PMID- 23688994 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140724 LR - 20130521 IS - 1673-4254 (Print) IS - 1673-4254 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 5 DP - 2013 May TI - [HAND system-based four multiplex RT-PCR for simultaneous detection of four diarrhea viruses]. PG - 724-7 AB - OBJECTIVE: To establish a one-step four multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method based on Homo-Tag Assisted Non-Dimer System (HAND) system for simultaneous detection of 4 diarrhea viruses of rotavirus, astrovirus, norovirus and sapovirus. METHODS: Primers were designed according to the conserved genome sequence of the 4 viruses and the homologous tail sequences were added to the 5' end. The multiplex RT-PCR system was constructed by optimizing the PCR parameters such as the concentration of universal tag primer and genome-specific Homo-Tailed primers. The specificity, stability and sensitivity of the method were evaluated systematically. RESULTS: The 4 multiplex RT-PCR methods based on HAND system was established successfully. Specificity analysis showed no cross reaction between the 4 diarrhea viruses. The sensitivity analysis showed detection limits for rotavirus, astrovirus, norovirus and sapovirus of 48, 1.92, 9.6 and 48 pg per reaction, respectively. CONCLUSION: The established HAND system-based multiplex RT-PCR assay allows simple, rapid, specific, sensitive, and stable for detection of the 4 common diarrhea viruses at low costs and is suitable for application in general medical laboratories. FAU - Teng, Yongyong AU - Teng Y AD - Department of Epidemiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. gztengyy@163.com FAU - Mo, Qiuhua AU - Mo Q FAU - Wang, Qi AU - Wang Q FAU - Tang, Minghui AU - Tang M FAU - Zhao, Dejian AU - Zhao D FAU - Tan, Hua AU - Tan H FAU - Tu, Chengning AU - Tu C FAU - Yang, Ze AU - Yang Z FAU - Chen, Qing AU - Chen Q FAU - Sun, Hong AU - Sun H LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - China TA - Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao JT - Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University JID - 101266132 RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - Astroviridae/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - Diarrhea/*virology MH - Feces/virology MH - Humans MH - Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction/*methods MH - Norovirus/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - RNA, Viral/isolation & purification MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods MH - Rotavirus/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - Sapovirus/genetics/*isolation & purification EDAT- 2013/05/22 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/25 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/22 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/25 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2013 May;33(5):724-7.