Improved models of mini anion exchange centrifugation technique (mAECT) and modified single centrifugation (MSC) for sleeping sickness diagnosis and staging

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Büscher, Philippe ^a   Ngoyi, Dieudonné Mumba ^b   Kaboré, Jacques ^c   Lejon, Veerle ^a   Robays, Jo ^a   Jamonneau, Vincent ^c   Bebronne, Nicolas ^a   Van Der Veken, Wim ^d   Biéler, Sylvain ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^c Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur lElevage en zone Subhumide Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^d Belgian Technical Cooperation   (Congo)

^e FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANION EXCHANGE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY; MINI ANION EXCHANGE CENTRIFUGATION TECHNIQUE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE CENTRIFUGATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BLOOD; CENTRIFUGATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 73449124061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000471     Document Type: Short Survey

References (12)

1. Büscher P, Lejon V (2004) Diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis. In:Maudlin I, Holmes P, Miles MA, eds.The trypanosomiases. Oxfordshire: CABI Publishing. pp 203-218.
2. Simarro PP, Jannin J, Cattand P (2008) Eliminating human African trypanosomiasis: where do we stand and what comes next? Plos Med 5: e55. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050055.
3. Robays J, Bilengue MMC, Van der Stuyft P, Boelaert M (2004) The effectiveness of active population screening and treatment from sleeping sickness control in the Democratic republic of Congo. Trop Med Int Health 9: 542-550.
4. Chappuis F, Loutan L, Simarro P, Lejon V, Büscher P (2005) Options for the field diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis. Clin Microbiol Rev 18: 133-146.
5. Woo PTK (1970) The haematocrit centrifuge technique for the diagnosis of African trypanosomiasis. Acta Trop 27: 384-386.
6. Bailey JW, Smith DH (1994) The quantitative buffy coat for the diagnosis of trypanosomes. Trop Doct 24: 54-56.
7. Lumsden WHR, Kimber CD, Evans DA, Doig SJ (1979) Trypanosoma brucei: miniature anion-exchange centrifugation technique for detection of low parasitaemias: adaptation for field use. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 73: 312-317.
8. Miézan TW, Meda AH, Doua F, Cattand P (1994) Evaluation des techniques parasitologiques utilisées dans le diagnostic de la trypanosomose humaine à Trypanosoma gambiense en Côte d'Ivoire. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Fil 87: 101-104.
9. Lanham SM, Godfrey DG (1970) Isolation of salivarian trypanosomes from man and other mammals using DEAE-cellulose. Exp Parasitol 28: 521-534.
10. Gutierrez C, Corbera JA, Doreste F, Büscher P (2004) Use of the miniature anion exchange centrifugation technique to isolate Trypanosoma evansi from goats. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1026: 149-151.
11. Miézan TW, Meda AH, Doua F, Djé NN, Lejon V, Büscher P (2000) Single centrifugation of cerebrospinal fluid in a sealed pasteur pipette for simple, rapid and sensitive detection of trypanosomes. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 94: 293.
12. Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (2009) mAECT standard operating procedures. Available: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/hat/find- activities/maect-sop/index.html. Accessed 29 October 2009.