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Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) infection in dogs is considered as one of the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in young dogs and continues to occur with high incidence worldwide. Despite a single-stranded DNA virus, CPV-2 possesses a high mutation rate which has led to the development of new variants from time to time. These variants are classically classified based on the amino acid markers present in the VP2 gene. In this study, we examined 20 different cases of CPV-2 infection from seven different states of the North East region (NER) of India. The near-complete genome sequences of all these isolates were subjected to phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis to evaluate the genetic diversity and geographical spread of CPV-2 variants. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences revealed residues characteristic of the 'Asian CPV-2c lineage' in all the 20 sequences confirming it as the dominant strain circulating in NER, India. The phylogenetic analysis based on the whole genome showed that all 20 sequences formed a monophyletic clade together with other Asian CPV-2c sequences. Furthermore, phylogeographic analysis based on the VP2 gene showed the likely introduction of Asian CPV-2c strain to India from China. This study marks the first comprehensive report elucidating the molecular epidemiology of CPV-2 in India.

The most significant infectious disease that affects cats is thought to be feline panleukopenia, also known as Cat distemper. Despite its epidemiological status, few literatures are available regarding the clinic-pathological aspect of the disease and about the molecular epidemiology of the circulating feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) in India. This study gives a comprehensive insight into the prevalence, pathology and diagnosis of FPV in cat population of Mizoram. Twenty-six cats that died of clinical disease suspected of FPV were subjected to a thorough pathological examination followed by molecular diagnosis. The FPV infection was confirmed in 12 out of the 26 cats by polymerase chain reaction assay targeting the VP2 gene of FPV. The phylogenetic analysis based on the full VP2 gene of FPV has demonstrated close genetic affinity of FPV strains circulating in Mizoram with the isolates from Thailand (MW589472), Italy (MZ508524) and China (OR727315). The analysis of the VP2-deduced amino acid sequence revealed two distinct mutations, S179T and I401V, exclusively identified in isolates from this particular study.

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes considerable economic impacts on global poultry production. Since its emergence in early 1930, IBV continues to evolve and now exists in a wide range of antigenically and genetically distinct variants, that makes the prevention and the control of the disease both complex and challenging. Although IBV has been reported regularly from different corner of India, information about the molecular epidemiology of circulating strain in relation to clinical form of the disease is not available. We have studied the clinico-pathology and confirmed eight distinct field outbreaks of the disease from poultry population of Mizoram, India. The clinical disease in affected birds resulted sever pathological lesions involving respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urinary system together. The complete S1 nucleotide sequences and protein analyses have revealed a distinct variant of genotype I–IBV (GI), designated as GI-24 circulating in India. The S1 protein of the field strains displayed unique additional eighteen amino acids at C terminal end when compared with M41strain. Comparison of the S1 protein among all the 27 lineages of GI revealed five mutations that are exclusive to only the Indian strains. All the field strains have also possessed the amino acid mutations at highly variable region 2 (HVR2) of S1 receptor-binding domain (RBD) that are considered characteristic of nephropathogenic strains. The circulating GI-24 strains displayed potency for a wide range of tropism from respiratory epithelium to GIT and urinary system. This study provides insight on recently emerging IBV outbreaks in NER, India, which might be causing huge economic losses to the poultry farmers in the region.

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) are among one of the most prevalent and important infectious agents, which cause a severe economic impact on pig farming worldwide. Circulation of these viruses together in the same pig population may lead to the syndemic infection with altered pathogenicity and thereby pathology and clinical manifestation of the diseases. The present study evaluated syndemic infection between PRRSV and PCV2 in the pig population reared in the backyard farms in Mizoram state of India. The syndemicity between PRRSV and PCV2 was confirmed by clinico-pathological studies followed by simultaneous detection of both the viruses in tissue samples by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR), immunohisto-chemistry and SYBR green-based real-time PCR / RT- PCR. The syndemicity resulted to a more severe respiratory disease in affected pigs. Pathological studies on affected pigs revealed a combined picture of hemorrhagic lesions with lymphadenopathy. The SYBR green-based absolute quantification assay estimated the PCV2 load in more quantities than that of PRRSV in all the tissues. The highest PRRSV load was detected in the lungs, while the highest PCV2 load was detected in mesenteric and inguinal lymph nodes. The co-circulation of different pathogenic viruses and their persistent infections in a population is always a matter of great concern to pig producers across the world. The present findings highlighted the similar situation with syndemic infection of PRRSV with PCV2 for the first time in Mizoram, India, that caused severe respiratory disease in affected pigs.

African swine fever (ASF) is a lethal and highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, listed as a notifiable disease to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). In the absence of any credible commercially available vaccine, the economic losses to the global pig industry inflicted by ASF is insurmountable. Currently, the control and eradication measures for the disease are broadly based on early detection strict biosecurity measures and stamping‐out. The complex nature of ASF virus (ASFV) epidemiology; seasonality of the disease experienced in some countries and in some pig farms with high biosecurity levels have raised serious concern on possible involvement of other arthropods as source of the virus. We have detected ASFV in Haematopinus suis , collected from sows that died of natural outbreak of acute severe ASF and also in newly hatched out nymph from the nits collected from the same source. The finding highlights on importance of H. suis as an important vector for transmission of ASFV with the potential for a new sylvatic cycle of ASFV involving lice and domestic pigs.

Lumpy skin disease is a transboundary, emerging and a notifiable disease of cattle with huge economic impacts throughout the globe. In recent years, the disease has also been reported in Indian Gazelle, Camel, Banteng, Gaur, and Giraffe. This report provides an insight into the occurrence of LSD in red serow ( Capricornis rubidus ), a globally vulnerable wild goat-antelope from Mizoram, India. The pathological findings observed in the affected red serow have suggested severe acute systemic disease. The occurrence of LSD was confirmed by detection of p32, GPCR, RP030 genes of LSDV in various tissue samples. Phylogenetic analysis of RPO30 and GPCR genes have identified the circulating strain in lineage 1.2 and the sub-lineage 1.2 KSGP O-240. Detection of LSDV in this new wild species has serious implications for both the conservation of red serow and the epidemiology of the disease.