PMID- 21641124 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120531 LR - 20181201 IS - 1873-2542 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1135 (Linking) VI - 152 IP - 3-4 DP - 2011 Sep 28 TI - Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) influences infection dynamics of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) subtypes PCV2a and PCV2b by prolonging PCV2 viremia and shedding. PG - 235-46 LID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.005 [doi] AB - The objective of this study was to determine the effect of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection on porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) subtypes a (PCV2a) or b (PCV2b) viremia and shedding characteristics in oral, nasal and fecal samples in experimentally infected pigs. Twenty-three, 2- to 6-week-old pigs were randomly divided into five groups: negative control (n=3), PCV2a-I (n=5), PCV2a-PRRSV-CoI (n=5), PCV2b-I (n=5), and PCV2b-PRRSV-CoI (n=5). Blood, oral, nasal and fecal swabs were collected in regular intervals from day post inoculation (dpi) 0 until dpi 70 and tested by quantitative real-time PCR for the presence and amount of PCV2 DNA and by ELISA for the presence of PCV2-specific antibodies. The results indicate that there were significantly (P<0.05) higher loads of PCV2a and PCV2b DNA in serum, oral swabs, nasal swabs and fecal swabs and a higher prevalence of detectable PCV2 antigen in tissues of pigs concurrently infected with PCV2 and PRRSV compared to pigs singularly infected with PCV2 further confirming that PRRSV enhances replication of PCV2. Moreover, PRRSV infection significantly prolonged the presence of PCV2 DNA in serum and increased the amount of PCV2 DNA in oral and nasal secretions and fecal excretions in the later stages of infection between dpi 28 and 70. Shedding patterns were similar between groups infected with PCV2a and PCV2b, indicating that there was no subtype-specific interaction with the PRRSV isolate used in this study. The results from this study highlight the interaction between PRRSV and PCV2 and the importance of controlling PRRSV infection in order to reduce PCV2 virus loads in pig populations. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Sinha, A AU - Sinha A AD - Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1600 S. 16th Street, Ames, IA 50011, USA. FAU - Shen, H G AU - Shen HG FAU - Schalk, S AU - Schalk S FAU - Beach, N M AU - Beach NM FAU - Huang, Y W AU - Huang YW FAU - Meng, X J AU - Meng XJ FAU - Halbur, P G AU - Halbur PG FAU - Opriessnig, T AU - Opriessnig T LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20110511 PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Microbiol JT - Veterinary microbiology JID - 7705469 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Viral/blood/genetics MH - Circoviridae Infections/immunology/*veterinary/virology MH - *Circovirus MH - *Coinfection MH - Immunoglobulin G/blood MH - *Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms MH - Sus scrofa MH - Swine MH - Swine Diseases/immunology/*virology MH - Viremia MH - Virus Shedding EDAT- 2011/06/07 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/01 06:00 CRDT- 2011/06/07 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/03/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/05/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/06/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/06/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/01 06:00 [medline] AID - S0378-1135(11)00269-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Microbiol. 2011 Sep 28;152(3-4):235-46. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.005. Epub 2011 May 11.