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Development of a laboratorial platform for diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni by PCR-ELISA
Carolina Senra1, Luciana Inácia Gomes1, Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira2
1Clinical Research and Public Politics in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Instituto René Rachou, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (IRR/FIOCRUZ), Av. Augusto de Lima, 1715, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30190-002, Brazil.
Objective:
We developed a laboratorial platform to release a commercial platform used in the PCR-ELISA for the molecular diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni. On following, PCR-ELISA platform laboratorial was evaluated in 206 feces samples collected of individual living in a Brazilian low endemicity area.
Results:
The PCR-ELISA laboratorial platform indicated a prevalence rate of 25.2%, which was higher than the Kato-Katz technique (18.4%) and lower than the commercial platform (30.1%). Considering Kato-Katz technique as the reference, there were 97.4% and 91.1% of relative sensitivity and specificity rates, respectively. The laboratorial platform presented good precision, performance diagnostic, and can be used in replacement to the commercial platform for diagnosis of schistosomiasis by PCR-ELISA.
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