COMPARISON OF ANALYTICAL SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (RT-LAMP) AND REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (RT-PCR) FOR DETECTION OF LOCAL PESTIVIRUS A
Hammad-ur-Rehman1*, A. Ahmad1*, M. Rabbani2 and M. Y. Tipu3
1University Diagnostic Lab, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
2Department of Microbiology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
3Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
*Corresponding author’s e-mail: hammad.rehman@uvas.edu.pk; iffivet@uvas.edu.pk
The paper was presented in International Buffalo Congress 2019, February 18-20, Lahore, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
The main aim of this study was to compare reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in order to determine their analytical sensitivity and specificity using local characterized Pestivirus A. In order to compare the sensitivity of RT-LAMP and RT-PCR, serial 10 fold dilutions containing 9.91 x 1010 to 9.91 x 10-2 copies of cDNA of Pestivirus A, were prepared and tested. RT-LAMP proved more sensitive and was able to detect 9.91x100 copies of cDNA compared to RT-PCR (9.91x101). Both RT-LAMP and RT-PCR were found equally specific as no cross reaction with bovine herpes virus was observed. Present study showed that RT-LAMP assay is highly sensitive, specific, rapid and can be used as an alternative to conventional RT-PCR, for the detection of Pestivirus A.
Key words: Pestivirus A, Sensitivity, Specificity, RT-LAMP, RT-PCR.
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