Establishment of Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for Detection of Mumps Nucleic Acid from Clinical Specimens

Authors

  • Patcha Incomserb National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Atchariya Lukebua National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Athiwat Primsirikunawut National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Prasopchai Aramrungroj National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Phiengjai Armeencharoen National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Jaruwan Jai-ai National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Nutthanitt Arpaphrommipath National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Sirima Pattamadilok National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences

Keywords:

Mumps, RT-PCR

Abstract

       Infection with mumps virus results in swelling of salivary glands and further complications such as orchitis, meningitis or abortion within the first-trimester of pregnancy may occur. We, therefore, developed an RT-PCR method for detection of mumps genetic materials in clinical specimens. It was found that the limit of detection for our in-house RT-PCR method is 10 copies or 40 ag (10-18 g) and there is no cross – reactivity with measles virus, the other virus within the same family. It was demonstrated that the developed RT-PCR method is able to detect the genetic materials of mumps virus in saliva, throat swab, buccal swab, CSF, semen and mumps-infected cell lysate. The in-house RT-PCR technic showed 100% correlation with the gold standard method, i.e., viral isolation. The result from our study indicated that the developed RT-PCR method is useful for laboratory diagnosis as well as genetic characterization of mumps virus for the outbreak investigation in Thailand.

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31-03-2014

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Incomserb P, Lukebua A, Primsirikunawut A, Aramrungroj P, Armeencharoen P, Jai-ai J, Arpaphrommipath N, Pattamadilok S. Establishment of Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for Detection of Mumps Nucleic Acid from Clinical Specimens. ว กรมวิทย พ [internet]. 2014 Mar. 31 [cited 2025 Dec. 19];56(1):20-8. available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/dmsc/article/view/243409

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