Evaluation of Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification assays for Rapid Detection of Human Enterovirus 71 and Coxsackievirus A16 in Clinical Samples

A sensitive reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for human enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) infection was further evaluated. The one step reaction was performed in a single tube at 65?C for 45 min for EV71 and 35 min for CVA16. The detection limits of RT-LAMP assays for both EV71 and CVA16 were 0.1 of a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) per reaction, based on 10—Fold dilutions of a titrated EV71 or CVA16 strain. The specific assay showed there were no cross-reactions with Coxsackievirus A (CVA) viruses (CVA 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 14, and 25), Coxsackievirus B (CVB) viruses (CVB 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) or ECHO viruses (ECHO 3, 6, 11, and 19). In parallel with commercial quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) diagnostic kits for EV71 and CVA16, the RT-LAMP assay was evaluated with 515 clinical specimens, the results showed the RT-LAMP assay and the qRT-PCR assay were in complete agreement for 513/515 (99.6%) of the specimens. Two samples with discrepant results from two methods were further verified by nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (nRT-PCR) assay and sequencing to be true positives for CVA16. In conclusion, RT-LAMP assay is demonstrated to be a sensitive and specific assay and have a great potential for the rapid and visual screening of EV71 and CVA16 in China, especially in those resource-limited hospitals and rural clinics of provincial and municipal regions.

柑橘衰退病毒RT-RPA-LFD可视化检测方法的建立及应用

【目的】柑橘衰退病由柑橘衰退病毒(citrus tristeza virus,CTV)引起,是一种世界性的重要柑橘病害。为实现CTV的田间快速检测,建立一种准确、快速且可视化的检测方法。【方法】以CTV外壳蛋白(CP)的保守区域为靶标,设计3对特异性引物和探针,通过引物筛选,以及优化引物浓度、反应时间和反应温度等条件,建立CTV的反转录-重组酶聚合酶扩增-侧流层析试纸条(RT-RPA-LFD)快速检测方法,明确其灵敏度,并用于田间疑似样品的检测。【结果】建立了CTV的RT-RPA-LFD检测方法:最佳检测引物为RPA-1F/R,对应探针为RPA-P,最佳反应条件为40℃,25 min,且与其他5种柑橘病毒无交叉反应。该方法的灵敏度是RT-PCR的100倍,最低可检测到2.12×10^(1)拷贝·μL^(-1)的CTV核酸,与RT-qPCR相当。采用RT-RPA-LFD法在67份田间样品中检测出CTV阳性样品41份,与RT-PCR法检测结果一致。【结论】建立的CTV RT-RPA-LFD法具有操作简单、快速、结果可视等优点,适合基层植保工作者对田间样品开展快速检测。

逆转录环介导等温扩增技术检测H3亚型猪流感病毒

基于环介导等温扩增技术(RT-LAMP),建立了一种用于快速检测H3亚型猪流感病毒的方法。根据GenBank中收录的H3N2亚型猪流感病毒(SIV)HA基因保守区的序列,设计一组对应HA序列6个区域的4条特异性引物,建立RT-LAMP反应体系;经优化,确定了最佳的LAMP反应条件。扩增后产物形成的焦磷酸离子和溶液中的镁离子结合而形成焦磷酸镁沉淀,结果可视。同时用特异性内切酶HhaⅠ对所获得的产物进行酶切鉴定,所得的酶切产物大小与理论值完全符合。用已建立的RT-LAMP技术检测临床样品,检测结果与RT-PCR方法符合率均达到100%。结果表明,本研究建立的RT-LAMP检测猪流感病毒方法,操作简单,灵敏度高,特异性强,是一种适用于现场诊断的检测技术。

山药潜隐病毒RT-LAMP快速检测方法的建立

0引言山药(Dioscorea oppositifolia L.)是薯蓣科薯蓣属植物,可作为药用或食用材料[1],广泛分布于全球热带及亚热带地区,在我国河南、山东、江苏、广西和江西等省份都有种植。山药生产中以块茎无性繁殖方式为主,导致病毒病发生严重[2]。侵染山药的病毒主要包括马铃薯Y病毒属(Potyvirus)[3]、杆状DNA病毒属(Badnavirus)[4]、香石竹潜隐病毒属(Carlavirus)[5]以及蚕豆病毒属(Fabavirus)[6]的一些病毒。