PMID- 29103681 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180626 LR - 20220330 IS - 1873-2542 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1135 (Linking) VI - 210 DP - 2017 Oct TI - Phenotypic characterization of a highly pathogenic Italian porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) type 1 subtype 1 isolate in experimentally infected pigs. PG - 124-133 LID - S0378-1135(17)30892-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.09.002 [doi] AB - Highly pathogenic (HP) isolates of the PRRS virus started emerging in North America and Asia in the late 1990s. More recently, they have emerged in Europe. These isolates are characterized by high viral loads, severe general clinical signs and high mortality, in sows, weaners and growers. Their genome shows a discontinuous aminoacids deletion in the non-structural protein 2 (NSP2). The present study was aimed at characterizing the clinical, pathological and immunological features of a highly pathogenetic, Italian PRRSV-1 subtype 1 isolate (PRRSV1_PR40/2014), following experimental infection in conventional 4-weeks-old pigs. The PRRSV1_PR40/2014 infected group showed severe clinical signs (high fever and dispnoea). Pathological lesions, including severe lymphocytopenia in bronchial lymph-nodes and thymus were also recorded. Higher serum PRRSV genome copies and lower virus neutralizing antibody titer were observed in the PR40 group, when compared to the group infected with a conventional PRRSV strain. The genetic analysis of the strain, and the phenotypic features observed in the field and reproduced in the experimental study, confirmed the high pathogenicity of the Italian PRRSV-1 subtype 1 PR40 isolate. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Canelli, Elena AU - Canelli E AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. Electronic address: elena.canelli@unipr.it. FAU - Catella, Alessia AU - Catella A AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - Borghetti, Paolo AU - Borghetti P AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - Ferrari, Luca AU - Ferrari L AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - Ogno, Giulia AU - Ogno G AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - De Angelis, Elena AU - De Angelis E AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - Corradi, Attilio AU - Corradi A AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - Passeri, Benedetta AU - Passeri B AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - Bertani, Valeria AU - Bertani V AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. FAU - Sandri, Giampietro AU - Sandri G AD - Gruppo Veronesi, Via Valpantena 18/G, 37142, Verona, Italy. FAU - Bonilauri, Paolo AU - Bonilauri P AD - IZSLER, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Unit of Reggio Emilia, Via Pitagora 2, 42100, Reggio Emilia, Italy. FAU - Leung, Frederick C AU - Leung FC AD - School of Biological Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; FCL Bioscience, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. FAU - Guazzetti, Stefano AU - Guazzetti S AD - AUSL Reggio Emilia, Via Giovanni Amendola 2, 42122, Reggio Emilia, Italy. FAU - Martelli, Paolo AU - Martelli P AD - Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 43126, Parma, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170915 PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Microbiol JT - Veterinary microbiology JID - 7705469 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Cysteine Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (nsP2 proteinase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing/blood MH - Cysteine Endopeptidases/*genetics MH - Lymphopenia/pathology/*veterinary/virology MH - Phenotype MH - Phylogeny MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/pathology/*virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/*pathogenicity MH - RNA, Viral/blood MH - Sequence Deletion MH - Swine MH - Viral Load MH - Viremia/veterinary MH - Virulence MH - Weaning OTO - NOTNLM OT - Clinical signs OT - HP-PRRSV OT - Highly pathogenic OT - Immunity OT - PRRSV-1 OT - Viremia EDAT- 2017/11/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/27 06:00 CRDT- 2017/11/07 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/09/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/11/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/27 06:00 [medline] AID - S0378-1135(17)30892-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.09.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Microbiol. 2017 Oct;210:124-133. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.09.002. Epub 2017 Sep 15.