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ArticleTropical medicine and health2023

Evaluation of a real-time mobile PCR device (PCR 1100) for the detection of the rabies gene in field samples.

Catalino Demetria, Kazunori Kimitsuki, Takaaki Yahiro, Nobuo Saito, Takehiro Hashimoto, Sakirul Khan, Maria Yna Joyce Chu, Daria Manalo, Milagros Mananggit, Beatriz Quiambao and 1 more

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Catalino DemetriaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
Kazunori KimitsukiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
Takaaki YahiroDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
Nobuo SaitoDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
Takehiro HashimotoDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
Sakirul KhanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
Maria Yna Joyce ChuResearch Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Daria ManaloResearch Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Milagros MananggitDepartment of Agriculture Field Office III, Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Tarlac, Philippines.
Beatriz QuiambaoResearch Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Akira NishizonoDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Oita, Japan. a24zono@oita-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1364-4839
Oita University · JPResearch Institute for Tropical Medicine · PH

Funding

Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development 17823721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Philippines is ranked among the top countries with 200-300 annual deaths due to rabies. Most human rabies cases have been reported in remote areas, where dog surveillance is inadequate. Therefore, a strategy to effectively improve surveillance in remote areas will increase the number of detections. Detecting pathogens using portable real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has the potential to be accepted in these areas. Thus, we aimed to develop an assay to detect the rabies virus (RABV) genome by combining the robust primer system LN34 with the PicoGene PCR1100 portable rapid instrument targeting RABV RNA (PCR1100 assay).

methodsProcedures were optimised using an LN34 primer/probe set, KAPA3G Plant PCR Kit (KAPA Biosystems), FastGene Scriptase II (NIPPON Genetics), and an artificial positive control RNA.

resultsPositive control RNA showed an analytical limit of detection of 10 copies/µL without false positivity, generating results in approximately 32 min. Compared to dFAT or RT-qPCR using field samples, the sensitivity and specificity of the PCR1100 assay were 100%, and even lower copy numbers (approximately 10 copies/µL) were detected.

conclusionsThis study demonstrated that the developed assay can detect rabies RNA in field samples. Because dog-mediated rabies is endemic in remote areas, the rapidity, mobility, and practicality of the PCR1100 assay as well as the high sensitivity of the LN34 system make it an ideal tool for the confirmation of rabies in these areas.

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Animal rabies caseNeglected tropical diseasesPhilippinesRabiesSurveillance

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