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The diagnostic value of the droplet digital PCR for the detection of bovine Deltapapillomavirus in goats by liquid biopsy
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  • Anna Cutarelli,
  • Francesca De Falco,
  • Valeria Uleri,
  • Canio Buonavoglia,
  • Sante Roperto
Anna Cutarelli
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno

Corresponding Author:annacutarelli@hotmail.it

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Francesca De Falco
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria e Produzioni Animali
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Valeria Uleri
University of Naples Federico II
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Canio Buonavoglia
University of Bari
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Sante Roperto
Department of Veterinary Medicine
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Abstract

In the present study, the highly pathogenic bovine Deltapapillomavirus (δPV) was investigated by liquid biopsy in blood samples of 168 clinically normal goats using both droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) and quantitative real time PCR (qPCR). Overall, ddPCR detected BPV E5 DNA in ~61.3% of the blood samples examined, while real time qPCR revealed the virus in ~10.7% of the same samples. Moreover, ddPCR showed BPV E5 DNA in ~78.8% of blood samples from goats that were in close contact with cattle and in 20% of blood samples from goats living in closed pens without any contact with cattle. In addition, ddPCR revealed a single BPV genotype in ~59.2% and multiple genotypes in ~40.8% of goats harboring BPV DNA, while real time qPCR detected single genotypes in ~17% and multiple genotypes in ~1%. Of the BPV co-infections detected by ddPCR, 28 (~67%) involved two genotypes, eight (~19%) three genotypes, and six (~14%) four genotypes. In contrast, real time qPCR revealed BPV co-infection by two genotypes in only one sample and failed to detect co-infection by three or four genotypes. BPV2 and BPV13 were the most prevalent viruses responsible for single and multiple co-infections, respectively. The present study showed that the ddPCR technique has much higher sensitivity and specificity in the detection of these viruses, and suggested that animal husbandry practices contribute to cross-species transmission of BPVs.
03 Nov 2020Submitted to Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
03 Nov 2020Submission Checks Completed
03 Nov 2020Assigned to Editor
07 Nov 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Major
12 Nov 20201st Revision Received
13 Nov 2020Submission Checks Completed
13 Nov 2020Assigned to Editor
03 Dec 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
29 Dec 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
29 Dec 2020Editorial Decision: Accept
29 Jan 2021Published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 10.1111/tbed.13971