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Review Article
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Glanders-A Re-emerging Zoonotic Disease: A Review
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Amit Kumar Verma,
Mani Saminathan ,
Neha ,
Ruchi Tiwari ,
Kuldeep Dhama
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Shoor Vir Singh
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ABSTRACT
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Glanders is a contagious and highly fatal zoonotic disease
affecting horses, donkeys and mules as well as man leading to formation of nodules
and ulcerations in the upper respiratory tract and lungs. This is a notifiable
disease under Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899. The disease is caused by Burkholderia
mallei, a gram negative bacteria, non-spore forming, non-motile rod bacterium
and is a facultative intracellular pathogen. The disease has been eradicated
from many countries by testing and destruction diseased horses and restriction
of import of animals. However, the disease is endemic in Africa, Asia, Mongolia,
Middle East, Central and South America. In India, major glanders outbreaks were
reported between 1976 to 1982 from different parts of the country. Later, sporadic
cases were reported in 1988, 1990 and 1998. India was remained free of glanders
for 8 years until recent re-emerging outbreaks started from 2006 to 2011. The
occurrence of the disease leads to international trade restrictions. Glanders
is primarily a disease of equines which causes chronic disease in horses and
acute disease in donkeys and mules. Human is accidental host and the disease
usually results from occupational exposure. Though the organism is susceptible
to various antibiotics in vitro treatment is difficult and needs longer
course with combination of antibiotics upon early diagnosis. It can be used
as a biological weapon and has been classified by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) as a category B bio-threat agent and at present no vaccine
is available for this bacterium either in humans or animals. This review describes
this important disease covering its etiology, epidemiology, transmission, clinical
signs, post-mortem lesions, public health significance, diagnosis, treatment
and prevention and control strategies to be adapted to combat this deadly zoonotic
pathogen.
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Received: October 10, 2013;
Accepted: October 31, 2013;
Published: January 11, 2014
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INTRODUCTION
Zoonotic diseases are diseases that are transmitted between man and animal
under natural conditions. These diseases are in focus due to difficulties faced
in prevention of their transmission and spread. Due to factors like increasing
population, change in climate and global warming, various diseases are emerging
and re-emerging including vector borne and zoonoses viz., tuberculosis, anthrax,
brucellosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, rabies, dengue, Japanese encephalitis,
chikungunya, bird flu, swine flu, West Nile virus, Hendra virus infections etc.
(Taylor et al., 2001; Rogers
and Randolph, 2006; Verma et al., 2007, 2008;
Jones et al., 2008; Bhatia
and Narain, 2010; Kumar et al., 2009, 2012;
Myers and Patz, 2009; Mahima et
al., 2012a; Dhama et al., 2010a, b,
2011, 2012a, 2013a,
b, c). These are adversely affecting
animal and human health and posing serious socio-economic threats and huge sufferings
(Bhatia and Narain, 2010; Cascio
et al., 2011).
Glanders is a highly contagious and fatal disease of horses, donkeys and mules
(solipeds) caused by Burkholderia mallei (formerly called as Pseudomonas
mallei or Actinobacillus mallei), characterized by nodules and ulcerations
in the upper respiratory tract and lungs (Whitlock
et al., 2007; OIE, 2008; Larsen
and Johnson, 2009; Malik et al., 2010; Burtnick
et al., 2012; Saqib et al., 2012; Khan
et al., 2013). Its skin affection or subcutaneous form is known as
farcy (Lehavi et al., 2002). The
disease is of high public health significance. Glanders has been eradicated
from the developed countries. Due to its ability to infect via inhalation route,
B. mallei can be used as a biological weapon and thus has biodefense
concern so it should be considered more important from practical point of view
(Wheelis, 1998; Lehavi et al.,
2002; Horn, 2003; Bojic
et al., 2007; Whitlock et al., 2007;
Gilad, 2007; Bondi and Goldberg,
2008; Estes et al., 2010; Ricketti
et al., 2011; Anderson and Bokor, 2012;
Burtnick et al., 2012). During World War I (20th
century) B. mallei has been implicated for use as a biological warfare
agent.
HISTORY
The disease was first identified by Hippocrates in the 4th century BC (Colahan
et al., 1999). Later Aristotle named the disease as malleus
which is a Latin word means depicting a malignant disease. In 16th century,
William Shakespeare written about glanders in his comedy book called The
Taming of the Shrew and in 17th century Alexandre Dumas also mentioned
about glanders in his novel, The Three Musketeers (Wilkinson,
1981). Throughout history glanders has been known by various names including
equinia, malleus, droes, morve, pacin, carn and farcy. In 1664, Sollysel in
France first recognized the contagious nature of the disease (Howe,
1949; Derbyshire, 2002). Its zoonotic potential
was not reported until the beginning of the 19th century. In 1882, Loeffler
and Schutz in Germany first time isolated the causative agent of the glanders,
Burkholderia mallei (Colahan et al., 1999).
In 1890 on the pattern of Koch's tuberculin, Helman from Estonia, Kalning from
Latvia and Pearson from USA prepared mallien from cultures of B. mallei
which was used for specific diagnostic test (Verma, 1975;
Wilkinson, 1981).
Etiology: Burkholderia mallei is a gram negative bacteria, straight
or slightly bent (2-5 μ long and 0.3-0.8 μ wide), non-spore forming
and facultative intracellular, rod shaped bacterium (Gilad,
2007; Galyov et al., 2010; Estes
et al., 2010; Malik et al., 2010).
The bacterium is an obligate aerobic (except in media containing nitrate) (DeShazer,
2004). The bacteria grow aerobically and prefer media that contain glycerol
as enrichment agent (Evans, 1966). On Glycerol Dextrose
Agar (GDA), there was a confluent, slightly cream-coloured growth that was smooth,
moist and viscid after 24 h of incubation. With continued incubation, the growth
thickened and became darker and tough (Malik et al.,
2009). The capsule-like coat has been demonstrated by electron microscopy.
The capsule is consisting of neutral carbohydrates and it protects the cell
from unfavourable environmental factors. The organisms are closely relative
to Burkholderia pseudomallei but B. mallei have no flagellae and
are nonmotile (Krieg and Holt, 1984; Sprague
and Neubauer, 2004). The organisms are difficult to demonstrate in tissue
sections and it has beaded appearance (Miller et al.,
1948). In culture media, they vary in appearance depending on the age of
the culture and type of medium. The organisms showed much pleomorphism in older
cultures. Branching filaments are seen on the surface of broth cultures (Neubauer
et al., 2005). B. mallei is sensitive to the external environment
and destroyed by exposure to direct sunlight within 24 h and is killed by most
of the common disinfectants such as phenol, potassium permanganate, copper sulphate,
formalin and chlorine (Howe, 1949; Van
der Lugt and Bishop, 2004). The organism could remain viable for 3 to 5
weeks in damp media and decomposing material, may survive for up to 4 weeks
in clean water and for about six weeks in contaminated stables (Silva
and Dow, 2013).
Susceptible host: Susceptible host species are horses, mules and donkeys,
but carnivores like lion may be infected by eating meat. Sheep and goat may
also get infection. The natural reservoirs of B. mallei are the Solipeds.
Usually the disease is chronic in horses, while it occurs in acute form and
often fatal in donkeys and mules often fatal (Wittig et
al., 2006; Van Zandt et al., 2013). Laboratory
animals are also susceptible to glanders including, hamsters, mice and guinea
pigs. This susceptibility makes the basis of the Strauss reaction in the diagnosis
of glanders (Fritz et al., 1999, 2000;
Lever et al., 2003). Veterinarians, farriers
and animal workers are susceptible to this important occupational disease (Howe
and Miller, 1947; Georgiades and Fishman, 2001;
Srinivasan et al., 2001). Pigs, cattle, sheep,
rats and fowl are resistant to infection with B. mallei, but goats, camels,
bears, wolfs and dogs can be infected. Both acute and chronic forms as well
as latent infections are seen in mules (Minett, 1959;
OIE, 2004; Pitt and Dance, 2005).
Mode of transmission in animals: The infection is acquired directly
or indirectly from secretions and excretions of infected animals. The disease
is chronic in horses and the organisms are found in the lesions and discharges
of the skin and nasal mucosa (OIE, 2004, 2008).
Acute form of the disease occurs in the mules and donkeys and the organisms
are excreted in faeces, urine, saliva and tears (Hunting,
1913; Gulati and Gautam, 1962). Most common route
of transmission is respiratory route and ingestion of feed and water contaminated
by nasal discharge or sputum of affected animals or direct contact with fomites.
Infected animals or recovered animals are the important sources of infection.
Severe and rapidly fatal pneumonia occurs after inhalational of B. mallei.
Oral and cutaneous route of infections can also produce the disease. Dogs,
cats, wild and zoo carnivores acquire the infection from ingestion of infected
horse meat (Biberstein and Holzworth, 1987; Wittig
et al., 2006; Pawaiya and Chauhan, 2008;
Malik et al., 2010).
Epidemiology: The disease is common in Asia, Africa, South America,
Eastern Europe and Middle East (Arun et al., 1999).
In earlier times, it was more widespread worldwide, but now has been eradicated
from most of the areas like Western Europe, Australia and Northern America (Wittig
et al., 2006; Slater, 2013; Van
Zandt et al., 2013). Glanders was successfully eradicated from Great
Britain in 1928 (Stalheim, 1994). In 1934, glanders was
officially eradicated in domestic animals in the United States of America (Gregory
and Waag, 2007). Earlier it was an important disease, but now has become
sporadic but due to recent outbreaks, it has regained the status as re-emerging
disease (Khan et al., 2013). From 1998 to 2007,
glanders were reported from Brazil, Eritrea, Ethiopia, former U.S.S.R., Iran,
Iraq, Mongolia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates (OIE, 2008).
In April 2010, Bahrain notified the first occurrence of the disease; in Brazil,
the disease reappeared in 2009 (Van Zandt et al.,
2013). The incidences of glanders have been reduced over past 100 years
due to lesser dependence on horses, mules and donkeys for transportation purposes.
Also, strict implementation of testing all these animals for glanders and destroying
the positive ones has further reduced the occurrences of glanders.
Indian scenario: During 1808, East India Company appointed Dr. William
Moorcroft, a veterinarian, as superintendent of their Bengal Study and he diagnosed
glanders, strangles, bursati and anthrax in the horses (Gulati
and Gautam, 1962). Major R. D. Verma of Remount Veterinary Corps of Indian
Army has reported glanders during the period 1881-84 in the mail cart horses
working on Bareilly Cantonment (Verma, 1981). More
outbreaks of glanders in the Royal Artillery horses in Nuseerabad and Bombay
led to the enactment of Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899 which is still in force
in the country (Singh, 1964). The disease was reintroduced
in horses that were imported during Indo China War in 1962 without subjecting
them to proper testing that resulted in heavy mortality and morbidity among
equines (Gulati and Gautam, 1962; Singh,
1964). Ray (1984) reported outbreak in army horses
in Gauhati during 1979.
Table 1: |
Re-emergence of glanders in India after 1985 outbreak, from
2006 to 2011* |
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*The serum samples were tested by using complement fixation
test (CFT) as per OIE protocol. No human case was reported with any symptom
simulating glanders. Table compiled according to data of Malik
et al. (2009), Malik et al. (2010)
and Malik et al. (2012) |
The last three documented outbreaks are Saharanpur from Uttar Pradesh, Hissar
and Karnal from Haryana during March, July and September months of 1984, respectively
in equine populations (Misra et al., 1985).
Kumar et al. (1999) reported the last confirmed
case of glanders in a mule from Rohtak, Haryana before the current outbreak.
After a long gap, the disease was re-emerged in July, 2006 at Pune and Panchgani
area of Maharashtra state, where 23 animals were found positive and have killed
about 120 equines. In 2007, disease outbreak occurred at Gautam Buddha Nagar
(Anantpur) and Meerut (Mawana) districts of Uttar Pradesh (70 cases) and Kathgodam
area in Nainital district of Uttarakhand (21 cases) (Table 1)
(Malik et al., 2009, 2010,
2012).
GLANDERS AND FARCY ACT
In 1899 March 20, Governor General of India passed Glanders and Farcy Act,
1899 (Act 13 of 1899) for testing and destruction diseased horses with glanders
and the outbreak is notifiable by the veterinary authorities. It was the first
act on animal diseases to be propagated in India. It has been now substituted
by the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals
Act, 2009 which was implemented in the country to prevent, control and eradicate
the infectious and contagious diseases affecting animals and to meet the international
obligations of India for facilitating the importation and exportation of animals
animal products as well as to save the human life by introducing quarantine
and the elimination of infected animals (Malik et al.,
2012). Major problem in the enactment of the law, it provides about Rs.
50 per horse (equivalent to less than 1 US Dollar) for pittance as compensation
to the owner for destroying suspected animals (Pawaiya
and Chauhan, 2008). This discourages the owners even to disclose any sign
of the disease in their animals. As a result, owners in affected areas are not
willing to get their animals tested for glanders which ultimately leads to existence
of several silent disease carriers which is the major obstacle in eradicating
the disease (Pawaiya and Chauhan, 2008). Canada was
first country to successfully eradicated glanders as early as in 1938 and in
those days they paid about 77 US Dollar per animal compensation for destroying
the suspected equine populations (Derbyshire, 2002).
The Act was applicable to whole India, but now Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar
are following the same rule.
Clinical signs: Symptoms of glanders are dependent upon the route of
infection- characterized by pneumonia, septicaemia and chronic suppurative skin
infections. The disease occurs in two forms:
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Acute form: Involvement of all three sites (pulmonary,
cutaneous and nasal) is common in the acute form of glanders in donkeys
(Jubb et al., 1993). It is characterized by
high fever, cough, nasal discharge, ulcers on nasal mucosa and nodules on
the skin of the lower limbs or abdomen. Death occurs due to septicaemia
and anoxic anoxia (Al-Ani et al., 1998) |
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Chronic form: It is characterized with three major manifestations
such as pulmonary, skin (cutaneous) and nasal and is exacerbations of the
chronic disease in horses. In pulmonary form, there is chronic pneumonia,
coughing, frequent epistaxis and laboured breathing. In the nasal form,
lesions appear on lower parts of the turbinates and cartilaginous nasal
septum. They commence as a nodules (1 cm in diameter) and ulcers and heal
with the formation of characteristic star-shaped scars. In early stages,
serous discharge is usually unilateral. The nasal secretion is copious,
purulent and greenish-yellow; frequently flecked with blood and fragments
of desquamated epithelium. Enlargement of submaxillary lymph node is common.
In skin form, there is subcutaneous nodules (1-2 cm in diameter) which ulcerate
and discharge pus like dark honey. Thickened fistulous lymphatics radiate
from the lesions and connect one to the other. Cutaneous lesions are more
common in medial aspect of the hock, but can occur anywhere in the body.
Lymphadenopathy and cording of lymphatics is common (Jones
et al., 1997; Al-Ani et al., 1998;
Colahan et al., 1999; Vegad
and Katiyar, 2001; Malik et al., 2010,
2012) |
POST-MORTEM LESIONS
In acute cases, multiple petechial haemorrhages throughout the body along with
catarrhal bronchopneumonia and enlarged bronchial lymph nodes are seen. In lungs,
numerous gray, hard, small (2-10 mm) miliary nodules and diffuse pneumonia are
found in one or more pulmonary lobes due to hematogenous dissemination. In chronic
case, milliary nodules on lung, ulcers on upper respiratory tract, skin of lower
limb and abdomen. Pyogranulomatous nodules develop in the nasal which subsequently
ulcerate, releasing large amounts of B. mallei organisms into the nasal
exudates. Characteristic small multiple nodules are found in the mucosa and
surrounded by a narrow hyperaemic halo. The ulcerative lesions in mucosa are
healed and replaced by typical stellate or star-shaped fibrous scars. In mild
cases, few discrete foci are present in the posterior portions of the nasal
cavity and the anterior portions may show only hyperaemia and catarrh. In experimental
infections lesions occur in alimentary tract when large amount of organisms
are given orally but in natural infections, lesions are rare in alimentary tract
(Arun et al., 1999; Fritz
et al., 1999; Malik et al., 2010,
2012).
Microscopic lesions: Each nodule is formed by severe cellular infiltration
with an inner core of neutrophils and periphery of macrophages. The nodules
consist of distinct or semi confluent suppurative cores separated by granulation
tissue. Each nodule contains sloughed necrotic tissue results in crateriform
ulcer with sharp margin and smooth base (Duval and White,
1907; Arun et al., 1999). In severe cases,
ulcers may perforate the septum. In acute cases, ulcerative rhinitis, acute
inflammation of nasal mucosa with marked thrombosis of large vessels, infiltration
of mucosa and submucosa with neutrophils and macrophages. Lymphadenitis of submaxillary
and retropharyngeal nodes is commonly seen (Duval and White,
1907; Jubb et al., 1993; Jones
et al., 1997). Ulcerative and rarely pyogranulomatous nodules are
seen in the tracheal mucosa. In lungs, pyogranulomatous lesions have necrotic
centres containing dead or dying neutrophils; haemorrhagic and fibrinous exudates
are seen in acute cases. As the lesions progress, necrotic centres become surrounded
by epithelioid cells, giant cells and lymphocytes followed by fibroplastic encapsulation.
The core may be gritty because of dystrophic calcification. Metastases to spleen
through hematogenous route are common, but less common in other viscera or locomotor
organs and these lesions are similar to the pulmonary nodules. In glanders,
cutaneouslesions are called equine farcy occurs as a result of severe suppurative
lymphangitis characterized by cord-like thickening of the subcutaneous lymphatics
referred to as 'farcy pipes' and enlarged lymph nodes in the region of legs,
ventral abdomen, face and neck. Eventually, affected lymphatics rupture and
release large amounts of tenacious, purulent exudate through sinuses to the
surface of the skin. In male animals in addition to other lesions orchitis is
also common (Mohammad et al., 1989; Kumar
et al., 1999; Malik et al., 2010,
2012).
Pathogenesis: Mucous membranes of eye and nose, gastrointestinal tract
and the integument are the natural routes of entry of B. mallei (Howe,
1949; Fritz et al., 1999; Pitt
and Dance, 2005). Bacteria penetrate the mucosa from the oropharynx or intestine
and crosses via lymph vessels to regional lymph nodes and then to the blood
stream and internal organs, particularly the lungs. From there it spreads through
blood to cause nasal, cutaneous and nodal lesions (Howe,
1949; Jubb et al., 1993). Through cutaneous
entry, the organism moves to the lymphatic tracts resulting in Lymphangitis
(Kovalev, 1971). Terminal signs are mainly bronchopneumonia
and death is due to anoxic anoxia. In human, the lesions occur in spleen, liver,
lymph nodes, skin, skeletal muscles, bones, joints and less commonly in brain,
meninges, nose and eye (Howe, 1949; Georgiades
and Fishman, 2001). Previously, it was thought that glanders does not affect
bone in animals and humans (Duval and White, 1907;
Gaiger, 1913) but in later studies bone lesions have
been described in mules (Gulati and Gautam, 1962),
human (Steele, 1979) and experimental hamsters (Fritz
et al., 1999). The main protective mechanism of B. mallei includes
intracellular localization and the presence of capsule and capsular lipopolysaccharide
to escape phagocytosis (Fritz et al., 2000;
DeShazer et al., 2001). Major virulence factor
produced by the glanders bacilli in vivo during infections are functional
type III secretion system (TTSS) and over-expression of type VI secretion (T6S)
protein (Moore et al., 2004). Recent in vitro
studies showed that B. mallei organisms significantly influenced
the activity of murine macrophages with inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)
activity which is critical for the clearance of bacteria from activated macrophages
(Brett et al., 2007; Schell
et al., 2007). Romero et al. (2006)
reported that B. mallei have an exceptionally high level of genomic alterations
upon its short term passage through several mammalian hosts including human.
It is the first and only bacterial pathogen to have such ability as till now
only RNA viruses were known to possess capacity for consequential rapid genomic
variation as a major component of their strategy for escaping the host immune
response. This high and rapid genomic variation may upregulate the virulence
gene expression in B. mallei during in vivo infection. They also
detected the mechanism by which B. mallei escape the immune recognition
and phagocytic clearance in vivo by a mutant gene encoding penicillin-binding
protein (PBP-1c) that is involved in cell wall synthesis and β-lactum resistance.
B. mallei are maintained as a population of variant or mutant organisms
inside the host but not as a clonal population like other organisms. Such genomic
instability upon passage could have implications for vaccine development and
treatment of glanders (Romero et al., 2006).
Zoonotic potential of glanders and its public health significance: Glander
is a zoonotic disease (Dvorak and Spickler, 2008; Malik
et al., 2010; Varga et al., 2012).
Even though infection rates of 30% in horses in China during World War II and
5-25% in Mongolia, few or no human cases occurred (Romero
et al., 2006). In 1793, a first human case of glanders was reported
in the French veterinarian Dr. Charles Vial de Sainbel, the first Principal
of London Veterinary College and subsequently he died (Hunting,
1913; Wilkinson, 1981). Recently, clinical glanders
appeared in a 33 year old microbiologist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute
(USAMRIID) for Infectious Diseases in March 2000 and treated successfully (Srinivasan
et al., 2001). In India, information on human glanders is scanty
despite many reported cases of disease in equines. The only authentic case was
of Gaiger (1913), a veterinary pathologist at Punjab
Veterinary College, Lahore who contracted the disease while autopsying an infected
horse and himself underwent 45 operations including amputation of an arm before
he died. This bacterium has been listed as potential agent for biological warfare
and bioterrorism under CDC category B (Wittig et al.,
2006). Man is also susceptible to infection which is usually fatal with
a very high mortality rate of 90-95% in untreated septicaemic infections and
50% mortality rate in treated humans. Transmission of B. mallei from
animals to humans is generally not seen commonly. Person to person transmission
is also a rare event. Human epidemics have not occurred but isolated outbreaks
have been documented.
Occupational exposure is the main risk factor to veterinarians, farmers, horse
traders/fanciers, laboratory workers and other personnels working in stable,
slaughterhouses and soldiers. Close contact with high concentrations of virulent
bacterium poses a higher risk for infection. Ingestion of B. mallei contaminated
food and water is not an important route of human infections (Kovalev,
1971; Van Zandt et al., 2013). Routes of transmission
B. mallei in humans include direct invasion of cut, abraded or lacerated
skin, inhalation and by attack to mucous membranes (nasal, oral and conjunctiva)
(Dvorak and Spickler, 2008; Van
Zandt et al., 2013). The organism is unable to penetrate normal/intact
skin. Zoonotic infections arise from contact with infected animals or with B.
mallei cultures in laboratory (CDC, 2000; Varga
et al., 2012; Van Zandt et al., 2013).
In two cases sexually transmission of glanders also reported. Humans can develop
four forms of clinical disease, i.e., acute, chronic, pulmonary, septicemic
and disseminated forms of the disease are observed. Clinical signs of Glanders
in humans are non-specific which is the main factor hindering accurate diagnosis
and treatment. Incubation period of 1-14 days is observed in acute form while
in chronic form it is up to 12 weeks (Whitlock et al.,
2007). A localized infection is seen with swelling of the affected area
and a weeping discharge (ulcerating and draining abscesses) in the initial phase,
followed by an acute pulmonary infection/pneumonic disease. Septicemia is seen
in glanders. The infection is fatal at 2-4 weeks in untreated cases.
This pathogen cause major destructive effect on human health because of its
ability to cause opportunistic infections in diabetic and perhaps otherwise
immunocompromised persons (Estes et al., 2010).
Symptoms in humans include low-grade fever and chills, malaise, fatigue, myalgias,
backache, headache, rigors, chest pain and lymphadenopathy. Others may be excessive
lacrimation, photophobia, inflammation/swelling of the nose, copious nasal discharge,
facial swelling and pneumonic signs of bronchitis with cough and mucopurulent
sputum, dyspnea. Papular lesions erupting on the body are seen in cutaneous
forms. Glanders node is seen as a single blister developing into an ulcer, discharge
and lymphangitis. In pulmonary infection, pneumonia, pulmonary abscess, pleuritis
and plural effusions are observed. Dissemination of the infection gives rise
to septicemia, internal organs (spleen, liver and lungs) gets colonized with
the bacteria and abscesses develop with septic shock and high mortality. The
septicaemic form of glanders has a high mortality rate in humans; the case fatality
rate is 95% in untreated cases and in treated cases it is more than 50%. When
treated with antibiotics, mortality rate for localized disease is 20%. The overall
mortality rate is 40%. However, survival is possible if the infected person
is treated early and aggressively with multiple systemic antibiotic therapies
(Srinivasan et al., 2001; Bossi
et al., 2004; Rega, 2007).
Biological warfare and bioterrorism of glanders: Burkhoideria mallei
are a group B biothreat agent and are a host-adapted pathogen (Chandler
and Landrigan, 2004). Due to the high mortality rate in humans and the small
number of organisms required to establish infection, it is regarded as a potential
biological warfare or bioterrorism agent along with closely related B. pseudomallei,
the causative agent of melioidosis. During the 1st World War, large numbers
of Russian horses and mules on the Eastern Front was intentionally infected
with glanders by Germans (Wheelis, 1998; Alibek
and Handelman, 1999). This severely affected the troop and supply convoys,
artillery movement which are dependent on horses and mules. Subsequently, the
human cases in Russia increased with the infections during and after World War
I (Bossi et al., 2004). During World War II
Japan intentionally infected horses, civilians and prisoners of war with glanders
at the Pinfang Institute, China (Rega, 2007). In China,
during World War II, 30% of the tested horses were infected with glanders, but
human cases were rare. The U.S. studied this agent as a possible biological
warfare weapon in 1943-44, but they did not weaponize it. The Soviet Union is
also interested in glanders as a potential biological warfare agent after World
War II. If this organism is aerosolized during a biological attack or in a laboratory
accident, the morbidity rate could reach very high. Its use as a biological
weapon is now banned under the international Convention on the Prohibition of
the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological and Toxin Weapons
and on Their Destruction (Rosebury and Kabat, 1947;
Woods, 2005; Wittig et al.,
2006; Pawaiya and Chauhan, 2008).
Diagnosis: Isolation of B. mallei and its authenticated identification
employing diagnostic tests are required for definitive diagnosis of glanders.
Diagnosis is based on the following methods.
Laboratory diagnosis
Samples to be taken: Clinical samples to be collected include pus from
open ulcers, lungs, choanal and organ abscesses, nasal mucosa or necropsy material.
Nasal swabs, lymph node biopsy, serum sample 2-5 mL aseptically are collected
in sterile vial and send it on ice with cold chain for laboratory testing. Samples
are often contaminated with other bacterial species like Pseudomonas
and Pasteurella which makes isolation very difficult. Subcutaneous abscesses
contain good numbers of the pathogen whereas ulcers are usually free of B.
mallei. Glanders is a zoonotic disease; all samples must be handled with
great care in a laboratory that meets the requirements for containment group-3
pathogens. Serious concerns exist over the conditions and justification for
carrying out necropsy of suspected cases (Malik et al.,
2009, 2012).
Demonstration of organism in smear: Organisms are in enough number in
smear prepared from pus. It should be stained by methylene blue or Gram stain.
Bacteria are Gram-negative rods with rounded ends.
Isolation and identification of agent: Bacteria are aerobic and facultative
anaerobic. It requires 72 h incubation on glycerol agar.
Laboratory animal inoculation: Guinea-pigs, hamsters and cats are the
suitable experimental models. Suspected sample should be inoculated intraperitoneally
in male guinea pig. In positive cases, there is development of severe orchitis
and inflammation of scrotal sac (Strauss reaction). This reaction is not confirmatory
to glanders, because some other organism may also cause this reaction, so the
material from infected testes should be processed for bacteriological identification.
MALLEIN TEST
It is a prescribed test for international trade. It is used to detect chronic
infections, carriers or occult cases. The major disadvantage, it is not 100%
specific and a fair margin of error is always associated with the test (Verma,
1975). Mallein is Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) that is prepared from
protein fractions of B. mallei after heat treatment. Recently, ultrafiltration
in a Tangential Flow Filtration system (TFF) was used as new method of production
of mullein (De Carvalho Filho et al., 2012).
Mallein test is an allergic test which is most frequently used, along with complement
fixation test (De Carvalho Filho et al., 2012),
for diagnosing glanders in endemic areas, wherein a delayed type hypersensitivity
reaction as observed during tuberculosis/tuberculin testing can be seen. This
test is not recommended for diagnosis of glanders in humans:
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Intradermo-palpebral test: It is the most sensitive,
reliable and specific test. About 0.1 mL of mallein is injected intradermaly
into the lower eyelid using tuberculin syringe. Reading of the test should
be taken at 48 h. Positive reaction is marked oedematous swelling on eyelid
with blepharospasm and severe purulent conjunctivitis |
• |
The ophthalmic test: Less reliable in comparison to intradermo-palpebral
test. Few drops of mallein are instilled into the eye at the canthus. In
positive cases, eyelids and face become swollen along with discharge from
the eye |
• |
The subcutaneous test: This not a preferred test because it interferes
in serological diagnosis. At the time of testing the rectal temperature
of horse should be under 102°F. About 10 cm2 skin in the
middle of the neck is clipped and 2.5 mL of dilute mallein are injected
subcutaneously. The positive reaction is characterized by high temperature
(104°F or more) during the first 15 h along with painful swelling at
site of injection |
Serological tests: Various tests viz., Complement Fixation Test (CFT),
agglutination test, indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA), ELISA, avidin-biotin
dot ELISA. Among these, mallein and CFT are prescribed tests for international
trade of equines. CFT is 90-95% accurate and positive result is obtained within
one week of infection and remains positive in chronic cases. CFT has been the
preferred and most extensively used diagnostic tool because of its capacity
to detect clinically inapparent carriers and chronically infected horses (Neubauer
et al., 2005). However, ELISA has been found to be comparable with
CGT in terms of sensitivity and specificity (Sprague et
al., 2009). However, none of these procedures are sensitive enough to
differentiate serologically between B. mallei and B. pseudomallei.
Molecular tests: Use of molecular tests like PCR (Scholz
et al., 2006; Grishkina and Samygin, 2010)
and real time PCR (Thibault et al., 2004a;
U'Ren et al., 2005; Ulrich
et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2012)
are found suitable for determination of generic, inter and intraspecies characteristics
of bacteria. Recently, multiplex PCR and qPCR has been developed for rapid and
reliable detection and differentiation of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia
pseudomallei (B. pseudomallei is the cause of melioidosis in humans
and animals) (Lee et al., 2005; Koh
et al., 2012; Janse et al., 2013).
A 5' nuclease real-time PCR assay is used for rapid identification and simultaneous
screening of B. mallei and B. pseudomallei and is also used for
rapid and most specific identification and detection of B. mallei in
clinical samples by targeting flagellin P gene, fliP. The assay is most sensitive
which detects 60 fg of B. mallei DNA in the clinical samples from diseased
horses. The technique has not yet been fully validated for wide acceptance (Tomaso
et al., 2004, 2006). RAPD, ribotyping as
well as of plasmid and DNA microrestriction analyses, Intact cell Matrix-assisted
Laser Desorption/Ionisation mass spectrometric typing has also been described
recently for rapid identification/detection of B. mallei (Antonov
and Iliukhin, 2005; Karger et al., 2012).
Diagnosis of glanders in humans: It is mainly diagnosed by isolation
and identification of B. mallei. In septicemic form, blood cultures may
be negative until just before death. Commonly used serologic tests are agglutination
and complement fixation tests (Cravitz and Miller, 1950).
High background titers can be found in normal serum and cross-reactions may
occur with B. pseudomallei, the causative agent of Melioidosis (Neubauer
et al., 2005). Positive reactions in agglutination tests develop
only after 7 to 10 days. In imaging studies, chest radiography and computer
assisted tomography (CT) may demonstrate miliary nodules, bilateral bronchopneumonia,
cavitating lesions, segmental and lobar infiltrates (Georgiades
and Fishman, 2001).
Advances in diagnostic tools and techniques need to be exploited fully for
rapid and confirmatory diagnosis of the disease especially heightening the surveillance
and monitoring programmes which would help design effective disease prevention
and control programmes (Schmitt and Henderson, 2005;
Bollo, 2007; Deb and Chakraborty,
2012; Dhama et al., 2012b, 2013d,
e; Deb et al., 2013).
Treatment
In animals: According to Glander and Farcy Act, 1899 affected animals
must be destroyed and disposed off safely and is a notifiable disease (Malik
et al., 2010). For eradication, affected animals should not be treated
because it may result in carrier state. Sodium sulfadiazine is reported to be
effective in hamsters. Doxycycline and ciprofloxacin have also been found to
be useful. Therapeutic regimens for glanders require prolonged course of treatment,
usually treatment should be continued for 20 days or more (Al-Izzi
and Al-Bassam, 1989; Manzeniuk et al., 1994;
Saqib et al., 2012). Use of formalin killed B.
mallei and sulfadiazine, or mallein and sulfadimidine, are found effective
in horses (Batmanov, 1993). Use of drugs in acute form
of glanders in equines increases the lifespan (Iliukhin
et al., 2012). Use of antibiotics in liposomal forms of antibiotics
was found to be more effective in in vitro studies (Iliukhin
et al., 2012). The treatment in horses includes single or combination
use of antibiotics like Ceftazidime, Sulfadiazine, Trimethoprim+Sulfamethoxazol,
Gentamicin, Imipenem etc (Lehavi et al., 2002).
As the cost of therapy is too high, so it can only be used in precious horses,
but it should not replace the test and slaughter policy (Saqib
et al., 2012).
In humans: Recently, the prophylactic usefulness of Co-trimoxazole for
B. mallei has been suggested in humans. Treatment with sulfonamides (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole,
TMP-SMX) has been recommended.
Table 2: |
Antibiotics for treatment of glanders in humans |
 |
Recently, Piperacillin/tazobactum as an alternative for currently used drug
ceftazidime (Table 2) for the treatment of both glanders and
melioidosis in view of the emergence of ceftazidime-resistant clinical isolates
in Southeast Asia (Thibault et al., 2004b; Van
Zandt et al., 2013).
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
No human or veterinary vaccines are available for immunization/prevention of
Glanders (Estes et al., 2010; Burtnick
et al., 2012). The immune evading strategy and genomic fluidity of
this complex pathogen have made the use of live vaccine unsatisfactory (Nierman
et al., 2004; Romero et al., 2006).
Efforts need to be made for identifying broadly protective antigens, efficient
vaccine delivery/adjuvant systems and an exploring protection from both acute
and chronic infections which would altogether pave way for the development of
effective vaccine for B. mallei (Bondi and Goldberg,
2008). Experimentally, two live attenuated strains of B. mallei,
a capsule mutant and a branched-chain amino acid auxotroph which is genetically
engineered mutant of B. mallei using newly constructed allelic exchange
vector, as vaccines in mice. The auxotrophic mutant was found to enhance the
Th1 response and with a survival rate of 25% for one month post-challenge in
comparison to control where none survived beyond five days (Ulrich
et al., 2005). The 6-deoxy-heptan Capsular Polysaccharide (CPS) of
B. mallei, having both a pathogenic determinant and a protective antigen,
is being exploited for developments of novel vaccine against glanders (Burtnick
et al., 2012).
Clinical and serological recovery is rare, recovered animals are also not immune,
so every animal positive for glanders should be destroyed and remaining animals
should be retested at intervals of 3 weeks until all reactors have been removed:
• |
In case of death due to glanders, carcass should not be opened.
It must be buried or incinerated (Khan et al.,
2013) |
• |
Adequate compensation to the owners for destroying the horses |
• |
Manure, bedding and feed residue should be burned or buried |
• |
Follow vigorous disinfection programme for premises, feed and water trough
etc |
• |
The entire suspect, in contact animals must be isolated, properly tested
and positive animal should be destroyed |
• |
There should be restriction of the movement of horses |
• |
Strict isolation, proper hygiene and sanitation procedures should be adopted |
• |
Disinfection of surroundings of dead or infected animals should be done
as B. mallei is highly susceptible to common disinfectants like benzalkonium
chloride, iodine, mercuric chloride in alcohol, potassium permanganate,
1% sodium hypochlorite, 70% ethanol and 2% glutaraldehyde. It is less susceptible
to phenolic disinfectants. It also destroyed by heating to 55°C for
10 min or by ultraviolet irradiation |
• |
Contaminated material should be cleaned with a solution of 1 part household
bleach (0.5% sodium hypochlorite solution) to 9 parts water |
• |
Veterinarians, animal handlers and persons in contact with infected animals
should follow appropriate biosafety measures, wear gloves and masks during
animal handling |
• |
Awareness programmes about the glanders need to be carried out from time
to time (Khan et al., 2013) |
Employing the new generation developments and progress in vaccines and vaccinology,
safer and effective vaccines need to be focused for countering this important
disease having high zoonotic potential (Paul-Pierre, 2009;
Dhama et al., 2008, 2013f).
Judicious application of drugs and alternative and novel/emerging therapeutic
modalities should also be kept in mind for treating glanders (Mahima
et al., 2012b; Dhama et al., 2013g,
h; Tiwari et al., 2013a,
b, c). Nowadays, one health
and one medicine approach is being given due importance to counter deadly pathogens,
emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases and their zoonotic threats which need
to be applied from all aspects for combating glanders (Kahn
et al., 2007; Dhama et al., 2013i).
CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
Glanders is a very important disease of solipeds (horses, donkeys, mules) having
high zoonotic significance. The causative bacterium (B. mallei) has the
potential to be used as biological weapon in biowarfares/terrorism. The disease
is highly contagious and fatal in nature and therefore, active surveillance
of Glanders in animals is essential. Timely recognition of B. mallei
is a key factor for adapting suitable therapy, as glanders is a rapidly progressive
disease and shows resistant to several antibiotics. For this notifiable disease,
regulatory measures call for culling/disposal of diseased animals, however in
certain circumstances where wild life conservation activities are being followed
and in cases of extremely valuable breeding stocks, effective treatment regimens
and post-exposure prophylaxis are the need of the hour. Due to a lack of an
effective vaccine for glanders, long courses of various antibiotics being required
to eliminate/eradicate this pathogen and its potential threat to be used as
a biological weapon, the development of effective glanders medical countermeasures
and effective novel vaccines are the need of the hour. An international veterinary
certificate is required attesting that the animals showed no clinical signs
of glanders and were kept in an exporting country free of the disease for at
least 6 months prior to shipment. In areas that are at risk or where the disease
is endemic cooperation of horse owners with veterinarians is essential for disease
detection and control.
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