Introduction: Arbovirus diseases such as dengue and chikungunya threaten public health worldwide. Early and rapid diagnosis and surveillance of dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections are essentia...Introduction: Arbovirus diseases such as dengue and chikungunya threaten public health worldwide. Early and rapid diagnosis and surveillance of dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections are essential to the control of these diseases. In this study, we evaluate the diagnostic performance of our new in-house multiplex RT-qPCR method for detecting DENV serotypes and CHIKV in an external laboratory. Methodology: The evaluation study was conducted on 200 clinical samples of suspected patients for arbovirus disease infection, collected in Centre de Recherche Biomoléculaire Pietro Annigoni (CERBA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Our new multiplex RT-qPCR was compared to the commercial kit, the Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya (ZDC) Real-Time PCR Assays kit (Bio-Rad, California, USA). Results and Conclusions: Among 200 samples, 21.5% (43/200) were DENV-positive by multiplex RT-qPCR, and 21.5% (43/200) were also DENV-positive by reference real-time RT-PCR. 157 (78.5%) samples tested negative for DENV by both tests (new mRT-qPCR and reference test). The sensitivity and specificity of mRT-qPCR were 100%. The DENV serotypes detected were DENV-1 60.5% (26/43) and DENV-3 39.5% (17/43). CHIKV was not detected in this study. Our new mRT-qPCR is sensitive, cost-effective, simple, and can be used in developing country laboratories.展开更多
DPO is one of the new specific primers for virus detection.In this study,five sets of dual priming oligonucleotide(DPO) primers for Potato virus X(PVX),Potato virus Y(PVY),Potato virus V(PVV),Tobacco ring spot virus(T...DPO is one of the new specific primers for virus detection.In this study,five sets of dual priming oligonucleotide(DPO) primers for Potato virus X(PVX),Potato virus Y(PVY),Potato virus V(PVV),Tobacco ring spot virus(TRSV) and Cucumber mosaic virus(CMV) were designed and applied to the detection of the main potato viruses with multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(m-RT-PCR),including two quarantine viruses in China(PVV and TRSV).The results showed that DPO-m-RT-PCR exhi-bited high PCR specificity and sensitivity even under less than optimal PCR condition compared with conventional m-RT-PCR.DPO-m-RT-PCR could be applied in the healthy evaluation of seed potato and its exit-entry quarantine.展开更多
A multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (multiplex RT-PCR) method was developed for the simultaneous detection and discrimination of three sweet potato potyviruses: Sweet potato feathery mottle vir...A multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (multiplex RT-PCR) method was developed for the simultaneous detection and discrimination of three sweet potato potyviruses: Sweet potato feathery mottle virus(SPFMV),Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV) and Sweet potato virus G (SPVG). Three compatible sets of primers specific for each virus were designed in conserved regions of the coat protein (CP) gene for use in multiplex RT-PCR assay, and producing three distinct fragments 300, 420, and 600 bp, indicating the presence of SPFMV, SPLV and SPVG respectively. The individual RT-PCR assays and the multiplex assay were optimized for highest sensitivity and specificity. This study fulfilled the need for rapid and specific sweet potato potyvirus diagnostic tool and that also had the potential for investigating the epidemiology of sweet viral diseases.展开更多
文摘Introduction: Arbovirus diseases such as dengue and chikungunya threaten public health worldwide. Early and rapid diagnosis and surveillance of dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections are essential to the control of these diseases. In this study, we evaluate the diagnostic performance of our new in-house multiplex RT-qPCR method for detecting DENV serotypes and CHIKV in an external laboratory. Methodology: The evaluation study was conducted on 200 clinical samples of suspected patients for arbovirus disease infection, collected in Centre de Recherche Biomoléculaire Pietro Annigoni (CERBA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Our new multiplex RT-qPCR was compared to the commercial kit, the Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya (ZDC) Real-Time PCR Assays kit (Bio-Rad, California, USA). Results and Conclusions: Among 200 samples, 21.5% (43/200) were DENV-positive by multiplex RT-qPCR, and 21.5% (43/200) were also DENV-positive by reference real-time RT-PCR. 157 (78.5%) samples tested negative for DENV by both tests (new mRT-qPCR and reference test). The sensitivity and specificity of mRT-qPCR were 100%. The DENV serotypes detected were DENV-1 60.5% (26/43) and DENV-3 39.5% (17/43). CHIKV was not detected in this study. Our new mRT-qPCR is sensitive, cost-effective, simple, and can be used in developing country laboratories.
文摘DPO is one of the new specific primers for virus detection.In this study,five sets of dual priming oligonucleotide(DPO) primers for Potato virus X(PVX),Potato virus Y(PVY),Potato virus V(PVV),Tobacco ring spot virus(TRSV) and Cucumber mosaic virus(CMV) were designed and applied to the detection of the main potato viruses with multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(m-RT-PCR),including two quarantine viruses in China(PVV and TRSV).The results showed that DPO-m-RT-PCR exhi-bited high PCR specificity and sensitivity even under less than optimal PCR condition compared with conventional m-RT-PCR.DPO-m-RT-PCR could be applied in the healthy evaluation of seed potato and its exit-entry quarantine.
文摘A multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (multiplex RT-PCR) method was developed for the simultaneous detection and discrimination of three sweet potato potyviruses: Sweet potato feathery mottle virus(SPFMV),Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV) and Sweet potato virus G (SPVG). Three compatible sets of primers specific for each virus were designed in conserved regions of the coat protein (CP) gene for use in multiplex RT-PCR assay, and producing three distinct fragments 300, 420, and 600 bp, indicating the presence of SPFMV, SPLV and SPVG respectively. The individual RT-PCR assays and the multiplex assay were optimized for highest sensitivity and specificity. This study fulfilled the need for rapid and specific sweet potato potyvirus diagnostic tool and that also had the potential for investigating the epidemiology of sweet viral diseases.
