轮状病毒感染成年小鼠的研究

目的研究成年昆明种小鼠对实验感染人轮状病毒(rotavirus,RV)的敏感性。方法在实验条件下,用A组人Wa和恒河猴SA11株RV感染成年昆明种小鼠,观察小鼠的临床反应和排毒情况。结果成年昆明种小鼠感染Wa和SA11RV第二天后出现明显的临床腹泻症状,第四天达到高峰;至少在感染后连续6天的动物大便中可检测到较高滴度的RV抗原。结论成年昆明种小鼠对RV感染有很高的敏感性,可做为动物模型,在RV感染的药物治疗效果评价和疫苗保护性效果评价中具有重要价值。     

轮状病毒感染成年鼠肠外症状的实验研究

目的研究成年ICR小鼠对人轮状病毒感染的敏感性及感染后的临床特征。方法在实验条件下,分别用人源轮状病毒感染普通ICR小鼠及阿莫西林干预后的成鼠,观察小鼠的临床反应和排毒情况。结果成年ICR小鼠被人源轮状病毒感染后会出现明显的肠外症状,但无临床腹泻发生,在感染后连续6d的动物大便中检测到和感染病毒一致的轮状病毒基因带。结论成年ICR小鼠被人源轮状病毒感染后会出现明显的肠外症状,但无腹泻发生,即使在先前用抗生素扰乱肠道菌群后也无腹泻症状。模型的建立有利于进一步研究轮状病毒感染的肠外症状及相关的并发症。     

Projecting the effectiveness of RotaTeq® against rotavirus-related hospitalisations in Brazil

RotaTeq? (Merck & Company, Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA) is an oral pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) that has shown high and consistent efficacy in preventing rotavirus gastroenteritis (RGE) in randomised clinical trials previously conducted in industrialised countries with high medical care resources. To date, the efficacy and effectiveness data for RV5 are available in some Latin American countries, but not Brazil. In this analysis, we projected the effectiveness of RV5 in terms of the percentage reduction in RGE-related hospitalisations among children less than five years of age in four regions of Brazil, using a previously validated mathematical model. The model inputs included hospital-based rotavirus surveillance data from Goiania, Porto Alegre, Salvador and S?o Paulo from 2005-2006, which provided the proportions of rotavirus attributable to serotypes G1, G2, G3, G4 and G9, and published rotavirus serotype-specific efficacy from the Rotavirus Efficacy and Safety Trial. The model projected an overall percentage reduction of 93% in RGE-related hospitalisations, with an estimated annual reduction in RGE-related hospitalisations between 42,991-77,383 in the four combined regions of Brazil. These results suggest that RV5 could substantially prevent RGE-related hospitalisations in Brazil.     

杭州地区腹泻儿童轮状病毒与腺病毒感染调查

目的分析不同季节及不同年龄段腹泻患儿感染轮状病毒(RV)与腺病毒(Eads)情况,为临床提供早期、快速、准确、可靠的依据,以便及时采取相应的治疗使患儿早日康复。方法采用杭州艾博医药有限公司提供的轮状病毒(A组)/腺病毒检测试剂盒(乳胶法),对2012年1月至2015年12月浙江省人民医院门诊和住院就诊的3 368例腹泻儿童粪便标本进行轮状病毒和腺病毒抗原检测。结果 3 368例腹泻儿童粪便中,RV阳性578例占17.16%,Eads阳性106例占3.15%。11月至次年1月为轮状病毒感染的高发月份,1~3岁为儿童感染的高发年龄;腺病毒感染阳性率低,呈散发性。结论杭州地区近年1~3岁婴幼儿的腹泻主要是由轮状病毒和腺病毒引起,其中轮状病毒感染率明显高于腺病毒,且有明显的季节性;而腺病毒感染呈散发流行,未表现出明显的季节性及年龄分布。     

Evidence of the co‐circulation of enteric viruses in sewage and in the population of Greater Cairo

Aims: To characterize major enteric viruses (enterovirus, rotavirus, norovirus, astrovirus and adenovirus) in the sewage of Greater Cairo and to compare the results with clinical data collected during the same period. Methods and Results: Seventy‐two sewage samples from two waste water treatment plants were collected from April 2006 through February 2007. Enteroviruses, noroviruses (NoVs) and rotaviruses (RVs) were detected by RT‐PCR in 22%, 18% and 8·3% of the samples, respectively. No adenovirus and astrovirus was detected. G2P[8], G9P[8], G1P[8], G2P[4] and rare G12 RV isolates were detected in the environment as well as a bovine RV. The environmental NoV strains mostly belonged to genogroup I (84%). Rotaviruses and some of the NoVs were similar to those found in the clinical samples at the same time. Conclusions: The comparison of environmental and clinical data suggests that similar RV and NoV isolates were circulating in the environment and in the population during the same period. Significance and Impact of the Study: Few studies have investigated the prevalence and the epidemiology of RVs and NoVs in Cairo. This work is the first to establish a correlation between viral gastroenteritis and the concomitant presence of enteric viruses in the environment for Greater Cairo where combined environmental and clinical surveys should help to prevent infections caused by these major pathogens.     

Risk assessment of adenoviruses detected in treated drinking water and recreational water

AIMS: Human adenoviruses (HAds) have previously been detected in sewage and polluted river and dam water, as well as treated drinking water. The 51 serotypes of HAds cause a wide range of infections with clinical manifestations associated with the gastrointestinal, respiratory and urinary tracts, and the eyes. Water may play a meaningful role in the transmission of many of these HAd serotypes, specifically the enteric HAds which are transmitted via the faecal-oral route. The presence of these viruses in water used for drinking and recreational purposes is considered to constitute a potential health risk. In this study, the risk of infection by the group of HAds previously detected over a period of 1 year in selected drinking water supplies, as well as river and dam water used for recreational purposes, was assessed. METHODS AND RESULTS: Adenoviruses were previously detected in nine of 204 (4.41%) samples of two drinking water supplies (A and B) treated and disinfected according to international specifications, in four of 51 (7.8%) samples of river water and nine of 51 (17.7%) samples of dam water. Application of these previously published results in an exponential risk assessment model indicated an annual risk of infection of 1.01 x 10(-1) and 1.7 x 10(-1) for drinking water supplies A and B, respectively, assuming a daily consumption of 2 l day(-1). The daily risk of infection constituted by HAds in the river water was calculated as 1.71 x 10(-4), and in the dam water as 3.12 x 10(-5), assuming a consumption of 30 ml of water per day. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of infection exceeded the tolerable risk of one infection per 10 000 consumers per year proposed for drinking water. However, the results for river and dam water used for recreational purposes were within the tolerable risk of one infection per 1000 bathers per day proposed for environmental waters used for recreational purposes. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The study showed that the risk of HAd infection calculated for the drinking water supplies and the recreational water may overestimate the actual risk of infection, as conservative values were assumed for some of the variables. For a more accurate assessment of the potential risk of infection research should at least include a thorough investigation of the water consumption of individuals in South Africa, and the efficiency of recovery of the glass wool adsorption-elution method.     

Development of a SYBR Green I real-time PCR for quantitative detection of Vibrio alginolyticus in seawater and seafood

AIM: Vibrio alginolyticus is an economically important micro-organism. The main aim of the present study was to develop a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid, sensitive and effective quantification of V. alginolyticus in seawater and seafood. METHODS AND RESULTS: Purified DNA of V. alginolyticus, artificially inoculated seawater and seafood tissue homogenates were subjected to the gyrB-targeted real-time PCR assay. Natural seawater and seafood samples were analysed by this real-time PCR protocol. Specificity tests showed that positive result was obtained only with V. alginolyticus strains. The detection sensitivity was determined to be 0.4 pg of genomic DNA equivalent to 72 cells per PCR in pure culture and 100 cells in 1 ml of seawater or seafood tissue homogenates. Single cell detection is achieved after 3 h of sample enrichment. CONCLUSIONS: A sensitive and specific SYBR Green I-based real-time PCR assay targeting gyrB gene was successfully developed to quantify V. alginolyticus within 6 h in seawater and seafood samples. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: No report on the molecular-based method was available for quantitative detection of V. alginolyticus. This work will provide a novel method for evaluation of the risk of V. alginolyticus to marine environmental health and seafood safety.     

A food‐borne outbreak of gastroenteritis due to genotype G1P[8] rotavirus among adolescents in Japan

Six high school students in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, developed gastroenteritis after eating at a pork cutlet shop. Molecular epidemiologic analyses showed that the causative agent was genotype G1P[8] rotavirus (RV), this being detected in stool samples from both the patients and the asymptomatic food handlers. The detected RV strains were closely related genetically. The only uncooked food that all victims had eaten was raw sliced cabbage. These findings results suggest that uncooked foods contaminated with RV may be sources of infectious gastroenteritis in adolescents.     

Assessment of adenovirus,hepatitis A virus and rotavirus presence in environmental samples in Florianopolis,South Brazil

Aims: To assess the presence of human adenovirus (HAdV), hepatitis A (HAV) virus and rotavirus A (RV‐A) in environmental samples from the Southern region of Brazil and to provide viral contamination data for further epidemiological studies and governmental actions. Methods and Results: Water samples from various sources (seawater, lagoon brackish water, urban wastewater, drinking water sources‐with and without chlorination and water derived from a polluted creek) and oysters of two growing areas were analysed by enzymatic amplification (nested PCR and RT‐PCR), quantification of HAdV genome (qPCR) and viral viability assay by integrated cell culture‐PCR (ICC‐PCR). From June 2007 to May 2008 in a total of 84 water samples, 54 (64·2%) were positive for HAdV, 16 (19%) for RV‐A and 7 (8·3%) for HAV. Viability assays showed nonpositive samples for HAV; though, infectious viruses were confirmed for RV‐A (12·5%) and HAdV (88·8%). Oyster samples by PCR were positive for HAdV (87·5%) and RV‐A (8·3%), but none for HAV. Quantitative PCR in oysters showed means loads in genomic copies (gc) of 9·1 × 10⁴ gc g^?1 (oyster farm south) and 1·5 × 10⁵ gc g^?1 (oyster farm north) and in waters ranging from 2·16 × 10⁶ (lagoon water) to 1·33 × 10⁷ gc l^?1 (untreated drinking water). Conclusions: This study has shown a widespread distribution of the analysed viruses in this particular region with high loads of HAdV in the environment which suggests the relevance of evaluating these viruses as positive indicators of viral contamination of water. Significance and Impact of the Study: The environmental approach in this study provides data concerning the prevalence, viability and quantification of enteric viruses in environmental waters and oysters in the South region of Brazil and has indicated that their presence might pose a risk to population in contact with the environmental samples searched.     

Comparative Inactivation of Murine Norovirus, Human Adenovirus, and Human JC Polyomavirus by Chlorine in Seawater

Viruses excreted by humans affect the commercial and recreational use of coastal water. Shellfish produced in contaminated waters have been linked to many episodes and outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis, as well as other food-borne diseases worldwide. The risk can be reduced by appropriate treatment following harvesting and by depuration. The kinetics of inactivation of murine norovirus 1 and human adenovirus 2 in natural and artificial seawater by free available chlorine was studied by quantifying genomic copies (GC) using quantitative PCR and infectious viral particles (PFU). Human JC polyomavirus Mad4 kinetics were evaluated by quantitative PCR. DNase or RNase were used to eliminate free genomes and assess potential viral infectivity when molecular detection was performed. At 30 min of assay, human adenovirus 2 showed 2.6- and 2.7-log(10) GC reductions and a 2.3- and 2.4-log(10) PFU reductions in natural and artificial seawater, respectively, and infectious viral particles were still observed at the end of the assay. When DNase was used prior to the nucleic acid extraction the kinetic of inactivation obtained by quantitative PCR was statistically equivalent to the one observed by infectivity assays. For murine norovirus 1, 2.5, and 3.5-log(10) GC reductions were observed in natural and artificial seawater, respectively, while no viruses remained infectious after 30 min of contact with chlorine. Regarding JC polyomavirus Mad4, 1.5- and 1.1-log(10) GC reductions were observed after 30 min of contact time. No infectivity assays were conducted for this virus. The results obtained provide data that might be applicable to seawater used in shellfish depuration.     

肠球菌在海水中的消亡机制研究进展

肠球菌作为近岸海域粪便污染的指示细菌和条件致病菌,在海水中的生长与消亡对水质监测以及公众健康具有重要影响.本文简述肠球菌在海水中的生理及分布特征,综述肠球菌在关键环境因子和生物因子影响下的消亡规律,并着重介绍肠球菌在细胞和分子水平的消亡机制与消亡动力学模型,同时对肠球菌的研究方向进行展望.通过构建肠球菌浓度预测模型,以...     

长春地区轮状病毒流行株VP7基因的遗传变异

A组轮状病毒是引起婴幼儿秋冬季病毒性腹泻的主要病原.目前没有有效的治疗药物,应用安全而有效的疫苗是控制重症腹泻的首要措施.对当地A组轮状病毒流行株的主要中和抗原VP7的编码基因进行遗传变异分析,可以为疫苗的应用和开发提供有益的指导.利用ELISA方法对长春地区1999～2005年的腹泻患儿标本检测A组轮状病毒,RT-PCR方法对阳性标本进行G血清分型,发现长春地区2001年以后流行的轮状病毒以G3型血清为主.选取1999～2005年的G3型轮状病毒标本31份,对其VP7基因进行扩增、克隆、测序,经过计算机分析比对,31株G3型轮状病毒VP7基因核苷酸序列没有显著差异.同一流行季节的毒株具有较相似的遗传变异特征.在2003年轮状病毒流行季节内,有6株G3型分离株的VP7基因在碱基1 038位置上出现一个碱基缺失.毒株发生在A、B、C三个高变区的碱基突变,位点相同或者位置临近.2002年以后毒株的基因突变增加,非高变区的碱基变异增加,这可能有助于维持G3型轮状病毒成为流行株.有规律的变异多发生在高变区,但是非高变区的非连续性变异的增加值得引起注意.     

多重RT-PCR用于临床检测三种胃肠炎病毒的研究

轮状病毒、诺瓦克病毒和星状病毒是引起病毒性胃肠炎的主要病原因子。研究采用JV12/JV13、P1/P2和Mon340/Mon348三对引物,建立了同时检测这3种病毒的多重RT-PCR技术,并应用于128份临床粪便样本的检测,检出轮状病毒62份(48.44%),诺瓦克病毒8份(6.25%),星状病毒11份(8.59%)。在灵敏度试验中,轮状病毒的检测灵敏度为5pg/mL、诺瓦克病毒和星状病毒的检测灵敏度均为50pg/mL。该研究所建立3种常见胃肠炎病毒的多重RT-PCR方法具有特异性强、灵敏度高的特点,可用于临床病原诊断和溯源。     

The isolation of a concentrated and purified rotavirus preparation by using bentonite

The preparation obtained when cultivating virus SA-11 in the transplantable cell culture SPEV has been purified and concentrated by means of bentonite. The virus adsorption at acidic values of pH (4.0-4.5) and elution at alkaline values of pH (8.5) were the main stages of production of the concentrated and purified rotavirus preparation. The paper embraces data on the infective activity of the virus protein content, amount of the rotavirus antigen, results of the electron and immunoelectron microscopy, characterizing the method efficiency.     

A propidium monoazide–quantitative PCR method for the detection and quantification of viable Enterococcus faecalis in large-volume samples of marine waters

The development of rapid detection assays of cell viability is essential for monitoring the microbiological quality of water systems. Coupling propidium monoazide with quantitative PCR (PMA-qPCR) has been successfully applied in different studies for the detection and quantification of viable cells in small-volume samples (0.25–1.00 mL), but it has not been evaluated sufficiently in marine environments or in large-volume samples. In this study, we successfully integrated blue light-emitting diodes for photoactivating PMA and membrane filtration into the PMA-qPCR assay for the rapid detection and quantification of viable Enterococcus faecalis cells in 10-mL samples of marine waters. The assay was optimized in phosphate-buffered saline and seawater, reducing the qPCR signal of heat-killed E. faecalis cells by 4 log₁₀ and 3 log₁₀ units, respectively. Results suggest that high total dissolved solid concentration (32 g/L) in seawater can reduce PMA activity. Optimal PMA-qPCR standard curves with a 6-log dynamic range and detection limit of 10² cells/mL were generated for quantifying viable E. faecalis cells in marine waters. The developed assay was compared with the standard membrane filter (MF) method by quantifying viable E. faecalis cells in seawater samples exposed to solar radiation. The results of the developed PMA-qPCR assay did not match that of the standard MF method. This difference in the results reflects the different physiological states of E. faecalis cells in seawater. In conclusion, the developed assay is a rapid (～5 h) method for the quantification of viable E. faecalis cells in marine recreational waters, which should be further improved and tested in different seawater settings.     

Performance of Two Quantitative PCR Methods for Microbial Source Tracking of Human Sewage and Implications for Microbial Risk Assessment in Recreational Waters

Before new, rapid quantitative PCR (qPCR) methods for assessment of recreational water quality and microbial source tracking (MST) can be useful in a regulatory context, an understanding of the ability of the method to detect a DNA target (marker) when the contaminant source has been diluted in environmental waters is needed. This study determined the limits of detection and quantification of the human-associated Bacteroides sp. (HF183) and human polyomavirus (HPyV) qPCR methods for sewage diluted in buffer and in five ambient, Florida water types (estuarine, marine, tannic, lake, and river). HF183 was quantifiable in sewage diluted up to 10⁻⁶ in 500-ml ambient-water samples, but HPyVs were not quantifiable in dilutions of >10⁻⁴. Specificity, which was assessed using fecal composites from dogs, birds, and cattle, was 100% for HPyVs and 81% for HF183. Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) estimated the possible norovirus levels in sewage and the human health risk at various sewage dilutions. When juxtaposed with the MST marker detection limits, the QMRA analysis revealed that HF183 was detectable when the modeled risk of gastrointestinal (GI) illness was at or below the benchmark of 10 illnesses per 1,000 exposures, but the HPyV method was generally not sensitive enough to detect potential health risks at the 0.01 threshold for frequency of illness. The tradeoff between sensitivity and specificity in the MST methods indicates that HF183 data should be interpreted judiciously, preferably in conjunction with a more host-specific marker, and that better methods of concentrating HPyVs from environmental waters are needed if this method is to be useful in a watershed management or monitoring context.     

Long-term survival of human rotavirus in raw and treated river water

This study was aimed at assessing the role of water as a vehicle for rotavirus spread by determining how well these viruses survive in the water environment. A cell culture adapted strain of human rotavirus subgroup 2, grown in MA-104 cells, was used as a model. Virus survival was tested in the following types of water samples, derived from the Ottawa River, at two different times of the year: (i) raw water (RW), (ii) muncipally treated tap water (TW), and (iii) raw water that had been filtered (FW) through a membrane (0.22 micron). The water samples, with approximately 5.0 X 10(4) plaque-forming units (PFU) of the virus, were held at either 4 or 20 degrees C and tested for infectious virus over a period of 64 days. The TW samples had a total and free chlorine content of 0.05 and less than 0.05 mg/L, respectively. The chlorine in these samples was not neutralized before virus contamination. Irrespective of the holding temperature, the virus titre in FW remained essentially unaltered throughout the test period. In TW held at 4 degrees C, there was no significant drop in the virus titre even after 64 days, whereas at 20 degrees C the titre in TW was reduced by about 2 log10 over the same period. Even though the loss of virus infectivity was most rapid in RW held at 20 degrees C, it took about 10 days for a 99.0% reduction in the plaque titre of the virus. These findings, therefore, indicate that rotaviruses can survive for several days in raw and treated river water thus making recreational and potable waters potential vehicles for the transmission of rotavirus infections.     

Tyrosine phosphorylation modulates mitochondrial chaperonin Hsp60 and delays rotavirus NSP4‐mediated apoptotic signaling in host cells

Phosphoproteomics‐based platforms have been widely used to identify post translational dynamics of cellular proteins in response to viral infection. The present study was undertaken to assess differential tyrosine phosphorylation during early hours of rotavirus (RV) SA11 infection. Heat shock proteins (Hsp60) were found to be enriched in the data set of RV‐SA11 induced differentially tyrosine‐phosphorylated proteins at 2 hr post infection (hpi). Hsp60 was further found to be phosphorylated by an activated form of Src kinase on 227th tyrosine residue, and tyrosine phosphorylation of mitochondrial chaperonin Hsp60 correlated with its proteasomal degradation at 2–2.5hpi. Interestingly, mitochondrial Hsp60 positively influenced translocation of the rotaviral nonstructural protein 4 to mitochondria during RV infections. Phosphorylation and subsequent transient degradation of mitochondrial Hsp60 during early hours of RV‐SA11 infection resulted in inhibition of premature import of nonstructural protein 4 into mitochondria, thereby delaying early apoptosis. Overall, the study highlighted one of the many strategies rotavirus undertakes to prevent early apoptosis and subsequent reduced viral progeny yield.