Recent Advances in Rapid Detection of Animal Virus

Dear Colleagues, 

Thus far, there is no effective vaccine and therapeutic drugs for many animal diseases (ASF, PRRS, Brucellosis, AIV, etc.), and early monitoring is one of the most important solutions to prevent and control animal diseases. At present, TaqMan-based real-time quantitative PCR (RT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are the most widely used immunological and molecular diagnostic methods in EU reference laboratories and OIE. However, the methods mentioned above require sending samples inside the farm to professional or third-party testing laboratories, which requires a longer time to obtain the testing results due to shipping and testing in the laboratories. Moreover, long-distance moving of biological samples can also lead to higher biological security risks. Therefore, it is critical to make an accurate diagnosis at the site of infection.

In recent years, many innovations in animal virus detections have been proposed, and the aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research papers or reviews concerning rapid detection of animal virus. With the help of fast and sensitive on-site detection technology, the establishment of rapid and efficient virus detection methods will not only contribute to disease prevention and control, prevent the spread and spread of the epidemic, but also save time and labor costs, which can be widely used in the field.

Areas of interest: point-of-care testing of animal virus; microfluidic chip detection technology; non-amplified nucleic acid technology; isothermal amplification nucleic acid detection technology; extractionless nucleic acid detection; wash-free immunoassay; chemiluminescent detection; miniaturization of detection devices and other related topics on rapid detection of animal virus

We invite you to share your recent findings through this Special Issue.

Dr. Fei Liu
Dr. Yi Yang
Dr. Zhixin Feng
Guest Editors

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