Detection of chronic bee paralysis virus and acute bee paralysis virus in Uruguayan honeybees

Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) causes a disease characterized by trembling, flightless, and crawling bees, while Acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV) is commonly detected in apparently healthy colonies, usually associated to Varroa destructor. Both viruses had been detected in most regions of the world, except in South America. In this work, we detected CBPV and ABPV in samples of Uruguayan honeybees by RT-PCR. The detection of both viruses in different provinces and the fact that most of the analyzed samples were infected, suggest that, they are widely spread in the region. This is the first record of the presence of CBPV and ABPV in Uruguay and South America.     

Prevalence of pathogenic bee viruses in Hungarian apiaries: situation before joining the European Union

A survey on the occurrence of six honeybee-pathogenic viruses was carried out using one-step RT-PCR assays. Samples were collected between 1999 and 2004 in 52 Hungarian apiaries located in different regions of the country. The results of the assays on samples of adult honeybees and Varroa destructor mites were compared to similar surveys from France and Austria. The study demonstrates geographical differences in the prevalence of honeybee viruses between Hungary and the older EU member states. The results could serve as a basis for monitoring further changes in the distribution of honeybee viruses in Europe.     

Honeybee viruses in Uruguay

Mortality of honeybees is a serious problem that beekeepers have to face periodically in Uruguay and worldwide. The presence of RNA viruses, in addition to other pathogens may be one of its possible causes. In this work, we detected Chronic bee paralysis virus, Acute bee paralysis virus, Black queen cell virus, Sacbrood virus and Deformed wing virus in samples of Uruguayan honeybees with or without Varroa destructor and Nosema apis. The detection of viruses in different provinces, simultaneous co-infection of colonies by several viruses and the fact that 96% of the samples were infected with one or more virus, indicates they are widely spread in the region.     

Multiplex RT-PCR with broad-range primers and an exogenous internal amplification control for the detection of honeybee viruses in bumblebees

Bumblebees are commercially reared and transported worldwide mainly for pollination of greenhouse tomatoes. Three honeybee viruses have been reported in bumblebees: Acute bee paralysis virus, Kashmir bee virus and Deformed wing virus. We developed a multiplex RT-PCR with primers designed on highly conserved regions of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in order to detect a maximum range of viral variants. Rearing facilities and governmental organizations can now thoroughly screen bumblebee colonies with a cost-effective technique with an integrated internal amplification control (IAC) implementable in laboratories that strive for International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification.     

沭阳县2006-2009年急性弛缓性麻痹病例流行病学分析

为了进一步掌握沭阳县急性弛缓性麻痹(AFP)病例流行特征,从而提高AFP病例的监测工作质量。根据AFP病例个案调查表进行统计分析。结果显示,沭阳县2006-2009年AFP病例监测系统共报告AFP患者28例,15岁以下儿童AFP病例年平均报告发病率为2.31/10万,其中0~4岁发病占67.86%,全程免疫占89.29%,地级医院报告病例占32.14%,AFP患者粪便标本采集率为100%。沭阳县AFP病例监测工作的各项监测指标完成情况较好,但存在薄弱环节,建议不断提高基层医务人员的AFP病例的识别能力和报告意识,消除薄弱环节,不断提高AFP监测工作质量。     

Plaque purification of cricket paralysis virus using an agar overlay on Drosophila cells

Cricket paralysis virus, an insect picorna-like virus, grown and assayed on Drosophila malanogaster cells, gave titers in excess of 10⁹ PFU/ml. The virus was plaque purified using an agar overlay and the intracellular polypeptides induced by “crude” and plaque-purified virions were demonstrated to be very similar.     

联合疗法对慢性乙型肝炎患者红细胞免疫功能的影响

目的观察拉米夫定与氧化苦参碱单用及联合治疗对慢性乙型肝炎(CHB)患者红细胞免疫功能的影响.方法 77例CHB患者随机分成拉米夫定组、氧化苦参碱组和两者联合治疗组,分别对其红细胞膜CD35、CD44s分子定量、红细胞天然免疫粘附功能(CR1分子粘附活性)、红细胞CR1分子密度相关基因型进行测定.结果各组CHB患者红细胞粘附肿瘤细胞能力治疗后较治疗前明显上升(P＜0.05);3组药物对CHB患者红细胞CR1和CD44s分子数量有明显提高作用(P＜0.01),联合组最显著;77例CHB患者治疗前后CR1分子密度相关基因多态性表达型别比率无变化,但CR1分子数量发生明显变化(P＜0.05).结论联合疗法可明显提高CHB患者红细胞免疫功能.     

神经元胞浆转运的两相流模型

提出神经元胞浆转运的两相流模型,对胞浆快转运和慢转运进行统一的流体力学描述,给出微粒转运与胞浆流动的定量关系。     

Survey of six bee viruses using RT-PCR in Northern Thailand

Six honey bee viruses were surveyed using RT-PCR in Northern Thailand where about 80% of Thai apiaries are located. Tested samples were found to be positive for deformed wing virus (DWV), acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV), sacbrood virus (SBV) and Kashmir bee virus (KBV). In the collected samples, neither chronic bee paralysis virus nor black queen cell virus nucleic acids could be detected. It was found that DWV was the most widespread and ABPV was the second most prevalent. Kashmir bee virus was found only in the Lampang province where high infestation of Varroa destructor mite occurred. Tropilaelaps, European foulbrood, and Chalkbrood diseases were found in some apiaries.     

Improvement of RT-PCR detection of chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) required by the description of genomic variability in French CBPV isolates

A new RT-PCR test has been developed to diagnose Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) that is able to detect genetically variable viral isolates. In fact, up to 8.7% divergence between partial nucleotide sequences from viral isolates from French honey bees was highlighted in a preliminary variability study. The previously-described RT-PCR was unable to detect all these viral isolates and RT-PCR diagnosis needed improvement. The new RT-PCR test can detect up to 40% more CBPV isolates.     

漯河市2012年急性弛缓性麻痹病例监测系统运转情况分析

目的：了解漯河市2012年急性弛缓性麻痹（ AFP ）病例监测系统运行情况,提高监测质量,维持无脊髓灰质炎（脊灰）状态。方法使用描述流行病学方法分析个案数据。结果2012年AFP病例监测系统共报告25例,其中AFP病例22例,非AFP病例3例。各项监测指标均符合卫生部相关要求,AFP病例首诊报告率63．64％,异地报告率9．10％。结论漯河市2012年AFP病例监测系统保持较高的运行质量,仍需提高AFP病例首诊报告率,确保监测系统敏感性。     

A survey for pathogens of the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus, in the Western District of Victoria,Australia

A pathogen survey of the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus, in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, during 1979 revealed that cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) was present in 42.7% of the 232 sites sampled. The fungus Metarhizium anisopliae was detected in 5.2% of the sites and represents a new pathogen record for T. commodus. The distribution of both pathogens throughout the sites sampled appeared to be random. There was a positive correlation between sample size and the likelihood of detecting a pathogen, while analysis showed that approximately 30% of the sites were probably virus free. The results are discussed in terms of the potential of CrPV and M. anisopliae as biological control agents for the black field cricket.     

Current discharge management of acute coronary syndromes: data from the Rijnmond Collective Cardiology Research (CCR) study

Background

Medical discharge management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) remains suboptimal outside randomised trials and constitutes an essential quality benchmark for ACS. We sought to evaluate the rates of key guideline-recommended pharmacological agents after ACS and characteristics associated with optimal treatment at discharge.

Methods

The Rijnmond Collective Cardiology Research (CCR) registry is an ongoing prospective, observational study in the Netherlands that aims to enrol 4000 patients with ACS. We examined discharge and 1-month follow-up medication use among the first 1000 patients enrolled in the CCR registry. Logistic regression was performed to identify patient and hospital characteristics associated with collective guideline-recommended pharmacotherapy at hospital discharge.

Results

At discharge, 94 % of patients received aspirin, 100 % thienopyridines, 80 % angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin-II receptor blockers, 87 % β-blockers, 96 % statins, and 65 % the combination of all 5 agents. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, and enrolment in an interventional centre were positive independent predictors of 5-drug combination therapy at discharge. Negative independent predictors were unstable angina and advanced age.

Conclusion

Current data from the CCR registry reflect a high quality of care for ACS discharge management in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region. However, potential still remains for further optimisation.     

西安市1995-2008年检出脊髓灰质炎疫苗病毒的急性弛缓性麻痹病例流行病学分析

分析脊髓灰质炎(脊灰)病毒(PV)的急性弛缓性麻痹(AFP)病例流行病学特征,提高对疫苗衍生脊灰病毒(VDPVs)和循环的疫苗衍生脊灰病毒(cVDPVs)的认识,增加AFP病例监测系统敏感性。对西安市1995-2008年检出的PV阳性AFP病例进行流行病学分析。对疫苗变异PV采用VP1基因核苷酸序列测定方法进行分子生物性状分析。西安市1995-2008年共检出PV13株,检出率4.29%。分离到的PV以II、III型为主,AFP病例散在发生,无聚集性。未全程免疫儿童(全程免疫儿童,年龄以≤1岁儿童为主(84.62%)。麻痹残留率高达84.62%。脊灰相关病例(VAPP)的发生危险性为0.24/100万。型内特征鉴定有1株为疫苗变异PV,经VP1基因核苷酸序列测定未达到VDPV的分类标准。维持无脊灰阶段,存在着VDPV和发生cVDPVs的可能,在保持高水平脊髓灰质炎疫苗(OPV)免疫覆盖率的同时,高质量的AFP病例流行病学监测和病毒学监测工作,具有重要的现实意义。     

Translation initiation by factor-independent binding of eukaryotic ribosomes to internal ribosomal entry sites

Two exceptional mechanisms of eukaryotic translation initiation have recently been identified that differ fundamentally from the canonical factor-mediated, end-dependent mechanism of ribosomal attachment to mRNA. Instead, ribosomal 40S subunits bind in a factor-independent manner to the internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) in an mRNA. These two mechanisms are exemplified by initiation on the unrelated approximately 300 nt.-long Hepatitis C virus (HCV) IRES and the approximately 200 nt.-long cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) intergenic region (IGR) IRES, respectively. Ribosomal binding involves interaction with multiple non-contiguous sites on these IRESs, and therefore also differs from the factor-independent attachment of prokaryotic ribosomes to mRNA, which involves base-pairing to the linear Shine-Dalgarno sequence. The HCV IRES binds to the solvent side of the 40S subunit, docks a domain of the IRES into the ribosomal exit (E) site and places the initiation codon in the ribosomal peptidyl (P) site. Subsequent binding of eIF3 and the eIF2-GTP/initiator tRNA complex to form a 48S complex is followed by subunit joining to form an 80S ribosome. The CrPV IRES binds to ribosomes in a very different manner, by occupying the ribosomal E and P sites in the intersubunit cavity, thereby excluding initiator tRNA. Ribosomes enter the elongation stage of translation directly, without any involvement of initiator tRNA or initiation factors, following recruitment of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosomal aminoacyl (A) site and translocation of it to the P site.     

检测蜜蜂急性麻痹病毒TaqMan实时荧光RT-PCR方法的建立和初步应用

[背景] 蜜蜂急性麻痹病毒（Acute Bee Paralysis Virus,ABPV）是一种高毒力的蜜蜂病毒,可以引起蜜蜂的大批死亡和蜂群衰竭。[目的] 建立一种快速、灵敏的ABPV实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法。[方法] 根据ABPV衣壳蛋白基因保守序列设计引物和探针,通过对引物、探针浓度和退火温度等反应条件进行优化,建立基于TaqMan探针检测ABPV的实时荧光RT-PCR方法,并对方法的灵敏性、特异性和稳定性进行验证。[结果] ABPV实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法在9.8×10¹-9.8×10⁸ copies/μL之间呈现良好的线性关系,线性相关系数R²为0.998,扩增效率为103.8%。该方法的检测灵敏度为9.8 copies/μL;对其他蜜蜂病毒不发生交叉反应,具有良好的特异性;重复性试验结果显示组内和组间的变异系数分别为0.19%-0.80%和0.57%-1.07%,重复性良好。对2018年-2019年在福建地区采集的70份蜜蜂样品进行ABPV检测,阳性率为2.86%。[结论] 建立的ABPV实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法能用于该病的实验室检测、流行病学调查和疫情监测。     

慢性戊肝重叠急性乙肝患者一例报道并文献复习

目的:探讨慢性戊型病毒性肝炎合并急性乙型病毒性肝炎的发病机制、诊断、治疗及其预后。方法:回顾我院收治的一例慢性戊型病毒性肝炎合并急性乙型病毒性肝炎患者的临床资料,并结合文献探讨戊型病毒性肝炎及乙型病毒性肝炎的发病机制,总结其诊断及治疗经验,并评价其预后。结果:该患者戊肝抗体长期阳性,被诊断为慢性戊型病毒性肝炎,但合并急性乙型病毒性肝炎后,经治疗乙肝表面抗原转阴后戊肝抗体Ig M也阴转。结论:慢性戊型病毒性肝炎合并急性乙型病毒性肝炎患者经治疗后可同时出现乙肝表面抗原转阴,戊肝抗体阴转,预后可较好。