title: [Development and application of TaqMan-MGB real-time quantitative PCR assay for detection of goat pox virus].
abstract: The complete gene sequences of eight capripoxvirus strains in GenBank were aligned and analyzed with DNAStar software. We selected a size of 64 bp gene fragment that was located in gp064 region of goat pox virus (GPV) genome, and designed a pair of primers and a TaqMan-MGB probe against the gene fragment with Primer Express 2.0 software. Then, the fluorescence quantitative PCR (FQ-PCR) assay was developed and the standard curve of different dilution series was described. We extracted the DNA samples from clinical skin pox, scab and GPV infected materials of artificial challenge animals. The FQ-PCR assay has been performed for all kinds of DNA samples. The results showed that the FQ-PCR assay was sensitive, specific, stable and could be used for clinical diagnosis. This method provided an important tool for rapid diagnosis of goat pox clinically, and for study GPV pathogenesis in the course of disease occurrence, development and convalescence.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Disease, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
authors.forename: Zhentao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Yongming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Leren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Kaigong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bijun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Junyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018151:Capripoxvirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006041:Goats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity