title: Development and validation of an ovine progressive pneumonia virus quantitative PCR.
abstract: Ovine progressive pneumonia virus (OPPV) infects at least one sheep in 81% of U.S. sheep flocks, as determined by serology, and can cause viral mastitis, arthritis, dyspnea, and cachexia. Diagnostic tests that quantify OPPV proviral load in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) provide an additional method for identification of infected sheep and may help to further understanding of the pathogenesis of OPPV-induced disease. In this study, we compared a new OPPV real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay specific for the transmembrane region of the envelope gene (tm) with a competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) using 396 PBL samples and sera from Idaho sheep. The OPPV qPCR had a positive concordance of 96.2% +/- 2.3% and a negative concordance of 97.7% +/- 2.5% compared to the cELISA, with a kappa value of 0.93, indicating excellent agreement between the two tests. In addition, the presence of tm in the three OPPV qPCR-positive and cELISA-negative sheep and in 15 sheep with different OPPV proviral loads was confirmed by cloning and sequencing. These data indicate that the OPPV qPCR may be used as a supplemental diagnostic tool for OPPV infection and for measurement of viral load in PBLs of infected sheep.
authors: Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6630, USA. lherrman@vetmed.wsu.edu
authors: Lynn M
authors: LM
authors: Herrmann-Hoesing
authors: Stephen N
authors: SN
authors: White
authors: Gregory S
authors: GS
authors: Lewis
authors: Michelle R
authors: MR
authors: Mousel
authors: Donald P
authors: DP
authors: Knowles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011021:Pneumonia, Progressive Interstitial, of Sheep / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012756:Sheep; D019562:Viral Load; D014790:Visna-maedi virus / Q000235:genetics*
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