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Gutiérrez-Díaz I, Sanz-Martinez M, Castro AM, Rodríguez-Belvís MV, Carreira N, Jiménez S, Mangas C, Queralt M, Herrador M, Martín-Masot R, Ferrer P, Navas-López VM, Espín B, Leis R, Díaz JJ, Delgado S. Microbial and immune faecal determinants in infants hospitalized with COVID-19 reflect bifidobacterial dysbiosis and immature intestinal immunity. Eur J Pediatr 2023; 182:4633-4645. [PMID: 37555973 PMCID: PMC10587250 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05140-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly worldwide, seriously endangering human health. Although SARS-CoV-2 had a lower impact on paediatric population, children with COVID-19 have been reported as suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms at a higher rate than adults. The aim of this work was to evaluate faeces as a source of potential biomarkers of severity in the paediatric population, with an emphasis on intestinal microbiota and faecal immune mediators, trying to identify possible dysbiosis and immune intestinal dysfunction associated with the risk of hospitalization. This study involved 19 patients with COVID-19 under 24 months of age hospitalized during the pandemic at 6 different hospitals in Spain, and it included a comparable age-matched healthy control group (n = 18). Patients and controls were stratified according to their age in two groups: newborns or young infants (from 0 to 3 months old) and toddlers (infants from 6 to 24 months old). To characterize microbial intestinal communities, sequencing with Illumina technology of total 16S rDNA amplicons and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) amplicons of bifidobacteria were used. Faecal calprotectin (FC) and a range of human cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors were measured in faecal samples using ELISA and a multiplex system. Significant reduction in the abundance of sequences belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria was found in those infants with COVID-19, as well as in the Bifidobacteriaceae family. A different pattern of bifidobacteria was observed in patients, mainly represented by lower percentages of Bifidobacterium breve, as compared with controls. In the group of hospitalized young infants, FC was almost absent compared to age-matched healthy controls. A lower prevalence in faecal excretion of immune factors in these infected patients was also observed. CONCLUSION Hospitalized infants with COVID-19 were depleted in some gut bacteria, such as bifidobacteria, in particular Bifidobacterium breve, which is crucial for the proper establishment of a functional intestinal microbiota, and important for the development of a competent immune system. Our results point to a possible immature immune system at intestine level in young infants infected by SARS-CoV2 requiring hospitalization. WHAT IS KNOWN • Although SARS-CoV-2 had a lower impact on paediatric population, children with COVID-19 have been reported as suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms at a higher rate than adults. • Changes in microbial composition have been described in COVID-19 adult patients, although studies in children are limited. WHAT IS NEW • The first evidence that hospitalized infants with COVID-19 during the pandemic had a depletion in bifidobacteria, particularly in Bifidobacterium breve, beneficial gut bacteria in infancy that are crucial for the proper establishment of a competent immune system. • In young infants (under 3 months of age) hospitalized with SARS-CoV2 infection, the aberrant bifidobacterial profile appears to overlap with a poor intestinal immune development as seen by calprotectin and the trend of immunological factors excreted in faeces.
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- Isabel Gutiérrez-Díaz
- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain.
- MicroHealth Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain
- MicroHealth Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Paediatric Nutrition Research Group, Institute of Sanitary Research of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS). CHUS-USC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Section, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Paediatrics, Primary Care Center "Otero," Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío de Sevilla, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
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- Paediatric Service, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío de Sevilla, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Paediatric Nutrition Research Group, Institute of Sanitary Research of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS). CHUS-USC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Section, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain
- MicroHealth Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Das A, Ahmed Z, Xu L, Jia W. Assessment and verification of chemical inactivation of peste des petits ruminants virus by virus isolation following virus capture using Nanotrap magnetic virus particles. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0068923. [PMID: 37655907 PMCID: PMC10580900 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00689-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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This study reports development and optimization of a new method for the assessment and verification of the inactivation of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) by chemical agents, including Triton X-100 and commercially available viral lysis buffers. Virus inactivation was confirmed by virus isolation (VI) on Vero cells following capture of the potential residual viruses from treated samples using Nanotrap magnetic virus particles (NMVPs). Since chemical agents are cytotoxic, treated PPRV samples could not be used directly for VI on Vero cell monolayers; instead, they were diluted in Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium (EMEM) to neutralize cytotoxicity and then subjected to virus capture using NMVPs. The NMVPs and the captured viruses were then clarified on a magnetic stand, reconstituted in EMEM, and inoculated onto Vero cells that were examined for cytopathic effect (CPE). No CPE was observed on cells inoculated with treated viruses captured by NMVPs; but CPE was observed on cells inoculated with untreated viruses, including those captured by NMVPs. For further verification, the supernatants of the VI cultures (treated or untreated) were subjected to RNA extraction and PPRV-specific real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR). The cycle threshold values were undetectable for the supernatants of VI cultures inoculated with NMVPs reconstituted from treated PPRV but detectable for the supernatants of VI cultures inoculated with untreated PPRV or the NMVPs reconstituted from untreated PPRV, indicating complete inactivation of PPRV. This new method of verification of virus inactivation using NMVPs can be applied to other high impact viruses of agricultural or public health importance. IMPORTANCE Research including diagnosis on highly contagious viruses at the molecular level such as PCR and next-generation sequencing requires complete inactivation of the virus to ensure biosafety and biosecurity so that any accidental release of the virus does not compromise the safety of the susceptible population and the environment. In this work, peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) was inactivated with chemical agents, and the virus inactivation was confirmed by virus isolation (VI) using Vero cells. Since the chemical agents are cytotoxic, inactivated virus (PPRV) was diluted 1:100 to neutralize cytotoxicity, and the residual viruses (if any) were captured using Nanotrap magnetic virus particles (NMVPs). The NMVPs and the captured viruses were subjected to VI. No CPE was observed, indicating complete inactivation, and the results were further supported by real-time RT-PCR. This new protocol to verify virus inactivation can be applicable to other viruses.
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- Amaresh Das
- US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Reagents and Vaccine Services Section, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient Point, New York, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Reagents and Vaccine Services Section, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient Point, New York, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Reagents and Vaccine Services Section, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient Point, New York, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Reagents and Vaccine Services Section, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient Point, New York, USA
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Seeburg U, Urda L, Otte F, Lett MJ, Caimi S, Mittelholzer C, Klimkait T. Virus Inactivation by Formaldehyde and Common Lysis Buffers. Viruses 2023; 15:1693. [PMID: 37632035 PMCID: PMC10458352 DOI: 10.3390/v15081693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Numerous mammalian viruses are routinely analyzed in clinical diagnostic laboratories around the globe or serve as indispensable model systems in viral research. Potentially infectious viral entities are handled as blood, biopsies, or cell and tissue culture samples. Countless protocols describe methods for virus fixation and inactivation, yet for many, a formal proof of safety and completeness of inactivation remains to be shown. While modern nucleic acid extraction methods work quite effectively, data are largely lacking on possible residual viral infectivity, e.g., when assessed after extended culture times, which maximizes the sensitivity for low levels of residual infectiousness. Therefore, we examined the potency and completeness of inactivation procedures on virus-containing specimens when applying commonly used fixatives like formaldehyde or nucleic acid extraction/lysis buffers. Typical representatives of different virus classes, including RNA and DNA viruses, enveloped and non-enveloped, such as adenovirus, enterovirus, lentivirus, and coronavirus, were used, and the reduction in the in vitro infectiousness was assessed for standard protocols. Overall, a 30-minute incubation with formaldehyde at room temperature effectively inactivated all tested enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. Full inactivation of HIV-1 and ECHO-11 was also achieved with all buffers in the test, whereas for SARS-CoV-2 and AdV-5, only five of the seven lysis buffers were fully effective under the tested conditions.
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Olejnik J, Leon J, Michelson D, Chowdhary K, Galvan-Pena S, Benoist C, Mühlberger E, Hume AJ. Establishment of an Inactivation Method for Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Suitable for Downstream Sequencing of Low Cell Numbers. Pathogens 2023; 12:342. [PMID: 36839614 PMCID: PMC9958562 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Technologies that facilitate the bulk sequencing of small numbers of cells as well as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) have aided greatly in the study of viruses as these analyses can be used to differentiate responses from infected versus bystander cells in complex systems, including in organoid or animal studies. While protocols for these analyses are typically developed with biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) considerations in mind, such analyses are equally useful for the study of viruses that require higher biosafety containment levels. Many of these workstreams, however, are not directly compatible with the more stringent biosafety regulations of BSL-3 and BSL-4 laboratories ensuring virus inactivation and must therefore be modified. Here we show that TCL buffer (Qiagen), which was developed for bulk sequencing of small numbers of cells and also facilitates scRNA-seq, inactivates both Ebola virus (EBOV) and SARS-CoV-2, BSL-4 and BSL-3 viruses, respectively. We show that additional heat treatment, necessary for the more stringent biosafety concerns for BSL-4-derived samples, was additionally sufficient to inactivate EBOV-containing samples. Critically, this heat treatment had minimal effects on extracted RNA quality and downstream sequencing results.
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- Judith Olejnik
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- INSERM UMR 1163, Institut Imagine, University of Paris, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218, USA
- Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Leta D, Gutema G, Hagos GG, Diriba R, Bulti G, Sura T, Ayana D, Chala D, Lenjiso B, Bulti J, Abdella S, Tola HH. Effect of heat inactivation and bulk lysis on real-time reverse transcription PCR detection of the SARS-COV-2: an experimental study. BMC Res Notes 2022; 15:295. [PMID: 36071470 PMCID: PMC9449930 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-022-06184-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of heat inactivation and chemical bulklysis on SARS-CoV-2 detection. Results About 6.2% (5/80) of samples were changed to negative results in heat inactivation at 60 °C and about 8.7% (7/80) of samples were changed to negative in heat inactivation at 100 °C. The Ct values of heat-inactivated samples (at 60 °C, at 100 °C, and bulk lysis) were significantly different from the temperature at 56 °C. The effect of heat on Ct value should be considered when interpreting diagnostic PCR results from clinical samples which could have an initial low virus concentration. The efficacy of heat-inactivation varies greatly depending on temperature and duration. Local validation of heat-inactivation and its effects is therefore essential for molecular testing.
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- Dereje Leta
- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, AddisAbaba University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- HIV/AIDS Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, Ethiopian PublicHealth Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- TB Disease Research Team, TB and HIV/AIDS Disease Research Directorate, EthiopianPublic HealthInstitute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Mailepessov D, Arivalan S, Kong M, Griffiths J, Low SL, Chen H, Hapuarachchi HC, Gu X, Lee WL, Alm EJ, Thompson J, Wuertz S, Gin K, Ng LC, Wong JCC. Development of an efficient wastewater testing protocol for high-throughput country-wide SARS-CoV-2 monitoring. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 826:154024. [PMID: 35217043 PMCID: PMC8860745 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Wastewater-based surveillance has been widely used as a non-intrusive tool to monitor population-level transmission of COVID-19. Although various approaches are available to concentrate viruses from wastewater samples, scalable methods remain limited. Here, we sought to identify and evaluate SARS-CoV-2 virus concentration protocols for high-throughput wastewater testing. A total of twelve protocols for polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation and four protocols for ultrafiltration-based approaches were evaluated across two phases. The first phase entailed an initial evaluation using a small sample set, while the second phase further evaluated five protocols using wastewater samples of varying SARS-CoV-2 concentrations. Permutations in the pre-concentration, virus concentration and RNA extraction steps were evaluated. Among PEG-based methods, SARS-CoV-2 virus recovery was optimal with 1) the removal of debris prior to processing, 2) 2 h to 24 h incubation with 8% PEG at 4 °C, 3) 4000 xg or 14,000 xg centrifugation, and 4) a column-based RNA extraction method, yielding virus recovery of 42.4-52.5%. Similarly, the optimal protocol for ultrafiltration included 1) the removal of debris prior to processing, 2) ultrafiltration, and 3) a column-based RNA extraction method, yielding a recovery of 38.2%. This study also revealed that SARS-CoV-2 RNA recovery for samples with higher virus concentration were less sensitive to changes in the PEG method, but permutations in the PEG protocol could significantly impact virus yields when wastewater samples with lower SARS-CoV-2 RNA were used. Although both PEG precipitation and ultrafiltration methods resulted in similar SARS-CoV-2 RNA recoveries, the former method is more cost-effective while the latter method provided operational efficiency as it required a shorter turn-around-time (PEG precipitation, 9-23 h; Ultrafiltration, 5 h). The decision on which method to adopt will thus depend on the use-case for wastewater testing, and the need for cost-effectiveness, sensitivity, operational feasibility and scalability.
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- Diyar Mailepessov
- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, Singapore 138667, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, Singapore 138667, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, Singapore 138667, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, Singapore 138667, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, Singapore 138667, Singapore
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore 138602, Singapore; Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore 138602, Singapore; Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore 138602, Singapore; Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore 138602, Singapore; Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore 138602, Singapore; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore 138602, Singapore; Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore; Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, Singapore 138667, Singapore; School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, Singapore 138667, Singapore.
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Weidner L, Laner-Plamberger S, Horner D, Pistorius C, Jurkin J, Karbiener M, Schistal E, Kreil TR, Jungbauer C. Sample Buffer Containing Guanidine-Hydrochloride Combines Biological Safety and RNA Preservation for SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Diagnostics. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:1186. [PMID: 35626342 PMCID: PMC9139951 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12051186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has elicited the need to analyse and store large amounts of infectious samples for laboratory diagnostics. Therefore, there has been a demand for sample storage buffers that effectively inactivate infectious viral particles while simultaneously preserving the viral RNA. Here, we present a storage buffer containing guanidine-hydrochloride that fulfils both requirements. Its ability to preserve RNA stability was confirmed by RT-qPCR, and virus-inactivating properties were tested by tissue culture infectious dose assay. Our data revealed that RNA from samples diluted in this storage buffer was efficiently preserved. Spiking samples with RNase A resulted in RNAse concentrations up to 100 ng/mL being efficiently inhibited, whereas spiking samples with infectious SARS-CoV-2 particles demonstrated rapid virus inactivation. In addition, our buffer demonstrated good compatibility with several commercially available RNA extraction platforms. The presented guanidine-hydrochloride-based storage buffer efficiently inactivates infectious SARS-CoV-2 particles and supports viral RNA stability, leading to a reduced infection risk during sample analysis and an increased period for follow-up analysis, such as sequencing for virus variants. Because the presented buffer is uncomplicated to manufacture and compatible with a variety of commercially available test systems, its application can support and improve SARS-CoV-2 laboratory diagnostics worldwide.
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- Lisa Weidner
- Austrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Wiedner Hauptstraße 32, 1040 Vienna, Austria; (L.W.); (D.H.); (C.P.); (J.J.); (E.S.)
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- Department for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital of Salzburg (SALK), Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Müllner-Hauptstraße 48, 5020 Salzburg, Austria;
- Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Centre Salzburg, PMU Salzburg, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Austrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Wiedner Hauptstraße 32, 1040 Vienna, Austria; (L.W.); (D.H.); (C.P.); (J.J.); (E.S.)
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- Austrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Wiedner Hauptstraße 32, 1040 Vienna, Austria; (L.W.); (D.H.); (C.P.); (J.J.); (E.S.)
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- Austrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Wiedner Hauptstraße 32, 1040 Vienna, Austria; (L.W.); (D.H.); (C.P.); (J.J.); (E.S.)
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- Global Pathogen Safety, Takeda Manufacturing Austria AG, Benatzkygasse 2-6, 1221 Vienna, Austria; (M.K.); (T.R.K.)
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- Austrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Wiedner Hauptstraße 32, 1040 Vienna, Austria; (L.W.); (D.H.); (C.P.); (J.J.); (E.S.)
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- Global Pathogen Safety, Takeda Manufacturing Austria AG, Benatzkygasse 2-6, 1221 Vienna, Austria; (M.K.); (T.R.K.)
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- Austrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Wiedner Hauptstraße 32, 1040 Vienna, Austria; (L.W.); (D.H.); (C.P.); (J.J.); (E.S.)
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Avelin V, Sissonen S, Julkunen I, Österlund P. Inactivation efficacy of H5N1 avian influenza virus by commonly used sample preparation reagents for safe laboratory practices. J Virol Methods 2022; 304:114527. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2022.114527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Nasrollahi F, Haghniaz R, Hosseini V, Davoodi E, Mahmoodi M, Karamikamkar S, Darabi MA, Zhu Y, Lee J, Diltemiz SE, Montazerian H, Sangabathuni S, Tavafoghi M, Jucaud V, Sun W, Kim H, Ahadian S, Khademhosseini A. Micro and Nanoscale Technologies for Diagnosis of Viral Infections. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100692. [PMID: 34310048 PMCID: PMC8420309 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Viral infection is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. The growth of globalization significantly increases the risk of virus spreading, making it a global threat to future public health. In particular, the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak emphasizes the importance of devices and methods for rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective diagnosis of viral infections in the early stages by which their quick and global spread can be controlled. Micro and nanoscale technologies have attracted tremendous attention in recent years for a variety of medical and biological applications, especially in developing diagnostic platforms for rapid and accurate detection of viral diseases. This review addresses advances of microneedles, microchip-based integrated platforms, and nano- and microparticles for sampling, sample processing, enrichment, amplification, and detection of viral particles and antigens related to the diagnosis of viral diseases. Additionally, methods for the fabrication of microchip-based devices and commercially used devices are described. Finally, challenges and prospects on the development of micro and nanotechnologies for the early diagnosis of viral diseases are highlighted.
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- Fatemeh Nasrollahi
- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics EngineeringUniversity of WaterlooWaterlooONN2L 3G1Canada
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- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringYazd BranchIslamic Azad UniversityYazd8915813135Iran
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
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- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
- Department of ChemistryFaculty of ScienceEskisehir Technical UniversityEskisehir26470Turkey
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
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- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of California‐Los AngelesLos AngelesCA90095USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
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- Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI)Los AngelesCA90024USA
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Thom RE, Eastaugh LS, O'Brien LM, Ulaeto DO, Findlay JS, Smither SJ, Phelps AL, Stapleton HL, Hamblin KA, Weller SA. Evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 Inactivation Efficacy Associated With Buffers From Three Kits Used on High-Throughput RNA Extraction Platforms. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:716436. [PMID: 34604108 PMCID: PMC8481894 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.716436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Rapid and demonstrable inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial to ensure operator safety during high-throughput testing of clinical samples. The inactivation efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 was evaluated using commercially available lysis buffers from three viral RNA extraction kits used on two high-throughput (96-well) RNA extraction platforms (Qiagen QIAcube HT and the Thermo Fisher KingFisher Flex) in combination with thermal treatment. Buffer volumes and sample ratios were chosen for their optimised suitability for RNA extraction rather than inactivation efficacy and tested against a representative sample type: SARS-CoV-2 spiked into viral transport medium (VTM). A lysis buffer mix from the MagMAX Pathogen RNA/DNA kit (Thermo Fisher), used on the KingFisher Flex, which included guanidinium isothiocyanate (GITC), a detergent, and isopropanol, demonstrated a minimum inactivation efficacy of 1 × 105 tissue culture infectious dose (TCID)50/ml. Alternative lysis buffer mixes from the MagMAX Viral/Pathogen Nucleic Acid kit (Thermo Fisher) also used on the KingFisher Flex and from the QIAamp 96 Virus QIAcube HT Kit (Qiagen) used on the QIAcube HT (both of which contained GITC and a detergent) reduced titres by 1 × 104 TCID50/ml but did not completely inactivate the virus. Heat treatment alone (15 min, 68°C) did not completely inactivate the virus, demonstrating a reduction of 1 × 103 TCID50/ml. When inactivation methods included both heat treatment and addition of lysis buffer, all methods were shown to completely inactivate SARS-CoV-2 inactivation against the viral titres tested. Results are discussed in the context of the operation of a high-throughput diagnostic laboratory.
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- Ruth E Thom
- CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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McAdams Z, Gustafson K, Ericsson A. The Effect of Common Viral Inactivation Techniques on 16S rRNA Amplicon-Based Analysis of the Gut Microbiota. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1755. [PMID: 34442834 PMCID: PMC8400488 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Research investigating the gut microbiome (GM) during a viral infection may necessitate inactivation of the fecal viral load. Here, we assess how common viral inactivation techniques affect 16S rRNA-based analysis of the gut microbiome. Five common viral inactivation methods were applied to cross-matched fecal samples from sixteen female CD-1 mice of the same GM background prior to fecal DNA extraction. The V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was amplified and sequenced from extracted DNA. Treatment-dependent effects on DNA yield, genus-level taxonomic abundance, and alpha and beta diversity metrics were assessed. A sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-based inactivation method and Holder pasteurization had no effect on measures of microbial richness, while two Buffer AVL-based inactivation methods resulted in a decrease in detected richness. SDS inactivation, Holder pasteurization, and the AVL-based inactivation methods had no effect on measures of alpha diversity within samples or beta diversity between samples. Fecal DNA extracted with TRIzol-treated samples failed to amplify and sequence, making it unsuitable for microbiome analysis. These results provide guidance in the 16S rRNA microbiome analysis of fecal samples requiring viral inactivation.
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- Zachary McAdams
- Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapeutics Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
- Comparative Medicine Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
- Comparative Medicine Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Metagenomics Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Honeywood MJ, Jeffries-Miles S, Wong K, Harrington C, Burns CC, Oberste MS, Bowen MD, Vega E. Use of Guanidine Thiocyanate-Based Nucleic Acid Extraction Buffers to Inactivate Poliovirus in Potentially Infectious Materials. J Virol Methods 2021; 297:114262. [PMID: 34384823 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The efforts of the Global Poliovirus Eradication Initiative (GPEI) have brought about the near elimination of poliovirus worldwide. The World Health Organization has issued guidelines for the safe handling and containment of infectious materials (IM) and potentially infectious materials (PIM) following poliovirus eradication. Inactivation of poliovirus in IM and PIM is needed to prevent inadvertent re-introduction of polioviruses post-eradication. In this study, we investigated the use of guanidine thiocyanate-based nucleic acid extraction buffers from commercially available nucleic acid extraction kits to inactivate poliovirus in cell culture isolates and stool suspensions, two common types of poliovirus IM and PIM, respectively. Incubation with selected nucleic acid extraction buffers or extraction buffers supplemented with ethanol reduced the infectivity of high-titer wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3), Sabin 1 (SL1), and Sabin 3 (SL3) cell culture isolates below the limit of detection in CCID50 assays. Stool suspensions containing WPV1, WPV3, SL1, SL2, or SL3 were also inactivated by the extraction buffers tested. Blind passage of WPV1-spiked stool suspensions confirmed complete inactivation of WPV1 after incubation with extraction buffers. Moreover, treatment with a buffer consisting of 4 M guanidine thiocyanate with 30% ethanol inactivated a high-titer WPV1 culture isolate and a WPV1-spiked stool suspension. Taken together, these results show that guanidine thiocyanate-based nucleic acid extraction buffers are an effective means of inactivating poliovirus IM and PIM, and thus will be instrumental in ensuring containment compliance and preventing potential re-emergence of contained polioviruses.
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- Michelle J Honeywood
- IHRC, Inc., Contracting Agency to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30346, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- IHRC, Inc., Contracting Agency to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30346, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
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Sun D, Wu L, Fan G. Laboratory information management system for biosafety laboratory: Safety and efficiency. JOURNAL OF BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jobb.2021.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Thompson JL, Downie Ruiz Velasco A, Cardall A, Tarbox R, Richardson J, Clarke G, Lister M, Howson-Wells HC, Fleming VM, Khakh M, Sloan T, Duckworth N, Walsh S, Denning C, McClure CP, Benest AV, Seedhouse CH. Comparative effects of viral-transport-medium heat inactivation upon downstream SARS-CoV-2 detection in patient samples. J Med Microbiol 2021; 70. [PMID: 33734960 PMCID: PMC8346722 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020 is testing economic resilience and surge capacity of healthcare providers worldwide. At the time of writing, positive detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus remains the only method for diagnosing COVID-19 infection. Rapid upscaling of national SARS-CoV-2 genome testing presented challenges: (1) Unpredictable supply chains of reagents and kits for virus inactivation, RNA extraction and PCR-detection of viral genomes. (2) Rapid time to result of <24 h is required in order to facilitate timely infection control measures. Hypothesis Extraction-free sample processing would impact commercially available SARS-CoV-2 genome detection methods. Aim We evaluated whether alternative commercially available kits provided sensitivity and accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 genome detection comparable to those used by regional National Healthcare Services (NHS). Methodology We tested several detection methods and tested whether detection was altered by heat inactivation, an approach for rapid one-step viral inactivation and RNA extraction without chemicals or kits. Results Using purified RNA, we found the CerTest VIASURE kit to be comparable to the Altona RealStar system currently in use, and further showed that both diagnostic kits performed similarly in the BioRad CFX96 and Roche LightCycler 480 II machines. Additionally, both kits were comparable to a third alternative using a combination of Quantabio qScript one-step Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) mix and Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-accredited N1 and N2 primer/probes when looking specifically at borderline samples. Importantly, when using the kits in an extraction-free protocol, following heat inactivation, we saw differing results, with the combined Quantabio-CDC assay showing superior accuracy and sensitivity. In particular, detection using the CDC N2 probe following the extraction-free protocol was highly correlated to results generated with the same probe following RNA extraction and reported clinically (n=127; R2=0.9259). Conclusion Our results demonstrate that sample treatment can greatly affect the downstream performance of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic kits, with varying impact depending on the kit. We also showed that one-step heat-inactivation methods could reduce time from swab receipt to outcome of test result. Combined, these findings present alternatives to the protocols in use and can serve to alleviate any arising supply-chain issues at different points in the workflow, whilst accelerating testing, and reducing cost and environmental impact.
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- Jamie L Thompson
- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Royal Derby Hospital, Nottingham, DE22 3DT, UK
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- Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Path Links Pathology, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Grimbsy, DN33 2BA, UK
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- Path Links Pathology, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Grimbsy, DN33 2BA, UK
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- Path Links Pathology, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Grimbsy, DN33 2BA, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Centre and School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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Auerswald H, Yann S, Dul S, In S, Dussart P, Martin NJ, Karlsson EA, Garcia-Rivera JA. Assessment of inactivation procedures for SARS-CoV-2. J Gen Virol 2021; 102. [PMID: 33416462 DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.28.120444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), presents a challenge to laboratorians and healthcare workers around the world. Handling of biological samples from individuals infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus requires strict biosafety measures. Within the laboratory, non-propagative work with samples containing the virus requires, at minimum, Biosafety Level-2 (BSL-2) techniques and facilities. Therefore, handling of SARS-CoV-2 samples remains a major concern in areas and conditions where biosafety for specimen handling is difficult to maintain, such as in rural laboratories or austere field testing sites. Inactivation through physical or chemical means can reduce the risk of handling live virus and increase testing ability especially in low-resource settings due to easier and faster sample processing. Herein we assess several chemical and physical inactivation techniques employed against SARS-CoV-2 isolates from Cambodia. This data demonstrates that all chemical (AVL, inactivating sample buffer and formaldehyde) and heat-treatment (56 and 98 °C) methods tested completely inactivated viral loads of up to 5 log10.
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- Heidi Auerswald
- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Naval Medical Research Unit TWO, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Auerswald H, Yann S, Dul S, In S, Dussart P, Martin NJ, Karlsson EA, Garcia-Rivera JA. Assessment of inactivation procedures for SARS-CoV-2. J Gen Virol 2021; 102:001539. [PMID: 33416462 PMCID: PMC8148305 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), presents a challenge to laboratorians and healthcare workers around the world. Handling of biological samples from individuals infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus requires strict biosafety measures. Within the laboratory, non-propagative work with samples containing the virus requires, at minimum, Biosafety Level-2 (BSL-2) techniques and facilities. Therefore, handling of SARS-CoV-2 samples remains a major concern in areas and conditions where biosafety for specimen handling is difficult to maintain, such as in rural laboratories or austere field testing sites. Inactivation through physical or chemical means can reduce the risk of handling live virus and increase testing ability especially in low-resource settings due to easier and faster sample processing. Herein we assess several chemical and physical inactivation techniques employed against SARS-CoV-2 isolates from Cambodia. This data demonstrates that all chemical (AVL, inactivating sample buffer and formaldehyde) and heat-treatment (56 and 98 °C) methods tested completely inactivated viral loads of up to 5 log10.
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- Heidi Auerswald
- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Naval Medical Research Unit TWO, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Institut Pasteur International Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Perumal N, Jain RK, Shrivastava R, Lalwani J, Chaurasia D. Stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Viral Lysis Buffer Stored at Different Temperatures. J Lab Physicians 2021; 12:268-270. [PMID: 33390676 PMCID: PMC7773443 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives
The present COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an increased need for molecular diagnostic testing. Delay in the specimen processing and suboptimal storage of suspected samples in laboratories leads to degradation of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA. Viral lysis buffers from RNA extraction kits have the potential to stabilize RNA. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in viral lysis buffer at different temperatures and time periods.
Materials and Methods
Aliquots of samples with known SARS-CoV-2 RNA were processed in viral lysis buffers simultaneously, stored separately at 2 to 8°C and 22 to 28°C for 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours. SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA was extracted from each aliquot and analyzed using multiplex real-time PCR.
Results
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in samples placed in viral lysis buffer was stable for 48 hours at both 2 to 8°C and 22 to 28°C temperatures. Slight decline in the viral RNA quantity was found on aliquots tested after 48 hours of both the temperatures.
Conclusions
Viral lysis buffer maintains the integrity of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for up to 48 hours even at room temperature and supports delayed diagnosis with an overwhelming sample load in testing laboratories.
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- Nagaraj Perumal
- State Virology Laboratory, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- State Virology Laboratory, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Pastorino B, Touret F, Gilles M, Luciani L, de Lamballerie X, Charrel RN. Evaluation of Chemical Protocols for Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 Infectious Samples. Viruses 2020; 12:v12060624. [PMID: 32521706 PMCID: PMC7354533 DOI: 10.3390/v12060624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Clinical samples collected in coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), patients are commonly manipulated in biosafety level 2 laboratories for molecular diagnostic purposes. Here, we tested French norm NF-EN-14476+A2 derived from European standard EN-14885 to assess the risk of manipulating infectious viruses prior to RNA extraction. SARS-CoV-2 cell-culture supernatant and nasopharyngeal samples (virus-spiked samples and clinical samples collected in COVID-19 patients) were used to measure the reduction of infectivity after 10 min contact with lysis buffer containing various detergents and chaotropic agents. A total of thirteen protocols were evaluated. Two commercially available formulations showed the ability to reduce infectivity by at least 6 log 10, whereas others proved less effective.
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Pastorino B, Touret F, Gilles M, Luciani L, de Lamballerie X, Charrel RN. Evaluation of Chemical Protocols for Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 Infectious Samples. Viruses 2020; 12. [PMID: 32521706 DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.11.036855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Clinical samples collected in coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), patients are commonly manipulated in biosafety level 2 laboratories for molecular diagnostic purposes. Here, we tested French norm NF-EN-14476+A2 derived from European standard EN-14885 to assess the risk of manipulating infectious viruses prior to RNA extraction. SARS-CoV-2 cell-culture supernatant and nasopharyngeal samples (virus-spiked samples and clinical samples collected in COVID-19 patients) were used to measure the reduction of infectivity after 10 minute contact with lysis buffer containing various detergents and chaotropic agents. A total of thirteen protocols were evaluated. Two commercially available formulations showed the ability to reduce infectivity by at least 6 log 10, whereas others proved less effective.
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- Boris Pastorino
- Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), 13005 Marseille, France
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- Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), 13005 Marseille, France
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- Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), 13005 Marseille, France
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- Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), 13005 Marseille, France
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- Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), 13005 Marseille, France
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- Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerranée Infection), 13005 Marseille, France
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Inactivation of foot-and-mouth disease virus A/IRN/8/2015 with commercially available lysis buffers. J Virol Methods 2020; 278:113835. [PMID: 32035122 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2020.113835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Laboratories working with foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) must maintain a high level of biocontainment. However, if infectious virus is reliably inactivated during sample processing, molecular and serological testing can be performed at a lower level of containment. In this study, three commercial lysis buffers (AL, AVL, and MagMAX CORE) were tested in two laboratories for their ability to inactivate FMDV A/IRN/8/2015 in different sample matrices (cell culture supernatant, epithelial tissue suspension and milk). Residual infectivity after the addition of lysis buffer was evaluated by inoculating susceptible cell cultures. No cytopathic effect was observed for all three lysis buffers, indicating that the buffers are capable of reducing viral infectivity (estimated range 3.1 to >5.1 Log10). These results highlight the capacity of lysis buffers to decrease FMDV infectivity; however, additional validation experiments should be conducted, particularly if different sample matrices and/or lysis buffers are used.
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Alger K, Ip H, Hall J, Nashold S, Richgels K, Smith C. Inactivation of Viable Surrogates for the Select Agents Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Using Either Commercial Lysis Buffer or Heat. APPLIED BIOSAFETY 2019; 24:189-199. [DOI: 10.1177/1535676019888920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Katrina Alger
- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI, USA
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Heinemann JA. Should dsRNA treatments applied in outdoor environments be regulated? ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 132:104856. [PMID: 31174887 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) issued a Decision that makes the use of externally applied double-stranded (ds)RNA molecules on eukaryotic cells or organisms technically out of scope of legislation on new organisms, making risk assessments of such treatments in the open environment unnecessary. The Decision was based on its view that the treatment does not create new or genetically modified organisms and rests on the EPA's conclusions that dsRNA is not heritable and is not a mutagen. For these reasons EPA decided that treatments using dsRNA do not modify genes or other genetic material. I found from an independent review of the literature on the topic indicated, however, that each of the major scientific justifications relied upon by the EPA was based on either an inaccurate interpretation of evidence or failure to consult the research literature pertaining to additional types of eukaryotes. The Decision also did not take into account the unknown and unique eukaryotic biodiversity of New Zealand. The safe use of RNA-based technology holds promise for addressing complex and persistent challenges in public health, agriculture and conservation. However, by failing to restrict the source or means of modifying the dsRNA, the EPA removed regulatory oversight that could prevent unintended consequences of this new technology such as suppression of genes other than those selected for suppression or the release of viral genes or genomes by failing to restrict the source or means of modifying the dsRNA.
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- Jack A Heinemann
- School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Integrative Research in Biosafety, Centre for Integrative Ecology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Cherkaoui A, Cherpillod P, Renzi G, Schrenzel J, Kaiser L, Schibler M. A molecular based diagnosis of positive blood culture in the context of viral haemorrhagic fever: proof of concept. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; 25:1289.e1-1289.e4. [PMID: 31175961 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of using a PCR-based panel to identify bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in the setting of suspected or confirmed viral haemorrhagic fever. METHODS The accuracy of the FilmArray® Blood Culture Identification Panel (BCID) assay was assessed to identify the common bacterial and fungal pathogens associated with bloodstream infections after positive blood culture inactivation using a guanidinium thiocyanate containing buffer lysis that is commonly used for viral haemorrhagic fever molecular diagnostics. RESULTS The FilmArray® BCID panel assay detected 95% (19/20) of the pathogens analysed in this study by using both protocols with and without inactivation. Absolute consistency (100%) was observed in all isolates with phenotypes compatible with the presence of the antibiotic resistance genes mecA, vanA, vanB and blaKPC. CONCLUSIONS The FilmArray® BCID panel assay coupled to inactivation using a guanidinium thiocyanate containing buffer lysis represents a convenient, sensitive and specific diagnostic tool to detect some of the most pathogens associated with bloodstream infections in the context of a suspected or confirmed viral haemorrhagic fever.
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- A Cherkaoui
- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Virology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Infectious Diseases Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Virology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Infectious Diseases Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Virology, Laboratory Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; Infectious Diseases Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Patterson EI, Warmbrod KL, Bouyer DH, Forrester NL. Evaluation of the inactivation of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus by several common methods. J Virol Methods 2018; 254:31-34. [PMID: 29407211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2018.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Working with virological samples requires validated inactivation protocols for safe handling and disposal. Although many techniques exist to inactivate samples containing viruses, not all procedures have been properly validated or are compatible with subsequent assays. To aid in the development of inactivation protocols for Alphaviruses, and specifically Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), a variety of methods were evaluated for their ability to completely inactivate a high titer sample of the vaccine strain VEEV TC-83. The methods evaluated include reagents used in RNA extraction, fixation, treatment with a detergent, and heat inactivation. Most methods were successful at inactivating the sample; however, treatment with only Buffer AVL, SDS, and heat inactivation at 58 °C for one hour were not capable of complete inactivation of the virus in the sample. These results provide a substantial framework for identifying techniques that are safe for complete inactivation of Alphaviruses and to advise protocol implementation.
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- Edward I Patterson
- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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