Table 1 Description and results of rhabdoviruses isolates used in this study for specificity assessment.

From: A recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of rabies virus

Isolates

Virus

Genus

Reference

Place of isolation

Year of isolation

Species

Rabies virus RT-qPCR

RABV-RPA

Mean Cq valuea

SD

Mean Tt valueb

SD

SA221203SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2011

Mellivora capensi

24.07

0.18

2.53

0.01

SA217694SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2011

Canis lupus familiaris

22.41

0.28

5.97

0.12

SA217695SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2011

Canis lupus familiaris

27.44

0.07

4.81

0.02

SA217750SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2011

Canis lupus familiaris

24.99

0.20

2.70

0.06

SH218152SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2011

Homo sapiens

18.82

0.06

2.26

0.25

SH177846SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2005

Homo sapiens

18.88

0.04

2.46

0.01

SA194858SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2008

Canis lupus familiaris

26.65

0.23

3.36

0.05

SA204014SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2010

Canis lupus familiaris

19.43

0.34

2.37

0.01

SA206776SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2010

Canis lupus familiaris

19.12

0.08

2.03

0.08

SA252888SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2013

Canis lupus familiaris

18.48

0.08

2.25

0.04

SA252913SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2013

Canis lupus familiaris

21.90

0.08

2.48

0.14

SA262037SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2013

Canis lupus familiaris

20.06

0.04

2.51

0.09

SA262503SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2014

Canis lupus familiaris

21.13

0.04

2.44

0.21

SA262518SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2014

Canis lupus familiaris

20.38

0.06

2.35

0.11

SA267115SEN

Rabies (RABV)

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

2014

Canis lupus familiaris

19.48

0.13

2.29

0.15

DakAnB1094

Kolongo (KOLV)

unassigned

JX276998

CAR

1970

Euplectes afra

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

AnY1307

Mokola (MOKV)

Lyssavirus

NC_006429

Cameroon

1973

Crocidura spp.

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

AnB373d

Sandjimba (SJAV)

unassigned

JX277024

CAR

1970

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

AnB4289

Nasoule (NASV)

unassigned

JX277012

CAR

1973

Andropadus virens

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

AnD42443

Lagos Bat (LBV) 3

Lyssavirus

NC020807

Senegal

1985

Eidolon helvum

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

AnB672

Lagos Bat (LBV) 2

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

CAR

1974

Micropteropus pusillus

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

An K 6909

Lagos Bat (LBV) 4

Lyssavirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Guinea

1985

Nycteris gambiensis

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

LBVNIG1956

Lagos Bat (LBV) 6

Lyssavirus

EF547431

Nigeria

1956

Eidolon helvum

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

DakHD763

Le Dantec (LDV)

Ledantevirus

AY854650

Senegal

1965

Homo sapiens

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

DakAnD5314

Keuraliba (KEUV)

Ledantevirus

JX276996

Senegal

1968

Tatera kempi

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

ArD89384

Chandipura (CHNV)

Vesiculovirus

NRC-rabies IPD

Senegal

1992

Phlebotomus sp.

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

SudAr1275

Obodhiang (OBOV)

Ephemerovirus

HM856902

Sudan

1963

Mansonia uniformis

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

ArY31-65

Nkolbisson (NKOV)

Ledantevirus

JX277015

Cameroon

1965

Eretmapodites leucopus

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

DakAnB439

Garba (GARV)

unassigned

KM204982

CAR

1970

Corythornis cristata

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

SAAr1995

Mossuril (MOSV)

Hapavirus

KM204993

Mozambique

1959

Culex sitiens

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

  1. Tt: time threshold in minutes, CAR: Central African Republic, SD: standard deviation, Neg: negative; no cross-reactivity, Cq: quantitative cycle, NRC-Rabies IPD: national reference center for rabies virus (NRC-Rabies) at Institut Pasteur de Dakar, BP 220, Dakar, Senegal.
  2. aMean Cq value from duplicates with the previously described RABV-L-protein real-time RT-qPCR assay by Faye et al. used as reference test19.
  3. bMean Tt value from duplicates given by the new established rabies virus RT-RPA assay.