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Comparison of three media for transport and storage of the samples collected for detection of avian influenza virus

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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Virol Methods. 2015 Jul 6. pii: S0166-0934(15)00234-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.07.001. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Comparison of three media for transport and storage of the samples collected for detection of avian influenza virus.[/h] Zhang XC[SUP]1[/SUP], Liu S[SUP]2[/SUP], Hou GY[SUP]2[/SUP], Zhuang QY[SUP]2[/SUP], Wang KC[SUP]2[/SUP], Jiang WM[SUP]2[/SUP], Wang SC[SUP]2[/SUP], Li JP[SUP]2[/SUP], Yu JM[SUP]2[/SUP], Du X[SUP]2[/SUP], Huang BX[SUP]1[/SUP], Chen JM[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Detection of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) is important for diagnosis, surveillance and control of avian influenza which is of great economic and public health significance. Proper transport and storage of samples is critical for the detection when the samples cannot be detected immediately. As recommended by some international or national authoritative entities and some publications, phosphate buffered saline (PBS), PBS-glycerol and brain heart infusion broth (BHIB) are frequently used for transport and storage of the samples collected for detection of AIVs worldwide. In this study, we compared these three media for transport and storage of simulated and authentic swab and feces samples collected for detection of AIVs using virus isolation and reverse transcription-PCR. The results suggest that PBS-glycerol is superior to PBS and BHIB as the sample transport and storage media. The results also suggest that the samples collected for detection of AIVs should be detected as soon as possible because the virus concentration of the samples may decline rapidly during storage within days at 4?C or -20?C.
Copyright ? 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Avian Influenza Virus; Detection; Medium; Sample; Storage

PMID: 26159628 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
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