Real-Time PCR System for White Spot Syndrome Virus  (WSSV)

Introduction:

PCR technique has been commonly employed in the aquaculture industry for disease diagnosis and prevention.  But with the growing demand for a quantitative research tool and requirement for a high throughput screening system, real-time PCR is receiving more attention and becoming more important in the industry.   IQ REAL^TM WSSV Quantitative System is a real-time based diagnostic system which not only meets the above demands but its advanced designs, listed below, also provides the shrimp culture industry a more accurate, more sensitive, and more flexible real-time system.

Advantages of IQ REAL^TM WSSV Quantitative System

1. TaqMan^® assay strategy: This system can tolerate higher concentration of sample load than SYBR Green.  Consequently, it is able to detect the samples with very low viral/shrimp cell ratio.

2. Dual color design: This system can quantify both viral (FAM) and shrimp genomic nucleic acid (VIC) by a single reaction.  This built-in internal control avoids the false negative results from failed extraction or inhibition.

3. Absolute and comparative quantitation: This system can quantify the viral amount by both absolute quantitative method (Q_ab, viral amount/μl) and comparative quantitative method (Q_cp, viral amount/ 10,000 shrimp cells).  The Q_cp method can reflect the real infectious level and provide constant result for a sample within wide range of concentration.

4. No standard required: There is no need to make a calibration curve for Q_cp method.  A unique ΔΔC_t strategy is introduced to interpret the final result. There is no waste for standards as the reagents are only for the use of samples.

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