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Detection of a novel highly pathogenic H7 influenza virus by duplex real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain
Weixin Jia1, Chenfu Cao2, Yanxing Lin2
1National and Regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonoses Prevention and Control, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China.
Abstract:
On February 19, 2017, China announced that the mutant H7N9 virus appeared in human cases, which showed molecular characteristic of highly pathogenic virus for poultry. In this study, a duplex real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assay was developed for distinguish between highly pathogenic H7 virus and low pathogenic H7 virus. The sensitivity, specificity, stability and conformance tests were conducted for this method. The data showed that the new method is sensitive. The minimum detection limit for the RNA of highly pathogenic H7 virus is 0.0052fg and the minimum detection limit for the RNA of low pathogenic H7 virus is 0.36fg. The method gave specific results in detecting novel highly pathogenic H7 virus and will play an important role in the rapid identification of novel highly pathogenic H7 virus.