Antigenic drift of equine infectious anemia virus in chronically infected horses.
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Publication Date: 1973-01-01 PubMed ID: 4123810DOI: 10.1007/BF01249923Google Scholar: Lookup
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This study investigates how constant exposure to equine infectious anemia virus (EIA) affects horses over time, focusing particularly on how the virus’s antigenic identity changes, possibly leading to repeated bouts of fever and increased virus levels in the blood.
Study Overview
- The study involved horses that were experimentally infected with a laboratory-controlled version of the EIA virus.
- These horses developed a chronic form of the disease, characterized by repeated periods of fever and increases in viremia (the presence of viruses in the blood).
Findings on Virus Variations
- Different viruses isolated from the horses at various times during their febrile (fever) episodes demonstrated changes in their antigenic specificity, signifying that these viruses had undergone antigenic drift.
- These evolved versions of the virus were distinct from each other, identified through their ability to be neutralized by certain antibodies, but not by others that trigger complement fixation or precipitation.
- This evidence suggested changes in the viruses’ surface antigens but no change in overall infectivity among the variant viruses.
Hypotheses and Suggestions
- The researchers put forward that the persistent presence of the virus in the infected horses’ blood could be due to ongoing cycles of the development of antigenically distinct virus populations.
- These new virus populations would not be vulnerable to being neutralized by the antibodies previously produced in response to the virus, allowing the continual presence and proliferation of the virus within the host.
- They suggest that the emergence and increase of such viral variants in the blood could be driving the bouts of fever experienced by the infected horses.
Cite This Article
APA
Kono Y, Kobayashi K, Fukunaga Y.
(1973).
Antigenic drift of equine infectious anemia virus in chronically infected horses.
Arch Gesamte Virusforsch, 41(1), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01249923 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Antibody Specificity
- Clone Cells
- Complement Fixation Tests
- Cross Reactions
- Epitopes
- Equine Infectious Anemia / blood
- Equine Infectious Anemia / immunology
- Horses
- Immunodiffusion
- Infectious Anemia Virus, Equine / isolation & purification
- Infectious Anemia Virus, Equine / pathogenicity
- Leukocytes
- Neutralization Tests
- Precipitin Tests
- Time Factors
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