Establishment and Application of Real-time RT-PCR for Detection
of H5 Subtype Avian Influenza Virus
In recent years,thedifference in HA sequence of H5 subtype avian influenza virus(AIV)was increasing. In order to detect H5subtype AIV more accurately,by comparing the HAsequence of H5 subtype AIV published in GenBank with the one conserved in thelaboratory and designing a pair of primers and one TaqMan probe,a real-time RT-PCR method was developed,andits reaction system and parameters were optimized. Taking 30 RNA samples of H5subtype AIV strain isolated and sequenced by the laboratory as the template,the established method was compared with two commercial H5 subtypeAIV detection kits,and it was found that the detectionrates were 100%,98% and 98% respectively. Sensitivitytest showed that RNA template of 0.1 fg could be detected by the establishedmethod whose sensitivity was 10 times higher than that of the two commercialkits. In conclusion,the RT-PCR method was more specificand sensitive,and it could be used for early diagnosisof H5 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza.