This document summarizes a presentation on enhancing the specificity of real-time RT-PCR detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus through the use of tailed primers. The presentation evaluated adding tails to the primers for two different gene targets, 5'-UTR and 3D, and found that tailed primers improved detection of FMDV, with tailed 3D primers showing a consistent Cq value shift across multiple virus strains. Tailed primers enhance the robustness and performance of RT-PCR assays for FMDV detection and can help authorities demonstrate that a sample does not contain the virus by improving specificity and reducing risks of contamination, cross-reactivity, or detecting small amounts of viral RNA.
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OS16 - 4.P4.c Tailed Primers Enhance Real-Time RT-PCR Detection of FMD Virus - D. Lefebvre
1. Open Session of the EuFMD - Cascais –Portugal 26-28 October 2016
TAILED PRIMERS ENHANCE REAL-
TIME RT-PCR DETECTION OF FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS
F. Vandenbussche, E. Mathijs, D. Lefebvre,
K. De Clercq and S. Van Borm
2. Use of a portable real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for
rapid detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus.
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3D
5’-UTR
3D and
5’-UTR
Reference methods
3. But what about specificity?
When your authorities demand you to demonstrate that a sample
does NOT contain FMDV…
4. But what about specificity?
When your authorities demand you to demonstrate that a sample
does NOT contain FMDV…
• Contamination ?
• Cross-reactivity ?
• PCR artefact ?
• …
• Small amount of FMD
viral RNA ?
5. But what about specificity?
When your authorities demand you to demonstrate that a sample
does NOT contain FMDV…
• Contamination ?
• Cross-reactivity ?
• PCR artefact ?
• …
• Small amount of FMD
viral RNA ?
To improve the robustness and overall performance of the assays ?!