LEC 14 - Orbivirus + Rotavirus Flashcards
What is found in a necropsy of an animal who died of Orbivirus?
Ulcers on the tongue
Petechial hemorrhage along the esophagus/trachea
Pulmonary edema +/- CrV pneumonia
Severe hemorrhage in the abdomen
What are reoviridae viruses?
Respiratory enteric orphan viruses
What does it mean to be an orphan virus?
Researchers do not know if these viruses cause disease or not
What are the two groups of reoviridea viruses?
Orbivirus
– and –
Rotavirus
What disease does the oribivirus cause?
Epizoonotic hemorrhagic disease
Bluetongue
What is the structure of the orbivirus?
Spherical/icosahedral symmetry
Non-enveloped
What is the genome structure of orbiviruses?
Segemented dsRNA
What is the vector for Orbivirus?
Culicoides
(GNATS)
Where does the reoviridea viruses replicate in the host cell?
Cytoplasm
What is the sequence of events in reoviridea replication?
Attachment to host receptors+ Endocytosis
Partial uncoating in endolysozomes
Early transcription of genome by viral pol WITHIN VIRAL PARTICLE CYTOPLASM
mRNA segment translation
Aggregation + Encapsidation
Cell death
What animals are affected by bluetongue?
Sheep
What animals are affected by EHD?
Deer + Sheep
But sheep normally have zero to very little clincal disease
What is the host dependent preference of African Horse Sickness?
Horses > Mules > Donkeys
What protein is responsible for the serotypes of bluetongue?
VP2
What are the major serotypes of EHD? Where are they most commonly found?
EHDV-1: New Jersey
EHDV-2: Alberta
EHDV-6: US
Ibaraki virus: Japan
What is different about the way bluetongue presents?
5 to 10 year cycles
What is the host preference of EHD?
White tail deer > Mule deer > Elk
If you are infected with one serotype of EHD are you protected against other forms?
No, not cross-protective
What are the non-edemic bluetongue viruses?
BTV - 1, 4, 8, and 14
What are the endemic EHD viruses?
EHDV-1, 2, + 6
What is the time of pathogensis in a reoviridae infection?
7 to 10 days
How does reoviridae viruses pass through the body?
Blood to bone marrow
Secondary viremia
Endothelial cells
Edema + Hemrrhage + Thrombosis + DIC
What are the common clinical signs with Reoviridae viruses?
Fever > 106 deg.
Oronasal discharge
Hypersalivation
Oral necrosis
Coronary band damage + lameness
What are the two types of immunity that are induced by a reoviridae infection?
Homologous
– and –
Heterologous