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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, p. 2370-2379, Vol. 45, No. 8
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00093-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Typing of Human Enterovirus by Partial Sequencing of VP2{triangledown}

Dorsaf Nasri,1,2 Lamjed Bouslama,2 Shabir Omar,1 Henia Saoudin,1 Thomas Bourlet,1 Mahjoub Aouni,2 Bruno Pozzetto,1* and Sylvie Pillet1

Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology, GIMAP EA3064, Faculty of Medicine of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France,1 Laboratory of Transmissible Diseases and Biologically Active Substances, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir, Tunisia2

Received 13 January 2007/ Returned for modification 29 April 2007/ Accepted 20 May 2007

The sequencing of the VP1 hypervariable region of the human enterovirus (HEV) genome has become the reference test for typing field isolates. This study describes a new strategy for typing HEV at the serotype level that uses a reverse transcription-PCR assay targeting the central part of the VP2 capsid protein. Two pairs of primers were used to amplify a fragment of 584 bp (with reference to the PV-1 sequence) or a part of it (368 bp) for typing. For a few strains not amplified by the first PCR, seminested primers enhanced the sensitivity (which was found to be approximately 10–1 and 10–4 50% tissue culture infective dose per reaction tube for the first and seminested assay, respectively). The typing method was then applied to 116 clinical and environmental strains of HEV. Sixty-one typeable isolates were correctly identified at the serotype level by comparison to seroneutralization. Forty-eight of 55 "untypeable" strains (87.3%) exhibited the same serotype using VP1 and VP2 sequencing methods. For six strains (four identified as EV-71, one as E-9, and one as E-30 by the VP2 method), no amplification was obtained by the VP1 method. The last strain, typed as CV-B4 by VP1 and CV-B3 by VP2 and monovalent antiserum, could exhibit recombination within the capsid region. Although the VP2 method was tested on only 36 of the 68 HEV serotypes, it appears to be a promising strategy for typing HEV strains isolated on a routine basis. The good sensitivity of the seminested technique could avoid cell culture and allow HEV typing directly from PCR products.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology, GIMAP EA3064, Faculty of Medicine Jacques Lisfranc, 15, rue Ambroise Paré, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 02, France. Phone: 33 4 77 82 84 34. Fax: 33 4 77 82 84 60. E-mail: Bruno.Pozzetto{at}univ-st-etienne.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 30 May 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, p. 2370-2379, Vol. 45, No. 8
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00093-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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