Diagnostic accuracy and applicability of a PCR system for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni DNA in human urine samples from an endemic area

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Enk, Martin Johannes ^a,b   Oliveira e Silva, Guilherme ^a   Rodrigues, Nilton Barnabé ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE VALE DO RIO DOCE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELMINTH DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CERCARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; FECES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862176639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038947     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Steinmann P, Keiser J, Bos R, Tanner M, Utzinger J, (2006) Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk. Lancet Infect Dis 6: 411 425.
2. King CH, Dangerfield-Cha M, (2008) The unacknowledged impact of chronic schistosomiasis. Chronic Illn 4: 65 79.
3. Engels D, Chitsulo L, Montresor A, Savioli L, (2002) The global epidemiological situation of schistosomiasis and new approaches to control and research. Acta Trop 82: 139 146.
4. Coura JR, Amaral RS, (2004) Epidemiological and control aspects of schistosomiasis in Brazilian endemic areas. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 99: 13 19.
5. Hotez PJ, Bottazzi ME, Franco-Paredes C, Ault SK, Periago MR, (2008) The neglected tropical diseases of latin america and the Caribbean: a review of disease burden and distribution and a roadmap for control and elimination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2: e300.
6. Katz N, Chaves A, Pellegrino J, (1972) A simple device for quantitative stool thick-smeart technique in schistosomiasis mansoni. Rev Inst Med trop Sao Paulo 14: 397 400.
7. Utzinger J, Booth M, N'Goran EK, Muller I, Tanner M, (2001) Relative contribution of day-to-day and intra-specimen variation in faecal egg counts of Schistosoma mansoni before and after treatment with praziquantel. Parasitology 122: 537 544.
8. Kongs A, Marks G, Verle P, Van der Stuyft P, (2001) The unreliability of the Kato-Katz technique limits its usefulness for evaluating S. mansoni infections. Trop Med Int Health 6: 163 169.
9. de Vlas SJ, Gryseels B, (1992) Underestimation of Schistosoma mansoni prevalences. Parasitol Today 8: 274 277.
10. Enk MJ, Lima AC, Drummond SC, Schall VT, Coelho PM, (2008) The effect of the number of stool samples on the observed prevalence and the infection intensity with Schistosoma mansoni among a population in an area of low transmission. Acta Trop 108: 222 228.
11. Yu JM, de Vlas SJ, Yuan HC, Gryseels B, (1998) Variations in fecal Schistosoma japonicum egg counts. Am J Trop Med Hyg 59: 370 375.
12. Utzinger J, N'Goran EK, N'Dri A, Lengeler C, Xiao S, (2000) Oral artemether for prevention of Schistosoma mansoni infection: randomised controlled trial. Lancet 355: 1320 1325.
13. Zhou YB, Yang MX, Tao P, Jiang QL, Zhao GM, (2008) A longitudinal study of comparison of the Kato-Katz technique and indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) for the detection of schistosomiasis japonica in China, 2001-2006. Acta Trop 107: 251 254.
14. Doenhoff MJ, Chiodini PL, Hamilton JV, (2004) Specific and sensitive diagnosis of schistosome infection: can it be done with antibodies? Trends Parasitol 20: 35 39.
15. Gryseels B, Polman K, Clerinx J, Kestens L, (2006) Human schistosomiasis. Lancet 368: 1106 1118.
16. Bergquist R, Johansen MV, Utzinger J, (2009) Diagnostic dilemmas in helminthology: what tools to use and when? Trends Parasitol 25: 151 156.
17. Bligh J, Schramm G, Chiodini PL, Doenhoff MJ, (2010) Serological analysis of the outcome of treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infections with praziquantel. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 104: 511 520.
18. Zhong ZR, Zhou HB, Li XY, Luo QL, Song XR, (2010) Serological proteome-oriented screening and application of antigens for the diagnosis of Schistosomiasis japonica. Acta Trop 116: 1 8.
19. Luo QL, Qiao ZP, Zhou YD, Li XY, Zong ZR, (2009) Application of signaling protein 14-3-3 and 26 kDa glutathione-S-transferase to serological diagnosis of Schistosomiasis japonica. Acta Trop 112: 91 96.
20. Cesari IM, Ballen DE, Mendoza L, Ferrer A, Pointier JP, (2010) Immunoblot analysis of membrane antigens of Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma intercalatum, and Schistosoma haematobium against Schistosoma-infected patient sera. Parasitol Res 106: 1225 1231.
21. Rabello AL, Enk MJ, (2005) Progress towards the detection of schistosomiasis. Repor t of the Scientific Working Group on Schistosomiasis 0:, 67-71.
22. Corachan M, (2002) Schistosomiasis and international travel. Clin Infect Dis 35: 446 450.
23. Pontes LA, Dias-Neto E, Rabello A, (2002) Detection by polymerase chain reaction of Schistosoma mansoni DNA in human serum and feces. Am J Trop Med Hyg 66: 157 162.
24. Pontes LA, Oliveira MC, Katz N, Dias-Neto E, Rabello A, (2003) Comparison of a polymerase chain reaction and the Kato-Katz technique for diagnosing infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Am J Trop Med Hyg 68: 652 656.
25. ten Hove RJ, Verweij JJ, Vereecken K, Polman K, Dieye L, (2008) Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infection in stool samples collected in northern Senegal. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102: 179 185.
26. Gomes LI, Marques LH, Enk MJ, Coelho PM, Rabello A, (2009) Further evaluation of an updated PCR assay for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni DNA in human stool samples. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 104: 1194 1196.
27. Gomes LI, Dos Santos Marques LH, Enk MJ, de Oliveira MC, Coelho PM, (2010) Development and evaluation of a sensitive PCR-ELISA system for detection of schistosoma infection in feces. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4: e664.
28. Wichmann D, Panning M, Quack T, Kramme S, Burchard G-D, (2009) Diagnosing schistosomiasis by detection of cell-free parasite DNA in human plasma. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3: e422.
29. Sandoval N, Siles-Lucas M, Perez-Arellano JL, Carranza C, Puente S, (2006) A new PCR-based approach for the specific amplification of DNA from different Schistosoma species applicable to human urine samples. Parasitology 133: 581 587.
30. Enk MJ, Oliveira E Silva, Rodrigues NB, (2010) A salting out and resin procedure for extracting Schistosoma mansoni DNA from human urine samples. BMC Res Notes 3: 115.
31. Coelho PM, Jurberg AD, Oliveira AA, Katz N, (2009) Use of a saline gradient for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 104: 720 723.
32. Jurberg AD, Oliveira AA, Lenzi HL, Coelho PM, (2008) A new miracidia hatching device for diagnosing schistosomiasis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 103: 112 114.
33. Hamburger J, Turetski T, Kapeller I, Deresiewicz R, (1991) Highly repeated short DNA sequences in the genome of Schistosoma mansoni recognized by a species-specific probe. Mol Biochem Parasitol 44: 73 80.
34. Sanguinetti CJ, Dias NE, Simpson AJ, (1994) Rapid silver staining and recovery of PCR products separated on polyacrylamide gels. BioTechniques 17: 914 921.
35. Dean AG, Sullivan KM, Soe MM, (2010) OpenEpi: Open Source Epidemiologic Statistics for Public Health.
36. Landis JR, Koch GG, (1977) An application of hierarchical kappa-type statistics in the assessment of majority agreement among multiple observers. Biometrics 33: 363 374.
37. Lambertucci JR, Silva LC, do Amaral RS, (2007) Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of schistosomal myeloradiculopathy. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 40: 574 581.
38. King CH, (2010) Parasites and poverty: the case of schistosomiasis. Acta Trop 113: 95 104.
39. Umansky SR, Tomei LD, (2006) Transrenal DNA testing: progress and perspectives. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 6: 153 163.
40. Melkonyan HS, Feaver WJ, Meyer E, Scheinker V, Shekhtman EM, (2008) Transrenal nucleic acids: from proof of principle to clinical tests. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1137: 73 81.
41. Gomes AL, Melo FL, Werkhauser RP, Abath FG, (2006) Development of a real time polymerase chain reaction for quantitation of Schistosoma mansoni DNA. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 101: 133 136.
42. Feldmeier H, Buttner DW, (1983) Immunodiagnosis of Schistosomiasis haematobium and schistosomiasis mansoni in man. Application of crude extracts from adult worms and cercariae in the IHA and the ELISA. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg A 255: 413 421.
43. Feldmeier H, Poggensee G, (1993) Diagnostic techniques in schistosomiasis control. A review. Acta Trop 52: 205 220.
44. Berhe N, Medhin G, Erko B, Smith T, Gedamu S, (2004) Variations in helminth faecal egg counts in Kato-Katz thick smears and their implications in assessing infection status with Schistosoma mansoni. Acta Trop 92: 205 212.
45. Engels D, Sinzinkayo E, Gryseels B, (1996) Day-to-day egg count fluctuation in Schistosoma mansoni infection and its operational implications. Am J Trop Med Hyg 54: 319 324.
46. Rabello AL, (1992) Parasitological diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni: fecal examination and rectal biopsy. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 87: 325 331.
47. Booth M, Vounatsou P, N'Goran EK, Tanner M, Utzinger J, (2003) The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm co-infections in rural Cote d'Ivoire. Parasitology 127: 525 531.
48. Sandoval N, Siles-Lucas M, Lopez AJ, Perez-Arellano JL, Garate T, (2006) Schistosoma mansoni: a diagnostic approach to detect acute schistosomiasis infection in a murine model by PCR. Exp Parasitol 114: 84 88.
49. Oliveira e SilvaG, Enk MJ, Rodrigues NB, (2010) The detection of schistosoma mansoni transrenal DNA in urine samples using the murine model. Annais of the 12th International Symposium on Schistosomiasis 408p.