Corrigendum to “Dynamics of Haemophilus parasuis genotypes in a farm recovered from an outbreak of Glässer's disease” [Vet. Microbiol. 123 (2007) 230–237]

2012 ◽  
Vol 157 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
A. Olvera ◽  
M. Cerdà-Cuèllar ◽  
M. Nofrarías ◽  
E. Revilla ◽  
J. Segalès ◽  
...  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Hua Li ◽  
Guo-Zhen Zhao ◽  
Long-Xin Qiu ◽  
Ai-Ling Dai ◽  
Wang-Wei Wu ◽  
...  

Haemophilus parasuiscan cause Glässer’s disease characterized by fibrinous polyserositis, polyarthritis, and meningitis. The current prevention of Glässer’s disease is mainly based on the inactive vaccines; however, the protective efficacy usually fails in heterogeneous or homologous challenges. Here, the predominant lineage ofH. parasuis(LY02 strain) in Fujian province, China, characterized as serovar 5, was used to evaluate the protective immunity against acuteH. parasuisinfection in piglets after inactivation. Following challenging withH. parasuis,only mild lesions in the pigs immunized with the killed vaccine were observed, whereas the typical symptoms of Glässer’s disease presented in the nonimmunized piglets. A strong IgG immune response was induced by the inactive vaccine. CD4+and CD8+T lymphocyte levels were increased, indicating the potent cellular immune responses were elicited. The significantly high levels of IL-2, IL-4, TGF-β, and IFN-γin sera from pigs immunized with this killed vaccine suggested that the mixed Th1 and Th2 immune responses were induced, associated with the high protection againstH. parasuisinfection compared to the nonimmunized animals. This study indicated that the inactivated LY02 strain ofH. parasuiscould serve as a potential vaccine candidate to prevent the prevalence ofH. parasuisin Fujian province, China.


2009 ◽  
Vol 140 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 169-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Martín de la Fuente ◽  
C.B. Gutiérrez Martín ◽  
C. Pérez Martínez ◽  
M.J. García Iglesias ◽  
F. Tejerina ◽  
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Author(s):  
Jian-min Zhang ◽  
Hai-yan Shen ◽  
Ming Liao ◽  
Tao Ren ◽  
Li-li Guo ◽  
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Haemophilus parasuis is the etiological agent of Glässer’s disease, which is characterised by fibrinous polyserositis, meningitis and polyarthritis, causing severe economic losses to the swine industry. In this study, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) test was developed to improve the specificity, facility and speed of diagnosis of H. parasuis isolates. The LAMP assay rapidly amplified the target gene within 50 min incubation at 63 °C in a laboratory water bath. The LAMP amplicon could be visualised directly in the reaction tubes following the addition of SYBR Green I dye. The detection limit of this LAMP method was 10 CFU/mL, which was 10 times more sensitive than the earlier 16S rRNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test conducted by Oliveira, Galina and Pijoan (2001), and no cross-reactivity was observed from other non-H. parasuis strains. This LAMP test was evaluated further on 187 clinical specimens from pigs suspected of being infected with H. parasuis. Forty-three were found positive by bacterial isolation of H. parasuis, as well as by the 16S rRNA PCR and LAMP tests. The 43 H. parasuis isolates were classified into 9 serovars and had 37 genetic patterns when analysed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). This displayed that various H. parasuis serovars and genotypes were widely distributed in South China. Therefore, the speed, specificity and sensitivity of the LAMP test, the lack of a need for expensive equipment, and the visual readout showed great potential for a correct clinical diagnosis of H. parasuis in favour of controlling Glässer’s disease.


2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (9) ◽  
pp. 3255-3267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Moleres ◽  
Alfonso Santos-López ◽  
Isidro Lázaro ◽  
Javier Labairu ◽  
Cristina Prat ◽  
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ABSTRACTHaemophilus parasuis, the causative agent of Glässer's disease, is one of the early colonizers of the nasal mucosa of piglets. It is prevalent in swine herds, and lesions associated with disease are fibrinous polyserositis and bronchopneumonia. Antibiotics are commonly used in disease control, and resistance to several antibiotics has been described inH. parasuis. Prediction ofH. parasuisvirulence is currently limited by our scarce understanding of its pathogenicity. Some genes have been associated withH. parasuisvirulence, such aslsgBand group 1vtaA, while biofilm growth has been associated with nonvirulent strains. In this study, 86H. parasuisnasal isolates from farms that had not had a case of disease for more than 10 years were obtained by sampling piglets at weaning. Isolates were studied by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR and determination of the presence oflsgBand group 1vtaA, biofilm formation, inflammatory cell response, and resistance to antibiotics. As part of the diversity encountered, a novel 2,661-bp plasmid, named pJMA-1, bearing theblaROB-1β-lactamase was detected in eight colonizing strains. pJMA-1 was shown to share a backbone with other small plasmids described in thePasteurellaceae, to be 100% stable, and to have a lower biological cost than the previously described plasmid pB1000. pJMA-1 was also found in nineH. parasuisnasal strains from a separate collection, but it was not detected in isolates from the lesions of animals with Glässer's disease or in nontypeableHaemophilus influenzaeisolates. Altogether, we show that commensalH. parasuisisolates represent a reservoir of β-lactam resistance genes which can be transferred to pathogens or other bacteria.


2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Frandoloso ◽  
Sonia Martínez ◽  
Elías F. Rodríguez-Ferri ◽  
María José García-Iglesias ◽  
Claudia Pérez-Martínez ◽  
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ABSTRACTHaemophilus parasuisis the agent responsible for causing Glässer's disease, which is characterized by fibrinous polyserositis, polyarthritis, and meningitis in pigs. In this study, we have characterized native outer membrane proteins with affinity to porcine transferrin (NPAPT) fromH. parasuisserovar 5, Nagasaki strain. This pool of proteins was used as antigen to developed two vaccine formulations: one was adjuvanted with a mineral oil (Montanide IMS 2215 VG PR), while the other was potentiated with a bacterial neuraminidase fromClostridium perfringens. The potential protective effect conferred by these two vaccines was compared to that afforded by two other vaccines, consisting of recombinant transferrin-binding protein (rTbp) A or B fragments fromH. parasuis, Nagasaki strain, and by a commercially available inactivated vaccine. Five groups of colostrum-deprived piglets immunized with the vaccines described above, one group per each vaccine, and a group of nonvaccinated control animals were challenged intratracheally with a lethal dose (3 × 108CFU) ofH. parasuis, Nagasaki strain. The two vaccines containing rTbps yielded similar results with minimal protection against death, clinical signs, gross and microscopic lesions, andH. parasuisinvasion. In contrast, the two vaccines composed of NPAPT antigen and commercial bacterin resulted in a strong protection against challenge (without deaths and clinical signs), mild histopathological changes, and no recovery ofH. parasuis, thus suggesting their effectiveness in preventing Glässer's disease outbreaks caused by serovar 5.


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