1. Development of a Novel Protocol Based on Blood Clot to Improve the Sensitivity of qPCR Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in Peripheral Blood Specimens
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Zhu, D., Clark, T., Reimer-McAtee, M., Fortuny, E., Clark, D., Mayta, H., Málaga, E., Holtz, M., Ramal, C., Angulo, N., Jiménez, J., Calla-Choque, J.S., Ferradas, C., Calderon, M., Gutierrez-Loli, R., Gandarilla, O., Colanzi, R., Valencia, G., Schiaffino, F., Ticona, E., Diestra, A., Sterling, C., Gilman, R.H., Pinedo, L.C., Acosta, J., Bok, J., Steinberg, H., Choi, J., Trompeter, G., Galdos, G., Traianou, A., Bern, C., Bowman, N., Sanchez, L., and Dorn, M.
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protozoal DNA ,B1 gene ,parasitology ,polymerase chain reaction ,HIV Infections ,animal cell ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Parasite Load ,law.invention ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,internal amplification control ,Medicine ,genetics ,DNA extraction ,Polymerase chain reaction ,Whole blood ,clinical article ,quantitative analysis ,biology ,Human immunodeficiency virus infected patient ,Articles ,Thrombosis ,Infectious Diseases ,Real-time polymerase chain reaction ,Molecular Diagnostic Techniques ,blood clot ,blood sampling ,edetic acid ,Toxoplasma ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06 [https] ,Toxoplasmosis ,Adult ,030231 tropical medicine ,Toxoplasma gondii ,guanidine ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,blood ,Human immunodeficiency virus infection ,Virology ,molecular diagnosis ,Humans ,controlled study ,human ,procedures ,gene ,genome ,thrombosis ,nonhuman ,isolation and purification ,business.industry ,DNA, Protozoan ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,control strategy ,Parasitology ,business ,Genome, Protozoan ,REP529 gene ,Blood sampling - Abstract
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for Toxoplasma gondii multicopy genes has emerged as a promising strategy for sensitive detection of parasite DNA. qPCR can be performed from blood samples, which are minimally invasive to collect. However, there is no consensus about what type of blood specimen yields the best sensitivity. The development of a novel protocol for qPCR detection of T. gondii using blood clot, involving an appropriate DNA extraction method and the use of an internal amplification control to monitor the reaction is presented in the current study. Assays directed to the B1 and REP529 genes were performed in spiked specimens of whole blood, guanidine–ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid blood, and clot. The clot-based qPCR was shown to be more sensitive when compared with other types of specimens, detecting five and 0.05 T. gondii genomes, using B1 and REP529 targets, respectively. Finally, a comparative analysis with samples from HIV patients with clinical suspicion of toxoplasmosis was performed, demonstrating the detection of four positive suspected cases with clots compared with only one using guanidine–ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid blood. The high analytical sensitivity and the cost-effective advantages offered by clot supports this methodology as a good laboratory tool to monitor parasite burden.
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- 2018