[Research progress and prospect of universal influenza vaccine].

The constant outbreaks of influenza in a global scale have aroused great concern all over the world. Vaccine has been the most effective and economic means against influenza. However, the broad tropism and high mutation of influenza viruses have limited the effectiveness of influenza vaccines.

Dynamic distribution and tissue tropism of infectious laryngotracheitis virus in experimentally infected chickens.

Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT), caused by infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV), is an Office International des Epizooties (OIE) notifiable disease. However, we have not clearly understood the dynamic distribution, tissue tropism, pathogenesis, and replication of ILTV in chickens. In this report, we investigated the dynamic distribution and tissue tropism of the virus in internal organs of experimentally infected chickens using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and a histopathological test.

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of infectious bursal disease viruses isolated from chicken in South China in 2011.

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a double-stranded RNA virus that causes immunosuppressive disease in young chickens. Thousands of cases of IBDV infection are reported each year in South China, and these infections can result in considerable economic losses to the poultry industry. To monitor variations of the virus during the outbreaks, 30 IBDVs were identified from vaccinated chicken flocks from nine provinces in South China in 2011.

Rapid diagnosis of duck plagues virus infection by loop-mediated isothermal amplification.

Duck virus enteritis is a serious disease among farmed and free-living ducks (Anatidae) and a constant threat to the commercial duck industry in China. In this study, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed to rapidly detect and diagnose duck plague virus (DPV) in both farmed and wild waterfowl, and compared with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and real-time PCR method in accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. A set of four specific primers was successfully designed to recognize six distinct genomic sequences of UL6 protein from DPV, including one forward inner primer, one back inner primer and two outer primers.

Rapid detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus by reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay.

A rapid detection assay based on reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) has been developed for detecting porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The RT-LAMP assay utilized a set of six primers to amplify the open reading frame 6 (ORF6) of the PRRSV. The amplified products were analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis or visualized by colorimetric method.