Abstract:
Objective Establish a rapid detection method of porcine rotavirus group A(PoRV A)for pathogen monitoring and epidemiological investigation.MethodThis study designed specific primers and probes based on the VP6 gene sequences of PoRV A in GenBank (accession numbers MT025937.1,OP978242.1 and PP566178.1), optimized the reaction system, established a TaqMan RT-qPCR detection method, and evaluated the method through specificity, sensitivity, and repeatability results as well as its clinical application.
Results This method can specifically amplify PoRV nucleic acid, with a minimum detection limit of 27.0 copies/μL and a sensitivity 100 times higher than RTPCR; There is no cross reactivity with the nucleic acid of PEDV, TGEV and PDCoV; This method has good repeatability, and the variation coefficients value of intra-group and inter-group are below 1.10%.; 151 clinical samples suspected of PoRV were detected using RT-qPCR, and the results showed a detection rate of 42.38%(64/151), which was better than the detection rate of conventional RT-PCR (33.11%, 50/151).
Conclusion The TaqMan real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR detection method based on the VP6 gene of Group A porcine rotavirus in this study was established, which is suitable for PoRV detection and epidemiological investigations. The method offers high sensitivity, strong specificity, and good repeatability, providing a reliable technical means for the detection and epidemiological study of porcine rotavirus.