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Diagnostic Reliability of Different RT-PCR Protocols for the Detection of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 14 (BTV-14).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is one of the most extensively used methods for identification of animals infected with bluetongue virus (BTV). There are several RT-PCR protocols published and several real-time RT-PCR (rtRT-PCR) commercial kits available on the market. Because Poland faced BTV-14 infection in 2012, different protocols were implemented in the country to confirm the RT-PCR results positive for this virus. The article presents a comparative study of several RT-PCR protocols and discusses their diagnostic reliability and applicability.

Material and methods

Six rtRT-PCR/RT-PCR protocols were compared for the laboratory diagnostic of fourteen BTV-14 isolates circulating in Poland in 2012-2014.

Results

All 14 isolates were positive in the protocols of Shaw et al. (18), a commercial LSI NS3 kit, and Eschbaumer et al. (5). Four out of fourteen BTV-14 isolates gave positive results in Hoffmann's 2 and 6 protocols and none of the 14 isolates yielded positive results in Maan et al. (8) method. Phylogenetic study of a short fragment of 450 nt of BTV segment 2 (258-696 positions) revealed 100% identity within Polish variants and with Russian and Spanish isolates.

Conclusion

The paper points to the possible false negative results in the diagnosis of BTV infections depending on the protocol used.

SUBMITTER: Orlowska A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5937335 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diagnostic Reliability of Different RT-PCR Protocols for the Detection of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 14 (BTV-14).

Orłowska Anna A Żmudziński Jan F JF Smreczak Marcin M Trębas Paweł P Marzec Anna A

Journal of veterinary research 20171227 4

<h4>Introduction</h4>The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is one of the most extensively used methods for identification of animals infected with bluetongue virus (BTV). There are several RT-PCR protocols published and several real-time RT-PCR (rtRT-PCR) commercial kits available on the market. Because Poland faced BTV-14 infection in 2012, different protocols were implemented in the country to confirm the RT-PCR results positive for this virus. The article presents a com ...[more]

PMID: 29978100

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Diagnostic Reliability of Different RT-PCR Protocols for the Detection of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 14 (BTV-14).

Introduction

Material and methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Diagnostic Reliability of Different RT-PCR Protocols for the Detection of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 14 (BTV-14).

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