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Rapid differential detection of H1 and H3 subtype swine influenza viruses by a TaqMan-MGB based duplex one-step real time RT-PCR assay
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  • Kaibiao Chen,
  • Ming Kong,
  • Jiao Liu,
  • Jun Jiao,
  • Zixiong Zeng,
  • Xinxin Bu,
  • Yayao Yan,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Ruyi Gao,
  • Xiaowen Liu,
  • Xiaoquan Wang,
  • Jiao Hu,
  • Shunlin Hu,
  • Xinan Jiao,
  • Min Gu,
  • Xiufan Liu
Kaibiao Chen
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University

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Ming Kong
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Jiao Liu
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Jun Jiao
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Zixiong Zeng
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Xinxin Bu
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Yayao Yan
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Yu Chen
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Ruyi Gao
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Xiaowen Liu
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Xiaoquan Wang
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Jiao Hu
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Shunlin Hu
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Xinan Jiao
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Min Gu
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Xiufan Liu
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
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Abstract

Background: Swine influenza is not only an economically important respiratory disease in swine, but also constantly poses a threat to human health. Hence, developing a rapid, sensitive and efficient detection method of swine influenza virus (SIV) is highly essential. Method: By aligning the HA gene sequences of SIV circulating in China in recent 10 years, a H1 primer-probe set targeting both Eurasian avian-like H1N1 (EA H1N1) and Pandemic 2009 H1N1 (Pdm09 H1N1) lineages plus a H3 prime-probe set targeting the prevalent human-like H3N2 (HL H3N2) subtype were designed, respectively. Further, a TaqMan-MGB based duplex one-step real time RT-PCR (RRT-PCR) assay was established, and the sensitivity, specificity and repeatability were evaluated. Results: The duplex RRT-PCR exhibited good sensitivity with the detection limit of 5 copies/μL HA plasmid for each of the EA H1N1, Pdm09 H1N1 and HL H3N2 subtype SIVs, and matched a detection accuracy of 94.4% (17/18) with traditional virus isolation through chicken embryo inoculation using experimentally infected mice lung samples. Besides, the method showed high repeatability both within-run and between-runs, and no cross-reactivity against some commonly circulated porcine viruses in China. Furthermore, the duplex RRT-PCR method revealed a relatively higher prevalent rate of H1 than H3 subtype SIV in 166 nasal swabs from pigs in some slaughterhouse during October~December, 2019. Conclusions: This developed assay could be very helpful for rapid differential detection and routine surveillance of EA H1N1, Pdm H1N1 and HL H3N2 subtype SIVs in China.
Aug 2021Published in Archives of Virology volume 166 issue 8 on pages 2217-2224. 10.1007/s00705-021-05127-6