A triplex crystal digital PCR for the detection of genotypes I and II African swine fever virus

Copyright © 2024 Shi, Qian, Shi, Wei, Pan, Long, Zhou, Mo, Hu and Li..

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and lethal viral disease that causes severe hemorrhagic fever in pigs. It keeps spreading around the world, posing a severe socioeconomic risk and endangering biodiversity and domestic food security. ASF first outbroke in China in 2018, and has spread to most provinces nationwide. Genotypes I and II ASF virus (ASFV) as the etiological pathogens have been found in China. In this study, three pairs of specific primers and probes targeting the ASFV B646L gene, F1055L gene, and E183L gene were designed to detect universal, genotype I, and genotype II strains, respectively. A triplex crystal digital PCR (cdPCR) was established on the basis of optimizing various reaction conditions. The assay demonstrated remarkably sensitive with low limits of detection (LODs) of 5.120, 4.218, 4.588 copies/reaction for B646L, F1055L, and E183L gene, respectively; excellent repeatability with 1.24-2.01% intra-assay coefficients of variation (CVs) and 1.32-2.53% inter-assay CVs; good specificity for only detection of genotypes I and II ASFV, without cross-reactivity with PCV2, PRV, SIV, PRRSV, PEDV, FMDV, and CSFV. The triplex cdPCR was used to test 1,275 clinical samples from Guangxi province of China, and the positivity rates were 5.05, 3.22, and 1.02% for genotype I, genotype II, and co-infection of genotypes I and II, respectively. These 1,275 clinical samples were also detected using a reported reference triplex real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR), and the agreements of detection results between these two methods were more than 98.98%. In conclusion, the developed triplex cdPCR could be used as a rapid, sensitive, and accurate method to detect and differentiate genotypes I and II strains of ASFV.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in veterinary science - 11(2024) vom: 25., Seite 1351596

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shi, Kaichuang [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Xinxiu [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yuwen [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Haina [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Long, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Qingan [VerfasserIn]
Mo, Shenglan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zongqiang [VerfasserIn]

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African swine fever virus (ASFV)
Co-infection
Genotype I
Genotype II
Journal Article
Multiplex crystal digital PCR (cdPCR)

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Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fvets.2024.1351596

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NLM371180457