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Journal of Virology, May 2005, p. 6410-6418, Vol. 79, No. 10
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.10.6410-6418.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Confocal Immunofluorescence Microscopy To Localize Viral Nonstructural Proteins and Potential Sites of Replication in Pigs Experimentally Infected with Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

P. Monaghan, J. Simpson, C. Murphy, S. Durand, M. Quan, and S. Alexandersen*

Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 ONF, England

Received 2 September 2004/ Accepted 6 December 2004

Replication of foot-and-mouth disease virus in infected pig epithelium has been studied by immunofluorescence labeling of the viral nonstructural protein 3ABC and confocal microscopy. The results were correlated with viral RNA copy numbers in tissue samples from adjacent sites determined by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). Lesion formation was seen in the tongues and coronary band epithelia of infected pigs 2 days after infection. Viral replication was observed in cells of the epithelium of the tongue and coronary band but not in the associated stromal cells. Infected epithelial cells were present in the stratum spinosum, away from the lesion, with small lesions formed above the basement membrane. Viral replication was markedly reduced in tongue epithelium by day 3 postinfection but remained apparent in the coronary band tissue up to 5 days postinfection. These results were confirmed by the RNA copy number determined by RT-PCR.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Virology, Lindholm, DK-4771 Kalvehave, Denmark. Phone: 45 72347833. Fax: 45 72347883. E-mail: sax{at}dfvf.dk.

Journal of Virology, May 2005, p. 6410-6418, Vol. 79, No. 10
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.10.6410-6418.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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