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Design and application of a real‐time polymerase chain for the detection and subsequent characterization of respiratory adenoviral infections
Author(s) -
Lee ChunYi,
Wu MengChe,
Ho ChiLin,
Lai ChiaChun,
Chou TehYing,
Chan YuJiun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.23940
Subject(s) - virology , respiratory tract infections , polymerase chain reaction , respiratory system , adenoviridae , viral culture , real time polymerase chain reaction , respiratory tract , viral load , concordance , adenovirus infection , medicine , biology , immunology , virus , genetic enhancement , gene , biochemistry
Human adenoviruses (HADVs) comprise at least 54 types and cause a wide spectrum of respiratory tract infections; early diagnosis and epidemiological monitoring of HADV infections requires a rapid and sensitive assay. The use of a real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was evaluated with one set of in‐house designed primers for respiratory adenoviral infections. The assay was first validated by detecting successfully 6 representative types and 100 clinical isolates. A concomitant prospective surveillance of viral aetiology using conventional cultures and PCR assays in 160 febrile children with acute respiratory tract symptoms was conducted between May 2010 and July 2011. Viral aetiologies were confirmed in 72 (45%) cases using conventional cultures, including 51 adenoviral infections. The concordance between the real‐time PCR and culture was good (Kappa = 0.94), and two additional culture‐negative adenovirus infections were identified. During the study period (January 2011), an adenoviral community epidemic occurred. Adenovirus B3 was the predominant type in this epidemic (69.8%), followed by C2 (5.7%), C1 (5.7%), C5 (1.9%), E4 (1.9%), C6 (1.9%), F41 (1.9%), and 4 unclassified species C (7.5%). Significantly prolonged duration of fever (>5 days), higher leukocyte counts, higher neutrophil counts, and higher C‐reactive protein levels were in the adenoviral infected group (n = 53, P  < 0.001), compared with the non‐adenoviral infected group (n = 107). In conclusion, this in‐house real‐time PCR is capable of detecting adenoviral respiratory infections of various types in children; and patients with adenoviral aetiology suffered from more severe clinical manifestations. J. Med. Virol. 86:2128–2133, 2014 . © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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