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Detection and differentiation of old world orthopoxviruses: restriction fragment length polymorphism of the crmB gene region.

ABSTRACT: A restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay was developed to identify and differentiate Old World, African-Eurasian orthopoxviruses (OPV): variola, vaccinia, cowpox, monkeypox, camelpox, ectromelia, and taterapox viruses. The test uses amplicons produced from virus genome DNA by PCR with a consensus primer pair designed from sequences determined for the cytokine response modifier B (crmB) gene of 43 different OPV strains of known taxonomic origin. The primer pair amplified a single specific product from each of the 115 OPV samples tested. Size-specific amplicons identified and differentiated ectromelia and vaccinia virus strains, which contain a truncated crmB gene, and enabled their differentiation from other OPV species. Restriction digests of amplified products allowed the identification and differentiation of variola, monkeypox, camelpox, vaccinia, and cowpox virus species and strains.

SUBMITTER: Loparev VN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC87686 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Detection and differentiation of old world orthopoxviruses: restriction fragment length polymorphism of the crmB gene region.

Loparev V N VN Massung R F RF Esposito J J JJ Meyer H H

Journal of clinical microbiology 20010101 1

A restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay was developed to identify and differentiate Old World, African-Eurasian orthopoxviruses (OPV): variola, vaccinia, cowpox, monkeypox, camelpox, ectromelia, and taterapox viruses. The test uses amplicons produced from virus genome DNA by PCR with a consensus primer pair designed from sequences determined for the cytokine response modifier B (crmB) gene of 43 different OPV strains of known taxonomic origin. The primer pair amplified a single s ...[more]

PMID: 11136755

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