A Rapid and Specific Assay for the Detection of MERS-CoV

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a novel human coronavirus that can cause human respiratory disease. The development of a detection method for this virus that can lead to rapid and accurate diagnosis would be significant. In this study, we established a nucleic acid visualization technique that combines the reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification technique and a vertical flow visualization strip (RT-LAMP-VF) to detect the N gene of MERS-CoV. The RT-LAMP-VF assay was performed in a constant temperature water bath for 30 min, and the result was visible by the naked eye within 5 min. The RT-LAMP-VF assay was capable of detecting 2 × 101 copies/μl of synthesized RNA transcript and 1 × 101 copies/μl of MERS-CoV RNA. The method exhibits no cross-reactivities with multiple CoVs including SARS-related (SARSr)-CoV, HKU4, HKU1, OC43 and 229E, and thus exhibits high specificity. Compared to the real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) method recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), the RT-LAMP-VF assay is easy to handle, does not require expensive equipment and can rapidly complete detection within 35 min.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in microbiology - 9(2018) vom: 01., Seite 1101

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hualei [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Zengguo [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Hongli [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jincun [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Beibei [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Feihu [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Xingxing [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Fangfang [VerfasserIn]
Jiao, Cuicui [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Pengfei [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Shengnan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yongkun [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Na [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jianzhong [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Weiyang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tiecheng [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yuwei [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Songtao [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Xianzhu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
Nucleic acid visualization
RT-LAMP-VF
Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification
Visual detection

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Date Revised 30.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmicb.2018.01101

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM285405799