Comparison of bovine viral diarrhea virus detection methods : Results of an international proficiency trial

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Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), one of the most important infectious cattle diseases globally, is being combated in multiple countries. The main source for virus transmission within herds and especially to unaffected cattle farms are life-long persistently infected (PI), immunotolerant animals. Therefore, the early identification of PI calves is a major pillar of disease control programs. In addition, rapid and reliable virus identification is necessary to confirm the causative agent in acute clinical cases. Here, we initiated an international interlaboratory proficiency trial in order to evaluate BVDV detection methods. Four ear notch samples and four sera were provided to the participating veterinary diagnostic laboratories (n = 40). Two of the ear notches and two sera contained BVDV and two ear notches and one serum were negative for pestiviruses. The remaining serum was positive for the ovine border disease virus (BDV). The sample panel was analyzed by an ERNS-based ELISA for antigen detection, diverse real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) assays and/or virus isolation. Occasionally, additional typing of the virus strains was performed by sequencing or specific antibody staining of the obtained cell culture isolates. While the antigen ELISA allowed reliable BVDV diagnostics, infectious virus could be isolated only in just under half of the attempts (43.33%). RT-qPCR enabled the sensitive detection of pestiviruses, though an impact of the extraction method on the resulting quantification cycle values was observed. In general, subsequent typing of the detected virus strains is required to differentiate BVDV from BDV infections. In conclusion, for BVDV identification in clinical cases or in the context of disease control, RT-qPCR methods or ERNS antigen ELISAs should be preferentially used.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:290

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Veterinary microbiology - 290(2024) vom: 27. März, Seite 109985

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wernike, Kerstin [VerfasserIn]
Beer, Martin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Antigen ELISA
Bovine viral diarrhea
Clinical Trial, Veterinary
Diagnostics
Journal Article
Pestivirus
Proficiency testing
RT-qPCR

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Date Completed 21.02.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.109985

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NLM36709956X