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1 July 2014 Molecular Typing of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotypes by One-Step Multiplex RT-PCR
Feng Sun, Matthew Cochran, Tammy Beckham, Alfonso Clavijo
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Abstract

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) causes a highly infectious noncontagious hemorrhagic disease in wild and captive deer (Cervidae) populations in the US. Although rapid and accurate identification of the disease is important, identification of the serotype is equally important for understanding the epidemiology of the disease in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations. We developed a one-step multiplex reverse transcriptase PCR assay for rapid differentiation and identification of EHDV serotypes 1, 2, and 6 in cell culture and clinical samples by targeting the viral gene segment 2 (L2) that encodes for the structural protein VP2. From 2009 to 2012, 427 clinical samples including tissue and blood (in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) from white-tailed deer, found EHDV positive by real-time PCR, were used to evaluate this subtyping assay. Eighteen percent of the positive samples tested were EHDV-1, 59% were EHDV-2, and 21% were EHDV-6; 2% of the samples were positive for more than one subtype, indicating mixed infection. This assay provides a rapid, sensitive, specific diagnostic tool for differentiation and identification of EHDV serotypes in field samples and virus isolates.

Wildlife Disease Association 2014
Feng Sun, Matthew Cochran, Tammy Beckham, and Alfonso Clavijo "Molecular Typing of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotypes by One-Step Multiplex RT-PCR," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(3), 639-644, (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-11-302
Received: 18 November 2013; Accepted: 1 January 2014; Published: 1 July 2014
KEYWORDS
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV)
one-step multiplex reverse transcriptase PCR
typing
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