Cao Shinuo, Lu Huipeng, Wu Zhi, Zhu Shanyuan
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for High-Tech Research and Development of Veterinary Biopharmaceuticals, Jiangsu Agri-animal Husbandry Vocational College, Taizhou, China.
Front Vet Sci. 2022 Sep 23;9:998874. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.998874. eCollection 2022.
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease that affects domestic and wild pigs. A recent study reported that both ASF virus (ASFV) genotypes I and II have invaded farm-raised pigs in China, causing chronic infection and morbidity. To develop a duplex fluorescent quantitative PCR method to distinguish the ASFV genotypes I and II in Chinese epidemic strains, the probes and primers were designed based on the B646L sequences of genotypes I and II listed in the GenBank database. After optimizing the system, a duplex fluorescent quantitative PCR method for simultaneous detection of ASFV genotypes I and II B646L genes was successfully established. This method had no cross-reaction with Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), Pseudorabies virus (PRV), or Porcine Parvovirus (PPV), indicating that it has strong specificity. The sensitivity results indicated that the minimum detection limit of ASFV genotypes I and II B646L was 10 copies/Rxn. The inter- and intra-group coefficients of variation were both <3%, indicating that the method was highly reproducible. Therefore, the established duplex fluorescent quantitative PCR assay is important for the differential detection and epidemiological investigation of ASFV.
非洲猪瘟(ASF)是一种影响家猪和野猪的高度传染性出血性疾病。最近一项研究报告称,ASF病毒(ASFV)I型和II型均已侵入中国的养殖猪,导致慢性感染和发病。为开发一种双重荧光定量PCR方法以区分中国流行毒株中的ASFV I型和II型,基于GenBank数据库中列出的I型和II型B646L序列设计了探针和引物。优化体系后,成功建立了同时检测ASFV I型和II型B646L基因的双重荧光定量PCR方法。该方法与猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)、伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)或猪细小病毒(PPV)无交叉反应,表明其具有很强的特异性。敏感性结果表明,ASFV I型和II型B646L的最低检测限为10拷贝/反应。组间和组内变异系数均<3%,表明该方法具有高度可重复性。因此,所建立的双重荧光定量PCR检测方法对于ASFV的鉴别检测和流行病学调查具有重要意义。