J4 ›› 2016, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (10): 81-84.

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Establishment of Hepatitis A Virus RT-PCR Detection Method and
Its Epidemiological Investigation in Swinery

  

  1. (1. College of Public Health, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671000, China; 2. Disease Control and Prevention Centers of Zigong,
    Zigong, Sichuan 643000, China; 3. Pre-clinical College, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671000, China)
  • Received:2016-03-09 Revised:2016-05-02 Online:2016-10-15 Published:2016-10-15

Abstract:

Objective: To study the epidemic state of the Hepatitis A Virus(HAV)infection in swinery, and to explore the possibility
of swine as another host or carrier of HAV for providing basis for prevention and controlling measures of human HA. Methods: Serum
HAV-IgG of swine in Dali was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA), and HAV-RNA of swine blood and swine
bile samples were tested by reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR), with the blood and bile of HAV as positive
control. Results: ①HAV antibody positive rate of the blood samples of swine were detected as 73.3%(374/510); ②RT-PCR method
was built to detect HAV; ③HAV-RNA of positive control samples were detected with RT-PCR; ④HAV-RNA of swine blood and
swine bile samples were not detected with RT-PCR. Conclusion: RT-PCR method is successfully built to detect HAV-RNA. The
antibody positive rate of HAV is rather high in the blood sample of swine. Further research is necessary to demonstrate whether the
swine could infect human HAV.

Key words: Hepatitis A virus(HAV), swine, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA), Reverse transcription- Polymerase
chain reaction(RT-PCR),
Dali

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