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Use of automated real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to monitor experimental swine vesicular disease virus infection in pigs
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posted on 2004-11-01, 00:00 authored by S M Reid, D J Paton, G Wilsden, G H Hutchings, D P King, N P Ferris, Soren AlexandersenSoren AlexandersenAutomated real-time RT-PCR was evaluated as a diagnostic tool for swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV) infection on a range of samples (vesicular epithelium, serum, nasal swabs, faeces) from four inoculated and three in-contact pigs over a period of 28 days. Traditional diagnostic procedures (virus isolation, and ELISAs for antigen and antibody) were used in parallel. Each inoculated pig developed a significant viraemia and clinical disease, and excreted virus, which was transmitted to the in-contact animals. The latter, however, developed only a short-lived, low-level viraemia and no clinical disease. The RT-PCR and virus isolation were generally comparable in detecting SVDV in the serum and nasal swabs from inoculated and in-contact pigs up to day 6 after infection; it was possible, however, to isolate virus for a longer period from the faeces of a few pigs. This suggested that further optimization of the template extraction method was required to counteract the effects of RT-PCR inhibitors in faeces. It was concluded that the automated real-time RT-PCR is a useful diagnostic method for SVD in clinically or subclinically affected pigs and contributed to the study of the pathogenesis of SVD in the pigs
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Journal of comparative pathologyVolume
131Issue
4Pagination
308 - 317Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0021-9975Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2004, Elsevier Ltd.Usage metrics
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AnimalsDisease Transmission, InfectiousEnterovirus B, HumanEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayRNA, ViralReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSwineSwine DiseasesSwine Vesicular DiseaseScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePathologyVeterinary Sciencespigreal-time RT-PCRSVD diagnosisSVD pathogenesisviral infectionFOOT-AND-MOUTHDIAGNOSISPATHOGENESISASSAY
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