Equine Influenza Research Published

Using a fast and reliable multiplex rtPCR platform will help monitor the introduction of clade 2 Florida sublineage EIV strains into North America via international transportation.

Research was aimed at monitoring the introduction of clade 2 Florida sublineage EIV strains into North America via international transportation. iStockPhotos.com

A recent article published in the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation was titled, “Validation of two multiplex real-time PCR assays based on single nucleotide polymorphisms of the HA1gene of equine influenza A virus in order to differentiate between clade 1 and clade 2 Florida sublineage isolates.” The authors on this paper are Hanna Brister, Samantha M. Barnum, Stephanie Reedy, Thomas M. Chambers and Nicola Pusterla.

Abstract

The authors noted in their abstract online that: “We validated 2 multiplex real-time PCR (rtPCR) assays based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the hemagglutinin-1 (HA1) gene of H3N8 equine influenza A virus (EIV) to determine clade affiliation of prototype and field isolates. Initial validation of the 2 multiplex rtPCR assays (SNP1 and SNP2) was performed using nucleic acid from 14 EIV Florida sublineage clade 1 and 2 prototype strains. We included in our study previously banked EIV rtPCR-positive nasal secretions from 341 horses collected across the United States in 2012–2017 to determine their clade affiliation. All 14 EIV prototype strains were identified correctly as either Florida sublineage clade 1 or clade 2 using the 2 SNP target positions. Of 341 EIV rtPCR-positive samples, 337 (98.8%) and 4 (1.2%) isolates were classified as belonging to clade 1 and 2 Florida sublineage EIV, respectively. All clade 1 Florida sublineage EIV strains were detected in domestic horses, three clade 2 Florida sublineage EIV strains originated from horses recently imported into the United States, and one clade 2 Florida sublineage EIV strain originated from a healthy horse recently vaccinated with a modified-live intranasal EIV vaccine containing the American lineage strain A/eq/Kentucky/1991. EIV Florida sublineage clade differentiation using a fast and reliable multiplex rtPCR platform will help monitor the introduction of clade 2 Florida sublineage EIV strains into North America via international transportation.”

Access options for this article on Sage Journals can be found here.

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