Detection of very virulent infectious bursal disease virus from a field outbreak in Central India

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azad Singh ◽  
Megha Bedekar ◽  
Rakesh Sharma ◽  
Bikash Sarkhel ◽  
Sanjeev Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Central India ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Analysis ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Vp2 Gene ◽  
Bursal Disease ◽  
Commercial Broiler

In order to detect infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), bursal tissue was collected from 10 IBD-suspected birds from a 30-day-old, IBDV-vaccinated commercial broiler chicken flock of 2000 birds exhibiting clinical signs suggestive of infectious bursal disease (IBD). The presence of IBDV was confirmed by partial amplification of the VP2 gene by reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction. Isolates were identified as very virulent strains of IBDV (vvIBDV) by nucleotide sequence analysis. The comparison of the VP2 nucleotide sequences among the isolates revealed the presence of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the VP2 gene of IBDV in the same flock. The comparative analysis indicated that these viruses were genetically close to the vvIBDVs previously detected in India. Our analysis provided information about the existence of vvIBDV in Central India.

scholarly journals Molecular characterisation of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) isolated from commercial broiler chickens in Nile Delta

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Alkhalefa ◽  
M. El-Abasy ◽  
S. Kasem ◽  
E. Abu El-Naga
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Nile Delta ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Analysis ◽  
Vp2 Gene ◽  
Bursal Disease ◽  
Commercial Broiler

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a highly infectious disease affecting young chickens that alters predominantly the immune system. Emergence of new variants causes severe economic losses not only in Egypt but also all over the world. For this purpose assessment of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) genotypes in 20 commercial broiler flocks aged 20–35 days raised in 5 provinces in the Nile Delta, Egypt (Gharbia, Dakahlya, Kafr El sheikh, Zagazig and Domietta) was carried out. All flocks were vaccinated against IBD virus. RT-PCR revealed successful amplification of 620 bp of VP2 in 17 out of 20 samples (85%). VP2 gene nucleotide sequence analysis of six IBDV isolates (F342-1, F342-2, F342-4, F342-5 and F342-7) revealed 99.1 % similarity to the Giza 2000, Giza 2008 vv, SV-G1, SV-G2, SV-G4 and SV-G5 which were very virulent IBDV strains while the isolate F342-3 was close to D78 classical vaccinal strain and Kal 2001 classical IBDV strain variant.

scholarly journals Generation of a Mutant Infectious Bursal Disease Virus That Does Not Cause Bursal Lesions

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 2647-2654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Yao ◽  
Mark A. Goodwin ◽  
Vikram N. Vakharia
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Mutant Virus ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Analysis ◽  
Fluorescence Signal ◽  
Bursal Disease

ABSTRACT A reverse genetics system for birnavirus, based on synthetic transcripts of the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) genome, was recently developed (E. Mundt and V. N. Vakharia, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:11131–11136, 1996). To study the function of the 17-kDa nonstructural (NS) protein in viral growth and pathogenesis, we constructed a cDNA clone of IBDV segment A in which the first and only initiation codon (ATG) of NS protein was mutated to a stop codon (TAG). Transfection of Vero cells with combined transcripts of either modified or unmodified segment A, and with segment B, generated viable IBDV progeny. When chicken embryo fibroblast cells infected with transfectant viruses were analyzed by immunofluorescence assays using NS-specific antiserum, the mutant virus did not yield a fluorescence signal, indicating a lack of NS protein expression. Furthermore, replication kinetics and cytotoxic effects of the mutant virus were compared with those of the parental attenuated vaccine strain of IBDV (D78) in vitro. The mutant virus grew to slightly lower titers than D78 virus and exhibited decreased cytotoxic and apoptotic effects in cell culture. To evaluate the characteristics of the recovered viruses in vivo, we inoculated 3-week-old chickens with D78 or mutant virus and analyzed their bursa for histopathological lesions. The recovered D78 virus caused microscopic lesions and atrophy of the bursa, while the mutant virus failed to induce any pathological lesions or clinical signs of disease. In both instances, the virus was recovered from the bursa, and the presence or absence of mutation in these viruses was confirmed by nucleotide sequence analysis of NS gene. Although the mutant virus exhibited a delay in replication in vivo, it induced levels of IBDV neutralizing antibodies that were similar to those of D78 virus. In addition, no reversion of mutation was detected in the mutant virus recovered from inoculated chickens. These results demonstrate that NS protein is dispensable for viral replication in vitro and in vivo and that it plays an important role in viral pathogenesis. Thus, generation of such NS protein-deficient virus will facilitate the study of immunosuppression and aid in the development of live-attenuated vaccines for IBDV.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequence of a Chicken Embryo Fibroblast-Adapted Attenuated Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Isolate from India

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. A. Senthilkumar ◽  
C. V. Priyadharsini ◽  
P. Raja ◽  
K. Kumanan
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus ◽  
Chicken Embryo Fibroblast ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease ◽  
Avian Pathogen ◽  
Bursal Disease ◽  
Commercial Broiler

Infectious bursal disease virus is an avian pathogen that causes huge morbidity and mortality in the poultry sector all over the world. Here, we report the full-length genome sequence of an Indian strain, MB11/ABT/MVC/2016, isolated from a commercial broiler flock. This is a first report of a complete genome sequence of infectious bursal disease virus from India.

scholarly journals Vaccination against Very Virulent Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Using Recombinant T4 Bacteriophage Displaying Viral Protein VP2

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 657-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Chang Cao ◽  
Quan-Cheng Shi ◽  
Jing-Yun Ma ◽  
Qing-Mei Xie ◽  
Ying-Zuo Bi
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Vp2 Protein ◽  
Safe Vaccine ◽  
Bursal Disease ◽  
T4 Bacteriophage ◽  
T4 Phage

AbstractIn order to develop a desirable inexpensive, effective and safe vaccine against the very virulent infectious bursal disease virus (vvIBDV), we tried to take advantage of the emerging T4 bacteriophage surface protein display system. The major immunogen protein VP2 from the vvIBDV strain HK46 was fused to the nonessential T4 phage surface capsid protein, a small outer capsid (SOC) protein, resulting in the 49 kDa SOC-VP2 fusion protein, which was verified by sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blot. Immunoelectromicroscopy showed that the recombinant VP2 protein was successfully displayed on the surface of the T4 phage. The recombinant VP2 protein is antigenic and showed reactivities to various monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against IBDV, whereas the wild-type phage T4 could not react to any mAb. In addition, the recombinant VP2 protein is immunogenic and elicited specific antibodies in immunized specific pathogen free (SPF) chickens. More significantly, immunization of SPF chickens with the recombinant T4-VP2 phage protected them from infection by the vvIBDV strain HK46. When challenged with the vvIBDV strain HK46 at a dose of 100 of 50% lethal dose (LD50) per chicken 4 weeks after the booster was given, the group vaccinated with the T4-VP2 recombinant phage showed no clinical signs of disease or death, whereas the unvaccinated group and the group vaccinated with the wild-type T4 phage exhibited 100% clinical signs of disease and bursal damages, and 30%-40% mortality. Collectively, the data herein showed that the T4-displayed VP2 protein might be an inexpensive, effective and safe vaccine candidate against vvIBDV.

scholarly journals Molecular and Structural Bases for the Antigenicity of VP2 of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (23) ◽  
pp. 12827-12835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Letzel ◽  
Fasseli Coulibaly ◽  
Felix A. Rey ◽  
Bernard Delmas ◽  
Erik Jagt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Disease Virus ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus ◽  
Reverse Genetics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Antigenic Drift ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease ◽  
Antigenic Determinants ◽  
Vp2 Gene ◽  
Bursal Disease

ABSTRACT Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), a member of the family Birnaviridae, is responsible for a highly contagious and economically important disease causing immunosuppression in chickens. IBDV variants isolated in the United States exhibit antigenic drift affecting neutralizing epitopes in the capsid protein VP2. To understand antigenic determinants of the virus, we have used a reverse-genetics approach to introduce selected amino acid changes—individually or in combination—into the VP2 gene of the classical IBDV strain D78. We thus generated a total of 42 mutants with changes in 8 amino acids selected by sequence comparison and their locations on loops PBC and PHI at the tip of the VP2 spikes, as shown by the crystal structure of the virion. The antibody reactivities of the mutants generated were assessed using a panel of five monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Our results show that a few amino acids of the projecting domain of VP2 control the reactivity pattern. Indeed, the binding of four out of the five MAbs analyzed here is affected by mutations in these loops. Furthermore, their importance is highlighted by the fact that some of the engineered mutants display identical reactivity patterns but have different growth phenotypes. Finally, this analysis shows that a new field strain isolated from a chicken flock in Belgium (Bel-IBDV) represents an IBDV variant with a hitherto unobserved antigenic profile, involving one change (P222S) in the PBC loop. Overall, our data provide important new insights for devising efficient vaccines that protect against circulating IBDV strains.

scholarly journals Pathogenicity and Effects on Lymphoid Organs of Recent Moroccan Very Virulent Infectious Bursal Disease Virus in Broilers and SPF Chickens

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charifa DRISSI TOUZANI ◽  
Imane MAAROUFI ◽  
Siham FELLAHI ◽  
Ikhlass EL BERBRI ◽  
Fatima-zohra SIKHT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Total Mortality ◽  
Bursa Of Fabricius ◽  
Infectious Bursal Disease ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Bursal Disease ◽  
Specific Pathogen ◽  
And Control

Abstract The aim of the current study is to evaluate the pathogenicity of recent infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) (1/chicken/Morocco/IB19/2017) genetically characterized as vvIBDV belonging to genogroup 3.Two chicken lines, broiler and specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens, were inoculated by occulonasal route with 0.2 ml of the 105EID50 /ml of viral solution of IB19 vvIBDV strain at 29 days of age. The experimental monitoring was carried out during 10 days post challenge (dpc). The clinical signs stared on day 2 pc with maximum severity observed between 3 and 6 dpc. The total mortality rate reached 10% in broilers (group G1) and 93% in SPF (G3). The macroscopic lesions in broilers G1 was a marked hypertrophy of the bursa of Fabricius (BF) with slight haemorrhage observed between 2 to 4 dpc, followed by very pronounced atrophy observed on the 5 dpc. The post-mortem examinations of dead SPF birds (G3) revealed on 3 dpc very haemorrhagic BF with black cherry appearance in 80 % of dead birds. The mean Bursa/Body Index (BBI) of challenged broilers (G1) showed a decrease of 46% on day 9 pc compared to broilers control group (G2) indicating bursal atrophy. The microscopic lesions found in the BF on 3 dpc consisted mainly of inflammation with severe lymphoid depletion of the follicles. The evaluation of recent vvIBDV outbreak is very important to understand its epidemiology and will contribute to the efficient prevention and control of IBD.

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