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Choi HD, Baek EJ, Hong S, Kim YC, Jeong JM, Kwon MG, Il Kim K. Development and validation of reverse-transcription cross-priming amplification-based lateral flow assay for the detection of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus. J Virol Methods 2024; 329:115008. [PMID: 39153529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2024.115008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
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Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) severely and lethally infects salmonid fish, including Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) worldwide. Rapid and accurate viral detection is crucial for preventing pathogen spread and minimizing damage. Although several IHNV detection assays have been developed, their analytical and diagnostic performances have not been evaluated and field usability assessments have not been completely validated. Here, we developed a reverse-transcription cross-priming amplification-based lateral flow assay (RT-CPA-LFA) and validated its diagnostic performance. To detect the IHNV, primers were designed based on the consensus sequence of the nucleocapsid (N) gene. Notably, when combined with a lateral flow dipstick, it could visualize the IHNV amplification products within 5 min and the detection limit of the developed RT-CPA-LFA was 3.28×105 copies/μL. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in fish samples (n=140) were 98.88 % and 96.08 %, respectively. Moreover, the IHNV detection rate by RT-CPA-LFA in dead rainbow trout artificially injected with the virus was 100 %, consistent with to the results obtained from second conventional and real-time PCR, indicating its applicability for rapid IHNV detection and presumptive IHN diagnosis during the endemic period.
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- Hyun Deok Choi
- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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- Aquatic Disease Control Division, National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (NFQS), Republic of Korea
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- Aquatic Disease Control Division, National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (NFQS), Republic of Korea
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- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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Meng Y, Jiang N, Xie Y, Wei Y, Wang C, Tian M, Xue M, Xu C, Li Y, Liu W, Fan Y, Zhou Y. Development of a droplet digital PCR assay for the sensitive detection of iridovirus in Andrias davidianus. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2023; 46:1249-1256. [PMID: 37535813 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Chinese giant salamander iridovirus (GSIV) is the first known and causative viral pathogen in Andrias davidianus. Developing a sensitive, accurate and specific assay to detect GSIV in samples is essential to prevent the further spread of the pathogen. In this study, we established a droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) assay that targeted the mcp gene of GSIV, enabling rapid and quantitative detection of the virus. We determined that the optimal annealing temperature, primer concentration and probe concentration were 57.1°C, 50 nM and 500 nM, respectively. We analysed the specificity and sensitivity of the ddPCR assay and found that five common aquatic animal viruses, including Cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2), infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), Koi herpesvirus (KHV) and Carp Edema Virus (CEV) displayed negative results based on this GSIV ddPCR assay. The assay can detect GSIV with the lowest detection limit of 3.7 copies per reaction. To evaluate the sensitivity and accuracy of the ddPCR assay, we tested different infected tissue samples with both the ddPCR and TaqMan real-time PCR assays. Our results showed that the ddPCR assay detected GSIV in all samples with 100% positivity, while the TaqMan real-time PCR assay detected GSIV in only 82.1% of samples. The established ddPCR method provided several advantages in detecting GISV, including high sensitivity, high precision and absolute quantification, making it a powerful tool for detection of possible and potential GSIV infection, even in samples with low viral load.
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- Yan Meng
- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Zhangjiajie Giant salamander National Nature Reserve Affairs Center, Zhangjiajie, China
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- Zhangjiajie Giant salamander National Nature Reserve Affairs Center, Zhangjiajie, China
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- Zhangjiajie Giant salamander National Nature Reserve Affairs Center, Zhangjiajie, China
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- Zhangjiajie Giant salamander National Nature Reserve Affairs Center, Zhangjiajie, China
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- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Souto S, Olveira JG, López-Vázquez C, Bandín I, Dopazo CP. Designing and Validation of a Droplet Digital PCR Procedure for Diagnosis and Accurate Quantification of Nervous Necrosis Virus in the Mediterranean Area. Pathogens 2023; 12:1155. [PMID: 37764963 PMCID: PMC10536565 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12091155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The viral nervous necrosis virus (VNNV) is the causative agent of an important disease affecting fish species cultured worldwide. Early and accurate diagnosis is, at present, the most effective control and prevention tool, and molecular techniques have been strongly introduced and accepted by official organizations. Among those, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (rt-qPCR) is nowadays displacing other molecular techniques. However, another PCR-based technology, droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), is on the increase. It has many advantages over qPCR, such as higher sensitivity and more reliability of the quantification. Therefore, we decided to design and validate a protocol for the diagnosis and quantification of SJ and RG type VNNV using reverse transcription-ddPCR (RT-ddPCR). We obtained an extremely low limit of detection, 10- to 100-fold lower than with RT-qPCR. Quantification by RT-ddPCR, with a dynamic range of 6.8-6.8 × 104 (SJ type) or 1.04 × 101-1.04 × 105 (RG type) cps/rctn, was more reliable than with RT-qPCR. The procedure was tested and validated in field samples, providing high clinical sensitivity and negative predictive values. In conclusion, we propose this method to substitute RT-qPCR protocols because it exceeds the expectations of qPCR in the diagnosis and quantification of VNNV.
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- Instituto de Acuicultura, Department of Microbiology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (S.S.); (J.G.O.); (C.L.-V.); (I.B.)
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Shahi N, Prasartset T, Surachetpong W. A specific and sensitive droplet digital polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of tilapia lake virus in fish tissue and environmental samples. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2023; 46:957-966. [PMID: 37294665 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) causes high mortality in farmed and wild tilapia in various countries. We developed a highly specific and sensitive droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) assay to detect and quantify TiLV. The ddPCR assay could detect the virus at a lower threshold than the reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase reaction (RT-qPCR) method, and the sensitivity of the ddPCR assay was 10-fold higher. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the ddPCR assay were 100% and did not cross-react with tilapia tissues infected with Tilapia parvovirus, Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus, Aeromonas hydrophila, Streptococcus agalactiae, S. iniae and Francisella noatunensis. The assay reproducibility was demonstrated by a high correlation coefficient of 0.998, and the inter-assay coefficients of variability indicated that the ddPCR assay exhibited low variability within and between measurements. The detection limit of the TiLV ddPCR assay was 100 fg cDNA, which is equal to 3.3 copies of TiLV. Furthermore, the ddPCR assay could detect TiLV in mucus, water and infected tissue samples and the lowest copy number of TiLV detected in water samples by the ddPCR assay was 7.9 ± 0.99 copies/reaction The results of the clinical samples tested for TiLV revealed that the ddPCR assay had a relatively higher detection rate than the RT-qPCR method. Overall, the ddPCR method offers a highly promising approach for the absolute quantification of TiLV in carrier fish and samples from the environment with low viral concentrations.
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- Neetu Shahi
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Gui L, Zhao Y, Xu D, Li X, Luo J, Zhou W, Li M. Quick detection of Carassius auratus herpesvirus (CaHV) by recombinase-aid amplification lateral flow dipstick (RAA-LFD) method. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:981911. [PMID: 36171755 PMCID: PMC9512145 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.981911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Crucian carp (Carassius auratus) is one of the major freshwater species and is also a common food fish in China. Recently, Carassius auratus herpesvirus (CaHV) could induce fatal viral disease with high mortality of crucian carp, which had caused huge economic losses. In this study, we described a rapid and simple recombinase-aid amplification (RAA) assay coupled with lateral flow dipstick (LFD), which could achieve sensitive diagnosis of tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) of CaHV within 35 min at 40°C. Our RAA-LFD method had a satisfactory detection limit of 100 gene copies per reaction, which was 100-fold more sensitive than traditional PCR. In addition, no cross-reaction was observed with other viral pathogens, including koi herpesvirus (KHV), cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2), infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) and grass carp reovirus (GCRV). Furthermore, the overall cost of the method was cut in half compared to previous studies. In conclusion, RAA-LFD assay is therefore, a promising alternative for point-of-care testing (POCT) of CaHV, which is feasible and of certain value in application of aquatic disease control.
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- Lang Gui
- Key Laboratory of integrated rice-fish farming, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of integrated rice-fish farming, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of integrated rice-fish farming, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of integrated rice-fish farming, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Eco-environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Wenzong Zhou, ; Mingyou Li,
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- Key Laboratory of integrated rice-fish farming, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Wenzong Zhou, ; Mingyou Li,
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Song M, Hwang Y, Park J, Cha E, Jeong H, Kim M, Kim J, Baek S, Kwon E, Park S, Oh Y, Shin Y. Quantitative differential analysis of norovirus outbreak samples using RT‐ddPCR. Lett Appl Microbiol 2022; 75:29-35. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.13702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Miok Song
- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea
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Sun C, Chen J, Li H, Fang L, Wu S, Jayavanth P, Tang S, Sanchez G, Wu X. One-step duplex RT-droplet digital PCR assay for the detection of norovirus GI and GII in lettuce and strawberry. Food Microbiol 2021; 94:103653. [PMID: 33279078 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2020.103653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The study was designed to develop a sensitive one-step duplex reverse transcription droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (RT-ddPCR) to detect norovirus genogroup I and II (NoV GI and GII) in lettuce and strawberry. The specificity, sensitivity, repeatability and robustness of the assay was compared with RT-qPCR. The lowest concentration detected by RT-ddPCR for NoV GI and NoV GII were 4.68 and 8.47 copies/μL respectively, much lower than that of RT-qPCR with a number of 46.8 and 84.7 copies/μL, respectively. Lettuce and strawberry samples were artificially contaminated with NoV GI and GII suspensions, with inoculum size of 3.00 × 106 to 1.70 × 108 copies and 4.80 × 105 to 2.50 × 107 copies, respectively. Strawberry spiked with low inoculum size revealed positive results by RT-ddPCR, while recorded negative by RT-qPCR. Meanwhile, RT-ddPCR also showed a higher average recovery rate for NoV in lettuce and strawberry than RT-qPCR.The limit of detection (LoDs) of RT-ddPCR for NoVs in lettuce was 2.32 × 104 copies/25g (NoV GI) and 2.36 × 104 ciopies/25g (NoV GII), and that in strawberry was 2.56 × 104 copies/25g (NoV GI) and 2.64 × 104 ciopies/25g (NoV GII), which were 10 folds lower than that of RT-qPCR. The developed duplex RT-ddPCR assay exhibited stability and increased capacity to resist inhibitors in food samples with low concentration of NoV, making it a reliable method to avoid false negative result as opposed to RT-qPCR. In conclusion, one-step RT-ddPCR method developed in this study is pertinent in detecting foodborne virus such as NoV.
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- Chongzhen Sun
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Institute of Pathogenic Microbiology, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Guangzhou, 511430, China.
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- Institute of Pathogenic Microbiology, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Guangzhou, 511430, China
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- Institute of Pathogenic Microbiology, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Guangzhou, 511430, China
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- International School, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Av. AgustÍn Escardino 7, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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Rocchigiani AM, Tilocca MG, Portanti O, Vodret B, Bechere R, Di Domenico M, Savini G, Lorusso A, Puggioni G. Development of a Digital RT-PCR Method for Absolute Quantification of Bluetongue Virus in Field Samples. Front Vet Sci 2020; 7:170. [PMID: 32373633 PMCID: PMC7186476 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bluetongue (BT) is a major Office International des Epizooties (OIE)-listed disease of wild and domestic ruminants caused by several serotypes of Bluetongue virus (BTV), a virus with a segmented dsRNA genome belonging to the family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus. BTV is transmitted through the bites of Culicoides midges. The aim of this study was to develop a new method for quantification of BTV Seg-10 by droplet digital RT-PCR (RTdd-PCR), using nucleic acids purified from complex matrices such as blood, tissues, and midges, that notoriously contain strong PCR inhibitors. First, RTdd-PCR was optimized by using RNAs purified from serially 10-fold dilutions of a BTV-1 isolate (105.43TCID50/ml up to 10−0.57 TCID50/ml) and from the same dilutions spiked into fresh ovine EDTA-blood and spleen homogenate. The method showed a good degree of linearity (R2 ≥ 0.995). The limit of detection (LoD) and the limit of quantification (LoQ) established were 10−0.67TCID50/ml (0.72 copies/μl) and 100.03TCID50/ml (3.05 copies/μl) of BTV-1, respectively. Second, the newly developed test was compared, using the same set of biological samples, to the quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) detecting Seg-10 assay widely used for the molecular diagnosis of BTV from field samples. Results showed a difference mean of 0.30 log between the two assays with these samples (p < 0.05). Anyway, the analysis of correlation demonstrated that both assays provided similar measurements with a very close agreement between the systems.
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- Angela M Rocchigiani
- Department of Sanità Animale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Sanità Animale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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- OIE Reference Laboratory for Bluetongue, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Sanità Animale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Sanità Animale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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- OIE Reference Laboratory for Bluetongue, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- OIE Reference Laboratory for Bluetongue, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- OIE Reference Laboratory for Bluetongue, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise, Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Sanità Animale, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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Yong CY, Ong HK, Tang HC, Yeap SK, Omar AR, Ho KL, Tan WS. Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus: advances in diagnosis and vaccine development. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7151. [PMID: 31341728 PMCID: PMC6640626 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The aquaculture of salmonid fishes is a multi-billion dollar industry with production over 3 million tons annually. However, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), which infects and kills salmon and trout, significantly reduces the revenue of the salmon farming industry. Currently, there is no effective treatment for IHNV infected fishes; therefore, early detection and depopulation of the infected fishes remain the most common practices to contain the spread of IHNV. Apart from hygiene practices in aquaculture and isolation of infected fishes, loss of fishes due to IHNV infection can also be significantly reduced through vaccination programs. In the current review, some of the diagnostic methods for IHNV, spanning from clinical diagnosis to cell culture, serological and molecular methods are discussed in detail. In addition, some of the most significant candidate vaccines for IHNV are also extensively discussed, particularly the DNA vaccines.
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- Chean Yeah Yong
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.,Laboratory of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Laboratory of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- China ASEAN College of Marine Sciences, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Laboratory of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.,Laboratory of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Pinheiro-de-Oliveira TF, Fonseca-Júnior AA, Camargos MF, Laguardia-Nascimento M, Giannattasio-Ferraz S, Cottorello ACP, de Oliveira AM, Góes-Neto A, Barbosa-Stancioli EF. Reverse transcriptase droplet digital PCR to identify the emerging vesicular virus Senecavirus A in biological samples. Transbound Emerg Dis 2019; 66:1360-1369. [PMID: 30864242 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Senecavirus A (SVA) belonging to the family Picornaviridae, genus Senecavirus was incidentally isolated in 2002 from the PER.C6 (transformed foetal retinoblast) cell line. However, currently, this virus is associated with vesicular disease in swine and it has been reported in countries such as the United States of America, Canada, China, Thailand and Colombia. In Brazil, the SVA was firstly reported in 2015 in outbreaks of vesicular disease in swine, clinically indistinguishable of Foot-and-mouth disease, a contagious viral disease that generates substantial economic losses. In the present work, it was standardized a diagnostic tool for SVA based on RNA reverse transcriptase droplet digital PCR (RT-ddPCR) using one-step and two-step approaches. Analytical sensitivity and specificity were done in parallel with real-time PCR, RT-qPCR (one-step and two-step) for comparison of sensitivity and specificity of both methods. In the standardization of RT-ddPCR, the double-quenched probe and the temperature gradient were crucial to reduce background and improve amplitude between positive and negative droplets. The limit of detection and analytical specificity of techniques of one-step techniques showed superior performance than two-step methods described here. Additionally, the results showed 94.2% concordance (p < 0.001) for RT-ddPCR and RT-qPCR using the one-step assay approach and biological samples from Brazilian outbreaks of Senecavirus A. However, ddRT-PCR had a better performance than RT-PCR when swine serum pools were tested. According to the results, the one-step RT-ddPCR and RT-qPCR is highlighted to be used as an auxiliary diagnostic tool for Senecavirus A and for viral RNA absolute quantification in biological samples (RT-ddPCR), being a useful tool for vesicular diseases control programs.
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- Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Westergaard Mulberg M, Taskova M, Thomsen RP, Okholm AH, Kjems J, Astakhova K. New Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Ultrasensitive Detection of Nucleic Acids by Optical Methods. Chembiochem 2017; 18:1599-1603. [PMID: 28681411 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
For decades the detection of nucleic acids and their interactions at low abundances has been a challenging task that has thus far been solved by enzymatic target amplification. In this work we aimed at developing efficient tools for amplification-free nucleic acid detection, which resulted in the synthesis of new fluorescent nanoparticles. Here, the fluorescent nanoparticles were made by simple and inexpensive radical emulsion polymerization of butyl acrylate in the presence of fluorescent dyes and additional functionalization reagents. This provided ultra-bright macrofluorophores of 9-84 nm mean diameter, modified with additional alkyne and amino groups for bioconjugation. By using click and NHS chemistries, the new nanoparticles were attached to target-specific DNA probes that were used in fluorimetry and fluorescence microscopy. Overall, these fluorescent nanoparticles and their oligonucleotide derivatives have higher photostability, brighter fluorescence and hence dramatically lower limits of target detection than the individual organic dyes. These properties make them useful in approaches directed towards ultrasensitive detection of nucleic acids, in particular for imaging and in vitro diagnostics of DNA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mads Westergaard Mulberg
- University of Southern Denmark, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Nucleic Acid Center, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Kemitorvet, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
| | - Maria Taskova
- University of Southern Denmark, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Nucleic Acid Center, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Kemitorvet, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
| | - Rasmus P Thomsen
- Aarhus University, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
| | - Anders H Okholm
- Aarhus University, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
| | - Jørgen Kjems
- Aarhus University, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
| | - Kira Astakhova
- University of Southern Denmark, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Nucleic Acid Center, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Kemitorvet, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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