ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (2): 368-377.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2018.02.016

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Development of A Rapid Duplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Streptococcus suis and S. suis Serotype 2

WU Jing-bo, NAN Wen-jin, HUANG Jian-qiang, HU Hong-hui, PENG Guo-liang, PENG Ling, DONG Xiao-ying   

  1. North Guangdong Collaborative Innovation Development Center for Swine Farming and Disease Control, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan 512005, China
  • Received:2017-07-24 Online:2018-02-23 Published:2018-02-23

Abstract:

In order to detect S. suis and S. suis serotype 2 rapidly, two sets of specific primers and TaqMan probes were designed according to the gdh and cps2J gene of S. suis serotype 2 to establish a duplex real-time PCR assay for detection of S. suis and S. suis serotype 2. Then the duplex real-time PCR was used to detect clinical samples and compare with conventional PCR. Results showed that S. suis and S. suis serotype 2 could be identified in 1.5 hours by the duplex real-time PCR assay and without any cross reaction with other bacteria. Besides, the detection limit was 5 copies/reaction. The correlation coefficient of standard curves was over 0.999, and intra-and inter-assay CV was less than 1.25%. Positive rate for sixty-seven clinical samples was 79.1% and 35.8%, respectively. Coincidence rates of duplex real-time PCR with conventional PCR for S. suis and S. suis serotype 2 were 92.5% and 89.6%, kappa values were 0.800 and 0.757, respectively. A sensitive, specific, reproducible assay is established successfully to detect S. suis and S. suis serotype 2 simultaneously and rapidly, and this assay is very suitable for detection of mass clinical samples.

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