Enhancement of the Brucella AMOS PCR assay for differentiation of Brucella abortus vaccine strains S19 and RB51.
Because the brucellosis eradication program uses slaughter and quarantine as control measures, it would benefit from faster methods of bacterial identification. Distinguishing vaccine strains from strains that cause infections among vaccinated herds in the field is essential. To accomplish this, our PCR-based, species-specific assay (B. J. Bricker and S. M. Halling, J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:2660-2666, 1994) was updated to identify Brucella abortus vaccine strains S19 and RB51. Three new oligonucleotide primers were added to the five-primer multiplex Brucella AMOS PCR assay. Identification is based on the number and sizes of six products amplified by PCR.
Bricker
B J
BJ
National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA.
Halling
S M
SM
D000818:Animals; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002417:Cattle; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011247:Pregnancy; D013045:Species Specificity
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial