Evaluation of the Two Different Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods Used for BK Virus (BKV) Quantification and BKV Genotype Assignment

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-296
Author(s):  
Aylin ERMAN DALOĞLU ◽  
Derya MUTLU ◽  
İmran SAĞLIK ◽  
Rabia CAN SARINOĞLU ◽  
Esvet MUTLU ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengming Gu ◽  
Jianmin Pan ◽  
Matthew J. Bankowski ◽  
Randall T. Hayden

Abstract Context.—BK virus infections among immunocompromised patients are associated with disease of the kidney or urinary bladder. High viral loads, determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), have been correlated with clinical disease. Objective.—To develop and evaluate a novel method for real-time PCR detection and quantification of BK virus using labeled primers. Design.—Patient specimens (n = 54) included 17 plasma, 12 whole blood, and 25 urine samples. DNA was extracted using the MagNA Pure LC Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit (Roche Applied Science, Indianapolis, Indiana); sample eluate was PCR-amplified using the labeled primer PCR method. Results were compared with those of a user-developed quantitative real-time PCR method (fluorescence resonance energy transfer probe hybridization). Results.—Labeled primer PCR detected less than 10 copies per reaction and showed quantitative linearity from 101 to 107 copies per reaction. Analytical specificity of labeled primer PCR was 100%. With clinical samples, labeled primer PCR demonstrated a trend toward improved sensitivity compared with the reference method. Quantitative assay comparison showed an R2 value of 0.96 between the 2 assays. Conclusions.—Real-time PCR using labeled primers is highly sensitive and specific for the quantitative detection of BK virus from a variety of clinical specimens. These data demonstrate the applicability of labeled primer PCR for quantitative viral detection and offer a simplified method that removes the need for separate oligonucleotide probes.





2006 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Si-Mohamed ◽  
Jérôme Le Goff ◽  
Nathalie Désiré ◽  
Sarah Maylin ◽  
Denis Glotz ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oyedele A. Adeyi ◽  
Dorothy R. Belloni ◽  
Scott D. Dufresne ◽  
Alan R. Schned ◽  
Gregory J. Tsongalis


2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 485-486
Author(s):  
Sabarinath B. Nair ◽  
Christodoulos Pipinikas ◽  
Roger Kirby ◽  
Nick Carter ◽  
Christiane Fenske




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