猫杯状病毒荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及初步应用

根据GenBank中编码猫杯状病毒（FCV）衣壳蛋白ORF2的保守序列, 设计并合成了一对引物和相应的TaqMan探针, 建立了快速检测FCV的荧光定量PCR
方法. 通过对该方法的反应体系和反应条件进行优化, 建立了标准曲线, 给出了特异性、 敏感性和重复性实验, 并对临床24份疑似样品（其中阳性3份、 阴性21份）进行检测.  结果表明: 该方法检测cDNA的线性关系为0.992, 线性范围为2.26×10¹¹~2.26×10¹拷贝/μL; 可检测出样品中的FCV, 其他猫相关病毒检测为阴性; 批内重复性实验变异系数为2.158%， 与病毒分离结果相符.     

Three-dimensional structure of the wild-type RHDV

The three-dimensional (3D) structure of the wild-type rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) has been determined to a resolution of 3.2 nm by electron cryomicroscopy and computer image reconstruction techniques. The 3D density map exhibits characteristic structural features of a calicivirus: a T=3 icosahedral capsid with 90 arch-like capsomeres at the icosahedral and local 2-fold axes and 32 large surface hollows at the icosahedral 5- and 3-fold axes. This result confirms that the RHDV isolated in China is a member of the Caliciviridae family. A rather continuous capsid shell was found without channels. However, our RHDV structure also reveals some distinct structural characteristics not observed in other caliciviruses, including interconnected capsomeres and the lack of protuberance on the base of each of the surface hollows. Two types of particles were identified with similar outer capsid structure but different density distributions inside the capsid shells, which could not be distinguished by conventional negative staining electron microscopy. As the genomic and subgenomic RNAs are both packaged into particles for RHDV, we suggest that the two types of particles identified correspond to those containing either the genomic or subgenomic RNAs, respectively.