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J Vet Diagn Invest ; 21(6): 760-70, 2009 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19901276

ABSTRACT

Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes disease in domestic and wild ruminants and results in significant economic loss. The closely related Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) has been associated with bluetongue-like disease in cattle. Although U.S. EHDV strains have not been experimentally proven to cause disease in cattle, there is serologic evidence of infection in cattle. Therefore, rapid diagnosis and differentiation of BTV and EHDV is required. The genetic sequence information and bioinformatic analysis necessary to design a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for the early detection of indigenous and exotic BTV and EHDV is described. This sequence data foundation focused on 2 conserved target genes: one that is highly expressed in infected mammalian cells, and the other is highly expressed in infected insect cells. The analysis of all BTV and EHDV prototype strains indicated that a complex primer design was necessary for both a virus group-comprehensive and virus group-specific gene amplification diagnostic test. This information has been used as the basis for the development of a rapid multiplex BTV-EHDV real-time RT-PCR that detects all known serotypes of both viruses and distinguishes between BTV and EHDV serogroups. The sensitivity of this rapid, single-tube, real-time RT-PCR assay is sufficient for diagnostic application, without the contamination problems associated with standard gel-based RT-PCR, especially nested RT-PCR tests.


Subject(s)
Bluetongue virus/genetics , Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic/genetics , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Animals , Base Sequence , Bluetongue/epidemiology , Bluetongue virus/classification , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/epidemiology , Cattle Diseases/virology , Cloning, Molecular , DNA Primers , Gene Amplification , Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic/classification , Phylogeny , Reoviridae Infections/epidemiology , Serotyping , Species Specificity
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J Virol Methods ; 153(1): 61-9, 2008 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18634827

ABSTRACT

A nucleic acid-based multiplexed assay was developed that combines detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) with rule-out assays for two other foreign animal diseases and four domestic animal diseases that cause vesicular or ulcerative lesions indistinguishable from FMDV infection in cattle, sheep and swine. The FMDV "look-alike" diagnostic assay panel contains 5 PCR and 12 reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) signatures for a total of 17 simultaneous PCR amplifications for 7 diseases plus incorporating 4 internal assay controls. It was developed and optimized to amplify both DNA and RNA viruses simultaneously in a single tube and employs Luminex liquid array technology. Assay development including selection of appropriate controls, a comparison of signature performance in single and multiplex testing against target nucleic acids, as well of limits of detection for each of the individual signatures is presented. While this assay is a prototype and by no means a comprehensive test for FMDV "look-alike" viruses, an assay of this type is envisioned to have benefit to a laboratory network in routine surveillance and possibly for post-outbreak proof of freedom from foot-and-mouth disease.


Subject(s)
Cattle Diseases/virology , Foot-and-Mouth Disease/diagnosis , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Sheep Diseases/virology , Swine Diseases/virology , Animals , Cattle , DNA Primers , Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus/genetics , Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus/isolation & purification , Polymerase Chain Reaction/standards , Reference Standards , Sensitivity and Specificity , Sheep , Swine
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J Clin Microbiol ; 46(3): 1081-9, 2008 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18216216

ABSTRACT

A high-throughput multiplexed assay was developed for the differential laboratory detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) from viruses that cause clinically similar diseases of livestock. This assay simultaneously screens for five RNA and two DNA viruses by using multiplexed reverse transcription-PCR (mRT-PCR) amplification coupled with a microsphere hybridization array and flow-cytometric detection. Two of the 17 primer-probe sets included in this multiplex assay were adopted from previously characterized real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) assays for FMDV. The diagnostic accuracy of the mRT-PCR assay was evaluated using 287 field samples, including 247 samples (213 true-positive samples and 35 true-negative samples) from suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease collected from 65 countries between 1965 and 2006 and 39 true-negative samples collected from healthy animals. The mRT-PCR assay results were compared to those of two singleplex rRT-PCR assays, using virus isolation with antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays as the reference method. The diagnostic sensitivity of the mRT-PCR assay for FMDV was 93.9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 89.8 to 96.4%), and the sensitivity was 98.1% (95% CI, 95.3 to 99.3%) for the two singleplex rRT-PCR assays used in combination. In addition, the assay could reliably differentiate between FMDV and other vesicular viruses, such as swine vesicular disease virus and vesicular exanthema of swine virus. Interestingly, the mRT-PCR detected parapoxvirus (n = 2) and bovine viral diarrhea virus (n = 2) in clinical samples, demonstrating the screening potential of this mRT-PCR assay to identify viruses in FMDV-negative material not previously recognized by using focused single-target rRT-PCR assays.


Subject(s)
Cattle Diseases/diagnosis , Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus/isolation & purification , Foot-and-Mouth Disease/diagnosis , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Swine Diseases/diagnosis , Animals , Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease/diagnosis , Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease/virology , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/virology , Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral/isolation & purification , Foot-and-Mouth Disease/virology , Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus/genetics , Microspheres , Parapoxvirus/isolation & purification , Poxviridae Infections/veterinary , Poxviridae Infections/virology , RNA, Viral/analysis , RNA, Viral/isolation & purification , Swine Diseases/virology , Swine Vesicular Disease/diagnosis , Swine Vesicular Disease/virology
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Anal Chem ; 78(15): 5462-8, 2006 Aug 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16878883

ABSTRACT

Liquid array technology was used to develop a multiplexed assay for the detection of antibodies to viral nonstructural proteins (NSPs), raised in cattle in response to infection with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus. Two assays, one based on recombinant NSPs and the other on synthetically produced peptides, were developed and compared side-by-side. Serum samples from serial bleeds of cattle, each experimentally infected with one of the seven serotypes (C, A, O, Asia, SAT1, SAT2, SAT3) of FMD virus were analyzed. A distinct pattern in the detection of NSP antibodies and a close correlation of the recombinant protein and peptide-based assays were observed. The detection of antibodies to NSPs is a method to differentiate FMD-infected and FMD-vaccinated animals, and a high-throughput assay would be an invaluable tool in the case of an outbreak of FMD in North America, when emergency vaccination may be utilized to spare vaccinated, noninfected animals from slaughter and subsequent disposal.


Subject(s)
Antibodies, Viral/blood , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods , Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus/immunology , Foot-and-Mouth Disease/diagnosis , Viral Proteins/immunology , Animals , Cattle , Foot-and-Mouth Disease/blood , Microspheres , Sensitivity and Specificity
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