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ReoViruses Flashcards

1
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Reo stands for

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Resp, enteric & orphan

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2
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important reovirus genera

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orbivirus genus: AHS, Equine encephalosis, BTD
Rotavirus genus: Rotavirus A-J

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T/F

Bluetongue is caused by an intraerythrocytic parasite

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False

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4
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whys is it called Blue tongue

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farmers could observe cyanosis of tongue in clinical cases

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5
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which serotype of bluetongue disease caused a devastating outbreak in 2006

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ST8

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6
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BTV is enveloped or not?

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non-enveloped

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7
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How many serotypes of BTV

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28 (29)

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How can we know which serotype of BTV it is

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with it’s VP2

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9
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What are the atypical serotypes

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BTV-25,26 & 27 (28)

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10
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Why are they called atypical serotypes

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  • non pathogenic
  • direct contact transmission
  • found exclusively in small ruminants
  • unable to grow in culicoides cell lines
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11
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Where was BTV-28 found?

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isolated from contaminated live-attenuated sheeppox and lumpy skin disease vaccines in israel

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12
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Is BTV important

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yes, has a high economical impact

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13
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why does BTV have a high economical impact

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high morbidity and mortality
stillbirths, abortion
decreased BirthW
reduced milk yield & fertility rates
meat losses

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14
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vector of BTV

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BTV spread naturally to susceptible hosts by the bite of blood sucking midges of genus culicoides

biological vector

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15
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which culicoides species are responsible for the transmission of BTV

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C. Oxystoma
C. imicola

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16
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Where is BTV found

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the culicoides vector can survive at 15° so more in southern regions

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17
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other possible route of infection other than biological vector of BTV

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in utero
transplacental infection
venereal transmission through semen

(most important)

also contact/ oral
iatrogenic
mechanical vector

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18
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what is the extrinsic incubation

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incubation inside the vector

4-20 dys (depends on the temperature)

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19
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what can be a mechanical vector of BTV

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sheep ked, tick

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20
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BTV outbreaks

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seasonal, late summer & autumn

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21
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how can BTV re-emerge after winter?

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BTV possibly overwinters transplacentally in infected calves

(kind of persistent viraemia)

viraemia of in utero infected calves differs from prolonged one of adult animal

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22
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which domestic animals does BTV infect

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sheep
goats
cattle
carnivores

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23
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Cattle BTV

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viraemic period longer in cattle than in sheep
cattle is reservoir & amplifying host
usually asymptomatic or sub-clinical
BTV8 severe clinical signs in cattle in 2006

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24
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Goats BTV

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usually asymptomatic or sub-clinical infection
but in 2006 BTV8 : severe clinical signs in goats

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25
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BTV pathogenesis

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  • bite of infected midges
  • skin to local Ln
  • 1st viraemia to secondary organs
  • rep in endothelial cells & mononuclear phagocytic cells of skin
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26
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early viraemia of BTV

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associated with all blood elements

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27
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later stages

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exclusively associated with erythrocytes

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28
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virus effect on a cellular aspect

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very strong affinity to endothelial cells, replication causes apoptosis & necrosis of endothelial cells of small blood vessels in target tissues

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29
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BTV cross protection

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specific neutralising antibodies provide long-lasting protection with homologous serotype only

no cross protection at all

30
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clinical forms of BTV

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from asymptomatic to lethal

30
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CS of BTV

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fever
serous to bloody nasal discharge (mucopurulent)
hyperaemia and oedema of face (monkey face)
oral erosions
cyanosis of tongue
coronitis (lamness)
resp
muscular necrosis

31
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cattle BTV CS

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fever
conjunctivitis
nasal discharges
ulcers in oral mucosa
necrosis in lips, tongue & interdigital skin
neuro signs in calves

coronitis, interdigital disease called “dancing disease”

32
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Goat BTV CS

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mild CS

but severe with BTV8

33
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patho of BTV

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endothelial damage: coagulopathy & haemorrhages
oedema
infarction
heavy muscular degeneration & necrosis
cerebellar hypoplasia
haemorrhagic enteritis in lambs

34
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diagnosis of BTV

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RT qPCR
antibodies: AGID, ELISA

35
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BTV DD

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FMD
sheep pox
IBR
BVD-MD
MCF
panaritium
Vit E & Sel def

36
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BTV control

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mass vaccination (homologous protection)
vector control
restricted zone: 20km
protection zone: 100km
surveillance zone: 150km

NOTIFIABLE

37
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Epizootic Haemorrhagic fever which virus

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Sedoviridae-Orbivirus

38
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Which animals does Epizootic haemorrhagic fever infect

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White tailed deer in the USA

39
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Epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) has how many serotypes

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At least 7

40
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Important Epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) serotype

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ST 2- Ibaraki virus, high mortality in cattle in Japan

41
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Epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) vector

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Mosquito and midges

42
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Epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) control

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NOTIFIABLE
(Domestic ruminants are also susceptible)

43
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Epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) CS

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Oedema, swollen head, neck, tongue
Loss of fear in humans
Lethal within 8-36hrs (100% mortality)

44
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Differentiation of Epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and BTV

45
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African horse sickness occurrence

46
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African horse sickness causative agent

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African horse sickness virus, OrbiVirus (9 serotype of diverse virulence)

47
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Susceptibility of African horse sickness virus

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Equids
Rarely: elephant, camel, dog, ferret

48
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Epizootiology of African horse sickness

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Arthropod vectors (midges (biological), mosquitoes(mechanical V), ticks (rarely, more mechanical))
Viraemia: 4-8 days
Shedding : semen, urine,discharges
Inf of carnivores : consumption of horse meat

49
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African horse sickness Patho genesis

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1st rep: lymphatic tissue
Viraemia
Lymph & blood vessel endothel damage
Oedema, haemorrhages
Pulmonary oedema, cardiopathy

50
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African horse sickness mortality rate

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Horse: 70-96!

51
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Peracute African horse sickness CS

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fever, sweating, red conjunctiva
Dyspnoe, foamy nasal discharge
Death within 24hrs

52
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Acute form of African horse sickness CS

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Resp form, death within a week

53
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Subacute African horse sickness CS

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Cardiac, oedematic form
Fever
Oedema “hippo head”
Let oedema neck &chest
Haemorrhage in conjunctiva & ventral aspect of tongue
Death of cardiac dysfunction
If survives oedema disappears within 3-8 dys

54
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Mixed form of African horse sickness

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Milder Resp signs, oedema

55
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Chronic form of African horse sickness

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Recurrent fever (in afternoon)
Mainly donkeys, zebras, immune horses

56
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Patho of African horse sickness

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Pulm. Oedema
Oedema under skin
Haemorrhages

57
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Patho of African horse sickness

A

Pulm. Oedema
Oedema under skin
Haemorrhages

58
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Diagnosis of African horse sickness

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notifiable disease - lab D is needed
virus isolation: suckling mouse brain
RT-PCR
ELISA

59
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DDx of African horse sickness

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Equine viral arteritis (typically abortions)
babesiosis
anthrax
Equine infectious anaemia

60
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prevention and control of African horse sickness in AHS free countries

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restriction on equine importation from endemic countries
(permission with 30 dys quarantine, serologie and virologie)
ectoparasitic treatment
dog potential carriers

Notifiable D

61
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outbreak control of African horse sickness

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sanitary prophylaxis
slaughtering animals, insect control
vaccination on safety zone (x2)

62
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protection for African horse sickness in endemic countries

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attenuated, polyvalent vaccines (prod in ,ouse brain or cell culture)
protects for a few years

63
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equine encephalosis occurence

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southern countries of africa, in Israel too

64
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equine encephalosis causative agent & vector

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orbivirus, culicoides vector

65
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equine encephalosis pathogenesis

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similar to AHS
blood vessel damages

66
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equine encephalosis CS

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3-10 dys incubation
asymptomatic mostly
oedema of lips & eyelids
CNS signs (brain oedema)
abortion (first 5-6 months)
enteritis, liver dystrophy

67
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equine encephalosis mortality

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recovery, rarely fatal

68
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equine encephalosis prevention & control

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no vaccine
epi measures

69
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equine encephalosis diagnosis

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PCR to differentiate with AHS
elisa to detect Ab

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