Establishment of RT- LAMP for rapid detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus / 病毒学报

A rapid detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) was established by using reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) method, meanwhile its specificity and sensitivity were assessed. The results showed that the FMDV RNA could be amplified by incubation at 65degrees C for only 1h using six primers designed based on FMDV polyprotein gene and the amplification products could be detected easily by naked-eye. There is no cross reaction with other virus such as SVDV, SFV and PPV by detecting their RNA samples. The detection limit of this method was found to be 10(-5) dilution of RNA sample which was 100-fold higher than that of PCR and 10-fold higher than real-time PCR.