Establishment and Application of a Real-time RT-PCR Assay for Detection of
Porcine Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Virus
In order to establish a rapid,accurate and routine method for detection of porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus(PHEV),a pair of primers and a probe were designed based on the N gene sequence of PHEV,and a real-time RT-PCR assay was developed,which was with good specificity,and failed to crossly react with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus(PRRSV),porcine pseudorabies virus(PRV),porcine epidemic diarrhea virus(PEDV),transmissible gastroenteritis virus(TGEV),classical swine fever virus(CSFV)and porcine circovirus type 2(PCV2). The sensitivity of the method was evaluated based on positive plasmid Puc57-PHEVn,and it was found that the limit detection was 10-6 ng/μL(224 copies/μL). A total of 233 swine tissues were tested by the method,and it was found that 14 positive samples were detected out,and the coincidence rate with the nested RT-PCR was 98.3%,but the detection rate was higher than that by nested RT-PCR. It was concluded that the method could be used to detect PHEV clinical samples benefited from its high sensitivity and specificity..