Development of a novel SYBR green I-based quantitative RT-PCR assay for Senecavirus A detection in clinical samples of pigs.

Porcine vesicular disease caused by Senecavirus A (SVA) is a newly emerging disease in many countries. Based on clinical signs only, it is very challenging to distinguish SVA infection from other similar diseases, such as foot and mouth disease, swine vesicular disease, and vesicular stomatitis. Therefore, it is crucial to establish a detection assay for the clinical diagnosis of SVA infection. In this study, a pair of specific primers were designed based on the highly conserved L/VP4 gene sequence of SVA. The established SYBR green I-based quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) method was used to detect SVA nucleic acids in clinical samples. The limit of detection SVA nucleic acids by qRT-PCR was 6.4 × 101 copies/μL, which was significantly more sensitive than that by gel electrophoresis of 6.4 × 103 copes/μL. This assay was specific and had no cross-reaction with other seven swine viruses. Using SYBR green I-based qRT-PCR, the SVA positive rates in experimental animal samples and field samples were 67.60% (96/142) and 80% (24/30) respectively. The results demonstrate that SYBR green I-based qRT-PCR is a rapid and specific method for the clinical diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of related vesicular diseases caused by SVA. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Suyu Mu, Sahibzada Waheed Abdullah, Yun Zhang, Shichong Han, Huichen Guo, Mei Li, Hu Dong, Jin Xu, Zhidong Teng, Xiaobo Wen, Shiqi Sun. Development of a novel SYBR green I-based quantitative RT-PCR assay for Senecavirus A detection in clinical samples of pigs. Molecular and cellular probes. 2020 Oct;53:101643

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