PCR - Based diagnosis to evaluate the performance of malaria reference centers

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 183-187

  Di Santi, Silvia Maria ^a,b   Kirchgatter, Karin ^a   Brunialti, Karen Cristina Sant'Anna ^a   Oliveira, Alessandra Mota ^a   Ferreira, Sergio Roberte Santos ^a   Boulos, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; PCR; Plasmodium; ssrRNA; Thick blood smear

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; GENE SEQUENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 4544240256     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000400002     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. ABUL PAIZ, M.; RASHID, R.; PALIT, R. et al. - ParaSight-F test results in cerebral malaria patients before and after treatment in Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 94: 56-57, 2000.
2. ALGER, J.; ACOSTA, M.C.; LOZANO, C.; VELASQUEZ, C. & LABRADA, L.A. - Stained smears as a source of DNA. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 91: 589-591, 1996.
3. AVlLA, P.E.; KiRCHGATTER, K.; BRUNIALTI, K.C.S. et al. - Evaluation of a rapid dipstick test, Malar-Check™, for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Brazil. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo, 44: 293-296, 2002.
4. BRUCE-CHWATT, L.J. - Diagnostic methods in Malaria. In: BRUCE-CHWATT, L.J., ed. Essential malariology. 2. ed. London, William Heinemann, 1985. p. 103-126.
5. CAVASINI, M.T.; RIBEIRO, W.L.; KAWAMOTO, F. & FERREIRA, M.U. - How prevalent is Plasmodium malariae in Rondonia, western Brazilian Amazon? Rev. Soc. bras. Med. trop., 33: 489-492, 2000.
6. COCHRAN, W.G. - Sampling techniques. 3. ed. New York, John Wiley, 1977.
7. COX-SINGH, J.; MAHAYET, S.; ABDULLAH, M.S. & SINGH, B. - Increased sensitivity of malaria detection by nested polymerase chain reaction using simple sampling and DNA extraction. Int. J. Parasit., 27: 1575-1577, 1997.
8. DUTRA, A.P.; BARATA, L.C.B. & BOULOS, M. - Manual de terapêutica de Malária, São Paulo. Superintendência de Controle de Endemias, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, 1998.
9. EDOH, D.; STEIGER, S.; GENTON, B. & BECK, H.P. - PCR amplification of DNA from malaria parasites on fixed and stained thick and thin blood films. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 91: 361-363, 1997.
10. GARCIA, M.; KIRIMOAMA, S.; MARLBOROUGH, D.; LEAFASIA, J. & RIECKMANN, K.H. - Immunochromatographic test for malaria diagnosis. Lancet, 347: 1549, 1996.
11. GATTI, S.: BERNUZZI, A.M.; BISOFFI, Z, et al. - Multicentre study, in patients with imported malaria, on the sensitivity and specificity of a dipstick test (ICT Malaria P.f./P.v.) compared with expert microscopy. Ann. trop. Med. Parasit., 96: 15-18, 2002.
12. GAUTRET, P.; LEGROS, F.; KOULMANN, P.; RODIER, M.H. & JACQUEMIN, J.L. - Imported Plasmodium vivax malaria in France: geographical origin and report of an atypical case acquired in Central or Western Africa. Acta trop. (Basel), 78: 177-181, 2001.
13. GOMAN, M.; MONS, B. & SCAIFE, J. - The complete sequence of a Plasmodium malariae SSUrRNA gene and its comparison to other plasmodial SSUrRNA genes. Molec. Biochem. Parasit., 45: 281-288, 1991.
14. GUERIN, P.J.; OLLIARO, P.; NOSTEN, F. et al. - Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development. Lancet infect. Dis., 2: 564-573, 2002.
15. HOWARD, R.J.; UNI, S.; AIKAWA, M. et al. - Secretion of a malarial histidine-rich protein (PfHRP II) from Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. J. Cell Biol., 103: 1269-1277, 1986.
16. HUONG, N.M.; DAVIS, T.M.; HEWITT, S. et al. - Comparison of three antigen detection methods for diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of malaria: a field study from southern Vietnam. Trop. Med. Int. Hlth., 7: 304-308, 2002.
17. IQBAL, J.; SHER, A. & RAB, A. - Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2-based immunocapture diagnostic assay for malaria: cross-reactivity with rheumatoid factors. J. clin. Microbiol., 38: 1184-1186, 2000.
18. IVANOVA, N.V.; MOROZOV, E.H.; KUKlNA, I.V. et al. - ITSI, 5.8S and A-type ITS2 rDNA sequences from Plasmodium vivax and development of a method for retrospective PCR diagnosis of malaria by stained thick blood smears. Molec. Biol. (Moskva), 35: 515-525, 2001.
19. KIMURA, M.; KANEKO, O.; INOUE, A.; ISHII, A. & TANABE, K. - Amplification by polymerase chain reaction of Plasmodium falciparum DNA from Giemsa-stained thin blood smears. Molec. Biochem. Parasit., 70: 193-197, 1995.
20. KIMURA, M.; KANEKO, O.; QlNG, L. et al. - Identification of the four species of human malaria parasites by nested PCR that targets variant sequences in the small subunit rRNA gene. Parasit. Int., 46: 91-95, 1997.
21. KIRCHGATTER, K.; WUNDERLICH, G.; BRANQUINHO, M.S. et al. - Molecular typing of Plasmodium falciparum from Giemsa-stained blood smears confirms nosocomial malaria transmission. Acta trop. (Basel), 84: 199-203, 2002.
22. LI, J.; WIRTZ, R.A. & McCUTCHAN, T.F. - Analysis of malaria parasite RNA from decade-old Giemsa-stained blood smears and dried mosquitoes. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 57: 727-731, 1997.
23. MAGUIRE, J.D.; SUMAWINATA, I.W.; MASBAR, S. et al. - Chloroquine- resistant Plasmodium malariae in south Sumatra, Indonesia. Lancet, 360: 58-60, 2002.
24. MASON, D.P.; KAWAMOTO, F.; LIN, K.; LAOBOONCHAI, A. & WONGSRlCHANALAI, C. - A comparison of two rapid field immunochromatographic tests to expert microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria. Acta trop. (Basel), 82: 51-59, 2002.
25. MAY, J.; MOCKENHAUPT, F.P.; ADEMOWO, O.G. et al. - High rate of mixed and subpatent malarial infections in southwest Nigeria. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 61: 339-343, 1999.
26. McCUTCHAN, T.F.; DE LA CRUZ, V.F.; LAL, A.A. et al. - Primary sequences of two small subunit ribosomal RNA genes from Plasmodium falciparum. Molec. Biochem. Parasit., 28: 63-68, 1988.
27. MOODY, A.H. & CHIODINI, P.L. - Methods for the detection of blood parasites. Clin. Lab. Haemat., 22: 189-201, 2000.
28. ORGANIZACIÓN PANAMERICANA DE LA SALUD - Manual para el diagnóstico de la malaria. 4. ed. Washington, OPS, 1975. (Publicación Científica n° 276)
29. PAYNE, D. - Use and limitations of light microscopy for diagnosing malaria at the primary health care level. Bull. Wld. Hlth. Org., 66: 621-626, 1988.
30. PIPER, R.; LEBRAS, J.; WENTWORTH, L. et al. - Immunocapture diagnostic assays for malaria using Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH). Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 60: 109-118, 1999.
31. POSTIGO, M.; MENDOZA-LEON, A. & FEREZ, H.A. - Malaria diagnosis by the polymerase chain reaction: a field study in south-eastern Venezuela. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 92: 509-511, 1998.
32. ROSS, R. - An improved method for microscopical diagnosis of intermittent fevers. Lancet, 1: 186-187, 1903.
33. RUBIO, J.M.; BENITO, A.; ROCHE, J. et al. - Semi-nested, multiplex polymerase chain reaction for detection of human malaria parasites and evidence of Plasmodium vivax infection in Equatorial Guinea. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 60: 183-187, 1999a.
34. RUBIO, J.M.; BENITO, A.; BERZOSA, P.J. et al. - Usefulness of seminested multiplex PCR in surveillance of imported malaria in Spain. J. clin. Microbiol., 37: 3260-3264, 1999b.
35. SNOUNOU, G.; VlRIYAKOSOL, S.; JARRA, W.; THAITHONG, S. & BROWN, K.N. - Identification of the four human malaria parasite species in field samples by the polymerase chain reaction and detection of a high prevalence of mixed infections. Molec. Biochem. Parasit., 58: 283-292, 1993a.
36. SNOUNOU, G.; VIRIYAKOSOL, S.; ZHU, X.P. et al. - High sensitivity of detection of human malaria parasites by the use of nested polymerase chain reaction. Molec. Biochem. Parasit., 61: 315-320, 1993b.
37. TJITRA, E.; SUPRIANTO, S.; DYER, M.; CURRIE, B.J. & ANSTEY, N.M. - Field evaluation of the ICT malaria P.f/P.v immunochromatographic test for detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in patients with a presumptive clinical diagnosis of malaria in eastern Indonesia. J. clin. Microbiol., 37: 2412-2417, 1999.
38. TOMA, H.; KOBAYASHI, J.; VANNACHONE, B. et al. - A field study on malaria prevalence in southeastern Laos by polymerase chain reaction assay. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 64: 257-261, 2001.
39. TRAPE, J.F. - Rapid evaluation of malaria parasite density and standardization of thick smear examination for epidemiological investigations. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 79: 181-184, 1985.
40. WATERS, A.P. & McCUTCHAN, T.F. - Rapid, sensitive diagnosis of malaria based on ribosomal RNA. Lancet, 1: 1343-1346, 1989a.
41. WATERS, A.P. & McCUTCHAN, T.F. - Partial sequence of the asexually expressed SU rRNA gene of Plasmodium vivax. Nucleic Acids Res., 17: 2135, 1989b.
42. WATERS, A.P. - The ribosomal RNA genes of Plasmodium. Advanc. Parasit., 34: 33-79, 1994.
43. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - Severe and complicated malaria. World Health Organization, Division of Control of Tropical Diseases. Trans, roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 84 (suppl. 2): 1-65, 1990.
44. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - New Perspectives: Malaria diagnosis. In: Report of a joint WHO/USAID informal consultation. Geneva, WHO, 2000. p. 1-29.