Implementation of a one-step real-time RT-PCR protocol for diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease

An automated one-step real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) protocol was optimised and evaluated for the routine diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Parallel testing of RNA samples (n = 257) indicated that this assay has a diagnostic sensitivity at least equivalent to the automated two-step rRT-PCR protocol previously used for the laboratory detection of FMD virus (FMDV). This more rapid and economical one-step protocol will play a key role in contingency planning for any future outbreaks of FMD in the United Kingdom (UK).

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Contributors
Shaw A E, Reid S M, Ebert K, Hutchings G H, Ferris N P, King D P
Year
2007
Journal
Journal of Virological Methods
Volume
143
Issue
1
Pages
81-85
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