title: Rapid detection of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) by real-time, isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification assay.
abstract: Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) causes mortality or runt deformity syndrome in penaeid shrimps and is responsible for significant economic losses in the shrimp aquaculture industry. Here, we describe a novel real-time isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay developed for IHHNV detection. Using IHHNV plasmid standards and DNA samples from a variety of organisms, we evaluated the ability of the IHHNV-RPA assay to detect IHHNV based on analysis of its sensitivity, specificity, rapidity, and reproducibility. Probit analysis of eight independent experimental replicates indicated satisfactory performance of the RPA assay, which is sufficiently sensitive to detect as few as 4 copies of the IHHNV genome within 7 min at 39 °C with 95 % reliability. Therefore, this rapid RPA method has great potential for applications, either in field use or as a point of care diagnostic technique.
authors: Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors: Xiaoming
authors: X
authors: Xia
authors: Yongxin
authors: Y
authors: Yu
authors: Linghao
authors: L
authors: Hu
authors: Manfred
authors: M
authors: Weidmann
authors: Yingjie
authors: Y
authors: Pan
authors: Shuling
authors: S
authors: Yan
authors: Yongjie
authors: Y
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D019223:Densovirinae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000821:virology*; D045522:Recombinases / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D045522:Recombinases