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| العنوان: |
An ELISA assay using a combination of recombinant proteins from multiple strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi offers an accurate diagnosis for scrub typhus. |
| المؤلفون: |
Chien-Chung Chao, Zhiwen Zhang, Belinskaya, Tatyana, Thipmontree, Wilawan, Tantibhedyangkul, Wiwit, Silpasakorn, Saowaluk, Wongsawat, Ekkarat, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, Wei-Mei Ching, Chao, Chien-Chung, Zhang, Zhiwen, Ching, Wei-Mei |
| المصدر: |
BMC Infectious Diseases; 6/10/2017, Vol. 17, p1-10, 10p, 5 Charts, 2 Graphs |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay, RECOMBINANT proteins, TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease, ESKERS, CHIGGERS (Mites), APPETITE loss, DIAGNOSIS, GRAM-negative bacterial diseases, ANIMAL experimentation, BACTERIAL antigens, COMPARATIVE studies, FLUORESCENT antibody technique, GRAM-negative bacteria, IMMUNOGLOBULINS, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL cooperation, POLYMERASE chain reaction, RESEARCH, EVALUATION research, RECEIVER operating characteristic curves |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
THAILAND |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Scrub typhus (ST) is a disease caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi, an organism that requires a BSL3 laboratory for propagation. The disease is hallmarked by an eschar at the site of the chigger bite, followed by the development of fever, malaise, myalgia, anorexia, and papulomacular rash. Indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA) is the gold standard for scrub typhus diagnosis, however, the subjectivity of the assay, the need for a specialized laboratory and instruments has limited the wide use of the test in resource limited areas.Methods: A recombinant-protein based enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the most abundant and immunodominant protein for the detection of Orientia specific antibodies in serum has been developed. The performance of the assay was evaluated using prospectively collected acute sera from 248 randomly selected patients in Thailand. The ELISA assay was evaluated using two different cutoff values.Results: The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve generated cutoff values gave slightly better consistency with diagnosis of ST than those cutoff values established by averaging ELISA optical density of known negatives at 99% confidence interval. Both cutoff values provided similar statistical parameters when compared with the diagnosis of ST, indicating the validity of both calculations to derive cutoff values. These results suggest that both IgG and IgM ELISA performed well to accurately diagnose scrub typhus cases in endemic areas using only acute serum samples.Conclusions: We have successfully developed an ELISA assay for the detection of Orientia-specific antibodies in serum that could provide effective screening of acute sera under clinical setup and it is also a useful assay to estimate seroprevalence in various endemic areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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