A New Strain of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Causing Mosaic Disease of Muskmelon

The virus causing mosaic of muskmelon in the Punjab is transmitted through seed, sap and aphids but not through beetle, whitefly, fungi or contact. It systemically infected Nicotiana tabacum (var. “White Burley” and CTRI-Special), N. glutinosa, N. rustica and Capsicum annuum besides various cucurbit hosts when inoculated mechanically. The virus gave positive reaction with the antiserum of cucumber mosaic virus and the particles are spherical in shape. The virus has been identified as a distinct strain of cucumber mosaic virus and is designated as muskmelon strain of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV-mst.).     

Further Studies on a Virus Causing a Green Mosaic Disease of Eggplant in Nigeria

A virus reported earlier to cause a green mosaic disease of eggplant in Nigeria was studied in more detail. Its filamentous particles with a normal length of 820 nm reacted in immunoelectron microscopical tests strongly with the homologous antiserum and less strongly with antisera to dioscorea green banding mosaic, groundnut eyespot, zucchini yellow mosaic viruses and to a tomato potyvirus isolate from Taiwan. No reactions were seen with antisera to 25 other potyviruses. Several new host plants were identified. Infected cells contained cylindrical inclusions with scrolls and short curved laminated aggregates and clusters of small vesicles with electron-dense content. Host range and serological reactivities differentiate the virus for which the name eggplant green mosaic virus is suggested from all potyviruses so far known.     

A Strain of Eggplant Mosaic Virus Causing a Severe Disease of Tomato in Argentina

A virus causing a severe disease of tomatoes in Argentina was identified as a strain of eggplant mosaic virus (EMV). It resembles the type, Abelia latent and various Andean potato latent strains of EMV in its host range and its transmissibility at allow rate by Epitrix sp. It differs from these strains, however, serologically and in some of its cytopathic effects. In serological agar gel double diffusion tests it proved to be closely related to the tomato white necrosis isolate of EMV studied by Barradas (1983) in Brazil.     

茄子花叶病新毒原

１９９１年从沈阳地区茄子花叶病叶片中分离到了ＳＹ－Ｉｓ分离物。经汁液摩擦接种７个科１６种植物,这一分离物可浸染４个科８种植物,但不侵染黄瓜、两葫芦和蚕豆,也不能经桃蚜和萝卜蚜传播。该分离物体外抗性的致死温度（ＴＩＰ）为９０－９５℃;稀释限点（ＤＥＰ）为１０￣（－６）－１０￣（－７）;体外保毒期（Ｌ）为一个月以上。光学显微镜下可见晶状胞质内含体。叶滴法电镜观察可见大小为±３００×１８ｎｍ的杆状病毒粒子。该病病叶汁液与烟草花叶病毒（ＴＭＶ）普通株抗血清呈明显阳性反应。用ＴＭＶ的一对引物进行多聚酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）,可扩增出一特异性核酸片段。根据上述实验结果,我们认为引起沈阳地区茄子花叶病的毒原种类为ＴＭＶ,是茄子花叶病的新毒原。     

Biological, Serological and Coat Protein Properties of a Strain of Turnip Mosaic Virus Causing a Mosaic Disease of Brassica campestris and B. juncea in India

Biological, serological and coat protein properties of a potyvirus (Poty-Rape) causing a mosaic disease of Brassica campestris and B. juncea in India were investigated. The virus readily infected 4 of the 5 plant species in the family Brassicaceae in which it induced severe systemic mosaic symptoms; it also induced chlorotic and necrotic local lesions in Chenopodium amaranticolor , but failed to infect 4 other species of Chenopodiaceae or 20 species of Amaranthaceae, Apiaceae, Canabinaceae, Compositae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae and Solanaceae. The virus was transmitted in a non-persistant manner by Myzus persicae, Brevicoryne brassicae and Aphis gossypii. The Average size, of the virus particles in a purified preparation was 740 nm × 12 nm. SDS-PAGE analysis of the viral coat protein showed two major bands of approximately 37 kDa and 31 kDa, a pattern very similar to that of a reference isolate of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) from the U.S. In Western-blot immunoassay, an antiserum to TuMV reacted with both the coat protein bands of the Poty-Rape islate and the reference TuMV, but not with the coat proteins of four other potyviruses. The high performance liquid chromatographic profile of tryptic peptides from the coat protein of Poty-Rape was found to be very similar to that of the reference TuMV, but differed substantially from those of four other potyviruses. The Poty-Rape isolate is considered to be a distinct strain of, TuMV.     

由高粱花叶病毒和甘蔗花叶病毒引发的浙江甘蔗花叶病害

从浙江省5个地区采集表现花叶症状的甘蔗病叶,用马铃薯Y病毒科简并引物做PCR扩增及测序鉴定.序列分析表明,5个甘蔗样品均含有高粱花叶病毒(SrMV),其中3个样品中还存在甘蔗花叶病毒(SCMV)的复合侵染.序列比较和系统进化树分析表明,浙江甘蔗样品中的SrMV序列彼此很相似,核苷酸同源性大于93%,与已报道的4个美国分离物在CP区域同源性很高,但是3′非编码区的同源性却仅为70%左右.SCMV欧洲和中国玉米分离物及美国、南非和澳大利亚甘蔗分离物分别形成两个远缘群体,浙江甘蔗分离物群体位于两者之间;群体间CP氨基酸序列同源性均大于80%.甘蔗和玉米上的SCMV差异明显,多为无义突变.     

Virus Excretion from Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus Carrier Cattle and Their Potential Role in Causing New Outbreaks

The role of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) carrier cattle in causing new outbreaks is still a matter of debate and it is important to find out these carrier animals by post-outbreak serosurveillance to declare freedom from FMDV infection. In this study we explore the differences in viral shedding between carrier and non-carrier animals, quantify the transmission rate of FMDV infection from carriers to susceptible animals and identify potential viral determinants of viral persistence. We collected nasal and saliva samples from 32 vaccinated and 7 unvaccinated FMDV carrier cattle and 48 vaccinated and 13 unvaccinated non-carrier cattle (total n=100) during the acute phase of infection (up to 28 days post-challenge) and then from limited number of animals up to a maximum 168 days post-challenge. We demonstrate that unvaccinated cattle excrete significantly higher levels of virus for longer periods compared with vaccinated cattle and this is independent of whether or not they subsequently become carriers. By introducing naïve cattle in to the FMDV carrier population we show the risk of new outbreaks is clearly very low in controlled conditions, although there could still be a potential threat of these carrier animals causing new outbreaks in the field situation. Finally, we compared the complete genome sequences of viruses from carrier cattle with the challenge virus and found no evidence for viral determinants of the carrier state.     

Biological and Serological Properties of Strains of Barley Mild Mosaic Virus

The biological and serological properties of two Japanese barley mild mosaic virus (BaMMV) strains (BaMMV-Kal and BaMMV-Nal) and a German BaMMV strain (BaMMV-M) were compared. Mechanical inoculation experiments showed that these three strains differed from one another in their ability to infect specific barley cultivars. BaMMV-Kal and BaMMV-M caused similar symptoms, but BaMMV-Nal clearly differed from them in its symptoms on some barley cultivars. The three BaMMV strains efficiently infected barley plants at 15°C, whereas at 20°C BaMMV-Kal and BaMMV-M also infected many plants but BaMMV-Nal infected only a few. BaMMV-Kal and BaMMV-M were indistinguishable by ELISA, while BaMMV-Nal was distinguished from both. The biological and serological variability reported shows that BaMMV occurs as two distinct strains in Japan.     

Molecular Detection and Characterization of Chinese Yam Mild Mosaic Virus Isolates

An improved RT‐PCR was developed and validated for the detection of Yam mild mosaic virus (YMMV). Sequences of the coat protein core region of 19 Chinese isolates were obtained, and analysis indicated the presence of different genetic variants. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the Chinese isolates were divided into two distinct clusters. Complete genomic sequences of two distinct Chinese variants were determined to be 9527 and 9529 nucleotides long, excluding the 3′ poly (A) tail. Their genomic structure and organization were virtually identical to that of a Brazilian isolate. The two variants shared identity of 87.3% to one another and 83.9–84.6% to the Brazilian variant at the genomic sequence level. Phylogenetic analyses supported that they represented two distinct YMMV lineages.     

Characterization of a Novel Virus Causing a Lethal Disease in Carp and Koi

Since 1998 a lethal disease of carp and ornamental koi (Cyprinus carpio) has afflicted fisheries in North America, Europe, and Asia, causing severe economic losses to the fish farming industry. This review summarizes the isolation and identification of the disease-causing agent and describes the currently known molecular characteristics of this newly isolated virus, distinguishing it from other known large DNA viruses. In addition, we summarize the clinical and histopathological manifestations of the disease. Providing information on the immune response to this virus and evaluating the available means of diagnosis and protection should help to reduce the damage induced by this disease. This review does not discuss the economic aspects of the disease or the debate on whether the disease should be registered; both of these issues were recently reviewed in detail (O. L. M. Haenen, K. Way, S. M. Bergmann, and E. Ariel, Bull. Eur. Assoc. Fish Pathol. 24:293-307, 2004; D. Pokorova, T. Vesely, V. Piackova, S. Reschova, and J. Hulova, Vet. Med. Czech. 50:139-147, 2005).     

山东省玉米矮花叶病毒的生物学特性及基因组全序列测定

对山东省玉米矮花叶病毒原分离物(SD)进行了寄主范围、血清学等普通生物学鉴定,测定了该病毒的基因组核苷酸全序列。该病毒基因组RNA由9596个核苷酸组成(不包括3’—polyA的长度),整个基因组按一个ORF编码一个3063个氨基酸的多聚蛋白。序列比较表明,该病毒分离物(SD)与玉米矮花叶病河南分离物(HN,EMBL登录号：AF94510)核苷酸全序列同源性最高,为98．2％,与已报道的甘蔗花叶病毒(SCMV)7个分离物同源性也高达79．5％-98．2％,但与玉米矮花叶病毒保加利亚分离物(MDMV—B8,AJ001691)和高梁花叶病毒萧山甘蔗分离物(SrMV—XoS,AJ310197)的同源性仅为67．8％和69．3％,与约翰逊草花叶病毒(226920,JGMV)差异最大。系统进化树分析也表明,该病毒与SCMV分离物位于同一进化簇,而与MDMV进化关系很远。     

Brome Mosaic Virus Infection Mimics, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Disease Symptoms in Small Grains

Previous studies on the occurrence of “barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) disease” in South Africa have led to the conclusion that, although this virus is present, the main causative agent of “yellow dwarf” disease in cereals appears to be the unrelated brome mosaic virus (BMV). In this study, material from South Africa, Britain and Australia that had been identified symprtomatically as being infected with BYDV, was found by serological testing to contain BMV. No BYDV could be detected in the same samples. This report discusses the hazards of relying on symptom expression for the diagnosis of a common world-wide disease problem.     

杭州地区发生的玉米花叶病由甘蔗花叶病毒引起

从杭州地区呈现玉米矮花叶典型症状的玉米病组织中提纯得到大量线状病毒粒子,大多数长度为750?nm。病组织中含有大量风轮状内含体和板状集结体。病毒外壳蛋白为33.6 kD。病毒RNA13’端序列(1.8 kb)与甘蔗花叶病毒(SCMV)同源性最高,达71.5%～99.1%,与高梁花叶病毒(SrMV)同源性次之,为67.8%～68.5%,与玉米矮花叶病毒(MDMV)同源性最低,仅为38.4%～48.4%,从而初步认为此病害由SCMV引起。根据已发表的SCMV外壳蛋白氨基酸序列作亲缘性分析,表明SCMV可分为美国、南非、澳大利亚;德国和中国三大类。     

杭州地区发生的玉米花叶病由甘蔗花叶病毒引起

从杭州地区呈现玉米矮花叶典型症状的玉米病组织中提纯得到大量线状病毒粒子,大多数长度为750nm。病组织中含有大量风轮状内含体和板状集结体,病毒外壳蛋白为33.6kD。病毒RNA1 3'端序列（1.8kb）与甘蔗茶花经叶病毒（SCMV）同源性最高,达71.5%-99.1%,与高梁花叶病毒（SrMV）同源性次之,为67.8%-68.5%,与玉米矮花叶病毒（MDMV）同泊性最低,仅为38.4%-48.4%,从而初步认为此病害由SCMV引起。根据已发表的SCMV外壳蛋白氨基酸序列作亲缘性分析,表明SCMV可分为美国、南非、澳大利亚、德国和中国三大类。