High-Pressure Inactivation of Hepatitis A Virus within Oysters

Previous results demonstrated that hepatitis A virus (HAV) could be inactivated by high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) (D. H. Kingsley, D. Hoover, E. Papafragkou, and G. P. Richards, J. Food Prot. 65:1605-1609, 2002); however, direct evaluation of HAV inactivation within contaminated oysters was not performed. In this study, we report confirmation that HAV within contaminated shellfish is inactivated by HHP. Shellfish were initially contaminated with HAV by using a flowthrough system. PFU reductions of >1, >2, and >3 log₁₀ were observed for 1-min treatments at 350, 375, and 400 megapascals, respectively, within a temperature range of 8.7 to 10.3°C. Bioconcentration of nearly 6 log₁₀ PFU of HAV per oyster was achieved under simulated natural conditions. These results suggest that HHP treatment of raw shellfish will be a viable strategy for the reduction of infectious HAV.     

Inactivation of Geobacillus stearothermophilus Spores by High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide Treatment

High-pressure CO₂ treatment has been studied as a promising method for inactivating bacterial spores. In the present study, we compared this method with other sterilization techniques, including heat and pressure treatment. Spores of Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus licheniformis, and Geobacillus stearothermophilus were subjected to CO₂ treatment at 30 MPa and 35°C, to high-hydrostatic-pressure treatment at 200 MPa and 65°C, or to heat treatment at 0.1 MPa and 85°C. All of the bacterial spores except the G. stearothermophilus spores were easily inactivated by the heat treatment. The highly heat- and pressure-resistant spores of G. stearothermophilus were not the most resistant to CO₂ treatment. We also investigated the influence of temperature on CO₂ inactivation of G. stearothermophilus. Treatment with CO₂ and 30 MPa of pressure at 95°C for 120 min resulted in 5-log-order spore inactivation, whereas heat treatment at 95°C for 120 min and high-hydrostatic-pressure treatment at 30 MPa and 95°C for 120 min had little effect. The activation energy required for CO₂ treatment of G. stearothermophilus spores was lower than the activation energy for heat or pressure treatment. Although heat was not necessary for inactivationby CO₂ treatment of G. stearothermophilus spores, CO₂ treatment at 95°C was more effective than treatment at 95°C alone.     

Equine Abortion (Herpes) Virus: Strain Differences in Susceptibility to Inactivation by Dithiothreitol

The infectivity of equine abortion (herpes) virus (EAV) was inactivated by treatment with reduced dithiothreitol (DTT). According to their susceptibility to DTT, the EAV strains could be divided into three groups. The vaccine strain RAC-H (419) proved to be more resistant to DTT than all of the other 14 strains tested. The hemagglutinin of EAV was also inactivated by DTT; no strain differences were observed in this respect.     

Inactivation of a Norovirus by High-Pressure Processing

Murine norovirus (strain MNV-1), a propagable norovirus, was evaluated for susceptibility to high-pressure processing. Experiments with virus stocks in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium demonstrated that at room temperature (20°C) the virus was inactivated over a pressure range of 350 to 450 MPa, with a 5-min, 450-MPa treatment being sufficient to inactivate 6.85 log₁₀ PFU of MNV-1. The inactivation of MNV-1 was enhanced when pressure was applied at an initial temperature of 5°C; a 5-min pressure treatment of 350 MPa at 30°C inactivated 1.15 log₁₀ PFU of virus, while the same treatment at 5°C resulted in a reduction of 5.56 log₁₀ PFU. Evaluation of virus inactivation as a function of treatment times ranging from 0 to 150 s and 0 to 900 s at 5°C and 20°C, respectively, indicated that a decreasing rate of inactivation with time was consistent with Weibull or log-logistic inactivation kinetics. The inactivation of MNV-1 directly within oyster tissues was demonstrated; a 5-min, 400-MPa treatment at 5°C was sufficient to inactivate 4.05 log₁₀ PFU. This work is the first demonstration that norovirus can be inactivated by high pressure and suggests good prospects for inactivation of nonpropagable human norovirus strains in foods.     

S/D处理人纤维蛋白原的病毒灭活验证

在人纤维蛋白原制备工艺中增加Ｓ／Ｄ处理灭活病毒步骤,ＴＮＢＰ和Ｔｗｅｅｎ８０终浓度分别为０．３％和１％,在２５℃处理６小时能有效灭活指示病毒ＶＳＶ（〉３．７５Ｌｏｇ）、Ｓｉｎｄｂｉｓ（〉４．４６Ｌｏｇ）、ＨＩＶ（〉３．６７Ｌｏｇ）,盲传三代未检出病毒     

Inactivation of Encephalomyocarditis Virus in Aerosols: Fate of Virus Protein and Ribonucleic Acid

After aerosolization at relative humidities of 50% or lower, encephalomyocarditis virus is rapidly inactivated. In this process the protein coat of the virion is damaged. This appears as a loss of hemagglutination activity and loss of affinity for hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies. The ribonucleic acid of the virus retains its infectivity but it becomes susceptible to ribonuclease. It sediments in sucrose gradients when centrifuged at high speed with the same velocity as free infectious ribonucleic acid extracted with phenol from intact encephalomyocarditis virus.     

Glutaraldehyde Inactivation of Virus in Tissue

High concentrations of influenza virus and T3 coliphage were inoculated into mouse tissue blocks. Exposure of the inoculated tissue blocks to 5% alkaline glutaraldehyde resulted in rapid inactivation of both viral agents.     

Radiobiological Inactivation of Epstein-Barr Virus

Lymphocyte transforming properties of B95-8 strain Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are very sensitive to inactivation by either UV or X irradiation. No dose of irradiation increases the transforming capacity of EBV. The X-ray dose needed for inactivation of EBV transformation (dose that results in 37% survival, 60,000 rads) is similar to the dose required for inactivation of plaque formation by herpes simplex virus type 1 (Fischer strain). Although herpes simplex virus is more sensitive than EBV to UV irradiation, this difference is most likely due to differences in the kinetics or mechanisms of repair of UV damage to the two viruses. The results lead to the hypothesis that a large part, or perhaps all, of the EBV genome is in some way needed to initiate transformation. The abilities of EBV to stimulate host cell DNA synthesis, to induce nuclear antigen, and to immortalize are inactivated in parallel. All clones of marmoset cells transformed by irradiated virus produce extracellular transforming virus. These findings suggest that the abilities of the virus to transform and to replicate complete progeny are inactivated together. The amounts of UV and X irradiation that inactivate transformation by B95-8 virus are less than the dose needed to inactivate early antigen induction by the nontransforming P(3)HR-1 strain of EBV. Based on radiobiological inactivation, 10 to 50% of the genome is needed for early antigen induction. Inactivation of early antigen induction is influenced by the cells in which the assay is performed. Inactivation proceeds more rapidly in EBV genome-free cells than in genome carrier Raji or in P(3)HR-1 converted EBV genome-free cells clone B(1). These results indicate that the resident EBV genome participates in the early antigen induction process. Variation in radio-biological killing of B95-8 and P(3)HR-1 EBV is not attributable to variations in the repair capacities of the cells in which the viruses were assayed, since inactivation of HSV was the same in primary lymphocytes and in all lymphoid cell lines tested.     

High-Pressure Inactivation and Sublethal Injury of Pressure-Resistant Escherichia coli Mutants in Fruit Juices

The potential of high-pressure-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli to survive high-pressure pasteurization in fruit juices and in low-pH buffers was investigated. Treatments with up to 500 MPa of pressure caused only a limited direct inactivation of the mutants but resulted in an accelerated low-pH inactivation during subsequent storage.     

汉滩病毒M片段的核苷酸序列变异和系统发生树分析

The total RNA was extracted from two clinical blood samples of HFRS patients and the RNA was amplified by RT-PCRThe amplified DNA fragment of sample 613 involved nucleotides 1,471-1,873,and the sample 226 involved 540-1,244 nucleotides of M fragment of Hantaan virusThen the amplified PCR products were sequenced directlyThe sequencing results demonstrated that there was 84% identity between sample 613 and HV114 virus strain,but was 99% between sample 613 and HTN76-118 strainHowever,in sample 226,there was 95% sequence identity with HV114,82% with HTN76-118The results of phylogenetic tree analysis showed that HV613 was located in the same linage with HTN76-118,the HV226 was in the same linage with HV114 and A9 strains     

Thermal Inactivation of Newcastle Disease Virus

The rate of destruction of hemagglutinins and infectivity of Newcastle disease virus was determined over a temperature range of 37.8 to 60 C. From the calculated values of deltaH and deltaS, it was concluded that inactivation of the hemagglutinating activity and viral infectivity was due to protein denaturation.     

Kinetics of Virus Inactivation by Ammonia

Ammonia has been shown to be virucidal in sludge and NH₄Cl solutions, although the rates at which viruses are inactivated have not been thoroughly studied. In the present studies, the kinetics of the poliovirus type 1 (strain CHAT) and bacteriophage f2 inactivation were examined in such a way that the effects of OH⁻ and NH₄⁺ could be separated from those of NH₃. Purified virus stocks were placed into solutions of NH₄Cl and control solutions containing an equivalent concentration of NaCl and incubated at 20°C. The percentage of virus surviving was calculated, and the kinetics were evaluated by constructing semilogarithmic plots of data. At all pH values and NH₃ concentrations studied, the kinetics of the inactivation of both viruses were pseudo-first order. OH⁻ had no measurable effect on the viruses, whereas the effects of NH₄⁺ and Na⁺ were similar. A dose-response relationship between NH₃ and the viruses was also found. Bacteriophage f2 was approximately 4.5 times more resistant to the effects of NH₃ than was poliovirus.     

Photoinhibition in Vitis californica: The Role of Temperature during High-Light Treatment

Leaves of Vitis californica Benth. (California wild grape) exposed to a photon flux density (PFD) equivalent to full sun exhibited temperature-dependent reductions in the rates or efficiencies of component photosynthetic processes. During high-PFD exposure, net CO₂ uptake, photon yield of oxygen evolution, and photosystem II chlorophyll fluorescence at 77 Kelvin (F_m, F_v, and F_v/F_m) were more severely inhibited at high and low temperatures than at intermediate temperatures. Sun leaves tolerated high PFD more than growth chamber-grown leaves but exhibited qualitatively similar temperature-dependent responses to high-PFD exposures. Photosystem II fluorescence and net CO₂ uptake exhibited different sensitivities to PFD and temperature. Fluorescence and gas exchange kinetics during exposure to high PFD suggested an interaction of multiple, temperature-dependent processes, involving both regulation of energy distribution and damage to photosynthetic components. Comparison of F_v/F_m to photon yield of oxygen evolution yielded a single, curvilinear relationship, regardless of growth condition or treatment temperature, whereas the relationship between F_m (or F_v) and photon yield varied with growth conditions. This indicated that F_v/F_m was the most reliable fluorescence indicator of PSII photochemical efficiency for leaves of different growth conditions and treatments.     

静注丙球低pH孵放灭活病毒效果验证

以水泡性口炎病毒（ＶＳＶ）为指示病毒,考察了低ｐＨ孵放不同时间对低温乙醇法生产的静注丙球（ＩＶＩＧ）中ＶＳＶ的灭活效果,并对不同厂家及不同批号ＩＶＩＧ中病毒灭活情况进行了比较。结果表明,液体ＩＶＩＧ在ＰＨ４．１±０．３,２０－２５℃,孵放２１天可灭活ＶＳＶ达６Ｌｏｇｓ以上（即低于实验检测限）,但不同厂家及不同批号的ＩＶＩＧ在病毒灭活的发生上有所不同     

病毒灭活和SD血浆的制备

建立制备病毒灭活SD血浆的方法。血浆内加入 1%TNBP/ 1%TritonX10 0 ,30℃保温 4h后用反相层析和超滤去除血浆中的TNBP和TritonX10 0。在 30℃保温 15min后血浆内脂包膜病毒全部被杀灭。超滤后的血浆内TNBP和TritonX10 0的含量都低于 5mg/L。SD血浆蛋白含量的改变都在准许的范围内。建立了一种病毒灭活血浆的制备方法。     

Inactivation of Semliki Forest Virus in aerosols.

Purified Semliki forest virus in aerosols is inactivated rapidly at 40% and above 70% relative humidity. At all humidities tested the decay of virus infectivity runs parallel with the decrease in hemagglutination activity, whereas the biological integrity of the virus ribonucleic acid is preserved. Also, free infectious ribonucleic acid is stable after spraying at all relative humidities. Evidence is presented for the hypothesis that above 20% relative humidity, virus inactivation in aersols is mainly due to surface-dependent factors, damaging the virus coat.     

血液制品病毒灭活及去除工艺进展

随着医学科学的进步和大众生活水平的提高,血液制品的安全性愈来愈受到关注。为了提高血液制品的安全性,国家食品药品监督管理局发布的相关指导原则要求生产工艺要具有一定的去除/灭活部分病毒能力,生产过程中应有特定的去除/灭活病毒方法。我们对几种适用于血液制品的病毒灭活方法及病毒去除工艺进行综述,以期对生产及科研提供参考。     

Diversity and Epidemiology of Mokola Virus

Mokola virus (MOKV) appears to be exclusive to Africa. Although the first isolates were from Nigeria and other Congo basin countries, all reports over the past 20 years have been from southern Africa. Previous phylogenetic studies analyzed few isolates or used partial gene sequence for analysis since limited sequence information is available for MOKV and the isolates were distributed among various laboratories. The complete nucleoprotein, phosphoprotein, matrix and glycoprotein genes of 18 MOKV isolates in various laboratories were sequenced either using partial or full genome sequencing using pyrosequencing and a phylogenetic analysis was undertaken. The results indicated that MOKV isolates from the Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Nigeria clustered according to geographic origin irrespective of the genes used for phylogenetic analysis, similar to that observed with Lagos bat virus. A Bayesian Markov-Chain-Monte-Carlo- (MCMC) analysis revealed the age of the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of MOKV to be between 279 and 2034 years depending on the genes used. Generally, all MOKV isolates showed a similar pattern at the amino acid sites considered influential for viral properties.     

静脉注射免疫球蛋白制备中的病毒灭活

在静脉注射免疫球蛋白（ＩＶＩＧ）的制备中,采用有机溶剂结合表面活性剂（Ｓ／Ｄ）处理或６０℃１０小时液态加热（巴氏灭活法）的方法对组分Ⅱ（ＩｇＧ）进行病毒灭活处理,灭活效果用指示病毒进行了评价,结果表明：Ｓ／Ｄ法可有效灭活脂包膜病毒ＶＳＶ和Ｓｉｎｄｂｉｓ,巴氏灭活法则对上述病毒以及Ｖａｃｃｉｎｉａ和Ｅｃｈｏ病毒均有较好的灭活作用。经病毒灭活处理的免疫球蛋白,在理化及生物学特性上基本未受到不利影响,用两种方法分别处理组分Ⅱ后制备的ＩＶＩＧ,其主要特性指标均符合该制品的有关质量规定。