Name: evaluation of a universal nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection of lyssaviruses
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The study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan (Grant no. 2016YFD0500401) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 31302043).

The use of mice in this protocol was approved by the Administrative Committee on Animal Welfare of the Institute of Military Veterinary Medicine, the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, China (Laboratory Animal Care and Use Committee Authorization, permit number JSY-DW-2010-02). All institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed.
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Currently, RABV is a major lyssavirus responsible for nearly all human and animal rabies in China, as well as in other countries. In addition, an IRKV variant was first identified from a Murina leucogaster bat in the Jilin province in Northeast China in 201210, and it has been reported to cause a dog&#8217;s death in the Liaoning Province in 201711. Most recently, a novel lyssavirus, TWBLV, was also identified from a Japanese pipistrelle bat in Taiwan, Chi...

Rabies is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by viruses within the genus Lyssavirus1. Lyssaviruses (family&#160;Rhabdoviridae) are single-negative-stranded RNA viruses with an approximately 12 kb genome that encodes five proteins: N, phosphoprotein (P), matrix protein (M), glycoprotein (G), and the large protein or polymerase (L).&#160;Based on nucleotide sequences of the N gene, genetic distance, and antigenic patterns, the lyssaviruses have been divided into 16 species, comprising classical rabies virus (RABV) and the rabies-related viruses (RRV): Lagos bat virus (LBV), Duvenhage virus (DUVV), Mokola virus (MOKV), European bat lyssavirus 1 (EBLV-1), European bat lyssavirus 2 (EBLV-2), Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), Aravan virus (ARAV), Ikoma virus (IKOV), Bokeloh bat lyssavirus (BBLV), Gannoruwa bat lyssavirus (GBLV), Irkut virus (IRKV), Khujand virus (KHUV), West Caucasian bat virus (WCBV), Shimoni bat virus (SHIBV), and Lleida bat lyssavirus (LLEBV)2. Recently, two additional lyssaviruses have been identified: Kotalahti bat lyssavirus (KBLV) isolated from a Brandt&#8217;s bat (Myotis brandtii) in Finland in 20173 and Taiwan bat lyssavirus (TWBLV) isolated from a Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus) in Taiwan, China in 2016&#8211;20174.
All mammals are susceptible to rabies; however, no gross pathognomonic lesions or specific clinical signs permit its identification, and diagnosis can only be made in the laboratory5. The most widely used method for rabies diagnosis is the FAT, which is considered as the gold standard by both the WHO and the OIE5,6. Nevertheless, the FAT can produce unreliable results on degraded/autolyzed brain tissue samples. Additionally, it cannot be used to assay biological fluid specimens such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), saliva, and urine, thereby largely precluding its employment in antemortem diagnosis7. Alternative conventional diagnostic tests, such as the rabies tissue culture infection test (RTCIT) and the mouse inoculation test (MIT), require several days6, a major drawback when a rapid diagnosis is essential.
Various molecular diagnostic tests (e.g., the detection of viral RNA by RT-PCR, the PCR&#8211;enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [PCR-ELISA], in situ hybridization, and real-time PCR) are used as rapid and sensitive techniques for rabies diagnosis8. RT-PCR is now recommended by OIE for routine rabies diagnosis, and a heminested (hn) PCR is described in the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals to detect all lyssaviruses5. Here we describe a pan-lyssavirus nested RT-PCR, which allows the specific and sensitive detection of all 18 lyssavirus species comparable to or exceeding that obtained by the FAT. The principle of the method is an RT of the target RNA (conserved region of the lyssavirus N gene) into cDNA, followed by the amplification of the cDNA by two rounds of PCR. The cDNA undergoes the first-round PCR with outer primers to amplify an 845 bp fragment; then, the second-round PCR uses the first-round PCR product as a template to amplify a 371 bp fragment with inner primers. The two rounds of PCR significantly increase the sensitivity of the assay.

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evaluation of a universal nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection of lyssaviruses

To detect rabies virus and other member species of the genus Lyssavirus within the family Rhabdoviridae, the pan-lyssavirus nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (nested RT-PCR) was developed to detect the conserved region of the nucleoprotein (N) gene of lyssaviruses. The method applies reverse transcription (RT) using viral RNA as template and oligo (dT)15 and random hexamers as primers to synthesize the viral complementary DNA (cDNA). Then, the viral cDNA is used as a template to amplify an 845 bp N gene fragment in first-round PCR using outer primers, followed by second-round nested PCR to amplify the final 371 bp fragment using inner primers. This method can detect different genetic clades of rabies viruses (RABV). The validation, using 9,624 brain specimens from eight domestic animal species in 10 years of clinical rabies diagnoses and surveillance in China, showed that the method has 100% sensitivity and 99.97% specificity in comparison with the direct fluorescent antibody test (FAT), the gold standard method recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). In addition, the method could also specifically amplify the targeted N gene fragment of 15 other approved and two novel lyssavirus species in the 10th Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) as evaluated by a mimic detection of synthesized N gene plasmids of all lyssaviruses. The method provides a convenient alternative to FAT for rabies diagnosis and has been approved as a National Standard (GB/T36789-2018) of China.

Results of nested RT-PCR to detect 18 lyssavirus species are shown in Figure 1. All PCR positive controls showed the expected 845 bp in the first- and 371 bp in the second-round amplifications with no band in the negative control. All 18 lyssaviruses produced the expected 845 and/or 371 bp bands, indicating that the nested RT-PCR detected all 18 lyssaviruses. Sixteen lyssaviruses plasmids had efficient amplification in two rounds of PCR, but two, namely ARAV and IKOV, had amplification in ei...

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Evaluation of a Universal Nested Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Lyssaviruses

A pan-lyssavirus nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction has been developed to detect specifically all known lyssaviruses. Validation using rabies brain samples of different animal species showed that this method has a sensitivity and specificity equivalent to the gold standard fluorescent antibody test and could be used for routine rabies diagnosis.

To detect rabies virus and other member species of the genus Lyssavirus within the family Rhabdoviridae, the pan-lyssavirus nested reverse transcription ...

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