Journal
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 160, Issue 1-2, Pages 157-162Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.05.005
Keywords
Foot-and-mouth disease; Real-time RT-PCR; Validation; Diagnosis; Matrix effect; Uncertainty of measurement
Funding
- FMD_ImproCon [SSPE-CT-2003-503603]
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Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assays are being used routinely for diagnosing foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Although most laboratories determine analytical and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, a thorough validation in terms of establishing optimal RNA-extraction conditions, matrix effect, uncertainty of measurement and precision is not performed or reported generally. In this study, different RNA-extraction procedures were compared for two FMDV rRT-PCRs. The NucleoSpin columns available commercially combined high extraction efficiency with ease-of-automation. Furthermore, six different FMDV-negative matrices were spiked with a dilution series of FMDV SAT1 ZIM 25/89. Compared to cell-culture-spiked viral control samples, no matrix effect on the analytical sensitivity was found for blood or foot epithelium. Approximately I log(10) reduction in detection limit was noted for faecal and tongue epithelium samples, whereas a 3 log(10) decrease was observed for spleen samples. By testing the same dilution series in duplicate on 10 different occasions, an estimation of uncertainty of measurement and precision was obtained using blood as matrix. Both rRT-PCRs produced highly precise results emphasising their potential to replace conventional virological methods. The uncertainty measurement, as described in this study, proved to be a useful tool to evaluate the probability of making a wrong decision. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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