ArticleViruses2024
The Development of a Sensitive Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Test for Quantitative Detection of Goose Astrovirus.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Triplex Crystal Digital RT-PCR for the Detection of Avian Leukosis Virus, Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus, and Fowl Adenovirus.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Droplet digital PCR-based pathogen monitoring system improves identifying Haemaphysalis longicornis infected with Bandavirus dabieense and other tick-borne pathogens at low concentrations.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Development and Evaluation of Quadruplex Droplet Digital PCR Method to Multiplex Detection of Different Respiratory Pathogens of Chickens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
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- Digital PCR in Virology: Current Applications and Future Perspectives.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2025Review
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Abstract
(1) Goose astrovirus (GAstV) is a novel emerging pathogen that causes significant economic losses in waterfowl farming. A convenient, sensitive, and specific detection method for GAstV in field samples is important in order to effectively control GAstV. Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) is a novel, sensitive, good-precision, and absolute quantitation PCR technology which does not require calibration curves. (2) In this study, we developed a ddPCR system for the sensitive and accurate quantification of GAstV using the conserved region of the ORF2 gene. (3) The detection limit of ddPCR was 10 copies/µL, ~28 times greater sensitivity than quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). The specificity of the test was determined by the failure of amplification of other avian viruses. Both ddPCR and qPCR tests showed good repeatability and linearity, and the established ddPCR method had high sensitivity and good specificity to GAstV. Clinical sample test results showed that the positive rate of ddPCR (88.89%) was higher than that of qPCR (58.33%). (4) As a result, our results suggest that the newly developed ddPCR method might offer improved analytical sensitivity and specificity in its GAstV measurements. The ddPCR could be widely applied in clinical tests for GAstV infections.
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