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- A method combining immunocapture and PCR amplification in a microtiter plate for the detection of plant viruses and subviral pathogensPublication . Nolasco, Gustavo; Deblas, C.; Torres, V.; Ponz, F.A method for the detection of RNA viral and subviral plant pathogens was developed that combines pathogen partial purification by solid-phase adsorbed antibodies, reverse transcriptional-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and quantitation of the amplified products by fluorescence. The reverse transcription of the RNA. is performed directly on the retained material without any previous thermal or chemical disruption of the virus particles. The whole procedure can be carried out in a microtiter plate. Its validity has been succesfully confirmed for the detection of bean yellow mosaic virus, cherry leafroll virus, cucumber mosaic virus, citrus tristeza virus, grapevine fanleaf virus, potato leafroll virus, pepper mild mottle virus, and tomato spotted wilt virus, as well as the satellite RNA of cucumber mosaic virus and potato spindle tuber viroid. In this procedure virus-specific antibodies can be replaced by monoclonal antibodies against double-stranded RNA, thus offering the possibility of detection when no specific virus antibodies are available, or immunological methods are difficult to use (i.e., subviral pathogens like satellite-RNAs or viroids). The method described has the typical sensitivity of assays based on the polymerase chain reaction, it is not more laborious than ELISA, and an equivalent degree of automation is possible.
- Direct PCR detection of foot-and-mouth disease virusPublication . Rodriguez, A.; Nunez, J.; Nolasco, Gustavo; Ponz, F.; Sobrino, F.; Deblas, C.A PCR assay for the detection and characterization of foot-and-mouth disease virus was developed. The procedure allows RT-PCR amplification following direct adsorption of viral suspensions to microtiter plates, avoiding previous steps of phenol-extraction or heating. Using this procedure, FMDV-specific (based on 3D gene sequences), as well as serotype-specific (based on VP1 gene sequences) amplification were achieved for viral samples of serotypes A, O and C, either from cell culture supernatants or from lesions of infected animals. The assay allowed detection of around 15 PFU, being 500-fold more sensitive than a conventional indirect ELISA. This new method constitutes a simple, rapid and efficient alternative for the diagnosis and characterization of FMDV by PCR.