Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5806960 | Current Opinion in Virology | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is the most costly viral pathogen facing a modern pig industry. A unique feature of the virus is the ability to cause severe clinical disease and maintain a life-long subclinical infection. Persistence at the population level poses the biggest challenge for the successful control and elimination of the disease. A mechanistic basis for persistence includes the evasion of innate and adaptive immune responses. Recent advances include the study of how the non-structural proteins (nsp's) inhibit the induction of type 1 interferon genes.
⺠Persistence is a critical component of PRRSV pathogenesis. ⺠Mechanism of persistence includes subversion of the innate and humoral responses. ⺠Evasion of the humoral response is through glycan shielding and genetic variation. ⺠PRRSV can block the early induction of type I interferons.