Experimental infection of European flat oyster Ostrea edulis with ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvar (OsHV-1μvar) : Mortality, viral load and detection of viral transcripts by in situ hybridization

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Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) infections have been reported in several bivalve species. Mortality of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas spat has increased considerably in Europe since 2008 linked to the spread of a variant of OsHV-1 called μvar. In the present study we demonstrated that O. edulis juveniles can be infected by OsHV-1μvar when administered as an intramuscular injection. Mortality in the oysters injected with OsHV-1μvar was first detected 4 days after injection and reached 25% mortality at day 10. Moreover, the high viral load observed and the detection of viral transcripts by in situ hybridization in several tissues of dying oysters suggested that OsHV-1μvar was the cause of mortality in the O. edulis juveniles. This is therefore the first study to provide evidence about the pathogenicity of OsHV-1μvar in a species that does not belong to the Crassostrea genus. Additionally, we present a novel method to detect OsHV-1 transcripts in infected individuals' using in situ hybridization.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:217

Enthalten in:

Virus research - 217(2016) vom: 02. Juni, Seite 55-62

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

López Sanmartín, Monserrat [VerfasserIn]
Power, Deborah M [VerfasserIn]
de la Herrán, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Navas, José I [VerfasserIn]
Batista, Frederico M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA, Viral
ISH
Journal Article
Microvar
OsHV-1
Ostrea edulis
Ostreid herpesvirus 1
RNA
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 28.11.2017

Date Revised 18.12.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.virusres.2016.01.023

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM258130962