title: Effects of disinfection on the molecular detection of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus.
abstract: Routine detection of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is currently limited to RT-PCR but this test cannot distinguish between viable and inactivated virus. We evaluated the capability of disinfectants to both inactivate PEDV and sufficiently damage viral RNA beyond RT-PCR detection. Five classes of disinfectants (phenol, quaternary ammonium compound, sodium hypochlorite, oxidizing agent, and quaternary ammonium/glutaraldehyde combination) were evaluated in vitro at varying concentrations, both in the presence and absence of swine feces, and at three different temperatures. No infectious PEDV was recovered after treatment with evaluated disinfectants. Additionally, all tested disinfectants except for 0.17% sodium hypochlorite dramatically reduced qRT-PCR values. However, no disinfectants eliminated RT-PCR detection of PEDV across all replicates; although, 0.52%, 1.03% and 2.06% solutions of sodium hypochlorite and 0.5% oxidizing agent did intermittently produce RT-PCR negatives. To simulate field conditions in a second aim, PEDV was applied to pitted aluminum coupons, which were then treated with either 2.06% sodium hypochlorite or 0.5% oxidizing agent. Post-treatment surface swabs of the coupons tested RT-PCR positive but were not infectious to cultured cells or naïve pigs. Ultimately, viable PEDV was not detected following application of each of the tested disinfectants, however in most cases RT-PCR detection of viral RNA remained. RT-PCR detection of PEDV is likely even after disinfection with many commercially available disinfectants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: bowman.214@osu.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nolting
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Nola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bliss
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Jason W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Stull
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Ave, Wooster, OH 44691, USA.
authors.forename: Qiuhong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, 1925 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Premanandan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005761:Gastroenteritis, Transmissible, of Swine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D005976:Glutaral / Q000494:pharmacology; D016877:Oxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D053485:Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus / Q000235:genetics*; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D059367:RNA Cleavage / Q000187:drug effects; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine; D038301:Virus Inactivation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D016877:Oxidants; D010636:Phenols; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite; D005976:Glutaral
keywords: Biosecurity; Bleach; Infection control; Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Sodium hypochlorite; Swine; Virus inactivation