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レストン・エボラウイルスの宿主としての豚の発見
Roger W Barrette1, Samia A Metwally, Jessica M Rowland
1Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, United States Department of Agriculture, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, NY 11944, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 11, 2009
まとめ
リストン・エボラウイルス (REBOV) は,フィリピンの家畜豚で発見され,人間の食物連鎖にその出現が懸念されています. 遺伝子分析によると,REBOVは長期にわたって流通しており,最初の発見より前の可能性が高い.
科学分野:
- ウイルス学 ウイルス学 ウイルス学
- 動物から伝染する病気
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- マーブルクウイルスやエボラウイルスを含むフィロウイルスは,人間や霊長類において偶発的な致死性アウトブレイクを引き起こす.
- フィリピンの家畜豚は,豚の生殖器系および呼吸器系疾患症候群の重症発生を経験しています.
- レストンエボラウイルス (REBOV) は,ヒトの病気とまだ関連していない唯一のフィロウイルスです.
研究 の 目的:
- 宿主トロピズムとフィロウイルスの潜在的な貯水池を特定するために.
- 国内豚の集団におけるREBOVの存在と遺伝的多様性を調査する.
- 食物連鎖におけるREBOVの出現の影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 豚集団におけるフィロウイルス識別.
- REBOVの単離物の遺伝的配列と系統学的分析.
- REBOVの遺伝的多様性の比較と,過去の孤立種との比較.
主要な成果:
- REBOVは,重症病発生を経験している家畜豚の宿主として特定されました.
- REBOV単離は,元の1989年単離よりも互いに大きな差異を示した.
- 系統遺伝学的分析は,REBOV.のポリフィレティックな起源を示した.
結論:
- REBOVは,おそらく1989年以前から,かなりの期間,豚集団で循環しています.
- 食物連鎖におけるREBOVの存在は,ヒトへの潜在的曝露を懸念する理由となっている.
- REBOVの伝播ダイナミクスと公衆衛生上のリスクを理解するためにさらなる研究が必要です.
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