Key result
RT-RAA assay achieves 100% agreement with TaqMan RT-qPCR for detecting porcine group A rotavirus.
Why the study?
Porcine rotavirus type A is the main cause of dehydration and diarrhea in piglets, and a rapid, accurate, and sensitive detection method is needed for monitoring, control, and removal.
Effect estimate: kappa 1
p-value: p=<0.001
The developed RT-RAA assay provides a rapid, sensitive, and specific method for detecting porcine rotavirus type A, comparable to standard RT-qPCR.
May enable rapid on-site porcine rotavirus detection in veterinary settings; leaves open routine adoption pending larger field validation.
Porcine rotavirus type A (PoRVA) is the main cause of dehydration and diarrhea in piglets, which has a great impact on the development of the pig industry worldwide. A rapid, accurate and sensitive detection method is conducive to the monitoring, control, and removal of PoRVA. In this study, a PoRVA real-time fluorescent reverse transcription recombinase-aided amplification (RT-RAA) assay was developed. Based on the PoRVA VP6 gene, specific primers and probes were designed and synthesized. The sensitivity of RT-RAA and TaqMan probe-based RT-qPCR was 7 copies per reaction and 5 copies per reaction, respectively. The sensitivity of the RT-RAA method was close to TaqMan probe-based RT-qPCR. The detection results of RT-RAA and TaqMan probe-based quantitative real-time RT-PCR methods were completely consistent in 241 clinical samples. Therefore, we successfully established a rapid and specific RT-RAA diagnostic method for PoRVA.
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Wang et al. (2022) studied Porcine group A rotavirus (PoRVA) infection (n=241). Reverse transcription recombinase-aided amplification (RT-RAA) assay vs. TaqMan probe-based RT-qPCR was evaluated on Diagnostic agreement (match rate) in clinical samples (kappa 1, p=<0.001). The RT-RAA assay demonstrated a sensitivity of 7 copies per reaction and showed 100% agreement (kappa = 1, p < 0.001) with TaqMan probe-based RT-qPCR in detecting porcine group A rotavirus in 241 clinical samples.
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