Rapid detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in human serum by use of an immunochromatographic dipstick test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3003-3007

  Reithinger, Richard ^a,b   Grijalva, Mario J ^c,d   Chiriboga, Rosa F ^d   De Noya, Belkisyolé Alarcón ^e   Torres, Jaime R ^e   Pavia Ruz, Norma ^f   Manrique Saide, Pablo ^g   Cardinal, Marta V ^g   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^g Univ Aut noma de Yucatán   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECUADOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SERUM; TIME;

ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECUADOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77955452263     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02474-09     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Abad-Franch, F., and M. H. Aguilar. 2007. Control de la enfermedad de Chagas en Ecuador, p. 1-164. OPS/OMS Ministeriode Salud Pública del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
2. Amato Neto, V., V. S. Amato, F. F. Tuon, E. Gakiya, C. R. de Marchi, R. M. de Souza, and C. R. Furucho. 2009. False-positive results of a rapid K39-based strip test and Chagas disease. Int. J. Infect. Dis. 13:182-185.
3. Bosompem, K. M., I. Ayi, W. K. Anyan, T. Arishima, F. K. Nkrumah, and S. Kojima. 1997. A monoclonal antibody-based dipstick assay for diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 91:554-556.
4. Brutus, L., D. Schneider, J. Postigo, M. Romero, J. Santalla, and J. P. Chippaux. 2008. Congenital Chagas disease: diagnostic and clinical aspects in an area without vectorial transmission, Bermejo, Bolivia. Acta Trop. 106:195-199.
5. Cardinal, M. V., R. Reithinger, and R. E. Gürtler. 2006. Use of an immunochromatographic dipstick test for rapid detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in sera from animal reservoir hosts. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:3005-3007.
6. Cerisola, J. A., R. W. Rohwedder, and C. E. Del Prado. 1971. Rendimiento del xenodiagnóstico en la infección chagásica crónica humana, utilizando ninfas de diferentes especias de triatominos. Bol. Chile Parasit. 26:57-58.
7. Chappuis, F., S. Rijal, A. Soto, J. Menten, and M. Boelaert. 2006. A metaanalysis of the diagnostic performance of the direct agglutination test and rK39 dipstick for visceral leishmaniasis. BMJ 333:723.
8. Chippaux, J. P., J. R. Postigo, J. A. Santalla, D. Schneider, and L. Brutus. 2008. Epidemiological evaluation of Chagas disease in a rural area of southern Bolivia. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 102:578-584.
9. De Rissio, A. M., K. Scollo, and R. Cardoni. 2009. La transmisión madre-hijo del Trypanosoma cruzi en la Argentina. Medicina (Buenos Aires) 69:529-535.
10. Diaz-Bello, Z., R. Zavala-Jaspe, M. Diaz-Villalobos, L. Mauriello, A. Maekelt, and B. Alarcón de Noya. 2008. Diagnóstico confirmatorio de anticuerpos anti-Trypanosoma cruzi en donantes referidos por banco de sangre en Venezuela. Invest. Clin. 49:141-150.
11. Dubner, S., E. Schapachnik, A. R. Riera, and E. E. Valero. 2008. Chagas disease: state-of-the-art of diagnosis and management. Cardiol. J. 15:493-504.
12. Ferreira, A. W., Z. R. Belem, E. A. Lemos, S. G. Reed, and A. Campos-Neto. 2001. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serological diagnosis of Chagas disease employing a Trypanosoma cruzi recombinant antigen that consists of four different peptides. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:4390-4395.
13. Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud. 2007. Vigilancia de enfermedad de Chagas: guía para el diagnóstico, manejo y tratamiento de enfermedad de Chagas en fase aguda a nivel de los establecimientos de salud, primera edición, p. 1-32. Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud, Caracas, Venezuela.
14. Ji, M. J., J. S. Noh, B. K. Cho, Y. S. Cho, S. J. Kim, and B. S. Yoon. 2009. Evaluation of SD BIOLINE Chagas Ab rapid kit. Korean J. Lab. Med. 29:48-52.
15. Laferi, H., K. Kandel, and H. Pichler. 1997. False positive dipstick test for malaria. N. Engl. J. Med. 337:1635-1636.
16. Lauricella, M. A., M. B. Castañera, R. E. Gürtler, and E. L. Segura. 1998. Immunodiagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease) infection in naturally infected dogs. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 93:501-507.
17. Luquetti, A. O., C. Ponce, E. Ponce, J. Esfandiari, A. Schijman, S. Revollo, N. Añez, B. Zingales, R. Ramgel-Aldao, A. Gonzalez, M. J. Levin, E. S. Umezawa, and J. Franco da Silveira. 2003. Chagas disease diagnosis: a multicentric evaluation of Chagas Stat-Pak, a rapid immunochromatographic assay with recombinant proteins of Trypanosoma cruzi. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 6:265-271.
18. Médecins sans Frontières. 2008. Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. International meeting: new diagnostic tests are urgently needed to treat patients with Chagas disease. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 41:315-319.
19. Ministerio de Salud, Presidencia de la Nación. 2008. Normas para el diagnóstico y tratamiento del Chagas, p. 1-28. Ministerio de Salud, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
20. Ponce, C., E. Ponce, E. Vinelli, A. Montoya, V. de Aguilar, A. Gonzalez, B. Zingales, R. Rangel-Aldao, M. J. Levin, J. Esfandiari, E. S. Umezawa, A. O. Luquetti, and J. F. da Silveira. 2005. Validation of a rapid and reliable test for diagnosis of Chagas disease by detection of Trypanosoma cruzi-specific antibodies in blood of donors and patients in Central America. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:5065-5068.
21. Portela-Lindoso, A. A., and M. A. Shikanai-Yasuda. 2003. Chronic Chagas disease: from xenodiagnosis and hemoculture to polymerase chain reaction. Cad. Saude Publica 37:107-115. (Pubitemid 36181485)
22. Prata, A. 2001. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of Chagas disease. Lancet Infect. Dis. 1:92-100.
23. Ramírez, J. D., F. Guhl, E. S. Umezawa, C. A. Morillo, F. Rosas, J. A. Marin-Neto, and S. Restrepo. 2009. Evaluation of adult chronic Chagas heart disease diagnosis by molecular and serological methods. J. Clin. Microbiol. 47:3945-3951.
24. Reithinger, R., R. L. Tarleton, J. A. Urbina, U. Kitron, and R. E. Gürtler. 2009. Eliminating Chagas disease: challenges and a roadmap. BMJ 338: 1044-1046.
25. Roddy, P., J. Goiri, L. Flevaud, P. P. Palma, S. Morote, N. Lima, L. Villa, F. Torrico, and P. Albajar-Viñas. 2008. Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infection by use of whole blood. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46:2022-2027.
26. Segura, E. L., E. N. Cura, S. A. Estani, J. Andrade, J. C. Lansetti, A. M. de Rissio, A. Campanini, S. B. Blanco, R. E. Gürtler, and M. Alvarez. 2000. Long-term effects of a nationwide control program on the seropositivity for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in young men from Argentina. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 62:353-362.
27. Senior, K. 2007. Chagas disease: moving towards global elimination. Lancet Infect. Dis. 7:572.
28. Sosa-Estani, S., M. R. Gamboa-León, J. Del Cid-Lemus, F. Althabe, J. Alger, O. Almendares, M. L. Cafferata, J. P. Chippaux, E. Dumonteil, L. Gibbons, N. Padilla-Raygoza, D. Schneider, J. M. Belizán, and Pierre Buekens Working Group. 2008. Use of a rapid test on umbilical cord blood to screen for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in pregnant women in Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, and Mexico. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 79:755-759.
29. Tarleton, R. L., R. Reithinger, J. A. Urbina, U. Kitron, and R. E. Gürtler. 2007. The challenges of Chagas disease - grim outlook or glimmer of hope. PLoS Med. 4:e332.
30. Verani, J. R., A. Seitz, R. H. Gilman, C. LaFuente, G. Galdos-Cardenas, V. Kawai, E. de LaFuente, L. Ferrufino, N. M. Bowman, V. Pinedo-Cancino, M. Z. Levy, F. Steurer, C. W. Todd, L. V. Kirchhoff, L. Cabrera, M. Verastegui, and C. Bern. 2009. Geographic variation in the sensitivity of recombinant antigen-based rapid tests for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 80:410-415.
31. Wongsrichanalai, C., M. J. Barcus, S. Muth, A. Sutamihardja, and W. H. Wernsdorfer. 2007. A review of malaria diagnostic tools: microscopy and rapid diagnostic test (RDT). Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 77(Suppl. 6):119-127.
32. World Health Organization. 2004. World health report: changing history. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.