Characterization of Reston virus infection in ferrets

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第一作者： Yan, Feihu

作者： Yan, Feihu;He, Shihua;Banadyga, Logan;Zhu, Wenjun;Rahim, Md Niaz;Senthilkumaran, Chandrika;Qiu, Xiangguo;Yan, Feihu;Zhang, Huajun;Rahim, Md Niaz;Qiu, Xiangguo;Yan, Feihu;Collignon, Brad;Embury-Hyatt, Carissa

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关键词： Ebolavirus; Reston virus; Lethal disease; Ferret

期刊名称：ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH （ 影响因子：5.97； 五年影响因子：5.801 ）

ISSN： 0166-3542

年卷期： 2019 年 165 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Among the five currently recognized type viruses within the genus Ebolavirus, Reston virus (RESTV) is not known to cause disease in humans, although asymptomatic infections have been confirmed in the past. Intriguingly, despite the absence of pathogenicity in humans, RESTV is highly lethal to nonhuman primates and has been isolated from domestic pigs co-infected with other viruses in the Philippines and China. Whether infection in these animals can support the eventual emergence of a human-pathogenic RESTV remains unclear and requires further investigation. Unfortunately, there is currently no lethal small animal model available to investigate RESTV pathogenicity or pan-ebolavirus therapeutics. Here we show that wild type RESTV is uniformly lethal in ferrets. In this study, ferrets were challenged with 1260 TCID50 of wild type RESTV either intramuscularly or intranasally and monitored for clinical signs, survival, virus replication, alteration in serum biochemistry and blood cell counts. Irrespective of the route of challenge, viremia occurred in all ferrets on day 5 post-infection, and all animals succumbed to infection between days 9 and 11. Additionally, several similarities were observed between this model and the other ferret models of filovirus infection, including substantial decreases in lymphocyte and platelet counts and abnormalities in serum biochemistry indicating hepatic injury. The ferret model represents the first uniformly lethal model for RESTV infection, and it will undoubtedly prove useful for evaluating virus pathogenicity as well as pan-ebolavirus countermeasures.

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