Skip to main content

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Virology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1399123

Development and application of a high sensitivity immunochromatographic test strip for detecting Pseudorabies Virus

Provisionally accepted
jia j. Yin jia j. Yin 1*Hui m. Liu Hui m. Liu 2Yumei Chen Yumei Chen 2Jingming Zhou Jingming Zhou 2Yankai Liu Yankai Liu 2Zhenglun Liang Zhenglun Liang 2Xifang Zhu Xifang Zhu 2Hongliang Liu Hongliang Liu 2Peiyang Ding Peiyang Ding 2Enping Liu Enping Liu 2Ying Zhang Ying Zhang 2Sixuan Wu Sixuan Wu 2Aiping Wang Aiping Wang 2*
  • 1 Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
  • 2 Longhu Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Pseudorabies (PR) is a multianimal comorbid disease caused by the pseudorabies virus (PRV) for which pigs are the natural reservoir. At the end of 2011, the emergence of PRV variant strains in many provinces in China caused huge economic losses to pig farms in China. Rapid detection diagnosis of pigs infected with PRV variant helps prevent outbreaks of PR. Immunochromatography test strip with colloidal gold nanoparticles is often used in clinical testing due to its low cost and high throughput. This study was designed to produce monoclonal antibodies targeting PRV through the immunization of mice using the eukaryotic system to express the gE glycoprotein. Subsequently, paired monoclonal antibodies were screened based on their sensitivity and specificity for use in the preparation of test strips. The strip prepared in this study was highly specific, only PRV was detected, and there was no cross-reactivity with glycoprotein gB, glycoprotein gC, glycoprotein gD, glycoprotein gE of Herpes simplex virus and Varicella-zoster virus, Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, Senecavirus A, Classical swine fever virus, Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and Porcine Parvovirus. High sensitivity, detection limit of 1.336×10 3 copies/μL (the number of viral genome copies per microliter); The coincidence rate with the RT-PCR detection method was 96.4%. The strip developed by our laboratory provides an effective method for monitoring PRV infection and controlling of PR vaccine quality.

    Keywords: Keywoeds: pseudorabies virus, Monoclonal antibody, gold nanoparticles, Immunochromatographic strip, Rapid antigen testing

    Received: 11 Mar 2024; Accepted: 16 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yin, Liu, Chen, Zhou, Liu, Liang, Zhu, Liu, Ding, Liu, Zhang, Wu and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    jia j. Yin, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
    Aiping Wang, Longhu Laboratory, Zhengzhou, 4500, Henan Province, China

    Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.