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Porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus、PHEV猪血凝性脑脊髓炎病毒
SUMMARYEtiology• Porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV) is a single-stranded, positive-senseRNA virus in the family Coronaviridae, genus Betacoronavirus. It usually causes vomiting andwasting disease and/or encephalitis in neonatal pigs. PHEV was first identified in the early 1960sin Canada and England.• There is a single serotype of PHEV that contains several strains. Individual strains vary invirulence, and virus course coupled with host age may determine the extent of clinical disease.Cleaning and Disinfection• Exposure of PHEV to 37°C (98.6°F) results in loss of infectivity over a period of three days.PHEV, like other coronaviruses (CoVs), is highly stable when frozen and at low temperatures. Inwinter, PHEV can survive for extended periods of time. PHEV is relatively stable at pH 3.0,losing only 20% infectivity after 24 hours. The virus may lose infectivity at alkaline pH like otherCoVs. Exposure to ultraviolet light for two minutes inactivates PHEV.• Treatment of virus with 10 mM dithiothreitol results in loss of infectivity of PHEV isolated fromcultured cells. Ether treatment also renders PHEV inactive. No information exists onsusceptibility of PHEV to disinfectants. Disinfectants shown to be effective against other swineCoVs include iodides, quaternary ammonium compounds, phenols, phenol plus aldehyde, betapropiolactone, ethylenamine, formalin, sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, alcohols, andaccelerated hydrogen peroxides.Epidemiology• PHEV infection is found nearly worldwide. Serological evidence of infection has been found inpigs throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia.• PHEV can be found in both farrowing and finishing herds, though clinical disease mostly occursin very young pigs. Pig-to-pig transmission results in persistence of PHEV in large herds, wherefew outbreaks are seen. Small herds are more likely to experience outbreaks of PHEV due to theirinability to maintain enzootic infection.• Swine are the only species in which PHEV naturally causes clinical disease. PHEV is not knownto be zoonotic and poses no public health threat to humans.Transmission• PHEV is transmitted by aerosols, direct nose-to-nose contact, and contaminated fomites. Virus ispresent in oronasal secretions of infected pigs.Infection in Swine/Pathogenesis• PHEV can infect naïve pigs of any age. Clinical manifestations of PHEV, including vomiting andwasting and/or encephalomyelitis, are generally seen only in piglets less than 4-weeks-of-age. Inone instance, however, PHEV was linked to respiratory disease in market-aged pigs at anagricultural fair.• PHEV replicates primarily in the upper and lower respiratory tract with some replicationoccurring in the small intestine. Virus then travels to the central nervous system via peripheralnerves in one of three pathways: nasal mucosa and tonsils to trigeminal ganglia and trigeminalsensory nuclei; vagal nerves to the vagal sensory nuclei in the brainstem; or intestinal nervousplexus to the spinal cord.Diagnosis• Virus may be isolated from nasal swabs and identified by virus neutralization, hemagglutination,immunofluorescence, or hemadsorption plaque assay following inoculation of cultured cells.• Virus antigen identification in tissues may be performed by the fluorescent antibody test (FAT),immunofluorescence, or immunohistochemistry.• Viral RNA may be identified by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), withor without nested PCR, in single or multiplex reactions targeting the HE, S, E, M, and N genes.Quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) targeting the N gene has also been described.• PHEV-specific antibodies may be detected by serum virus neutralization (SVN) or byhemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays.• Anti-PHEV antibodies and PHEV antigen have both been identified using the enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip. Neither areavailable commercially for detection of antigen or antibody.Immunity• PHEV-neutralizing antibodies are transferred in colostrum and milk from PHEV-seropositivesows to their offspring. Passive immunity lasts from 8–18 weeks-of-age.• Neutralizing antibodies are first detectable between 6–9 days post-infection, very soon after thedevelopment of clinical signs.• Consistent protection from clinical disease in suckling pigs is dependent on herd endemicity.• Two vaccines, an inactivated PHEV and a DNA vaccine, have been described in mice. Novaccines have been described for use against PHEV in swine.Prevention and Control• Because of the ubiquitous nature of the virus, PHEV outbreaks occur in suckling pigs in herdsthat are not closed, resulting in high mortality among affected piglets and a potential higheconomic cost.• PHEV outbreaks are of short duration, only affecting the birth cohort of the infected piglets thatare born to seronegative sows. Ensuring that gilts and sows are PHEV seropositive prior tofarrowing, thereby transferring protective neutralizing antibody to their piglets, may be the bestway to prevent PHEV-induced clinical disease in suckling pigs until a vaccine becomes available.Alternatively, piglets born to non-immune sows can be inoculated with specific immune serumshortly after birth.• Implementation of strict biosecurity can prevent PHEV from being transmitted via fomites.Gaps in Preparedness• No PHEV vaccines are currently available.• The current seroprevalence of PHEV in the U.S. pig population is not known.OVERVIEWPorcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV) is a member of the family Coronaviridae,genus Betacoronavirus. It is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus that was first identified in 1962in suckling pigs with encephalomyelitis in Canada. Shortly thereafter, it was determined that the samevirus was causing disease characterized by vomiting and wasting in England. There is a single serotype ofPHEV that consists of multiple strains of varying virulence. Individual strain virulence and virus coursein tissues may determine the clinical signs exhibited by infected pigs. PHEV usually causes clinicaldisease in pigs less than 4-weeks-of-age born to seronegative sows. Both morbidity and mortality canreach 100% in a given litter.Swine are the only species naturally susceptible to PHEV. No other reservoirs have been demonstrated,although the virus can be experimentally adapted to mice and Wistar rats. PHEV is not known to bezoonotic and poses no threat to human health. Experiments in mice and rats have revealed theneurotropism of PHEV and its spread from the peripheral to the central nervous system (CNS).PHEV is found nearly worldwide throughout swine-rearing countries. The current seroprevalence ofPHEV in U.S. swine is unknown; however, one of the earliest PHEV reports occurred in the U.S. in 1972.The paucity of reports of clinical disease ascribed to PHEV in the United States may indicate a highprevalence of seropositivity. Large swine herds are able to maintain endemic PHEV. Piglets born toseropositive sows are protected from clinical disease by colostral antibody throughout the time frame ofsusceptibility. Once maternal antibody wanes, pigs are susceptible to infection via aerosols, direct contactwith infected pigs, or PHEV-contaminated fomites, yielding subclinical infection and the development ofactive humoral immunity.Primary replication of PHEV occurs in the respiratory tract followed by infection of peripheral nerves andsubsequent spread to the CNS. Infection of the gastrointestinal tract may also occur, leading to infectionof the enteric nervous system and eventually the CNS via the vagus nerve. PHEV usually causes vomitingand wasting disease and/or encephalitis. One or more of the following signs may be observed: vomiting,constipation, wasting, respiratory signs, decreased weight gain, or neurologic signs including ataxia,stiffness, hyperesthesia, and posterior paralysis. Piglets that survive may require euthanasia at a later datedue to the severe wasting that can occur. A typical clinical history includes the sudden appearance ofnervous signs or vomiting and wasting in a small number of litters of the same age and within a few daysof birth. Especially if coupled with litters that are born 14 days later or more remaining healthy, PHEVshould be high on the differential diagnosis for the herd. Pigs greater than 4-weeks-of-age typically do notshow any signs of disease. However, PHEV has been linked to respiratory disease in a marked-aged pig atan agricultural fair.Virus isolation followed by fluorescent antibody test (FAT), immunofluorescence (IF), hemagglutination(HA), or hemadsorption plaque assay is possible. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) can be used for detectionin tissue samples post-mortem. Both reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) andquantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) have been described. Target genes include the HE, S, E, M, and Ngenes. Nested PCR may be used after RT-PCR to further amplify subgenomic RNAs for comparison toreference samples or sequencing. Appropriate diagnostic samples include oronasal secretions, tonsilswabs, inoculated cultured cells, and post-mortem tissue samples, including upper and lower respiratorytract, tonsils, brainstem, olfactory bulb, cerebrum and cerebellum, spinal cord, stomach, and intestine. Thestandard assay for detecting PHEV antibody is hemagglutination inhibition (HI). Enzyme linkedimmunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a lateral-flow immunochromatographic strip have also been describedto detect serum antibody or antigen.Two PHEV vaccines have been described and tested in mice for immunogenicity and protectionfollowing lethal virus challenge. The killed virus vaccine was highly effective at preventing infection inmice as was a combination of a DNA vaccine encoding the spike glycoprotein and the killed virus as abooster. No vaccines have been described in swine to date.Prevention of PHEV-induced clinical disease currently relies on maintaining a swine herd that isseropositive for PHEV. Sows protect their vulnerable offspring passively through colostral antibody andthis protection lasts for the duration of the age window of susceptibility. In herds that are PHEV-negativeor that do not maintain a closed population, biosecurity is of the utmost importance to protect naïve littersfrom PHEV disease. New gilts and sows should be tested for antibody and for active virus shedding innasal swab samples. Piglets born to non-immune sows can be inoculated with specific immune serumshortly after birth. Future efforts should focus on developing vaccines that allow protection of suckingpiglets through passive immunity and allow producers to eliminate PHEV from herds, should they chooseto do so.LITERATURE REVIEW1. Etiology1.1 Key CharacteristicsPorcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV) is a single-stranded, positive-sense, RNAvirus in the genus Betacoronavirus, family Coronaviridae.1 It causes vomiting, wasting, and/orencephalomyelitis in pigs. Like other coronaviruses (CoVs), PHEV is enveloped and has prominentsurface glycoproteins that protrude from the membrane. PHEV has a hemagglutinin-esterase (HE) genethat is responsible for its ability to hemagglutinate red blood cells, similar to related viruses such asbovine CoV and human CoV-OC43.2 This is unlike coronaviruses in the genus Alphacoronavirus,including transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV),3,4 porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV),4,5 andnovel swine enteric coronaviruses (SeCoV),4,6-9 as well as members of the genus Deltacoronavirus, suchas porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV).4,101.2 Strain VariabilityThere is a single serotype of PHEV, containing several strains, all of which are serologically crossreactive.1 Sequence variations have been documented in the NS2 and NS4.9 genes, ORF1b, the S gene,and the 3´UTR by Lorbach et al,11 and in the HE, S, E, M, and N genes by Dong et al.12 and Li et al.13However, PHEV isolates remain quite similar overall.11-14 The clinical presentation of PHEV in swinemay depend on virus strain, age of infection, and course of viral replication and spread.15 Interestingly, atleast two SeCoVs have been isolated in pigs with vomiting and diarrhea that contained sequences fromPEDV within a backbone of TGEV.7,8 No PHEV recombinant viruses have been described.2. Cleaning and Disinfection2.1 SurvivalExposure of PHEV to 37°C (98.6°F) results in loss of infectivity over a period of three days.16 PHEV, likeother CoVs, is highly stable when frozen and at low temperatures.17 In winter, PHEV can survive forextended periods of time.17 PHEV is relatively stable at pH 3.0, losing only 20% infectivity after 24hours.16 The virus may also lose infectivity at alkaline pH values, as do other CoVs.1 Exposure toultraviolet light for two minutes inactivates PHEV.182.2 DisinfectionTreatment with 10 mM dithiothreitol results in loss of infectivity in PHEV isolated from cultured cells.19Ether treatment also inactivates PHEV.16 No information exists on susceptibility of PHEV todisinfectants. Disinfectants shown to be effective against other swine CoVs include iodides, quaternaryammonium compounds, phenols, phenol plus aldehyde, beta-propiolactone, ethylenamine, formalin,sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, alcohols, and accelerated hydrogen peroxides.1,20,213. Epidemiology3.1 Species AffectedPigs are the only species in which PHEV causes clinical disease.1 There has been no description of naturalinfection in birds or rodents. Experimentally, oral inoculation of rats and guinea pigs leads toseroconversion but no virus shedding.22 Birds inoculated orally neither shed virus nor seroconvert. PHEVcan be adapted to infect, cause illness, and kill mice within 2–3 days following intracerebral inoculation,irrespective of mouse age.23 However, when inoculated intranasally, an age-dependent susceptibility todisease occurs in mice and rats, similar to pigs.23,24 Spread of virus from peripheral nerves to the CNSoccurs in pigs and experimentally infected mice and rats.23,25,2673.2 Zoonotic PotentialPHEV is not known to be zoonotic and does not pose any public health threat to humans.1 However, up to91% homology has been reported between PHEV and human CoV-OC43.13 A related bovine CoV hasbeen documented in people in contact with infected calves.273.3 Geographic DistributionPHEV can be found in most swine-producing regions of the world, including Europe, the Americas, Asia,and Australia.1 The earliest reports of PHEV came from Canada (195828 196229), England (1969),30 andthe United States (1972).31 The virus was documented in Belgian pigs in 197216 and in pigs from Chinaand Taiwan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, respectively.32 Fatal PHEV infection was reported in pigsfrom Quebec in 1998.35 More recently, an outbreak of vomiting, wasting, and encephalomyelitis wasattributed to PHEV in Argentina in 2006.36 PHEV was further diagnosed as the cause of outbreaks inSouth Korean pigs in 2009 and 2010,37 and in Chinese pigs in 201114 and 2014.12,133.4 Morbidity and mortalityPHEV morbidity is high in infected pigs less than 4-weeks-of-age born to seronegative sows. Mortalitycan reach 100% in diseased piglets and those that show wasting may require euthanasia.1,38Serological evidence suggests that PHEV exposure is very common in many areas. Reportedseroprevalence rates have included 31% in Canada,39 95% in Belgium,34 46% in Northern Ireland,22 49%in England,40 52–82% in Japan,41 7–82% in Jilin Province, China,42 and 11–99% in the United States.43In 2015, PHEV was identified in a clinically ill market-aged pig at a Michigan agricultural fair usingnext-generation sequencing.11 Further testing showed that nearly 39% of pigs from 14 Michigan fairswere positive for PHEV via quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).11Pigs at 14 Ohio fairs and 14 Indiana fairs were also tested for PHEV, though only 4% were positive viaqRT-PCR.114. TransmissionPHEV is shed in nasal secretions. The virus is transmitted by direct nose-to-nose contact, aerosols, andcontaminated fomites.1,16 Pigs of all ages are susceptible to infection and serve as the source of virus forother naïve pigs. Virus is shed as early as one day post-infection (DPI) and continues for up to 10 DPI.22Transmission to naïve sows who recently farrowed leads to subsequent infection of the offspring throughdirect contact.22 There is no intrauterine transmission of PHEV from sow to piglet.225. Infection in Swine/PathogenesisIn pigs less than 4-weeks-of-age, the incubation period can vary from 4–7 days in experimentalinfections.26 PHEV replicates primarily in the nasal mucosa, tonsils, and lungs. Virus spreads from theperipheral nervous system (PNS) to the CNS and may involve the trigeminal, inferior vagal, and superiorcervical ganglia; intestinal nervous plexus; and the celiac and dorsal root ganglia in the lower thorax.26Virus may be found in the submucosal and myenteric nervous plexuses of the small intestine followinginfection of villus epithelium.26 Vomiting and wasting disease caused by PHEV may result from infectionof neurons within brainstem or the enteric nervous system, depending on virus strain.16,25,26 Spread ofvirus, and associated clinical signs, may be strain specific.26Viremia does not appear to be important in the development of clinical signs, though access to nervepathways does.25,44 Infection is acute and subsequently cleared in pigs. No chronic or carrier state ofinfection has been found in pigs,22 although experimentally infected mice and rats are susceptible tochronic infection.44,45 There is, however, evidence of subclinical encephalomyelitis being caused byPHEV in a pig.2285.1 Clinical SignsPigs of all ages can be infected with PHEV but clinical disease is limited to pigs less than 4-weeks-ofage.22 Disease is usually manifested as vomiting and wasting and/or encephalitis. Signs of disease includeanorexia, constipation, vomiting, wasting, incoordination, ataxia, stiffness, hyperesthesia, posteriorparalysis, respiratory distress,46 and impaired weight gain.29-31 Vomiting begins around 3–6 DPI25,26,40 butby the time clinical signs are noted, virus may be difficult to isolate.40 Diarrhea, though less common, hasalso been reported.13In one instance, PHEV was identified in a market-aged pig with clinical respiratory disease at a Michiganagricultural fair.11 High seroprevalence was later found in market swine at 14 different Michigan fairs.While uncommon, this presentation may reflect PHEV exposure in older but naïve swine populations, anatypical form of disease, or infection with a strain of increased virulence.115.2 Postmortem LesionsPHEV causes few gross lesions.31,47 Petechiae in the kidneys, thinning of the intestinal wall, and brainhemorrhage has been observed in suckling piglets with PHEV.13 Histological lesions of viralencephalomyelitis are seen in the brain, medulla oblongata, cerebellar peduncles, olfactory bulb, andspinal cord.1,48 These include perivascular mononuclear cuffing, the formation of glial nodes, anddegeneration of neurons.29 Lymphocytes expressing anti-PHEV IgG or IgM48 may accumulate within thetunica media and adventitia of blood vessels and perivascular spaces31 as well as within the glial nodes.48In the lungs, interstitial pneumonitis with macrophage, neutrophil, and lymphocytic infiltration of alveolarseptae may be seen, as well as alveolar epithelial hypertrophy.31 In the tonsil crypts, epithelialdegeneration and lymphocyte infiltration can occur.496. Diagnosis6.1 Clinical HistoryA sudden appearance of nervous signs or vomiting and wasting in a small number of litters of the sameage, within a few days of birth in an otherwise healthy herd, may be indicative of PHEV. This isespecially true if the infected litters are born within a few days of each other, and litters born 14 or moredays after the sick piglets remain healthy.22 Healthy piglets within an infected litter are also likely infectedsubclinically and may have brain lesions despite maintenance of health.22 Additionally, as the respiratorytract is the primary site of replication for PHEV, respiratory symptoms may also be seen.6.2 Tests to Detect Nucleic Acids, Virus, or AntigensVirus isolation is best accomplished in secondary pig thyroid (SPTh) cells or primary pig kidney (PPK),and a blind passage in cells may facilitate isolation.29,50,51 The time of earliest virus isolation is between1–3 DPI.22 Virus can be isolated up to 9 DPI from respiratory tissues such as lung and nasal mucosa.46Virus may also be isolated fairly consistently from tonsils.52 Loss of ability to isolate virus is coincidentwith appearance of neutralizing antibodies31 and can occur concurrent with or soon after appearance ofclinical signs.25,40The fluorescent antibody test (FAT),53 immunofluorescence (IF),26 and immunohistochemistry (IHC)45can be used to identify antigen in tissues. Viral antigen can be identified in tissues beginning at one DPI.26IF,46,54 hemagglutination (HA),29 and hemadsorption plaque assays54 can be used to identify virus antigenin tissue culture cells or cell supernatants that have been inoculated with tissue suspensions. IF and FATconsistently show PHEV antigen in neuronal perikarya and epithelial cell cytoplasm.52 HA can be used toconfirm the hemagglutinating properties of PHEV using chicken, mouse, hamster, or rat erythrocytes.16,549RT-PCR and nested PCR have been described to identify PHEV infected tissue samples38 using the Ngene 37 and the HE, S, E, M, and N genes12,13 for amplification. Additionally, a pan-coronavirus RT-PCRtargeting the conserved polymerase gene has been shown to amplify PHEV.56 Multiplex RT-PCR has alsobeen used to determine that pigs were infected with PHEV rather than other porcine viruses known tocause similar clinical signs, including pseudorabies, classical swine fever, and porcine reproductive andrespiratory syndrome (PRRS).14 The PHEV genome has been sequenced2 and may aid in design of probesfor qRT-PCR. To date, qRT-PCR has been described targeting the N gene.57,58An antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of PHEV antigen hasbeen described, as has a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip that is stable at room temperature forsix months and for 12 months at 4°C (39.2°F).55 Neither assay is commercially available.6.3 Tests to Detect AntibodySerum virus neutralization (SVN) and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) were originally used to identifyseroconversion in experimental animals.16 An ELISA to detect IgG antibodies against the PHEV HEprotein has been described as has a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip designed to be shelf stableand allow early and rapid detection of seroconversion.426.4 SamplesTo diagnose PHEV by virus isolation, samples should be taken within two days of the appearance ofclinical signs.25 Virus can readily be isolated from nasal and pharyngeal swabs, nasal mucosa, tonsils andlungs, the primary sites of replication of PHEV, as early as one DPI.16 Virus may also be identified in thebrain stem and or trachea after oronasal inoculation of pigs, depending on virus strain used.16,22 Virus canbe isolated for 3–10 DPI in saliva and nasal secretions irrespective of pig age.16,22 Serum may be collectedto monitor the development of neutralizing antibodies. Other tissues that may be diagnostic in someanimals include olfactory bulb, cerebrum, and cerebellum,23,26,48 spinal cord, stomach, and intestine.527. Immunity7.1 Post-exposureHI-antibodies first appear 6–7 DPI and serum-neutralizing antibodies are first detectable 7–9 DPI,16,25,40soon after the development of clinical signs25 and coincident with histological changes in the CNS48 andin tonsil crypts.49 Antibody levels peak around 12 DPI.40 PHEV-seropositive sows protect their pigletsfrom disease through passive transfer of PHEV neutralizing antibodies in colostrum and milk.22 Maternalantibody is detectable in their offspring for 8–18 weeks.34,59 Gilts that received passive immunity assuckling pigs are unable to protect their offspring from PHEV disease unless they are subsequentlyinfected and seroconvert.227.2 VaccinesTwo vaccines against PHEV have been experimentally tested in mice. An inactivated PHEV vaccineadministered to mice with alum as an adjuvant elicited a high level of protection against live PHEVchallenge.60 The same authors simultaneously described a DNA vaccine encoding the spike glycoprotein.The DNA vaccine alone was protective against death following live virus challenge but did not preventinfection, whereas when administered as two injections of DNA vaccine followed by a booster ofinactivated PHEV, mice were protected against infection and disease.60 No information on vaccine studiesin pigs is available.7.3 Cross-protectionAntibodies to PHEV do not cross-neutralize any other porcine coronaviruses such as TGEV or PEDV.61The ability of infection with one PHEV strain to protect against another has not been established.108. Prevention and ControlIn animals greater than 4-weeks-of-age, PHEV infection generally does not cause clinical disease.However, mortality in piglets infected with PHEV can be as high as 100%.1 In large, closed herds thatmaintain endemic PHEV, piglets are protected against infection by maternal antibody.34 To preventinfection in smaller herds, where endemic infection cannot be maintained, a closed herd must beestablished or all animals entering the herd must be tested for PHEV. Piglets born to non-immune sowscan be inoculated with specific immune serum shortly after birth.1 Strict biosecurity measures must alsobe in place to prevent PHEV from entering the herd via fomites. Serious economic losses have beenattributed to PHEV in China.9. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health CodePHEV is not covered in the 2017 OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code. There are no recommendations onimportation of swine or pork.6210. Gaps in PreparednessThere is no PHEV vaccine available for use in pigs. As maternal antibody is protective againstdevelopment of clinical disease in suckling pigs,22 the prevalence of PHEV seropositive sows should bedetermined to gauge how vulnerable the U.S. swine population is to PHEV outbreaks.
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SUMMARYEtiology• Porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV) is a single-stranded, positive-senseRNA virus in the family Coronaviridae, genus Betacoronavirus. It usually causes vomiting andwasting disease and/or encephalitis in neonatal pigs. PHEV was first identified in the early 1960sin Canada and England.• There is a single serotype of PHEV that contains several strains. Individual strains vary invirulence, and virus course coupled with host age may determine the extent of clinical disease.Cleaning and Disinfection• Exposure of PHEV to 37°C (98.6°F) results in loss of infectivity over a period of three days.PHEV, like other coronaviruses (CoVs), is highly stable when frozen and at low temperatures. Inwinter, PHEV can survive for extended periods of time. PHEV is relatively stable at pH 3.0,losing only 20% infectivity after 24 hours. The virus may lose infectivity at alkaline pH like otherCoVs. Exposure to ultraviolet light for two minutes inactivates PHEV.• Treatment of virus with 10 mM dithiothreitol results in loss of infectivity of PHEV isolated fromcultured cells. Ether treatment also renders PHEV inactive. No information exists onsusceptibility of PHEV to disinfectants. Disinfectants shown to be effective against other swineCoVs include iodides, quaternary ammonium compounds, phenols, phenol plus aldehyde, betapropiolactone, ethylenamine, formalin, sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, alcohols, andaccelerated hydrogen peroxides.Epidemiology• PHEV infection is found nearly worldwide. Serological evidence of infection has been found inpigs throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia.• PHEV can be found in both farrowing and finishing herds, though clinical disease mostly occursin very young pigs. Pig-to-pig transmission results in persistence of PHEV in large herds, wherefew outbreaks are seen. Small herds are more likely to experience outbreaks of PHEV due to theirinability to maintain enzootic infection.• Swine are the only species in which PHEV naturally causes clinical disease. PHEV is not knownto be zoonotic and poses no public health threat to humans.Transmission• PHEV is transmitted by aerosols, direct nose-to-nose contact, and contaminated fomites. Virus ispresent in oronasal secretions of infected pigs.Infection in Swine/Pathogenesis• PHEV can infect naïve pigs of any age. Clinical manifestations of PHEV, including vomiting andwasting and/or encephalomyelitis, are generally seen only in piglets less than 4-weeks-of-age. Inone instance, however, PHEV was linked to respiratory disease in market-aged pigs at anagricultural fair.• PHEV replicates primarily in the upper and lower respiratory tract with some replicationoccurring in the small intestine. Virus then travels to the central nervous system via peripheralnerves in one of three pathways: nasal mucosa and tonsils to trigeminal ganglia and trigeminalsensory nuclei; vagal nerves to the vagal sensory nuclei in the brainstem; or intestinal nervousplexus to the spinal cord.Diagnosis• Virus may be isolated from nasal swabs and identified by virus neutralization, hemagglutination,immunofluorescence, or hemadsorption plaque assay following inoculation of cultured cells.• Virus antigen identification in tissues may be performed by the fluorescent antibody test (FAT),immunofluorescence, or immunohistochemistry.• Viral RNA may be identified by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), withor without nested PCR, in single or multiplex reactions targeting the HE, S, E, M, and N genes.Quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) targeting the N gene has also been described.• PHEV-specific antibodies may be detected by serum virus neutralization (SVN) or byhemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays.• Anti-PHEV antibodies and PHEV antigen have both been identified using the enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip. Neither areavailable commercially for detection of antigen or antibody.Immunity• PHEV-neutralizing antibodies are transferred in colostrum and milk from PHEV-seropositivesows to their offspring. Passive immunity lasts from 8–18 weeks-of-age.• Neutralizing antibodies are first detectable between 6–9 days post-infection, very soon after thedevelopment of clinical signs.• Consistent protection from clinical disease in suckling pigs is dependent on herd endemicity.• Two vaccines, an inactivated PHEV and a DNA vaccine, have been described in mice. Novaccines have been described for use against PHEV in swine.Prevention and Control• Because of the ubiquitous nature of the virus, PHEV outbreaks occur in suckling pigs in herdsthat are not closed, resulting in high mortality among affected piglets and a potential higheconomic cost.• PHEV outbreaks are of short duration, only affecting the birth cohort of the infected piglets thatare born to seronegative sows. Ensuring that gilts and sows are PHEV seropositive prior tofarrowing, thereby transferring protective neutralizing antibody to their piglets, may be the bestway to prevent PHEV-induced clinical disease in suckling pigs until a vaccine becomes available.Alternatively, piglets born to non-immune sows can be inoculated with specific immune serumshortly after birth.• Implementation of strict biosecurity can prevent PHEV from being transmitted via fomites.Gaps in Preparedness• No PHEV vaccines are currently available.• The current seroprevalence of PHEV in the U.S. pig population is not known.OVERVIEWPorcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV) is a member of the family Coronaviridae,genus Betacoronavirus. It is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus that was first identified in 1962in suckling pigs with encephalomyelitis in Canada. Shortly thereafter, it was determined that the samevirus was causing disease characterized by vomiting and wasting in England. There is a single serotype ofPHEV that consists of multiple strains of varying virulence. Individual strain virulence and virus coursein tissues may determine the clinical signs exhibited by infected pigs. PHEV usually causes clinicaldisease in pigs less than 4-weeks-of-age born to seronegative sows. Both morbidity and mortality canreach 100% in a given litter.Swine are the only species naturally susceptible to PHEV. No other reservoirs have been demonstrated,although the virus can be experimentally adapted to mice and Wistar rats. PHEV is not known to bezoonotic and poses no threat to human health. Experiments in mice and rats have revealed theneurotropism of PHEV and its spread from the peripheral to the central nervous system (CNS).PHEV is found nearly worldwide throughout swine-rearing countries. The current seroprevalence ofPHEV in U.S. swine is unknown; however, one of the earliest PHEV reports occurred in the U.S. in 1972.The paucity of reports of clinical disease ascribed to PHEV in the United States may indicate a highprevalence of seropositivity. Large swine herds are able to maintain endemic PHEV. Piglets born toseropositive sows are protected from clinical disease by colostral antibody throughout the time frame ofsusceptibility. Once maternal antibody wanes, pigs are susceptible to infection via aerosols, direct contactwith infected pigs, or PHEV-contaminated fomites, yielding subclinical infection and the development ofactive humoral immunity.Primary replication of PHEV occurs in the respiratory tract followed by infection of peripheral nerves andsubsequent spread to the CNS. Infection of the gastrointestinal tract may also occur, leading to infectionof the enteric nervous system and eventually the CNS via the vagus nerve. PHEV usually causes vomitingand wasting disease and/or encephalitis. One or more of the following signs may be observed: vomiting,constipation, wasting, respiratory signs, decreased weight gain, or neurologic signs including ataxia,stiffness, hyperesthesia, and posterior paralysis. Piglets that survive may require euthanasia at a later datedue to the severe wasting that can occur. A typical clinical history includes the sudden appearance ofnervous signs or vomiting and wasting in a small number of litters of the same age and within a few daysof birth. Especially if coupled with litters that are born 14 days later or more remaining healthy, PHEVshould be high on the differential diagnosis for the herd. Pigs greater than 4-weeks-of-age typically do notshow any signs of disease. However, PHEV has been linked to respiratory disease in a marked-aged pig atan agricultural fair.Virus isolation followed by fluorescent antibody test (FAT), immunofluorescence (IF), hemagglutination(HA), or hemadsorption plaque assay is possible. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) can be used for detectionin tissue samples post-mortem. Both reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) andquantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) have been described. Target genes include the HE, S, E, M, and Ngenes. Nested PCR may be used after RT-PCR to further amplify subgenomic RNAs for comparison toreference samples or sequencing. Appropriate diagnostic samples include oronasal secretions, tonsilswabs, inoculated cultured cells, and post-mortem tissue samples, including upper and lower respiratorytract, tonsils, brainstem, olfactory bulb, cerebrum and cerebellum, spinal cord, stomach, and intestine. Thestandard assay for detecting PHEV antibody is hemagglutination inhibition (HI). Enzyme linkedimmunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a lateral-flow immunochromatographic strip have also been describedto detect serum antibody or antigen.Two PHEV vaccines have been described and tested in mice for immunogenicity and protectionfollowing lethal virus challenge. The killed virus vaccine was highly effective at preventing infection inmice as was a combination of a DNA vaccine encoding the spike glycoprotein and the killed virus as abooster. No vaccines have been described in swine to date.Prevention of PHEV-induced clinical disease currently relies on maintaining a swine herd that isseropositive for PHEV. Sows protect their vulnerable offspring passively through colostral antibody andthis protection lasts for the duration of the age window of susceptibility. In herds that are PHEV-negativeor that do not maintain a closed population, biosecurity is of the utmost importance to protect naïve littersfrom PHEV disease. New gilts and sows should be tested for antibody and for active virus shedding innasal swab samples. Piglets born to non-immune sows can be inoculated with specific immune serumshortly after birth. Future efforts should focus on developing vaccines that allow protection of suckingpiglets through passive immunity and allow producers to eliminate PHEV from herds, should they chooseto do so.LITERATURE REVIEW1. Etiology1.1 Key CharacteristicsPorcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV) is a single-stranded, positive-sense, RNAvirus in the genus Betacoronavirus, family Coronaviridae.1 It causes vomiting, wasting, and/orencephalomyelitis in pigs. Like other coronaviruses (CoVs), PHEV is enveloped and has prominentsurface glycoproteins that protrude from the membrane. PHEV has a hemagglutinin-esterase (HE) genethat is responsible for its ability to hemagglutinate red blood cells, similar to related viruses such asbovine CoV and human CoV-OC43.2 This is unlike coronaviruses in the genus Alphacoronavirus,including transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV),3,4 porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV),4,5 andnovel swine enteric coronaviruses (SeCoV),4,6-9 as well as members of the genus Deltacoronavirus, suchas porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV).4,101.2 Strain VariabilityThere is a single serotype of PHEV, containing several strains, all of which are serologically crossreactive.1 Sequence variations have been documented in the NS2 and NS4.9 genes, ORF1b, the S gene,and the 3´UTR by Lorbach et al,11 and in the HE, S, E, M, and N genes by Dong et al.12 and Li et al.13However, PHEV isolates remain quite similar overall.11-14 The clinical presentation of PHEV in swinemay depend on virus strain, age of infection, and course of viral replication and spread.15 Interestingly, atleast two SeCoVs have been isolated in pigs with vomiting and diarrhea that contained sequences fromPEDV within a backbone of TGEV.7,8 No PHEV recombinant viruses have been described.2. Cleaning and Disinfection2.1 SurvivalExposure of PHEV to 37°C (98.6°F) results in loss of infectivity over a period of three days.16 PHEV, likeother CoVs, is highly stable when frozen and at low temperatures.17 In winter, PHEV can survive forextended periods of time.17 PHEV is relatively stable at pH 3.0, losing only 20% infectivity after 24hours.16 The virus may also lose infectivity at alkaline pH values, as do other CoVs.1 Exposure toultraviolet light for two minutes inactivates PHEV.182.2 DisinfectionTreatment with 10 mM dithiothreitol results in loss of infectivity in PHEV isolated from cultured cells.19Ether treatment also inactivates PHEV.16 No information exists on susceptibility of PHEV todisinfectants. Disinfectants shown to be effective against other swine CoVs include iodides, quaternaryammonium compounds, phenols, phenol plus aldehyde, beta-propiolactone, ethylenamine, formalin,sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, alcohols, and accelerated hydrogen peroxides.1,20,213. Epidemiology3.1 Species AffectedPigs are the only species in which PHEV causes clinical disease.1 There has been no description of naturalinfection in birds or rodents. Experimentally, oral inoculation of rats and guinea pigs leads toseroconversion but no virus shedding.22 Birds inoculated orally neither shed virus nor seroconvert. PHEVcan be adapted to infect, cause illness, and kill mice within 2–3 days following intracerebral inoculation,irrespective of mouse age.23 However, when inoculated intranasally, an age-dependent susceptibility todisease occurs in mice and rats, similar to pigs.23,24 Spread of virus from peripheral nerves to the CNSoccurs in pigs and experimentally infected mice and rats.23,25,2673.2 Zoonotic PotentialPHEV is not known to be zoonotic and does not pose any public health threat to humans.1 However, up to91% homology has been reported between PHEV and human CoV-OC43.13 A related bovine CoV hasbeen documented in people in contact with infected calves.273.3 Geographic DistributionPHEV can be found in most swine-producing regions of the world, including Europe, the Americas, Asia,and Australia.1 The earliest reports of PHEV came from Canada (195828 196229), England (1969),30 andthe United States (1972).31 The virus was documented in Belgian pigs in 197216 and in pigs from Chinaand Taiwan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, respectively.32 Fatal PHEV infection was reported in pigsfrom Quebec in 1998.35 More recently, an outbreak of vomiting, wasting, and encephalomyelitis wasattributed to PHEV in Argentina in 2006.36 PHEV was further diagnosed as the cause of outbreaks inSouth Korean pigs in 2009 and 2010,37 and in Chinese pigs in 201114 and 2014.12,133.4 Morbidity and mortalityPHEV morbidity is high in infected pigs less than 4-weeks-of-age born to seronegative sows. Mortalitycan reach 100% in diseased piglets and those that show wasting may require euthanasia.1,38Serological evidence suggests that PHEV exposure is very common in many areas. Reportedseroprevalence rates have included 31% in Canada,39 95% in Belgium,34 46% in Northern Ireland,22 49%in England,40 52–82% in Japan,41 7–82% in Jilin Province, China,42 and 11–99% in the United States.43In 2015, PHEV was identified in a clinically ill market-aged pig at a Michigan agricultural fair usingnext-generation sequencing.11 Further testing showed that nearly 39% of pigs from 14 Michigan fairswere positive for PHEV via quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).11Pigs at 14 Ohio fairs and 14 Indiana fairs were also tested for PHEV, though only 4% were positive viaqRT-PCR.114. TransmissionPHEV is shed in nasal secretions. The virus is transmitted by direct nose-to-nose contact, aerosols, andcontaminated fomites.1,16 Pigs of all ages are susceptible to infection and serve as the source of virus forother naïve pigs. Virus is shed as early as one day post-infection (DPI) and continues for up to 10 DPI.22Transmission to naïve sows who recently farrowed leads to subsequent infection of the offspring throughdirect contact.22 There is no intrauterine transmission of PHEV from sow to piglet.225. Infection in Swine/PathogenesisIn pigs less than 4-weeks-of-age, the incubation period can vary from 4–7 days in experimentalinfections.26 PHEV replicates primarily in the nasal mucosa, tonsils, and lungs. Virus spreads from theperipheral nervous system (PNS) to the CNS and may involve the trigeminal, inferior vagal, and superiorcervical ganglia; intestinal nervous plexus; and the celiac and dorsal root ganglia in the lower thorax.26Virus may be found in the submucosal and myenteric nervous plexuses of the small intestine followinginfection of villus epithelium.26 Vomiting and wasting disease caused by PHEV may result from infectionof neurons within brainstem or the enteric nervous system, depending on virus strain.16,25,26 Spread ofvirus, and associated clinical signs, may be strain specific.26Viremia does not appear to be important in the development of clinical signs, though access to nervepathways does.25,44 Infection is acute and subsequently cleared in pigs. No chronic or carrier state ofinfection has been found in pigs,22 although experimentally infected mice and rats are susceptible tochronic infection.44,45 There is, however, evidence of subclinical encephalomyelitis being caused byPHEV in a pig.2285.1 Clinical SignsPigs of all ages can be infected with PHEV but clinical disease is limited to pigs less than 4-weeks-ofage.22 Disease is usually manifested as vomiting and wasting and/or encephalitis. Signs of disease includeanorexia, constipation, vomiting, wasting, incoordination, ataxia, stiffness, hyperesthesia, posteriorparalysis, respiratory distress,46 and impaired weight gain.29-31 Vomiting begins around 3–6 DPI25,26,40 butby the time clinical signs are noted, virus may be difficult to isolate.40 Diarrhea, though less common, hasalso been reported.13In one instance, PHEV was identified in a market-aged pig with clinical respiratory disease at a Michiganagricultural fair.11 High seroprevalence was later found in market swine at 14 different Michigan fairs.While uncommon, this presentation may reflect PHEV exposure in older but naïve swine populations, anatypical form of disease, or infection with a strain of increased virulence.115.2 Postmortem LesionsPHEV causes few gross lesions.31,47 Petechiae in the kidneys, thinning of the intestinal wall, and brainhemorrhage has been observed in suckling piglets with PHEV.13 Histological lesions of viralencephalomyelitis are seen in the brain, medulla oblongata, cerebellar peduncles, olfactory bulb, andspinal cord.1,48 These include perivascular mononuclear cuffing, the formation of glial nodes, anddegeneration of neurons.29 Lymphocytes expressing anti-PHEV IgG or IgM48 may accumulate within thetunica media and adventitia of blood vessels and perivascular spaces31 as well as within the glial nodes.48In the lungs, interstitial pneumonitis with macrophage, neutrophil, and lymphocytic infiltration of alveolarseptae may be seen, as well as alveolar epithelial hypertrophy.31 In the tonsil crypts, epithelialdegeneration and lymphocyte infiltration can occur.496. Diagnosis6.1 Clinical HistoryA sudden appearance of nervous signs or vomiting and wasting in a small number of litters of the sameage, within a few days of birth in an otherwise healthy herd, may be indicative of PHEV. This isespecially true if the infected litters are born within a few days of each other, and litters born 14 or moredays after the sick piglets remain healthy.22 Healthy piglets within an infected litter are also likely infectedsubclinically and may have brain lesions despite maintenance of health.22 Additionally, as the respiratorytract is the primary site of replication for PHEV, respiratory symptoms may also be seen.6.2 Tests to Detect Nucleic Acids, Virus, or AntigensVirus isolation is best accomplished in secondary pig thyroid (SPTh) cells or primary pig kidney (PPK),and a blind passage in cells may facilitate isolation.29,50,51 The time of earliest virus isolation is between1–3 DPI.22 Virus can be isolated up to 9 DPI from respiratory tissues such as lung and nasal mucosa.46Virus may also be isolated fairly consistently from tonsils.52 Loss of ability to isolate virus is coincidentwith appearance of neutralizing antibodies31 and can occur concurrent with or soon after appearance ofclinical signs.25,40The fluorescent antibody test (FAT),53 immunofluorescence (IF),26 and immunohistochemistry (IHC)45can be used to identify antigen in tissues. Viral antigen can be identified in tissues beginning at one DPI.26IF,46,54 hemagglutination (HA),29 and hemadsorption plaque assays54 can be used to identify virus antigenin tissue culture cells or cell supernatants that have been inoculated with tissue suspensions. IF and FATconsistently show PHEV antigen in neuronal perikarya and epithelial cell cytoplasm.52 HA can be used toconfirm the hemagglutinating properties of PHEV using chicken, mouse, hamster, or rat erythrocytes.16,549RT-PCR and nested PCR have been described to identify PHEV infected tissue samples38 using the Ngene 37 and the HE, S, E, M, and N genes12,13 for amplification. Additionally, a pan-coronavirus RT-PCRtargeting the conserved polymerase gene has been shown to amplify PHEV.56 Multiplex RT-PCR has alsobeen used to determine that pigs were infected with PHEV rather than other porcine viruses known tocause similar clinical signs, including pseudorabies, classical swine fever, and porcine reproductive andrespiratory syndrome (PRRS).14 The PHEV genome has been sequenced2 and may aid in design of probesfor qRT-PCR. To date, qRT-PCR has been described targeting the N gene.57,58An antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of PHEV antigen hasbeen described, as has a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip that is stable at room temperature forsix months and for 12 months at 4°C (39.2°F).55 Neither assay is commercially available.6.3 Tests to Detect AntibodySerum virus neutralization (SVN) and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) were originally used to identifyseroconversion in experimental animals.16 An ELISA to detect IgG antibodies against the PHEV HEprotein has been described as has a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip designed to be shelf stableand allow early and rapid detection of seroconversion.426.4 SamplesTo diagnose PHEV by virus isolation, samples should be taken within two days of the appearance ofclinical signs.25 Virus can readily be isolated from nasal and pharyngeal swabs, nasal mucosa, tonsils andlungs, the primary sites of replication of PHEV, as early as one DPI.16 Virus may also be identified in thebrain stem and or trachea after oronasal inoculation of pigs, depending on virus strain used.16,22 Virus canbe isolated for 3–10 DPI in saliva and nasal secretions irrespective of pig age.16,22 Serum may be collectedto monitor the development of neutralizing antibodies. Other tissues that may be diagnostic in someanimals include olfactory bulb, cerebrum, and cerebellum,23,26,48 spinal cord, stomach, and intestine.527. Immunity7.1 Post-exposureHI-antibodies first appear 6–7 DPI and serum-neutralizing antibodies are first detectable 7–9 DPI,16,25,40soon after the development of clinical signs25 and coincident with histological changes in the CNS48 andin tonsil crypts.49 Antibody levels peak around 12 DPI.40 PHEV-seropositive sows protect their pigletsfrom disease through passive transfer of PHEV neutralizing antibodies in colostrum and milk.22 Maternalantibody is detectable in their offspring for 8–18 weeks.34,59 Gilts that received passive immunity assuckling pigs are unable to protect their offspring from PHEV disease unless they are subsequentlyinfected and seroconvert.227.2 VaccinesTwo vaccines against PHEV have been experimentally tested in mice. An inactivated PHEV vaccineadministered to mice with alum as an adjuvant elicited a high level of protection against live PHEVchallenge.60 The same authors simultaneously described a DNA vaccine encoding the spike glycoprotein.The DNA vaccine alone was protective against death following live virus challenge but did not preventinfection, whereas when administered as two injections of DNA vaccine followed by a booster ofinactivated PHEV, mice were protected against infection and disease.60 No information on vaccine studiesin pigs is available.7.3 Cross-protectionAntibodies to PHEV do not cross-neutralize any other porcine coronaviruses such as TGEV or PEDV.61The ability of infection with one PHEV strain to protect against another has not been established.108. Prevention and ControlIn animals greater than 4-weeks-of-age, PHEV infection generally does not cause clinical disease.However, mortality in piglets infected with PHEV can be as high as 100%.1 In large, closed herds thatmaintain endemic PHEV, piglets are protected against infection by maternal antibody.34 To preventinfection in smaller herds, where endemic infection cannot be maintained, a closed herd must beestablished or all animals entering the herd must be tested for PHEV. Piglets born to non-immune sowscan be inoculated with specific immune serum shortly after birth.1 Strict biosecurity measures must alsobe in place to prevent PHEV from entering the herd via fomites. Serious economic losses have beenattributed to PHEV in China.9. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health CodePHEV is not covered in the 2017 OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code. There are no recommendations onimportation of swine or pork.6210. Gaps in PreparednessThere is no PHEV vaccine available for use in pigs. As maternal antibody is protective againstdevelopment of clinical disease in suckling pigs,22 the prevalence of PHEV seropositive sows should bedetermined to gauge how vulnerable the U.S. swine population is to PHEV outbreaks.
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