Human infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in Matara, Sri Lanka: The use, in parallel, of an ELISA to detect filaria-specific IgG4 in urine and of ICT card tests to detect filarial antigen in whole blood

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-185

  Weerasooriya, M V ^a   Itoh, M ^b   Mudalige, M P S ^a   Qiu, X G ^b   Kimura, E ^b   Gunawardena, N K ^c   Fujimaki, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; SRI LANKA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REAGENT STRIPS; SRI LANKA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FILARIA; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0038414781     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803235001624     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Attallah, A. M., Ismail, H., El Masry, S. A., Rizk, H., Handousa, A., El Bendary, M., Tabll, A. & Ezzat, F. (1999). Rapid detection of a Schistosoma mansoni circulating antigen excreted in urine of infected individuals by using a monoclonal antibody. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 37, 354-357.
2. Chanteau, S., Moulia-Pelat, J.P., Glaziou, P., Nguyen, N. L., Luquiaud, P., Plichart, C., Martin, P. M. V. & Cartel, J. L. (1994). Og4C3 circulating antigen: a marker of infection and adult worm burden in Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 170, 247-250.
3. De Colmenares, M., Portus, M., Riera, C., Gallego, M., Aisa, M. J., Torras, S. & Munoz, C. (1995). Detection of 72-75-kD and 123-kD fractions of Leishmania antigen in urine of patients with visceral leishmaniasis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 52, 427-428.
4. Hitch, W. L., Hightower, A. W., Eberhard, M. L. & Lammie, P. J. (1991). Analysis of isotype-specific antifilarial antibody levels in a Haitian pediatric population. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 44, 161-167.
5. Itoh, M., Weerasooriya, M. V., Gunawardena, N. K., Mudalige, M. P. S., Samarawickrema, W. A. & Kimura, E. (1999). Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 4, 207-210.
6. Itoh, M., Weerasooriya, M. V., Qiu, X.-G., Gunawardena, N. K., Anantaphruti, M. T., Tesana, S., Rattanaxay, P., Fujimaki, Y. & Kimura, E. (2001). Sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in urine samples. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 65, 362-365.
7. Katzin, A. M., Marcipar, A., Freilij, H., Corral, R. & Yanovsky, J. F. (1989). Rapid determination of Trypanosoma cruzi urinary antigens in human chronic Chagas disease by agglutination test. Experimental Parasitology, 68, 208-215.
8. Katzin, A. M., Kimura, E. S., Alexandre, C. O. P. & Val Ramos, A. M. S. (1991). Detection of antigens in urine of patients with acute falciparum and vivax malaria infections. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 45, 453-462.
9. Lammie, P. J., Reiss, M. D., Dimock, K. A., Streit, T. G., Roberts, J. M. & Eberhard, M. L. (1998). Longitudinal analysis of the development of filarial infection and antifilarial immunity in a cohort of Haitian children. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 59, 217-221.
10. Michael, E., Bundy, D. A. P. & Grenfell, B. T. (1996). Re-assessing the global prevalence and distribution of lymphatic filariasis. Parasitology, 112, 409-428.
11. More, S. J. & Copeman, D. B. (1990). A highly specific and sensitive monoclonal antibody-based ELISA for the detection of circulating antigen in bancroftian filariasis. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 41, 403-406.
12. Ngu, J. L., Nkenfou, C., Capuli, E., McMoli, T. E., Perler, F., Mbwagbor, J., Tume, C., Nlatte, O. B., Donfack, J. & Asonganyi, T. (1998). Novel, sensitive and low-cost diagnostic tests for 'river blindness' - detection of specific antigens in tears, urine and dermal fluid. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 3, 339-348.
13. Pani, S. P., Hoti, S. L., Elango, A., Yuvaraj, J., Lall, R. & Ramaiah, K. D. (2000). Evaluation of the ICT whole blood antigen card test to detect infection due to nocturnally periodic Wuchereria bancrofti in south India. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 5, 359-363.
14. Rocha, A., Addiss, D., Ribeiro, M. E., Norões, J., Baliza, M., Medeiros, Z. & Dreyer, G. (1996). Evaluation of the Og4C3 ELISA in Wuchereria bancrofti infection: infected persons with undetectable or ultra-low microfilarial densities. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1, 859-864.
15. Wamae, C. N., Gatika, S. M., Roberts, J. M. & Lammie, P. J. (1998). Wuchereria bancrofti in Kwale district, coastal Kenya: patterns of focal distribution of infection, clinical manifestations and anti-filarial IgG responsiveness. Parasitology, 116, 173-182.
16. Weerasooriya, M. V., Mudalige, M. P. S., Gunawardena, N. K., Kimura, E. & Samarawickrema, W. A. (1998). Microfilarial periodicity of Wuchereria bancrofti and man landing periodicity of the vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say in Matara, Sri Lanka. Ceylon Medical Journal, 43, 78-83.
17. Weerasooriya, M. V., Gunawardena, N. K., Itoh, M., Qiu, X.-G. & Kimura, E. (2002). Prevalence and intensity of Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in Sri Lanka by Og4C3 ELISA using filter paper-absorbed whole blood. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 96, 41-45.
18. Weil, G. J., Lammie, P. J. & Weiss, N. (1997). The ICT filariasis test: a rapid-format antigen test for diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis. Parasitology Today, 13, 401-404.
19. Witt, C. & Ottesen, E. A. (2001). Lymphatic filariasis: an infection of childhood. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6, 582-606.
20. Zheng, H. J., Tao, Z. H., Reddy, M. V. R., Harinath, B. C. & Piessens, W. F. (1987). Parasite antigens in sera and urine of patients with bancroftian and brugian filariasis detected by sandwich ELISA with monoclonal antibodies. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 36, 554-560.