Evaluation of the Performance of the Loopamp Trypanosoma cruzi Detection Kit for the Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in an Area Where It Is Not Endemic, Spain-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Evaluation of the Performance of the Loopamp Trypanosoma cruzi Detection Kit for the Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in an Area Where It Is Not Endemic, Spain

Published:2021-04-20 Issue:5 Volume:59 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Flores-Chavez Maria D.¹²^ORCID,Abras Alba³⁴,Ballart Cristina³⁵,Ibáñez Perez Ismael¹,Perez-Gordillo Pilar¹,Gállego Montserrat³⁵,Muñoz Carmen⁶⁷,Moure Zaira⁸,Sulleiro Igual Elena⁸,Nieto Javier¹,García Diez Emilia¹,Cruz Israel⁹¹⁰,Picado Albert¹⁰

Affiliation:

1. National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

2. Fundación Mundo Sano-España, Madrid, Spain

3. Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

4. Departament de Biologia, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain

5. ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic–Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

6. Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

7. Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

8. Hospital de la Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

9. National School of Public Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

10. Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics FIND, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

In Spain, PCR is the tool of choice for the diagnosis of congenital Chagas disease (CD) and serology for diagnosing chronic CD. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification test for Trypanosoma cruzi DNA detection showed good analytical performance and ease of use.

Funder

FIND

Tropical Disease Cooperative Research Network

Government of Catalonia | Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca

MEC | Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.01860-20

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