Temporal Transmission Studies of Mouse Parvovirus 1 in BALB/c and C.B-17/Icr-Prkdcscid Mice

Fecal shedding and transmission of mouse parvovirus 1 (MPV) to naive sentinels, breeding mates, and progeny were assessed. Neonatal SCID and BALB/c mice inoculated with MPV were evaluated over 24 wk; several mice from each strain were mated once during this period. Fecal MPV loads for each cage were...

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Published in:Comparative medicine 2007, Vol.57 (1), p.66-73
Main Authors: Besselsen, D.G, Becker, M.D, Henderson, K.S, Wagner, A.M, Banu, L.A, Shek, W.R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
feces
immunocompetence
infection
mice
Parvovirus
polymerase chain reaction
progeny
quantitative analysis
sentinel animals
seroconversion
severe combined immunodeficiency
viral diseases of animals and humans
viral load
viral shedding
virus transmission
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Summary:Fecal shedding and transmission of mouse parvovirus 1 (MPV) to naive sentinels, breeding mates, and progeny were assessed. Neonatal SCID and BALB/c mice inoculated with MPV were evaluated over 24 wk; several mice from each strain were mated once during this period. Fecal MPV loads for each cage were determined weekly by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis, and all mice were evaluated by quantitative PCR analysis of lymphoid tissues and seroconversion to MPV antigens in immunocompetent mice. Results indicated persistently high fecal shedding of MPV in SCID mice throughout the evaluation period sufficient to allow transmission to sentinels, naive breeding partners, and the progeny of infected male mice and naive partners. Lymphoid tissue viral loads in the progeny of infected female SCID mice were high at weaning but low at 6 wk of age. Infected BALB/c mice shed high levels of MPV in feces for 3 wk postinoculation, with seroconversion only in sentinels exposed during the first 2 wk postinoculation. Thereafter the feces of infected BALB/c mice and the lymphoid tissues of sentinels, naive breeding partners, and progeny intermittently contained extremely low levels of MPV DNA. Although pregnancy and lactation did not increase viral shedding in BALB/c mice, MPV exposure levels were sufficient to induce productive infection in some BALB/c progeny. These data indicate that the adaptive immune response suppresses, but does not eliminate, MPV shedding; this suppression is sufficient to inhibit infection of weanling and adult mice but allows productive infection of some progeny.
ISSN:1532-0820
2769-819X