Chronic Chagas disease: PCR-xenodiagnosis without previous microscopic observation is a useful tool to detect viable Trypanosoma cruzi
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Saavedra, Miguel
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Chronic Chagas disease: PCR-xenodiagnosis without previous microscopic observation is a useful tool to detect viable Trypanosoma cruzi
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We evaluate the elimination of the microscopic stage of conventional xenodiagnosis (XD) to optimize the parasitological diagnosis of
Trypanosoma cruzi in chronic Chagas disease. To this purpose we applied under informed consent two XD cages to 150 Chilean chronic
chagasic patients. The fecal samples (FS) of the triatomines at 30, 60 and 90 days post feeding were divided into two parts: in one a
microscopic search for mobile trypomastigote and/or epimastigote forms was performed. In the other part, DNA extraction-purifi cation
for PCR directed to the conserved region of kDNA minicircles of trypanosomes (PCR-XD), without previous microscopic observation was
done. An XD was considered positive when at least one mobile T. cruzi parasite in any one of three periods of incubation was observed,
whereas PCR-XD was considered positive when the 330 bp band specifi c for T. cruzi was detected. 25 of 26 cases with positive conventional
XD were PCR-XD positive (concordance 96.2%), whereas 85 of 124 cases with negative conventional XD were positive by PCR-XD (68.5%).
Human chromosome 12 detected by Real-time PCR used as exogenous internal control of PCR-XD reaction allowed to discounting of PCR
inhibition and false negative in 40 cases with negative PCR-XD. Conclusion: PCR-XD performed without previous microscopic observation
is a useful tool for detection of viable parasites with higher effi ciency then conventional XD.
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/129159
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Biol Res 46: 295-298, 2013
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