Methods for successful inactivation of Rift Valley fever virus in infected mosquitoes.

Bergren, Nicholas A, Patterson, Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-0848, Blair, Heather, Ellis, Robert P and Kading, Rebekah C (2019) 'Methods for successful inactivation of Rift Valley fever virus in infected mosquitoes.'. Journal of Virological Methods, e113794.

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Abstract

Ensuring the successful inactivation of select agent material is critical for maintaining compliance with federal regulations and safeguarding laboratory personnel from exposure to dangerous pathogens. Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), naturally transmitted by mosquitoes, is classified as a select agent by the CDC and USDA due to its potential to cause significant economic losses to the livestock industry and its demonstrated potential to emerge into naïve geographic areas. Herein we describe several effective inactivation procedures for RVFV infected mosquito samples. We also demonstrate the vaccine strain MP-12 can be used as an appropriate analog for inactivation testing and describe a method of validating inactivation using Amicon filters. Briefly, we show the following inactivation methods are all effective at inactivating RVFV and MP-12 by following the manufacturers'/established protocols: 4% paraformaldehyde, Trizol LS (ThermoFisher Scientific), MagMAX™-96 Viral RNA Isolation Kit (ThermoFisher Scientific), and Mag-Bind® Viral DNA/RNA 96 Kit (Omega Bio-Tek).

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > QX 4 General works QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 510 Mosquitoes WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Infectious Mononucleosis. Arbovirus Infections > WC 524 Arbovirus infections
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2019.113794
Depositing User:	Samantha Sheldrake
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2019 11:59
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2019 11:05
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/13268

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