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ArticleJournal of virological methods2016

Comparison of electron microscopy, ELISA, real time RT-PCR and insulated isothermal RT-PCR for the detection of Rotavirus group A (RVA) in feces of different animal species.

Mohamed A Soltan, Yun-Long Tsai, Pei-Yu A Lee, Chuan-Fu Tsai, Hsiao-Fen G Chang, Hwa-Tang T Wang, Rebecca P Wilkes

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mohamed A SoltanDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; Clinical Virology Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Room A239, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Yun-Long TsaiGeneReach USA, 27 Revere Street, Lexington, MA 02420, USA.
Pei-Yu A LeeGeneReach USA, 27 Revere Street, Lexington, MA 02420, USA.
Chuan-Fu TsaiGeneReach USA, 27 Revere Street, Lexington, MA 02420, USA.
Hsiao-Fen G ChangGeneReach USA, 27 Revere Street, Lexington, MA 02420, USA.
Hwa-Tang T WangGeneReach USA, 27 Revere Street, Lexington, MA 02420, USA.
Rebecca P WilkesClinical Virology Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Room A239, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 43 Brighton Road, Tifton, GA, USA. Electronic address: beckpen@uga.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is no gold standard for detection of Rotavirus Group A (RVA), one of the main causes of diarrhea in neonatal animals. Sensitive and specific real-time RT-PCR (rtRT-PCR) assays are available for RVA but require submission of the clinical samples to diagnostic laboratories. Patient-side immunoassays for RVA protein detection have shown variable results, particularly with samples from unintended species. A sensitive and specific test for detection of RVA on the farm would facilitate rapid management decisions. The insulated isothermal RT-PCR (RT-iiPCR) assay works in a portable machine to allow sensitive and specific on-site testing. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate a commercially available RT-iiPCR assay for RVA detection in feces from different animal species. This assay was compared to an in-house rtRT-PCR assay and a commercially available rtRT-PCR kit, as well as an ELISA and EM for RVA detection. All three PCR assays targeted the well-conserved NSP5 gene. Clinical fecal samples from 108 diarrheic animals (mainly cattle and horses) were tested. The percentage of positive samples by ELISA, EM, in-house rtRT-PCR, commercial rtRT-PCR, and RT-iiPCR was 29.4%, 31%, 36.7%, 51.4%, 56.9%, respectively. The agreement between different assays was high (81.3-100%) in samples containing high viral loads. The sensitivity of the RT-iiPCR assay appeared to be higher than the commercially available rtRT-PCR assay, with a limit of detection (95% confidence index) of 3-4 copies of in vitro transcribed dsRNA. In conclusion, the user-friendly, field-deployable RT-iiPCR system holds substantial promise for on-site detection of RVA.

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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayMicroscopy, ElectronReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionAnimalsCattleCattle DiseasesDiarrheaFecesHorse DiseasesHorsesPoint-of-Care SystemsReagent Kits, DiagnosticReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, ViralRotavirusNSP5 protein, rotavirus group AReagent Kits, DiagnosticRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsDiagnosisInsulated isothermal PCRPoint of needReal-time RT-PCRRotavirus

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PMID27180038
PMCPMC7113751

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