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2. Identification of tick-borne pathogens using metagenomic analyses in H. longicornis feeding on humans in downtown Beijing
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Lv, Jizhou, Wang, Huiyu, Han, Xueqing, Mei, Lin, Yuan, Xiangfen, Kong, Yufang, Deng, Junhua, Fu, Zhen F., Wu, Shaoqiang, and Lin, Xiangmei
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- 2021
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3. Generation and characterization of a potentially applicable Vero cell line constitutively expressing the Schmallenberg virus nucleocapsid protein
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Zhang, Yongning, Wu, Shaoqiang, Song, Shanshan, Lv, Jizhou, Feng, Chunyan, and Lin, Xiangmei
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- 2017
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4. Application and prospect of semiconductor biosensors in detection of viral zoonoses.
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Zheng, Jiahao, Feng, Chunyan, Qiu, Songyin, Xu, Ke, Wang, Caixia, Liu, Xiaofei, Lv, Jizhou, Yu, Haoyang, and Wu, Shaoqiang
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- 2023
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5. Emerging Tick-Borne Viruses in the Twenty-First Century
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Karen L. Mansfield, Lv Jizhou, L. Paul Phipps, and Nicholas Johnson
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tick ,virus ,emerging ,transmission ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
Ticks, as a group, are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of pathogens to humans and are the primary vector for pathogens of livestock, companion animals, and wildlife. The role of ticks in the transmission of viruses has been known for over 100 years and yet new pathogenic viruses are still being detected and known viruses are continually spreading to new geographic locations. Partly as a result of their novelty, tick-virus interactions are at an early stage in understanding. For some viruses, even the principal tick-vector is not known. It is likely that tick-borne viruses will continue to emerge and challenge public and veterinary health long into the twenty-first century. However, studies focusing on tick saliva, a critical component of tick feeding, virus transmission, and a target for control of ticks and tick-borne diseases, point toward solutions to emerging viruses. The aim of this review is to describe some currently emerging tick-borne diseases, their causative viruses, and to discuss research on virus-tick interactions. Through focus on this area, future protein targets for intervention and vaccine development may be identified.
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- 2017
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6. Species discrimination in the subfamily Ostertagiinae of Northern China: assessment of DNA barcode in a taxonomically challenging group
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Lv, Jizhou, Zhang, Yongning, Feng, Chunyan, Yuan, Xiangfen, Sun, Degang, Deng, Junhua, Wang, Caixia, Wu, Shaoqiang, and Lin, Xiangmei
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- 2016
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7. Selective expansion and enhanced anti-tumor effect of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells by retrovirus-mediated IL-15 expression
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Lv, Jizhou, Tao, Ning, Wu, Hao, Liu, Xiaoman, Xu, Xia, Xu, Yingxin, and Qin, Zhihai
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- 2011
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8. Multiplex detection of six swine viruses on an integrated centrifugal disk using loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
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Yuan, Xiangfen, Lv, Jizhou, Lin, Xiangmei, Zhang, Chunyan, Deng, Junhua, Wang, Caixia, Fan, Xiaopan, Wang, Yonggui, Xu, Hui, and Wu, Shaoqiang
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PARVOVIRUSES ,AUJESZKY'S disease virus ,PORCINE reproductive & respiratory syndrome ,CLASSICAL swine fever virus ,PORCINE epidemic diarrhea virus ,VIRUS diseases ,SWINE ,FOOT & mouth disease - Abstract
Advances in molecular testing and microfluidic technologies have opened new avenues for rapid detection of animal viruses. We used a centrifugal microfluidic disk (CMFD) to detect 6 important swine viruses, including foot-and-mouth disease virus, classical swine fever virus, porcine reproductive and respiratory swine virus–North American genotype, porcine circovirus 2, pseudorabies virus, and porcine parvovirus. Through integrating the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method and microfluidic chip technology, the CMFD could be successfully performed at 62℃ in 60 min. The detection limit of the CMFD was 3.2 × 10
2 copies per reaction, close to the sensitivity of tube-type LAMP turbidity methods (1 × 102 copies per reaction). In addition, the CMFD was highly specific in detecting the targeted viruses with no cross-reaction with other viruses, including porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, transmissible gastroenteritis virus, and porcine rotavirus. The coincidence rate of CMFD and conventional PCR was ~94%; the CMFD was more sensitive than conventional PCR for detecting mixed viral infections. The positive detection rate of 6 viruses in clinical samples by CMFD was 44.0% (102 of 232), whereas PCR was 40.1% (93 of 232). Thirty-six clinical samples were determined to be coinfected with 2 or more viruses. CMFD can be used for rapid, sensitive, and accurate detection of 6 swine viruses, offering a reliable assay for monitoring these pathogens, especially for detecting viruses in widespread mixed-infection clinical samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2019
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9. Comparative Chloroplast Genomes of Sorghum Species: Sequence Divergence and Phylogenetic Relationships.
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Song, Yun, Chen, Yan, Lv, Jizhou, Xu, Jin, Zhu, Shuifang, and Li, MingFu
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COMPARATIVE studies ,CYTOPLASM ,DNA ,GENOMES ,GRAIN ,PHYLOGENY ,GENETIC markers ,SEQUENCE analysis - Abstract
Sorghum comprises 31 species that exhibit considerable morphological and ecological diversity. The phylogenetic relationships among Sorghum species still remain unresolved due to lower information on the traditional DNA markers, which provides a limited resolution for identifying Sorghum species. In this study, we sequenced the complete chloroplast genomes of Sorghum sudanense and S. propinquum and analyzed the published chloroplast genomes of S. bicolor and S. timorense to retrieve valuable chloroplast molecular resources for Sorghum. The chloroplast genomes ranged in length from 140,629 to 140,755 bp, and their gene contents, gene orders, and GC contents were similar to those for other Poaceae species but were slightly different in the number of SSRs. Comparative analyses among the four chloroplast genomes revealed 651 variable sites, 137 indels, and nine small inversions. Four highly divergent DNA regions (rps16-trnQ, trnG-trnM, rbcL-psaI, and rps15-ndhF), which were suitable for phylogenetic and species identification, were detected in the Sorghum chloroplast genomes. A phylogenetic analysis strongly supported that Sorghum is a monophyletic group in the tribe Andropogoneae. Overall, the genomic resources in this study could provide potential molecular markers for phylogeny and species identification in Sorghum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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10. Development of a DNA barcoding system for the Ixodida (Acari: Ixodida).
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Lv, Jizhou, Wu, Shaoqiang, Zhang, Yongning, Zhang, Tianyi, Feng, Chunyan, Jia, Guangle, and Lin, Xiangmei
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ACAROLOGY , *MITES , *DEOXYRIBOSE , *ARTHROPODA , *TICK-borne diseases - Abstract
To control the spread of tick-borne diseases, there is an urgent need to develop a reliable technique that can distinguish different species of ticks. DNA barcoding has been proved to be a powerful tool to identify species of arthropods, but this technique has not yet been developed for identifying ticks. Here, we screened and analyzed 1082 sequences of ticks from BOLD system and GenBank, consisting of 647 16S, 325 COI, and 110 18S. These sequences are reported in previous studies and considered to be correctly identified at the species level. Through the analyses of genetic divergences and neighbor-joining (NJ) phylogenetic relationships between the species of ticks, our results show that COI and 16S are reliable in discriminating species of ticks and the 18S could discriminate ticks at the genera level. New universal primers for 16S, 18S, and COI of ticks were designed and a DNA barcoding system for the Ixodida was developed. To assess the performance of this system, 57 specimens of ticks were collected within China. Our results show that DNA barcoding system could correctly identify the species of specimens in adult and subadult stages. This system would assist non-taxonomists to conveniently identify the species of Ixodida based on DNA sequences rather than morphological traits. However, there are still serious deficiencies in the information of 16S and COI of some species of ticks, and additional research is needed to resolve this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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11. Peste des petits ruminants virus exploits cellular autophagy machinery for replication
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Zhang, Yongning, Wu, Shaoqiang, Lv, Jizhou, Feng, Chunyan, Deng, Junhua, Wang, Caixia, Yuan, Xiangfen, Zhang, Tianyi, and Lin, Xiangmei
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PESTE des petits ruminants , *AUTOPHAGY , *DNA replication , *PATHOGENIC microorganisms , *APOPTOSIS , *RAPAMYCIN , *NUCLEOCAPSIDS , *SMALL interfering RNA - Abstract
Abstract: Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is an important pathogen that seriously influences the productivity of small ruminants worldwide. Although PPRV is known to induce apoptosis in infected cells, the interaction between PPRV and permissive cells requires further elucidation. Here, we provide the first evidence that PPRV infection triggered autophagy in Vero cells based on the appearance of abundant double- and single-membrane vesicles, the accumulation of LC3 fluorescent puncta, the enhancement of LC3-I/-II conversion, and autophagic flux. We further demonstrated that induction of autophagy with rapamycin significantly increased PPRV progeny yield and nucleocapsid (N) protein expression, while inhibition of autophagy with siRNA targeting ATG7 resulted in diametrically opposite results. Our data indicate that PPRV exploits the autophagy machinery to facilitate its own replication in host cells, thus the production efficiency of live attenuated PPRV vaccines may be improved by targeting the autophagic pathway. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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12. Preparation and characterization of a stable BHK-21 cell line constitutively expressing the Schmallenberg virus nucleocapsid protein.
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Zhang, Yongning, Wu, Shaoqiang, Song, Shanshan, Lv, Jizhou, Feng, Chunyan, and Lin, Xiangmei
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VIRAL disease diagnosis , *LIVESTOCK diseases , *MESSENGER RNA , *GREEN fluorescent protein , *NUCLEOCAPSIDS , *GENE expression , *CELL lines - Abstract
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a newly emerged orthobunyavirus that predominantly infects livestock such as cattle, sheep, and goats. Its nucleocapsid (N) protein is an ideal target antigen for SBV diagnosis. In this study, a stable BHK-21 cell line, BHK-21-EGFP-SBV-N, constitutively expressing the SBV N protein was obtained using a lentivector-mediated gene transfer system combined with puromycin selection. To facilitate the purification of recombinant SBV N protein, the coding sequence for a hexa-histidine tag was introduced into the C-terminus of the SBV N gene during construction of the recombinant lentivirus vector pLV-EGFP-SBV-N. The BHK-21-EGFP-SBV-N cell line was demonstrated to spontaneously emit strong enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) signals that exhibited a discrete punctate distribution throughout the cytoplasm. SBV N mRNA and protein expression in this cell line were detected by real-time RT-PCR and western blot, respectively. The expressed recombinant SBV N protein carried an N-terminal EGFP tag, and was successfully purified using Ni–NTA agarose by means of its C-terminal His tag. The purified SBV N protein could be recognized by SBV antisera and an anti-SBV monoclonal antibody (mAb) 2C8 in an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and western blot analyses. Indirect immunofluorescence assays further demonstrated that the stable cell line reacts with SBV antisera and mAb 2C8. These results suggest that the generated cell line has the potential to be used in the serological diagnosis of SBV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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13. Expression and purification of the nucleocapsid protein of Schmallenberg virus, and preparation and characterization of a monoclonal antibody against this protein.
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Zhang, Yongning, Wu, Shaoqiang, Wang, Jianchang, Wernike, Kerstin, Lv, Jizhou, Feng, Chunyan, Zhang, Jihong, Wang, Caixia, Deng, Junhua, Yuan, Xiangfen, and Lin, Xiangmei
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NUCLEOCAPSIDS , *GENE expression , *MONOCLONAL antibodies , *RECOMBINANT proteins , *IMMUNOGENETICS , *ANTIGENS , *ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay - Abstract
Highlights: [•] Two soluble recombinant SBV N proteins were generated. [•] MAb clone 2C8 was successfully prepared using His-SBV-N as an immunogen. [•] MBP-SBV-N was used as a coating antigen to screen mAb-secreting hybridomas in ELISA assays. [•] The epitope recognized by 2C8 is located at amino acids 51–76 of the SBV N protein. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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14. A Novel, Reverse Transcription, Droplet Digital PCR Assay for the Combined, Sensitive Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 with Swine Acute Diarrhea Syndrome Coronavirus.
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Zhang Z, Wang N, Liu X, Lv J, Jing H, Yuan X, Chen D, Lin X, and Wu S
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- Alphacoronavirus, Animals, COVID-19 Testing, Humans, RNA, Viral analysis, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Reproducibility of Results, Reverse Transcription, Sensitivity and Specificity, Swine, COVID-19 diagnosis, SARS-CoV-2 genetics
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Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread over the world since its emergence. Although the dominant route of SARS-CoV-2 infection is respiratory, a number of studies revealed infection risk from contaminated surfaces and products, including porcine-derived food and other products. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has been severely threatening public health, and disrupting porcine products trade and the pig industry. Swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV), which was responsible for large-scale, fatal disease in piglets, emerged in 2017 and has caused enormous economic losses in the pig industry. Currently, reverse transcription real-time PCR (RT-rPCR) is the gold standard method for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and is most commonly used for SADS-CoV detection. However, inaccurate detection of the SARS-CoV-2 infection obtained by RT-rPCR is increasingly reported, especially in specimens with low viral load., Objective: This study aimed to develop an accurate reverse transcription droplet digital PCR (RT-ddPCR) assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 and SADS-CoV simultaneously., Methods: Two pairs of primers and one double-quenched probe targeting the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RDRP) region of the open reading frame 1ab (ORF1ab) gene of SARS-CoV-2 and the corresponding ORF1ab region of SADS-CoV were designed to develop the RT-ddPCR assay. The sensitivity, specificity, repeatability, and reproducibility were tested using complementary RNAs (cRNAs) and clinical specimens., Results: The detection limits of RT-ddPCR were 1.48 ± 0.18 and 1.38 ± 0.17 copies in a 20 μL reaction for SARS-CoV-2 and SADS-CoV cRNAs, respectively (n = 8), showing approximately 4- and 10-fold greater sensitivity than the RT-rPCR assay. This assay also exhibited good specificity, repeatability, and reproducibility., Conclusion: The established RT-ddPCR assay was shown to be a highly effective, accurate, and reliable method for the sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 and SADS-CoV., Highlights: This RT-ddPCR assay could be used to detect both SARS-CoV-2 and SADS-CoV in a sample with one double-quenched probe, and is also the first reported RT-ddPCR assay for SADS-CoV detection., (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2022
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15. Multiplex Real-Time PCR Method for Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Goat pox Virus, Sheeppox Virus, and Lumpy Skin Disease Virus.
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Wang H, Kong Y, Mei L, Lv J, Wu S, Lin X, and Han X
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- Animals, Cattle, Goats, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reproducibility of Results, Sheep, Capripoxvirus genetics, Goat Diseases diagnosis, Lumpy skin disease virus genetics, Poxviridae Infections diagnosis, Poxviridae Infections veterinary, Sheep Diseases diagnosis
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Background: The diseases caused by the Capripoxvirus species have very similar symptoms and are difficult to distinguish clinically. According to a recent report, Capripoxvirus are not strictly host specific., Objective: This study aimed to identify the viruses from ovine (include sheep and goat) or bovine, which will assist in selecting the appropriate vaccine and correct measures to control diseases., Method: Universal primers for all Capripoxvirus and specific probes for lumpy skin disease virus, sheeppox virus, and goatpox virus were designed and analyzed to identify the viruses from ovine (including sheep and goats) or bovine species. The parameters of the system, such as the annealing temperatures and the quantities of primers and probes used, were optimized. The sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility were tested., Results: Each probe showed a specific fluorescent signal, with no cross reaction with other pathogens that cause symptoms similar to those of the poxviruses. The LOD was 102 copies of the target genome DNA. The 557 local clinical samples and samples from Ethiopia were successfully detected and the results were consistent with a restriction fragment length polymorphism PCR analysis of the P32 and RPO30 genes and gene sequencing., Conclusions: This optimized real-time PCR detection system has good diagnostic sensitivity and specificity and can be used for the rapid and effective differential diagnosis of these diseases in goats, sheep, and cattle., Highlights: It is a rapid detection method to distinguish the viruses from ovine (include sheep and goat) or bovine., (© AOAC INTERNATIONAL 2021. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2021
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16. Identification and Molecular Analysis of Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Domestic Animals and Tick-Borne Pathogens at the Tarim Basin of Southern Xinjiang, China.
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Zhao L, Lv J, Li F, Li K, He B, Zhang L, Han X, Wang H, Johnson N, Lin X, Wu S, and Liu Y
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- Animals, China, RNA, Ribosomal, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Acari genetics, Acari pathogenicity, Animals, Domestic parasitology, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Tick-Borne Diseases parasitology
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Livestock husbandry is vital to economy of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. However, there have been few surveys of the distribution of ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne pathogens affecting domestic animals at these locations. In this study, 3,916 adult ixodid ticks infesting domestic animals were collected from 23 sampling sites during 2012-2016. Ticks were identified to species based on morphology, and the identification was confirmed based on mitochondrial 16S and 12S rRNA sequences. Ten tick species belonging to 4 genera were identified, including Rhipicephalus turanicus, Hyalomma anatolicum, Rh. bursa, H. asiaticum asiaticum, and Rh. sanguineus. DNA sequences of Rickettsia spp. (spotted fever group) and Anaplasma spp. were detected in these ticks. Phylogenetic analyses revealed possible existence of undescribed Babesia spp. and Borrelia spp. This study illustrates potential threat to domestic animals and humans from tick-borne pathogens.
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- 2020
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17. Detection of tick-borne bacteria and babesia with zoonotic potential in Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Latreille, 1802) ticks from British bats.
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Lv J, Fernández de Marco MDM, Goharriz H, Phipps LP, McElhinney LM, Hernández-Triana LM, Wu S, Lin X, Fooks AR, and Johnson N
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- Animals, Argas classification, Babesia classification, England, Genes, Bacterial, Host-Pathogen Interactions, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Rickettsia classification, Tick Infestations epidemiology, Zoonoses microbiology, Argas genetics, Babesia genetics, Chiroptera microbiology, Chiroptera parasitology, Rickettsia genetics, Tick Infestations veterinary, Zoonoses epidemiology
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Ticks host a wide range of zoonotic pathogens and are a significant source of diseases that affect humans and livestock. However, little is known about the pathogens associated with bat ticks. We have collected ectoparasites from bat carcasses over a seven year period. Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) were extracted from 296 ticks removed from bats and the species designation was confirmed in all ticks as Argas (Carios) vespertilionis. A subset of these samples (n = 120) were tested for the presence of zoonotic pathogens by molecular methods. Babesia species, Rickettsia spp., within the spotted fever group (SFG), and Ehrlichia spp. were detected in ticks removed from 26 bats submitted from 14 counties across England. The prevalence of Rickettsia spp. was found to be highest in Pipistrellus pipistrellus from southern England. This study suggests that the tick species that host B. venatorum may include the genus Argas in addition to the genus Ixodes. As A. vespertilionis has been reported to feed on humans, detection of B. venatorum and SFG Rickettsia spp. could present a risk of disease transmission in England. No evidence for the presence of flaviviruses or Issyk-Kul virus (nairovirus) was found in these tick samples.
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- 2018
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18. Development of Chloroplast Genomic Resources for Oryza Species Discrimination.
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Song Y, Chen Y, Lv J, Xu J, Zhu S, Li M, and Chen N
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Rice is the most important crop in the world as the staple food for over half of the population. The wild species of Oryza represent an enormous gene pool for genetic improvement of rice cultivars. Accurate and rapid identification of these species is critical for effective utilization of the wild rice germplasm. In this study, we developed valuable chloroplast molecular markers by comparing the chloroplast genomes for species identification. Four chloroplast genomes of Oryza were newly sequenced on the Illumina HiSeq platform and other 14 Oryza species chloroplast genomes from Genbank were simultaneously taken into consideration for comparative analyses. Among 18 Oryza chloroplast genomes, five variable regions ( rps16-trnQ, trnTEYD, psbE-petL, rpoC2 and rbcL-accD ) were detected for DNA barcodes, in addition to differences in simple sequence repeats (SSR) and repeat sequences. The highest species resolution (72.22%) was provided by rpoC2 and rbcL-accD with distance-based methods. Three-marker combinations ( rps16-trnQ + trnTEYD + rbcL-accD, rps16-trnQ + trnTEYD + rpoC2 and rpoC2 + trnTEYD + psbE-petL ) showed the best species resolution (100%). Phylogenetic analysis based on the chloroplast genome provided the best resolution of Oryza . In the comparison of chloroplast genomes in this study, identification of the most variable regions and assessment of the focal regions of divergence were efficient in developing species-specific DNA barcodes. Based on evaluation of the chloroplast genomic resources, we conclude that chloroplast genome sequences are a reliable and valuable molecular marker for exploring the wild rice genetic resource in rice improvement.
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- 2017
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19. Assessment of four DNA fragments (COI, 16S rDNA, ITS2, 12S rDNA) for species identification of the Ixodida (Acari: Ixodida).
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Lv J, Wu S, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Feng C, Yuan X, Jia G, Deng J, Wang C, Wang Q, Mei L, and Lin X
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- Animals, Base Sequence, DNA Primers genetics, DNA, Ribosomal chemistry, DNA, Ribosomal genetics, DNA, Ribosomal Spacer chemistry, DNA, Ribosomal Spacer genetics, Genetic Markers genetics, Genetic Variation, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Species Specificity, Ticks genetics, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic, Electron Transport Complex IV genetics, Ticks classification
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Background: The 5' region of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) is the standard marker for DNA barcoding. However, COI has proved to be of limited use in identifying some species, and for some taxa, the coding sequence is not efficiently amplified by PCR. These deficiencies lead to uncertainty as to whether COI is the most suitable barcoding fragment for species identification of ticks., Methods: In this study, we directly compared the relative effectiveness of COI, 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and 12S rDNA for tick species identification. A total of 307 sequences from 84 specimens representing eight tick species were acquired by PCR. Besides the 1,834 published sequences of 189 tick species from GenBank and the Barcode of Life Database, 430 unpublished sequences representing 59 tick species were also successfully screened by Bayesian analyses. Thereafter, the performance of the four DNA markers to identify tick species was evaluated by identification success rates given by these markers using nearest neighbour (NN), BLASTn, liberal tree-based or liberal tree-based (+threshold) methods., Results: Genetic divergence analyses showed that the intra-specific divergence of each marker was much lower than the inter-specific divergence. Our results indicated that the rates of correct sequence identification for all four markers (COI, 16S rDNA, ITS2, 12S rDNA) were very high (> 96%) when using the NN methodology. We also found that COI was not significantly better than the other markers in terms of its rate of correct sequence identification. Overall, BLASTn and NN methods produced higher rates of correct species identification than that produced by the liberal tree-based methods (+threshold or otherwise)., Conclusions: As the standard DNA barcode, COI should be the first choice for tick species identification, while 16S rDNA, ITS2, and 12S rDNA could be used when COI does not produce reliable results. Besides, NN and BLASTn are efficient methods for species identification of ticks.
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- 2014
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20. Detection and characterization of Bonamia ostreae in Ostrea edulis imported to China.
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Feng C, Lin X, Wang F, Zhang Y, Lv J, Wang C, Deng J, Mei L, Wu S, and Li H
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- Animals, China, Commerce, Haplosporida physiology, Host-Parasite Interactions, Ostrea parasitology
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The protozoan parasite Bonamia ostreae is a destructive pathogen of flat oysters and has been reported to be widespread in Europe and North America. The biological characteristics of this unicellular parasite are still not fully understood. In this study, 104 Ostrea edulis imported from the USA to the Guangdong province of China for consumption were examined for Bonamia infection. PCR assay, combined with restriction fragment length polymorphism, sequencing and BLAST analysis, showed that B. ostreae DNA could be detected in 1 of the 104 oyster samples. Light microscopy revealed Bonamia-like organisms in the oyster. PCR assay and fluorescent in situ hybridization showed that B. ostreae organisms were present and retained their integrity after 4 wk in culture. Acridine orange-ethidium bromide staining indicated that the B. ostreae were still alive. In conclusion, B. ostreae was present in oysters imported to China. More importantly, the parasite was able to survive for at least 4 wk of in vitro culture at 4°C, which further implied a long-term transmission risk of B. ostreae. Considering the wide culture beds of Crassostrea ariakensis and C. gigas in China, and that C. ariakensis and C. gigas are susceptible hosts or reservoirs of B. ostreae, our study highlights the potential risk of introducing B. ostreae by importing O. edulis from a Bonamia endemic area.
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- 2013
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21. Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for detection of Perkinsus spp. in mollusks.
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Feng C, Wang C, Lin X, Zhang Y, Lv J, Deng J, Yuan X, Mei L, and Wu S
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- Alveolata genetics, Animals, Host-Parasite Interactions, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sensitivity and Specificity, Alveolata isolation & purification, Bivalvia parasitology, Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques methods
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Perkinsus is a genus of unicellular protozoan parasite responsible for mass mortality of several commercially valuable mollusks. Surveillance and inspection of its epidemiology in the field calls for convenient and rapid detection methods. Here, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed to detect the presence of Perkinsus spp. in mollusks. Specific LAMP primers were designed targeting the conserved internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) region of the rRNA gene of Perkinsus spp. Using ITS-2 recombinant plasmid as a template, we optimized the LAMP reaction system and conditions and then evaluated the analytical sensitivity and specificity of the assay. The LAMP assay was validated using clam samples collected from coastal areas in eastern China and oysters imported to China and compared with the traditional Ray's fluid thioglycollate culture method (RFTM). Our results showed that the LAMP detection method for Perkinsus was successful. The detection limit was 10 copies of plasmid DNA. Compared to the RFTM assay, the LAMP detection method was more sensitive (56 versus 52 positive out of 60 samples). P. olseni and P. marinus from infected hosts were successfully detected by this method. The LAMP method is rapid, sensitive, and specific for Perkinsus spp. detection, and could be used to screen for perkinsosis both on farms and at ports.
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- 2013
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