Development and evaluation of an easy to use real-time reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for clinical diagnosis of West Nile virus

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West Nile Virus (WNV) causes a serious public health concern in many countries around the world. Virus detection in pathological samples is a key component of WNV infection diagnostic, classically performed by real-time PCR. In outbreak situation, rapid detection of the virus, in peripheral laboratories or at point of care, is crucial to guide decision makers and for the establishment of adequate action plans to prevent virus dissemination. Here, we evaluate a Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) tool for WNV detection. Amplifications were performed comparatively on extracted viral RNA and on crude samples using a classical thermal cycler and a portable device (pebble device). qRT-PCR was used as gold standard and two sets of urine samples (n = 62 and n = 74) were used to evaluate the retained amplification protocols and assess their sensitivity and specificity. RT-LAMP on RNA extracts and crude samples showed a sensitivity of 90 % and 87 %, respectively. The specificity was 100 % for extracts and 97 % for crude samples. Using the device, the RT-LAMP on extracted RNA was comparable to the gold standard results (100 % sensitivity and specificity) and it was a bit lower on crude samples (65 % sensitivity and 94 % specificity). These results show that RT-LAMP is an efficient technique to detect WNV. RT-LAMP provides a rapid, sensitive, high-throughput and portable tool for accurate WNV detection and has potentials to facilitate diagnostic and surveillance efforts both in the laboratory and in the field, especially in developing countries.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:170

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Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 170(2024) vom: 01. Feb., Seite 105633

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khedhiri, Marwa [VerfasserIn]
Chaouch, Melek [VerfasserIn]
Ayouni, Kaouther [VerfasserIn]
Chouikha, Anissa [VerfasserIn]
Gdoura, Mariem [VerfasserIn]
Touzi, Henda [VerfasserIn]
Hogga, Nahed [VerfasserIn]
Benkahla, Alia [VerfasserIn]
Fares, Wasfi [VerfasserIn]
Triki, Henda [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Crude samples
Journal Article
Pebble device
RNA, Viral
RT-LAMP test
Rapid diagnosis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
West Nile virus

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Date Completed 22.01.2024

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105633

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365941778