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Rapid detection and subtyping of European swine influenza viruses in porcine clinical samples by hemagglutinin- and neuraminidase-specific tetra- and triplex real-time RT-PCRs

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  • Rapid detection and subtyping of European swine influenza viruses in porcine clinical samples by hemagglutinin- and neuraminidase-specific tetra- and triplex real-time RT-PCRs

    Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2016 Jul 11. doi: 10.1111/irv.12407. [Epub ahead of print]
    Rapid detection and subtyping of European swine influenza viruses in porcine clinical samples by hemagglutinin- and neuraminidase-specific tetra- and triplex real-time RT-PCRs.

    Henritzi D1, Zhao N1, Starick E1, Simon G2, Krog JS3, Larsen LE3, Reid SM4, Brown IH4, Chiapponi C5, Foni E5, Wacheck S6, Schmid P6, Beer M1, Hoffmann B1, Harder TC1.
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    Abstract

    BACKGROUND:

    A diversifying pool of mammalian-adapted influenza A viruses (IAV) with largely unknown zoonotic potential is maintained in domestic swine populations worldwide. The most recent human influenza pandemic in 2009 was caused by a virus with genes originating from IAV isolated from swine. Swine influenza viruses (SIV) are widespread in European domestic pig populations and evolve dynamically. Knowledge regarding occurrence, spread and evolution of potentially zoonotic SIV in Europe is poorly understood.
    OBJECTIVES:

    Efficient SIV surveillance programmes depend on sensitive and specific diagnostic methods which allow for cost-effective large scale analysis.
    METHODS:

    New SIV hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) subtype- and lineage-specific multiplex real-time RT-PCRs (RT-qPCR) have been developed and validated with reference virus isolates and clinical samples.
    RESULTS:

    A diagnostic algorithm is proposed for the combined detection in clinical samples and subtyping of SIV strains currently circulating in Europe that is based on a generic, M-gene specific influenza A virus RT-qPCR. In a second step, positive samples are examined by tetraplex HA- and triplex NA-specific RT-qPCRs to differentiate the porcine subtypes H1, H3, N1 and N2. Within the HA subtype H1, lineages "av" (European avian-derived), "hu" (European human-derived) and "pdm" (human pandemic A/H1N1, 2009) are distinguished by RT-qPCRs, and within the NA subtype N1, lineage "pdm" is differentiated. An RT-PCR amplicon Sanger sequencing method of small fragments of the HA and NA genes is also proposed to safeguard against failure of multiplex RT-qPCR subtyping.
    CONCLUSIONS:

    These new multiplex RT-qPCR assays provide adequate tools for sustained SIV monitoring programmes in Europe. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
    This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


    KEYWORDS:

    Influenza A virus; Swine; Zoonosis; multiplex RT-qPCR; subtyping; surveillance

    PMID: 27397600 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12407
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