Abstract

BackgroundWaterfowl parvoviruses, including goose parvovirus (GPV) and Muscovy duck parvovirus (MDPV), can cause seriously diseases in geese and ducks. Developing a fast and precise diagnosis assay for these two parvoviruses is particularly important.ResultsA duplex SYBR Green I-based quantitative real-time PCR assay was developed for the simultaneous detection and differentiation of GPV and MDPV. The assay yielded melting curves with specific single peak (Tm = 87.3 ± 0.26 °C or Tm = 85.4 ± 0.23 °C) when GPV or MDPV was evaluated, respectively. When both parvoviruses were assessed in one reaction, melting curves with specific double peaks were yielded.ConclusionThis duplex quantitative RT-PCR can be used to rapid identify of GPV and MDPV in field cases and artificial trials, which make it a powerful tool for diagnosing, preventing and controlling waterfowl parvovirus infections.

Highlights

  • Waterfowl parvoviruses cause substantial economic loss to waterfowl production worldwide [9, 12]

  • Quantification method to detect waterfowl parvoviruses was previously reported using a TaqMan-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) reaction containing primers targeting the parvovirus, Lin et al Virology Journal (2019)6: as well as a probe labeled with fluorescent reporter dyes

  • The results indicated that 41 of the 65 artificial samples were infected with goose parvovirus (GPV), which had single peaks in the melting curves at Tm = 87.3 ± 0.32 °C and the other 24 samples were infected with Muscovy duck parvovirus (MDPV), resulting in single melting peaks at Tm = 85.2 ± 0.26 °C

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Waterfowl parvoviruses cause substantial economic loss to waterfowl production worldwide [9, 12]. Quantification method to detect waterfowl parvoviruses was previously reported using a TaqMan-based real-time PCR reaction containing primers targeting the parvovirus, Lin et al Virology Journal (2019): as well as a probe labeled with fluorescent reporter dyes. These assays were not developed to differentiate GPV and MDPV [11, 16, 24, 28]. We developed a duplex SYBR Green-I based quantitative real-time PCR to rapidly and amplify a region of the GPV and MDPV genome that can be used to distinguish infection by either virus in a single reaction.

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