PMID- 35042532 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220303 LR - 20220303 IS - 1746-6148 (Electronic) IS - 1746-6148 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan 18 TI - Development of a one-step multiplex qRT-PCR assay for the detection of African swine fever virus, classical swine fever virus and atypical porcine pestivirus. PG - 43 LID - 10.1186/s12917-022-03144-4 [doi] LID - 43 AB - BACKGROUND: African swine fever virus (ASFV), classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) have caused great economic losses to the swine industry in China. Since coinfections of ASFV, CSFV and APPV occur in certain pig herds, it is necessary to accurately and differentially detect these pathogens in field-collected samples. In this study, a one-step multiplex real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (multiplex qRT-PCR) was developed for the simultaneous and differential detection of ASFV, CSFV and APPV. RESULTS: The one-step multiplex qRT-PCR presented here was able to simultaneously detect ASFV, CSFV and APPV but could not amplify other viruses, including porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), pseudorabies virus (PRV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), porcine parvovirus (PPV), porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), porcine rotavirus (PRoV), porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), border disease virus (BDV), bovine viral diarrhoea virus type 1 (BVDV-1), BVDV-2, etc. The limit of detection (LOD) of the assay was 2.52 x 10(1) copies/muL for ASFV, CSFV and APPV. A repeatability test using standard recombinant plasmids showed that the intra- and interassay coefficients of variation (CVs) were less than 2%. An assay of 509 clinical samples collected in Guangxi Province, southern China, from October 2018 to December 2020 showed that the positive rates of ASFV, CSFV and APPV were 45.58, 12.57 and 3.54%, respectively, while the coinfection rates of ASFV and CSFV, ASFV and APPV, CSFV and APPV were 4.91, 1.38, 0.98%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of the partial ASFV p72 gene showed that all ASFV strains from Guangxi Province belonged to genotypes I and II. CONCLUSION: A one-step multiplex qRT-PCR with high specificity, sensitivity and repeatability was successfully developed for the simultaneous and differential detection of ASFV, CSFV and APPV. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s). FAU - Liu, Huixin AU - Liu H AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China. FAU - Shi, Kaichuang AU - Shi K AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China. shikaichuang@126.com. AD - Guangxi Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, 530001, China. shikaichuang@126.com. FAU - Zhao, Jing AU - Zhao J AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China. FAU - Yin, Yanwen AU - Yin Y AD - Guangxi Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, 530001, China. FAU - Chen, Yating AU - Chen Y AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China. FAU - Si, Hongbin AU - Si H AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China. shb2009@gxu.edu.cn. FAU - Qu, Sujie AU - Qu S AD - Guangxi Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, 530001, China. FAU - Long, Feng AU - Long F AD - Guangxi Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, 530001, China. FAU - Lu, Wenjun AU - Lu W AD - Guangxi Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, 530001, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220118 PL - England TA - BMC Vet Res JT - BMC veterinary research JID - 101249759 SB - IM MH - *African Swine Fever Virus/genetics MH - Animals MH - China/epidemiology MH - *Classical Swine Fever/diagnosis MH - *Classical Swine Fever Virus/genetics MH - *Pestivirus/genetics MH - Phylogeny MH - *Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Swine MH - *Swine Diseases/diagnosis PMC - PMC8764768 COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/01/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/04 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/18 CRDT- 2022/01/19 05:48 PHST- 2021/05/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/19 05:48 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12917-022-03144-4 [pii] AID - 3144 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12917-022-03144-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Vet Res. 2022 Jan 18;18(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12917-022-03144-4.