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Studies on transmission of hepatitis A virus to squirrel monkeys
Authors:Cláudia L Vitral  Clara F T Yoshida  Renato S Marchevsky  Marcelo A Pinto  Cristiane S Teixeira  Márcia L Baptista  Ana Maria C Gaspar
Institution:(1) Departamento de Virologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ, Av Brasil 4365, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;(2) Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. Prof. Ernani Melo 101 24210-130, Niterói, RJ, Brazil;(3) Bio-Manguinhos, FIOCRUZ, Av Brasil 4365 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Abstract:Non-human primates have been playing an essential role in the study of hepatitis A virus (HAV) biology, pathogenesis and for testing candidate HAV vaccines. This study was to determine the suitability of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) as animal model for HAV infection. Animals were inoculated, either intragastrically or intravenously, with a Brazilian HAV isolate (HAF-203). Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and anti-HAV antibodies (IgM and total) were monitored. Feces were daily collected for HAV antigen and HAV RNA detection. Samples of liver tissue were obtained by biopsy before inoculation at peak ALT levels and/or when anti-HAV antibodies developed, and at necropsy for morphological examination. Monkeys inoculated by the intravenous route rapidly developed significant elevations of serum ALT, anti-HAV antibodies, and liver histologic changes, while the only evidence of HAV infection in intragastrically inoculated animals was the seroconversion. Moreover, squirrel monkeys excreted very low levels of HAV detectable in only few fecal samples after amplification by RT-PCR, different from humans and other non-human primate species that eliminate large quantities of virus during the late incubation period. The unusual onset of hepatitis A in experimentally infected squirrel monkeys represent an important obstacle for its use as animal model for the study of this viral infection. However, they can represent a valuable tool for the obtention of hyperimmune sera for HAV, in the view of the very high titer of anti-HAV developed (105) 24 days after a single intravenous inoculation.
Keywords:Hepatitis A virus  Non-human primates  Experimental infection  Squirrel monkeys  Animal model
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