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Ectromelia virus (ECTV), murine hepatitis virus (MHV), reovirus type 3 (Reo-3), and murine parvoviruses (MUV) are the four pathogens that need to be eliminated from SPF (Specific Pathogen-Free) level mice. These four pathogens present fast transmission and high pathogenicity, making it difficult to control. The previously described detection methods present substantial limitations in efficiency and accuracy. Thus, there is an urgent need for rapid and precise diagnostic methods to improve prevention and diagnosis efforts. In this study, we developed a one-step multiplex real-time PCR (mrt-PCR) detection method that can simultaneously detect four key viral pathogens causing diseases in laboratory mice without cross-reactivity with other mouse susceptible pathogens. We tested 128 suspected diseased mouse tissue samples collected from Beijing, and the results showed that this new method has higher sensitivity and specificity than ordinary PCR. The detection limit for ECTV, MHV, and MUV was determined to be 1.08 \u00d7 101 copies\/\u03bcL, 1.14 \u00d7 101 copies\/\u03bcL, 2.38 \u00d7101 copies\/\u03bcL, and 1.08 \u00d7 101 copies\/\u03bcL, respectively. In addition, the assay showed excellent reproducibility, with a coefficient of variation below 1.5%, strong linear correlation (R2 &gt; 0.996), and amplification efficiency between 90% and 100%. In summary, the mrt-PCR serves not only as a rapid and accurate detection and early prevention method for laboratory mice but also constitutes a robust tool for microbial quality control in laboratory mice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vetsci13030217","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,26]],"date-time":"2026-02-26T09:31:32Z","timestamp":1772098292000},"page":"217","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Multiplex One-Step qPCR\/RT-qPCR Assays for Detection of Ectromelia Virus, Murine Hepatitis Virus, Reovirus Type 3, and Parvoviruses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Wenxin","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuewei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2842-0897","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jianyu","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8029-0439","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guoheng","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Dom\u00ednguez-Oliva, A., Hern\u00e1ndez-\u00c1valos, I., Mart\u00ednez-Burnes, J., Olmos-Hern\u00e1ndez, A., Verduzco-Mendoza, A., and Mota-Rojas, D. 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