A Two-Step Lyssavirus Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Degenerate Primers with Superior Sensitivity to the Fluorescent Antigen Test
Figure 4
Analytical sensitivity of the monospecific RABV and the generic lyssavirus qRT-PCR for RABV (CVS-11) (a) and EBLV-1 (b). Six independent runs with each time two repeats were performed per virus dilution (10-fold serial dilution). There was an excellent linear regression between the load of infectious virus, determined by virus titration, and the Cq value for RABV and EBLV-1 (regression coefficient of 0.965 and 0.989, resp.). For both qRT-PCR methods, the limit of detection of RABV and EBLV-1 was 100 TCID50. The Cq remained undetectable in the negative control samples.*Mean and standard deviation are calculated based on the runs/repeats with a positive signal (Cq 40). ND = not determined.
