The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception
Pest mammals have severe economic, environmental and social impacts throughout the world. Fertility control could reduce these impacts. Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) is being considered as an immunocontraceptive vector to control outbreaks of house mice (Mus domesticus) in Australian grain-growing r...
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Microbiology Society
2009
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| author | Arthur, A.D. Krebs, C.J. Pech, R.P. Farroway, L.N. Singleton, G.R. |
| author_browse | Arthur, A.D. Farroway, L.N. Krebs, C.J. Pech, R.P. Singleton, G.R. |
| author_facet | Arthur, A.D. Krebs, C.J. Pech, R.P. Farroway, L.N. Singleton, G.R. |
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| description | Pest mammals have severe economic, environmental and social impacts throughout the world. Fertility control could reduce these impacts. Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) is being considered as an immunocontraceptive vector to control outbreaks of house mice (Mus domesticus) in Australian grain-growing regions. For successful control, a modified MCMV must transmit at a sufficient rate to keep populations of house mice below acceptable economic thresholds. We used disease models developed previously by using observations of free-ranging wild-mouse populations to assess the transmission rate of two laboratory strains of MCMV (N1 and G4) collected in a previous experiment. Mice contained in pens were deliberately infected with the N1 strain only, or with the N1 strain followed by the G4 strain. If we assume density-dependent transmission, which is the more likely mode of transmission, we found the N1 strain of MCMV transmitted at a rate ~1/300 of the rate of field strains, and hence too slowly for successful virally vectored immunocontraception (VVIC). If transmission was frequency-dependent, the rate of transmission was ~1/3 of the rate of field strains, and hence may allow successful VVIC. The G4 strain transmitted at least as slowly as the N1 strain, and possibly much more slowly; however, we could not determine whether this was an inherent property of the G4 strain or whether it was caused by competition with the N1 strain. Given the reliance of successful VVIC on rapid transmission, we recommend that future work in any VVIC system explicitly quantifies the transmission rate of recombinant viruses relative to field strains, both in the presence and absence of competing strains. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1662172025-12-17T08:03:25Z The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception Arthur, A.D. Krebs, C.J. Pech, R.P. Farroway, L.N. Singleton, G.R. Pest mammals have severe economic, environmental and social impacts throughout the world. Fertility control could reduce these impacts. Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) is being considered as an immunocontraceptive vector to control outbreaks of house mice (Mus domesticus) in Australian grain-growing regions. For successful control, a modified MCMV must transmit at a sufficient rate to keep populations of house mice below acceptable economic thresholds. We used disease models developed previously by using observations of free-ranging wild-mouse populations to assess the transmission rate of two laboratory strains of MCMV (N1 and G4) collected in a previous experiment. Mice contained in pens were deliberately infected with the N1 strain only, or with the N1 strain followed by the G4 strain. If we assume density-dependent transmission, which is the more likely mode of transmission, we found the N1 strain of MCMV transmitted at a rate ~1/300 of the rate of field strains, and hence too slowly for successful virally vectored immunocontraception (VVIC). If transmission was frequency-dependent, the rate of transmission was ~1/3 of the rate of field strains, and hence may allow successful VVIC. The G4 strain transmitted at least as slowly as the N1 strain, and possibly much more slowly; however, we could not determine whether this was an inherent property of the G4 strain or whether it was caused by competition with the N1 strain. Given the reliance of successful VVIC on rapid transmission, we recommend that future work in any VVIC system explicitly quantifies the transmission rate of recombinant viruses relative to field strains, both in the presence and absence of competing strains. 2009 2024-12-19T12:56:00Z 2024-12-19T12:56:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166217 en Microbiology Society Arthur, A. D.; Krebs, C. J.; Pech, R. P.; Farroway, L. N.; Singleton, G. R. 2009. The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception. Wildlife Res. 36: 386-393, ill. Ref. 2009 |
| spellingShingle | Arthur, A.D. Krebs, C.J. Pech, R.P. Farroway, L.N. Singleton, G.R. The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception |
| title | The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception |
| title_full | The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception |
| title_fullStr | The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception |
| title_full_unstemmed | The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception |
| title_short | The transmission rate of MCMV in house mice in pens: implications for virally vectored immunocontraception |
| title_sort | transmission rate of mcmv in house mice in pens implications for virally vectored immunocontraception |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166217 |
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