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Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa
Thesis (PhD (Microbiology))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/22866 Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa Nel, Louis Hendrik ADBastos@zoology.up.ac.za Thomson, G.R. Slager-Bastos, Armanda Duarte Carrier state Communicable diseases African buffalo Carrier state Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) Microbiology Southern Africa Impala UCTD Thesis (PhD (Microbiology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an economically devastating picornaviral disease affecting over 40 species of cloven-hoofed animals. The virus occurs as seven immunologically distinct serotypes which are characterized by high levels of intra- and intertypic variation. The three South African Territories (SAT) serotypes 1-3 are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, a region where the epidemiology of the disease is particularly complex due to the presence of six of the seven serotypes, the role of wildlife in virus maintenance and the apparently higher levels of variation in the endemic serotypes. These factors make it imperative to establish methods suited to elucidating the regional epidemiology. One of the integral parts of this process is the genetic characterization of regionally representative viruses in order to assess the variation in the field and to clarify the role of wildlife. Nucleotide sequence data and methods suited to studying the SAT-types are however limited. A first priority was therefore to establish a PCR-based nucleotide sequencing technique targeting the highly immunogenic and phylogenetically informative 1D genome region encoding the VP1 protein. The screening of multiple serotypes and subtypes prevalent on the African continent confirmed that this method was robust and well-suited to molecular epidemiological studies in the southern Africa region. The method was first applied in the characterization of FMD virus recovered from the reproductive tract of free-living African buffalo in the Kruger National Park. Nucleotide sequencing assisted in authentication of the results and indicated that carrier status was likely, but it was not possible to unequivocally demonstrate persistent infection of FMDV. In a separate study, the role of impala antelope (Aepyceros melampus) in the epidemiology of the disease in South Africa was assessed. Genetic characterization of impala and African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) viruses collected over an eleven year period confirmed that inter-species transmission occurred on several occasions and that virus can persist in impala populations for more than 12 months. Inter-species transmission and investigation of the possible mechanisms facilitating virus transmission from persistently infected buffalo focussed on the Kruger National Park in South Africa. In order to ensure regional relevance the study was broadened to incorporate buffalo populations throughout southern Africa. Viruses of the three SAT-types recovered from diverse African buffalo populations were therefore characterized. The results reveal that independently evolving viral lineages occur in distinct geographical regions for each of the SAT-types examined and that the levels of intratypic variation are in the order of 52 - 55 % on nucleotide level across the genome region characterized. Given the strict locality-specific grouping of buffalo viruses the likely usefulness of this database for tracing the origin and course of contemporary and historical SAT-type outbreaks was investigated. Molecular epidemiological studies conclusively show that buffalo are indeed the ultimate source of infection for susceptible cloven-hoofed animals occurring in close proximity, that interspecies transmission occurs between cattle and antelope and that trans-boundary transmission of virus remains a threat to disease security in southern African countries. Microbiology and Plant Pathology unrestricted 2013-09-06T13:51:09Z 2006-03-03 2013-09-06T13:51:09Z 2001-09-01 2007-03-03 2006-02-27 Thesis Slager-Bastos, A D 2001, Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22866 > H441/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22866 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02272006-094544/ © 2001, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Carrier state Communicable diseases African buffalo Carrier state Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) Microbiology Southern Africa Impala UCTD Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa |
| title | Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa |
| title_full | Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa |
| title_short | Molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease in southern Africa |
| title_sort | molecular epidemiology and diagnosis of sat type foot and mouth disease in southern africa |
| topic | Carrier state Communicable diseases African buffalo Carrier state Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) Microbiology Southern Africa Impala UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22866 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02272006-094544/ |