Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2024)

Isolation of Diverse Simian Arteriviruses Causing Hemorrhagic Disease

  • Teressa M. Shaw,
  • Samuel T. Dettle,
  • Andres Mejia,
  • Jennifer M. Hayes,
  • Heather A. Simmons,
  • Puja Basu,
  • Jens H. Kuhn,
  • Mitchell D. Ramuta,
  • Cody J. Warren,
  • Peter B. Jahrling,
  • David H. O’Connor,
  • Liupei Huang,
  • Misbah Zaeem,
  • Jiwon Seo,
  • Igor I. Slukvin,
  • Matthew E. Brown,
  • Adam L. Bailey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3004.231457
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 4
pp. 721 – 731

Abstract

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Genetically diverse simian arteriviruses (simarteriviruses) naturally infect geographically and phylogenetically diverse monkeys, and cross-species transmission and emergence are of considerable concern. Characterization of most simarteriviruses beyond sequence analysis has not been possible because the viruses fail to propagate in the laboratory. We attempted to isolate 4 simarteriviruses, Kibale red colobus virus 1, Pebjah virus, simian hemorrhagic fever virus, and Southwest baboon virus 1, by inoculating an immortalized grivet cell line (known to replicate simian hemorrhagic fever virus), primary macaque cells, macrophages derived from macaque induced pluripotent stem cells, and mice engrafted with macaque CD34+-enriched hematopoietic stem cells. The combined effort resulted in successful virus isolation; however, no single approach was successful for all 4 simarteriviruses. We describe several approaches that might be used to isolate additional simarteriviruses for phenotypic characterization. Our results will expedite laboratory studies of simarteriviruses to elucidate virus-host interactions, assess zoonotic risk, and develop medical countermeasures.

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