Taruna Anand, Meenakshi Virmani, Rajesh Kumar Vaid, Karuppusamy Shanmugasundaram, Baldev Raj Gulati, K. Rajukumar, Rajendra Singh, Jyoti Misri, Raj Kumar Singh, Bhupendra Nath Tripathi, Nitin Virmani.
 
Subject Equine influenza virus, Pathology, Murine model
 
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Equine influenza viruses (EIV)—H3N8 continue to circulate in equine population throughout the world. They evolve by the process of antigenic drift that leads to substantial change in the antigenicity of the virus, thereby necessitating substitution of virus strain in the vaccines. This requires frequent testing of the new vaccines in the in vivo system; however, lack of an appropriate laboratory animal challenge model for testing protective efficacy of equine influenza vaccine candidates hinders the screening of new vaccines and other therapeutic approaches. In the present investigation, BALB/c mouse were explored for suitability for conducting pathogenecity studies for EIV. The BALB/c mice were inoculated intranasally @ 2×106.24 EID50 with EIV (H3N8) belonging to Clade 2 of Florida sublineage and monitored for setting up of infection and associated parameters. All mice inoculated with EIV exhibited clinical signs viz. loss in body weights, lethargy, dyspnea, etc, between 3 and 5 days which commensurate with lesions observed in the respiratory tract including rhinitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, alveolitis and diffuse interstitial pneumonia. Transmission electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, virus quantification through titration and qRT-PCR demonstrated active viral infection in the upper and lower respiratory tract. Serology revealed rise in serum lactate dehydrogenase levels along with sero-conversion. The pattern of disease progression, pathological lesions and virus recovery from nasal washings and lungs in the present investigations in mice were comparable to natural and experimental EIV infection in equines. The findings establish BALB/c mice as small animal model for studying EIV (H3N8) infection and will have immense potential for dissecting viral pathogenesis, vaccine efficacy studies, preliminary screening of vaccine candidates and antiviral therapeutics against EIV.
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Date 2019-12-06T07:40:20Z
2019-12-06T07:40:20Z
2015-11-20
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/28422
 
Language English
 
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Publisher PLOS