Viral load in 1-day-old ducklings acutely infected with duck hepatitis B virus by different doses and routes of inoculation

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第一作者： Chen, Zong-yan

作者： Chen, Zong-yan;Cheng, An-chun;Wang, Ming-shu;Xu, Da-wei;Jia, Renyong;Guo, Yu-fei;Chen, Zong-yan;Cheng, An-chun;Wang, Ming-shu;Zeng, Weng;Chen, Zong-yan;Xu, Da-wei

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期刊名称：AVIAN PATHOLOGY （ 影响因子：3.378； 五年影响因子：3.237 ）

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摘要： In order to define clearly the conditions leading to the outcome of acute duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) infection, 1-day-old Pekin ducklings were infected with DHBV by different routes and given different doses of inoculum. Groups of 24 ducklings were inoculated either intravenously via the vena cruralis, or intraperitoneally with pooled serum containing either 1.6 x 107 or 1.6 x 104 DHBV genomes. One control duck from each group was inoculated with an equal volume of normal duck serum. A sensitive and reproducible real-time polymerase chain reaction assay based on TaqMan technology was developed for the detection and quantitation of DHBV DNA in the serum and liver. DHBAg was observed in the hepatocytes by immunohistochemistry. Histological changes in the liver tissue were also observed. The results demonstrate that ducklings at each time point and in all groups developed detectable viraemia. In each group, DHBV DNA in the liver was at a lower level than in serum and the peak DNA titre was found in serum earlier than in the liver. In the low-dose groups it was always at a lower level than in the high-dose groups. The DHBV replication levels appeared to be directly related to the number of DHBAg-positive hepatocytes. The variation trends of DHBAg-positive hepatocytes were similar in the high-dose groups. Histological changes were associated with liver viral DNA levels. We suggest that this dose and route of inoculation can be used as a model to study acute DHBV infections.

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