期刊
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE
卷 34, 期 -, 页码 29-33出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2015.04.019
关键词
Virus; Transport medium; Storage; Quantitative PCR; Sampling; Microbial forensics
资金
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25460882] Funding Source: KAKEN
Forensic microbial specimens, including bacteria and viruses, are collected at biocrime and bioterrorism scenes. Although it is preferable that the pathogens in these samples are alive and kept in a steady state, the samples may be stored for prolonged periods before analysis. Therefore, it is important to understand the effects of storage conditions on the pathogens contained within such samples. To evaluate the capacity to preserve viable virus and the viral genome, influenza virus was added to the transport medium of the Universal Viral Transport system and stored for over 3 months at various temperatures, after which virus titrations and quantitative analysis of the influenza hemagglutinin gene were performed. Although viable viruses became undetectable 29 days after the medium was stored at room temperature, viruses in the medium stored at 4 degrees C were viable even after 99 days. A quantitative PCR analysis indicated that the hemagglutinin gene was maintained for 99 days at both 4 degrees C and room temperature. Therefore, long-term storage at 4 degrees C has little effect on viable virus and viral genes, so the Universal Viral Transport system can be useful for microbial forensics. This study provides important information for the handling of forensic virus specimens. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.
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