PMID- 9453123 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980226 LR - 20190831 IS - 0378-1135 (Print) IS - 0378-1135 (Linking) VI - 58 IP - 2-4 DP - 1997 Nov TI - Homologous challenge of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus immunity in pregnant swine. PG - 113-25 AB - The clinical consequences of single or multiple exposure of pregnant gilts to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) at various stages of gestation were determined. Thirty-three pregnant gilts were allotted to 6 experimental groups (5 to 7 gilts/group). Gilts of groups 1 to 5 were exposed to strain NADC-8 of PRRSV at the following times: group 1, gestation day (GD) 1; group 2, GDs 1 and 90; group 3, GD 30; group 4, GDs 30 and 90; group 5, GD 90. Virus exposure was by either intrauterine (GD 1) or oronasal (GDs 30 and 90) inoculation. Gilts of group 6 were kept as nonexposed controls. Gilts were either necropsied on or about GD 111 (groups 1 to 5) or were allowed to farrow (group 6). The detection of PRRSV in serum of fetuses and piglets (within 12 hof birth) was considered evidence of transplacental infection. Transplacental infection and virus-induced death were and were not confirmed for groups 3, 4, and 5 and for groups 1, 2, and 6, respectively. Collectively, the results indicated that intrauterine exposure to PRRSV at GD 1 was without clinical effect (groups 1 and 2) and provided protection against subsequent exposure to the same strain of virus at GD 90 (group 2). The highest incidence of transplacental infection and fetal death followed a single exposure to PRRSV at GD 90 (group 5). FAU - Lager, K M AU - Lager KM AD - Virology Swine Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, Ames, IA 50010, USA. klager@nadc.ars.usda.gov FAU - Mengeling, W L AU - Mengeling WL FAU - Brockmeier, S L AU - Brockmeier SL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Microbiol JT - Veterinary microbiology JID - 7705469 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Fetus MH - Gestational Age MH - Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/*veterinary MH - Lymph Nodes/virology MH - Macrophages, Peritoneal/virology MH - Palatine Tonsil/virology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*immunology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology/isolation & purification MH - Pregnancy MH - Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/immunology/*veterinary/virology MH - Pregnancy, Animal/*immunology MH - Swine MH - Time Factors MH - Uterus EDAT- 1998/02/07 00:00 MHDA- 1998/02/07 00:01 CRDT- 1998/02/07 00:00 PHST- 1998/02/07 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/02/07 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/02/07 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0378-1135(97)00160-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0378-1135(97)00160-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Microbiol. 1997 Nov;58(2-4):113-25. doi: 10.1016/s0378-1135(97)00160-0.