Improving the efficiency and biosafety of respiratory syncytial virus identification using a nucleic acid extraction-free reagent.
J Med Virol
; : e28287, 2022 Nov 07.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2234636
ABSTRACT
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most important virus that causes lower respiratory tract disease in children; efficient viral identification is an important component of disease prevention and treatment. Here, we developed and evaluated a ready-to-use (RTU) nucleic acid extraction-free direct reagent for identification of RSV (RTU-Direct test) in clinical samples. The limit of detection (LOD) of the RSV RTU-Direct test was consistent with the LOD of the standard test using extracted nucleic acids. The virus inactivation ability of RTU-Direct reagent was confirmed by viral infectivity assays involving RTU-Direct-treated samples containing RSV and human coronavirus OC43. RSV RNA stability was significantly better in RTU-Direct reagent than in conventional virus transport medium (VTM) at room temperature and 4°C (p < 0.05). The clinical performance of the RTU-Direct test was evaluated using 155 respiratory specimens from patients with suspected RSV infection. Positive agreement between the RTU-Direct test and the VTM standard test was 100% (42/42); negative agreement was 99.1% (112/113), and the kappa statistic was 0.968 (p < 0.001). The distributions of Ct values did not significantly differ between the RTU-Direct test and the standard test (p > 0.05). Overall, the RTU-Direct reagent can improve the efficiency and biosafety of RSV detection, while reducing the cost of detection.
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J Med Virol
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2022
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