Rapid parasite detection utilizing a DNA dipstick

Aula, Oyime Poise; McManus, Donald P.; Mason, Michael G.; Botella, José R.; Gordon, Catherine A.

doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2021.108098

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“…DNA extraction is often the most expensive component of molecular diagnostics assays, and is often a limiting factor precluding their use under field conditions. Nevertheless, there have been several recent advances in the area of crude DNA extraction; these may reduce costs and simplify the procedure for future field work, thereby allowing molecular diagnostics to be more accessible in remote areas where STH are endemic [51,52].…”

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High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren

et al. 2022

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Background Achieving the elimination of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections requires a sufficient understanding of the current epidemiological status of STH endemicity. We aimed to examine the status of STH in Myanmar – a country with the eighth highest STH prevalence in the world, 10 years after instigation of the national deworming programme. Methods In August 2016 we screened for STH infections using Kato Katz (KK) microscopy and real-time PCR (qPCR) in schoolchildren from the Bago Region township of Phyu, a STH sentinel site in Myanmar. Ten schools were randomly selected, and one stool sample each from a total of 264 students was examined. Prevalence and intensity of infection were calculated for each STH. Results High prevalence of STH was identified in the study area with 78.8% of the schoolchildren infected with at least one STH by qPCR, and 33.3% by KK. The most prevalent STH was Trichuris trichiura, diagnosed by both KK (26.1%) and qPCR (67.1%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (15.5% KK; 54.9% qPCR). No hookworm infections were identified by KK; however, the qPCR analysis showed a high prevalence of Ancylostoma sp. infection (29.6%) with few Necator americanus (1.1%) infections. Conclusions Despite bi-annual deworming of schoolchildren in the fourth-grade and below, STH prevalence remains stubbornly high. These results informed the expansion of the Myanmar National STH control programme to include all school-aged children by the Ministry of Health and Sports in 2017, however further expansion to the whole community should be considered along with improving sanitation and hygiene measures. This would be augmented by rigorous monitoring and evaluation, including national prevalence surveys.

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High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren

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“…Pathogenesis of Schistosoma infection occurs from immunologic reaction of host body to parasite’s eggs, which detection of the disease prior to egg production apparently protect patients from the disease ( McManus et al., 2018 ). In the past few decades, many types of biomolecules have been identified as potential markers, for example, DNA ( Aula et al., 2021 ), proteins ( Zhou et al., 2010 ; Grenfell et al., 2013 ), and metabolites ( Li et al., 2011 ; Huang et al., 2020 ). To date, several attempts have been made to identify metabolite biomarkers at the early stage of schistosomiasis.…”

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Untargeted serum metabolomic profiling for early detection of Schistosoma mekongi infection in mouse model

Chienwichai

Nogrado

Tipthara

et al. 2022

Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.

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Mekong schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and in Cambodia. The standard method for diagnosis of schistosomiasis is detection of parasite eggs from patient samples. However, this method is not sufficient to detect asymptomatic patients, low egg numbers, or early infection. Therefore, diagnostic methods with higher sensitivity at the early stage of the disease are needed to fill this gap. The aim of this study was to identify potential biomarkers of early schistosomiasis using an untargeted metabolomics approach. Serum of uninfected and S. mekongi-infected mice was collected at 2, 4, and 8 weeks post-infection. Samples were extracted for metabolites and analyzed with a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer. Metabolites were annotated with the MS-DIAL platform and analyzed with Metaboanalyst bioinformatic tools. Multivariate analysis distinguished between metabolites from the different experimental conditions. Biomarker screening was performed using three methods: correlation coefficient analysis; feature important detection with a random forest algorithm; and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Three compounds were identified as potential biomarkers at the early stage of the disease: heptadecanoyl ethanolamide; picrotin; and theophylline. The levels of these three compounds changed significantly during early-stage infection, and therefore these molecules may be promising schistosomiasis markers. These findings may help to improve early diagnosis of schistosomiasis, thus reducing the burden on patients and limiting spread of the disease in endemic areas.

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“…Existen trabajos que han evaluado diferentes componentes de los buffers de extracción de ácidos nucleicos de bacterias, parásitos, hongos y virus (15)(16)(17)20) . En el presente estudio, la elección de los buffers de lisis y lavado se centró en la capacidad de purificar los ácidos nucleicos de los especímenes de hisopados nasofaríngeos diluidos.…”

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Amplificación directa de ADN de Bordetella pertussis purificado de hisopados nasofaríngeos por un método de bajo costo, rápido (60-segundos) y libre de equipos

Juscamayta-López

Valdivia

Soto

et al. 2022

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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Objetivo. Desarrollar y evaluar un método de bajo costo basado en celulosa para la purificación rápida y amplificación directa de ADN de Bordetella pertussis de hisopados nasofaríngeos. Materiales y métodos. Se prepararon discos de celulosa y se evaluaron diferentes parámetros (buffers de lisis/lavado, número de discos y elución de ADN). El método se acopló a una amplificación directa por PCR en tiempo real (qPCR) y se estimó el rendimiento utilizando hisopados nasofaríngeos que fueron positivos (n=100) y negativos (n=50) para ADN B. pertussis por qPCR, comparado con el método basado en columnas de sílice. Se calculó el grado de concordancia, sensibilidad, especificidad, valor predictivo positivo (VPP) y valor predictivo negativo (VPN). Se evaluó la factibilidad del método rápido para ser acoplado a un ensayo colorimétrico de amplificación isotérmica mediada por lazo (LAMP). Resultados. El método rápido con un disco de celulosa y buffer de lisis y lavado conteniendo PVP-40 y Tween 20, respectivamente, mostró una mayor capacidad para purificar ADN amplificable de B. pertussis. El método tuvo una sensibilidad de 89,0% (IC95%, 80,2%-94,9%) y una especificidad de 98,5% (IC95%, 92,1%-100,0%), con un buen grado de concordancia (Kappa=0,867; IC95% 0,788 – 0,946), respecto al método referencial. Los VPP y VPN fueron 98,6% (IC95%, 92,7,2%-100,0%) y 88,2% (IC95%, 78,7%-94,4%), respectivamente. Se evidenció una amplificación exitosa por LAMP, y se obtuvieron resultados comparables con el método por columnas de sílice. Conclusión. El método desarrollado es simple, de bajo costo y libre de equipos para la obtención rápida (60 segundos) de ADN en el punto de atención, y puede ser implementado en diversas técnicas moleculares orientados al diagnóstico oportuno y al estudio epidemiológico de tos ferina

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Rapid parasite detection utilizing a DNA dipstick

Cited by 14 publications

References 20 publications

High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren

High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren

Untargeted serum metabolomic profiling for early detection of Schistosoma mekongi infection in mouse model

Amplificación directa de ADN de Bordetella pertussis purificado de hisopados nasofaríngeos por un método de bajo costo, rápido (60-segundos) y libre de equipos

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