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Mouse Pathology Review - RNA Viruses Flashcards

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What is the clin path abnormality associated with Lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV)

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elevation of LDH (specifically, LDH-V)

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LDV is typically ____, but _____ has occurred with ______ C58 and AKR mice inoculated with LDV

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  • subclinical
  • poliomyelitis
  • immunosuppressed
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Transmission of LDV

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  • mechanical transfer from bite wounds - results in lifelong viremia
  • inoculation of mice with contaminated animal products (cell lines, transplantable tumors, or serum) is probably most common source of induced infection
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Sources of LDV infection

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  • wild mice
  • transplantable tumors
  • hybridomas
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Detection of LDV

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  • PCR is a preferred diagnostic.
  • LDH enzyme assays are often false positives
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Prevention of LDV

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  • Monitor cell lines that tumors are being transplanted from
  • Keep wild mice away from colonies
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Research complications of LDV

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  • adverse effects on immunological studies
    — reduced antibody production, transient thymic necrosis, lymphopenia, suppression of cell-mediated immune response, and enhance/suppress tumor grwoth
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LDV infection is subclinical except for ____ and ____, and results in a _____

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  • Immunosuppressed C58 mice
  • Inoculated AKR mice and ICR-scid mice
  • paralytic syndrome
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Why is LCMV considered a significant pathogen?

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It’s Zoonotic, and causes symptoms of meningitis in humans

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What is LCMV

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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

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What is the natural reservoir host of LCMV

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wild mice

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Which animal is not naturally infected with LCMV?

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the Rat

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What is the amplifying host of LCMV?

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hamsters

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What ABSL level should be followed when working LCMV-infected hamsters?

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ABSL 3

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What ABSL level should be followed when working with LCMV-infected mice?

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ABSL 2

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What is the primary source of LCMV in humans?

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hamsters

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Transmission of LCMV

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  • via aerosol and direct contact
  • nasal secretions
  • urine
  • saliva
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What is the typical infection mode of Immunocompetent adult lab mice with LCMV

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Adult mouse inoculated with virus-infected biologicals -> self-limiting and subclinical disease -> clearance of virus -> now a persistently infected mouse

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Explain what “Late disease” is in regards to LCMV

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Pups infected in utero or as neonates are immune tolerant of LCMV, but that immune tolerance is very specific to LCMV. Mice develop antibodies to other pathogens. Immune tolerance breaks down late in life (after breeding age) and the mice lose weight and die. In utero infection can cause low level loss of fetal mortality and cannibalism of infected pups. Infection of older pups can result in viral clearance or death

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What may be seen with LCMV “late disease?”

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Lesions are characterized by formation of immune complexes and associated inflammation. Renal glomeruli and choroid plexus are most severely affected

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What happens with intracerebral inoculation of LCMV in immunocompetent mice

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  • an immune-mediated lymphocytic choriomeningitis develops 5-6 days post-inoculation -> May see sudden death or any of the following: ruffled fur, hunched appearance, motionless, neuro deficits (tremors when suspended by tail (and sometimes spontaneously), colonic convulsions, rear leg extensions) -> death or recovery in several days
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What happens with peripheral inoculation with viscerotrophic strain of LCMV in immunocompetent mice

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  • subclinical
    or
  • result in clinical signs (ruffled fur, conjunctivitis, ascites, somnolescence, and death). -> if mice survive, recovery may take weeks. Those that survive may have immune exhaustion due to lymphodepletion.
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Diagnosis of LCMV

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  • Serology of immunocompetent mice (carrier mice may have false negatives)
  • PCR on biologic products and cell lines
  • Sentinel testing
  • Histology
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What are the four forms of LCMV

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  1. Natural infection, self-limiting and subclinical in immunocompetent mice
  2. “late disease” (L) - late-onset disease w/ immune complex glomerulonephritis in previously asymptomatic carriers (9-12mos. old)
  3. Intracerebral inoculation (C) - ass. w/ neurotropic or cerebral form include sudden death (M for mortality) 5-6 days after inoculation
  4. “Visceral form” (V) - results from peripheral inoculation w/ viscerotropic strains - may be asymptomatic or have nonspecific signs
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What is the pneumonic for LCMV

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L - “LATE disease”

C - “IntraCEREBRAL inoculation”

M - “MORTALITY and runting in neonates”

V - “VISCERAL form in adults inoculated with ‘viscerotropic strain’”

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Which mouse silently harbors LCMV?

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Nude mouse

  • LCMV multiples in DCs, B cell, and macrophages; T-cells are resistant
  • Virus elimination and virus-associated immune injury are T-cell mediated. Athymic nude mice don’t have T cells or B cells
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Research implications of LCMV

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  • sick mice
  • Reduced reproductive efficiency
  • Deaths in colony
  • Contaminant of biological product derived from mice
  • ZOONOTIC
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Prevention and control of LCMV

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  • adequate testing of animals and animal products are the best way to prevent entry. Euthanize all hamsters and immunodeficient mice that test positive

Test and cull, depopulation

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Differentials of LCMV

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  • Mouse hepatitis virus
  • Mouse Encephalomyelitis virus
  • Meningoencephalitis from bacterial infections
  • Toxins
  • Trauma
  • Neoplasia
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What are the two viruses of the Paramyxoviridae family that infect mice?

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  • Sendai Virus
  • Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM)
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Prevalence of SV in Vivaria / contagion

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  • rare to absent
  • Very contagious!
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Prevalence of PVM in vivaria / contagion

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  • Declining
  • not very contagious
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Species susceptible to SV

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Mice, rats, hamsters, Guinea pigs

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Species susceptible to PVM

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mice, rats, hamsters, other rodents +/- rabbits

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Clinical signs due to natural infection of SV in immunocompetent animals

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  • Chattering, dyspnea, hunched posture, weight loss, ocular crusting, death.
  • Neonates commonly die (lethal infection)
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Clinical signs due to natural infection of PVM in immunocompetent animals

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Subclinical

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SV tissue tropism

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  • respiratory epithelium
  • *** Type II pneumocytes
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PVM tissue tropism

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Respiratory tract

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Does SV cause wasting in nude mice?

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yes

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Does PVM cause wasting in nude mice?

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yes

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Gross lesions of SV in immunocompetent animals

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  • partial to complete consolidation of the lungs
  • Bronchointerstitial pneumonia with atelectasis, centered on lung hilus
  • 2° bacterial infections resulting in bronchopneumonia
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Gross lesions of PVM in immunocompetent animals

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none!

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Susceptibility to SV varies by mous strain and results from difference in _____ _____ function.

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mucociliary apparatus

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Mice strains susceptible to SV

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  • DBA/2
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Mice strains resistant to SV

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Immune compromised mice take longer to show clinical signs because ____ of the respiratory epithelium is _____

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  • destruction
  • immune-mediated
47
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Histopath lesions associated with SV infection

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  • Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of bronchiolar epithelium
48
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What are the two reoviruses of importance in mice

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  • Reovirus 3
  • Rotavirus A (EDIM)
49
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What is another name for Rotavirus A

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Epizootic diarrhea of infant mice (EDIM) virus

50
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Transmission of SV

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Aerosol, highly contagious

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Detection of SV

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  • Serology
  • sentinel testings
  • confirm with histopath / IHC
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DDX of SV

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  • PVM
  • respiratory mycoplasmosis or other bacterial pneumonia (could be secondary)
53
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Which reovirus is associated with a naturally occurring infection

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Reovirus 3

54
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What does REO stand for in reovirus

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Respiratory Enteric Orphan - virus

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Prevalence in vivaria / contagion of Reovirus 3

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rare / contagious only in pups <2 weeks old

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Prevalence in vivaria / contagion of EDIM

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common / highly contagious

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Clinical signs in natural infection of Reovirus 3 immunocompetent mice

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  • Runted pups, EMACIATION, icterus, neuro signs, diarrhea, fatty feces
  • subclinical in adults
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Clinical signs of natural infection EDIM in of immunocompetent mice

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Runted pups THAT STILL NURSE, diarrhea, fatty feces, can die of obstipation

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Tissue tropism of Reovirus 3

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M cells of Peyer’s patches -> multiple tissues

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Tissue tropism of EDIM

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terminally differentiated enterocytes only

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Reovirus 3 strain susceptibility

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no strain predominance

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EDIM strain susceptibility

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  • BALB/c susceptible
  • C57BL/6 resistant
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Transmission of Reovirus 3

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  • direct contact among infant mice, tumor implantation, injection
  • transmission is inefficient among adult mice
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Gross lesions of Reovirus3

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  • Acute disease: large and dark livers w/ yellow foci of necrosis, red and distended intestines (w/ bright yellow intestinal contents in infants)
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Histopath of reovirus 3

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necrosis and inflammation or many organs (brain, heart, salivary glands, lymph nodes)

the most significant microscopic lesion is ACUTE DIFFUSE ENCEPHALITIS that has a vascular distribution

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EDIM is caused by _____ and is limited to mice _____ of age

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  • rotavirus A
  • < 2 weeks of age
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Clinical signs of EDIM and gross lesions of EDIM

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  • diarrhea, steatorrhea, fluid-dilated small intestine, runting

PRESENCE OF MILK SPOT indicates still eating, helpful to differentiate from reovirus 3 and LIVIM

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What does the milk spot indicate for mice infected with EDIM

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they still have an appetite

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Histopath of EDIM

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vacuolation of the enterocytes on the villus tips (bc it can only replication in terminally differentiated enterocytes)

Villi will have a clubbed appearance due to this pathology

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susceptibility of EDIM

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BALB/c more susceptible than C57BL/6

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What are the two biotypes of Murine hepatitis virus

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  • Enterotropic: tropism for enterocytes (of intestinal tract)
  • Polytropic: tropism for upper respiratory mucosa (but has multisystemic dissemination)
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How can you differentiate MHV from EDIM

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EDIM infected mice will have a milk spot, MHV won’t

73
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What is another name for murine hepatitis virus

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Lehtal intestinal virus of infant mice (LIVIM)

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Clinical signs of MHV

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  • pup will have inappetence, diarrhea, dehydration, and likely death
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Transmission of MHV

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  • natural transmission via respiratory and oral routes
  • contaminated biologicals
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Which mouse, if infected with the polytropic strain of MHV, may develop a wasting syndrome with progressive paralysis?

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athymic nude mice

B and T cells are required to clear the virus, therefore immunodeficient mice cannot clear infection and may die acutely or develop a wasting syndrome

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T/F the Enterotropic strain of MHV causes minimal disease in nude or SCID adults

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Gross lesion of MHV

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liver with yellow/white foci (necrosis)

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what is the hallmark sign of MHV infection?

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syncytia

  • may be transient in immunocompetent strains, will be a persistent feature in chronically infected, immunodeficient mice
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Age impacted by enterotropic MHV

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age impacted by polytropic MHV

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neonates < 2 weeks old

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strains impacted by enterotropic MHV

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all strains

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strains impacted by polytropic MHV

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immunocompromised strains

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tissue tropism of enterotropic MHV

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intestines

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tissue tropism of polytropic MHV

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upper respiratory mucosa (with multisystemic dissemination)

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clinical signs of enterotropic MHV

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empty stomach, dehydrated, runted neonates

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clinical signs of polytropic MHV

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subclinical infection after weaning, can have CNS signs

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pathology of enterotropic MHV

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necrotizing enterotyplocolitis w/ mortality in neonates

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pathology of polytropic MHV

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  • syncytia
  • yellow, white foci (necrosis) in multiple tissues, liver (classical lesion: white spotty liver
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Diagnosis of MHV

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  • serology is most reliable diagnostic
  • Sentinels key to continued serological surveillance
  • Fecal PCR also available
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What are some differentials for diarrheal illness, runting or death in suckling and wasting in immunodeficient mice

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  • MHV
  • EDIM
  • mousepox (ECTV)
  • Reovirus 3
  • Tyzzer’s disease
  • salmonellosis
  • Adenovirus
  • Helicobacter hepaticas
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DDx for neurologic signs

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  • MHV
  • Mouse encephalomyelitis virus
  • Neoplasia, including Polyoma virus-induced tumors in athymic mice
93
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T/F maternal antibodies provide passive immunity to pups

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Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) replicates in which intestines? what lesions are present?

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  • within the intestines
  • no intestinal lesions are present
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What are the clinical signs / gross lesions of TMEV?

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  • flaccid posterior paralysis (poliomyelitis phase)
  • death due to inability to obtain food/water
  • exceedingly rare in immunocompetent mice
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Histopath lesions of TMEV

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neuronlysis, nonsuppurative meningitis, and perivasculitis from spinal cord

97
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Tropism of Murine norovirus (MNV)

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macrophages and dendritic cells

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Research concerns for MNV

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may interfere with enteric disease studies

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Clinical signs of MNV in immunocompetent mice

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Detection of MNV

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  • Serology
  • PCR
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How can MNV be eliminated from a colony?

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  • depopulate and decontaminate
  • rederive
  • cross-foster
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Why is test and culling not useful in MNV outbreaks?

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MNV persists in environment

103
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Best option for routine screening of MNV

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sentinel testing – Mesenteric LN PCR testing postmortem bc of tropism for macrophages and dendritic cells

104
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What other diseases can mesenteric lymph node testing be used for?

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  • MPV, MVM, MHV, and salmonella
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Biggest concern regarding hantavirus

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It is zoonotic

106
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how does hantavirus differ from other Bunyaviridae viruses?

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no arthropod transmission

107
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Transmission of Hantavirus

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  • urine, fecal oral, saliva (?)
108
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Natural reservoir of hantavirus in the wild

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the Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

109
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What are the two syndromes of Hantavirus in people?

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  • Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
  • Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

LIFELONG INFECTION

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Testing and diagnosis of PCR

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  • Serology and PCR
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Clinical signs of Hantavirus

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infection is subclinical

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