Exam 2 - Family: Herpesviridae Flashcards
Herpesviridae Virus Morphology
- Enveloped, spherical to pleomorphic
- 150-200 nm in diameter
- Icosahedral capsid, T=16
- 162 capsomers surrounded by a layer known as tegument
- Glycoproteins embedded in lipid envelope
Herpesviridae Viral Genome
Monopartite (non-segmented), linear, double-stranded DNA genome. Fall in three categories.
Herpesviridae Viral Genome: Three Categories
- Those encoding proteins concerned with regulatory functions and virus replication
- Those encoding structural proteins
- A heterologous set of “optional” genes
Herpesviridae Viral Replication
- Occurs in the nucleus
- Viral envelope is acquired by budding and obtaining the nuclear envelope
- Mature virions are released by exocytosis or cytolysis
Herepesviridae General Charcteristics
- Do not survive well outside the host
- Requires close contact transmission
- Latently infected animals serve as a reservoir
- Can be oncogenic
- Reactivation of latent herpesvirus infection is usually associated with stress and glucocorticoid drugs
- Characteristic eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies
- Cell-to-cell fusion facilitates spread of infection and virus
Herpresviridae Inclusion Bodies
Type A Cowdry bodies. Composed of nucleic acid and protein.
Subfamily: Alphaherpesvirinae
This includes:
- Bovine herpesvirus-1
- Bovine herpesvirus-2
- Equine herpesvirus-1
- Equine herpesvirus-4
- Porcine herpesvirus-1
- Feline herpesvirus-1
- Canine herpesvirus-1
- Gallid herpesvirus-1
- Gallid herpesvirus-2
Alphasherpesvirinae Properties
Highly cytopathic, lyse infected cells. Short replication cycle. Episomes are integrated into the chromosomal DNA of latently infected neurons. Produce localized lesions in the skin and mucosae of respiratory and genital tract. Pregnant animals - abortion characteristically with multifocal areas of necrosis in several fetal organs.
Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) Diseases
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), pustular vulvovaginitis. Balanoposthitis, conjunctivitis, abortion, enteritis, and generalized disease of newborn calves.
BHV-1 serotype and subtype
Only a single serotype of BHV-1 is recognized
3 subtypes:
- BHV-1.1 = respiratory subtype
- BHV-1.2 = genital subtype
- BHV-1.3 = encephalitic subtype
BHV-1 Transmission
Droplet transmission and either coitus or artificial insemination
BHV-1 Pathogenesis
In both genital and respiratory form of the disease, the lesions are focal areas of epithelial cell necrosis in which there is ballooning of epithelial cells.
Intense inflammatory response within the necrotic mucosa, frequently with formation of an overlying accumulation of fibrin and cellular debris (pseudomembrane).
Site of Latency - Trigeminal Nerve
Respiratory disease with BHV-1
Site of Latency - Sciatic Nerve
Genital disease with BHV-1
BHV-1 Clinical signs - Respiratory form
Red nose, Necrotic rhinitis, dust pneumonia
BHV-1 Clinical signs - Ocular form of IBR
Conjunctivitis is a common finding with “red nose”
DO NOT misdiagnose as pink eye. IBR lesions are confined to the conjunctiva and no lesions on cornea except diffuse edema.
BHV-1 Abortion
Can result from MLV vaccines given to pregnant animals. Higher incidences with fetuses infected in the second half of gestation.
BHV-1 Systemic Disease of Newborn Calves
Typically less than 10 days. Calves develop a generalized disease with pyrexia, diarrhea, respiratory distress, ocular discharge, incoordination, eventually convulsion and death.
BHV-1 Genital Disease - IPV`
Infectious Pustular Vaginitis. Vaginal discharge, vulva swollen, red spots, and discrete pustules
BHV-1 Genital Disease - Balanoposthitis
Inflammation and pustules in the mucosa of the penis and prepuce
BHV-1 Control (Vaccination)
MLV, subunit and inactivated vaccines. Subunit vaccines contain the major surface glycoproteins that elicit antibody response.
Bovine herpesvirus-2 (BHV-2)
Causes bovine ulcerative mammillitis and Pseudo Lumpy Skin Disease
Bovine ulcerative mammillitis - Host
Cattle, heifers, usualy within 2 weeks after calving
Bovine ulcerative mammillitis - Transmission
Direct contact and mechanical transmission