Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
7-2019
Publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Source Publication
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Source ISSN
0002-9637
Abstract
Schistosomiasis is a blood parasitic disease caused by trematode parasites of the
genus Schistosoma. Schistosoma mansoni is one of the main contributors of the disease and 90% of the global burden of schistosomiasis is in Africa. Mass drug administration (MDA) has been implemented to reduce the disease burden in endemic areas. Because of MDA, the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for classical diagnostic tests are reduced. In any disease situation, diagnosis is vital in determining asymptomatic, concurrent, current, new, and reinfection cases to evaluate the efficacy of any control program. We have evaluated the positive infection for S. mansoni from filtered urine samples collected from Zambian school children after MDA using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and compared its sensitivity and specificity with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). One hundred eleven urine samples collected from school children aged between 7 and 15 years from Siavonga district in southern Zambia were evaluated by PCR and LAMP for DNA extracted by two different protocols (filter-based versus crude extraction). The infection prevalence was 77% with PCR and almost 94% with mansoni-LAMP. Also, LAMP detected 16% (Qiagen extraction) and 10% (LAMP- Procedure for Ultra Rapid Extraction) more positive S. mansoni infection than PCR. We have demonstrated the efficacy of LAMP in a laboratory setup after MDA. The possible inclusion of LAMP as a field-based point-of-care test for surveillance can provide reliable prevalence of schistosomiasis after MDA and help in determining the efficacy of a control program.
Recommended Citation
Price, Miriam; Cyrs, Austin; Sikasunge, Chummy; Mwansa, James C. L.; and Lodh, Nilanjan, "Testing the Infection Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni after Mass Drug Administration by Comparing Sensitivity and Specificity of Species- Specific Repeat Fragment Amplification by PCR and Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification" (2019). Clinical Lab Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 52.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/clinical_lab_fac/52
Comments
Published version. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 101, No. 1 (July 2019): 78-83. DOI. © 2019 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Used with permission.