title: Canine parvovirus infection: which diagnostic test for virus?
abstract: Five laboratory tests for diagnosis of canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) infection were employed to test 89 faecal samples collected from dogs with diarrhoea. The tests analysed were immunochromatography (IC), haemagglutination (HA), virus isolation (VI), conventional and real-time PCR. IC, HA, VI and conventional or real-time PCR were able, respectively, to detect CPV-2 antigen or nucleic acid in 41, 50, 54, 68 and 73 of the samples. The best correlation was found between conventional and real-time PCR, with an overall agreement of 94.38%. Sixty-eight samples that tested positive by HA, VI or conventional PCR were subjected to antigenic and/or genetic analyses of the CPV-2 strains by monoclonal antibody (MAb), restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) and/or sequence analyses. In sum, out of the 68 strains analysed, 26 were characterised as CPV-2a, 18 as CPV-2b and 24 as a CPV-2 Glu-426 mutant recently identified in Italy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Well-being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bari, S.p. per Casamassima km 3, 70010 Valenzano (BA), Italy.
authors.forename: Costantina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desario
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Decaro
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campolo
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavalli
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cirone
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Elia
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camero
authors.forename: Canio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002845:Chromatography; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D007558:Italy; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017993:Parvovirus, Canine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping; D014776:Virus Cultivation
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral