Why the study?
To prevent and control African swine fever, which causes severe economic loss in the swine industry, reliable laboratory testing is required to diagnose suspected infections.
Population
69 clinical samples
Comparison
Nanofluidic chip digital PCR vs OIE-approved quantitative PCR and a commercial quantitative PCR kit
Design
Diagnostic validation study
Key result
Nanofluidic chip digital PCR demonstrated a 91.30% total coincidence rate with OIE-approved quantitative PCR for detecting African Swine Fever Virus in clinical samples.
Authors
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May enable faster ASFV DNA quantification; leaves open diagnostic validation before field adoption.
Effect estimate: Kappa 0.789
p-value: p=<0.0001
Nanofluidic chip digital PCR provides a highly sensitive and specific method for the absolute quantification of African Swine Fever Virus DNA in clinical samples.
Rui et al. (2021) studied African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) (n=69). Nanofluidic chip digital PCR (cdPCR) vs. OIE-approved quantitative PCR was evaluated on Total coincidence rate with OIE-approved qPCR (Kappa 0.789, p=<0.0001). Nanofluidic chip digital PCR demonstrated a 91.30% total coincidence rate with OIE-approved quantitative PCR for detecting African Swine Fever Virus in clinical samples.
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