Real-time PCR for detection of Trypanosoma brucei in human blood samples

被引：81

作者：

Becker, S

Franco, JR

Simarro, PP

Stich, A

Abel, PM

Steverding, D ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Univ Bristol, Sch Biol Sci, Bristol, Avon, England

[2] Malteser Sleeping Sickness Control Project, Yei, Sudan

[3] WHO, CPE, CDS, ZFK, Yaounde, Cameroon

[4] Med Mission Inst, Dept Trop Med, Wurzburg, Germany

[5] ANGOTRIP, Morra Da Luz, Luanda, Angola

来源：

DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE | 2004年 / 50卷 / 03期

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

Trypanosoma brucei; sleeping sickness; human African trypanosomiasis; real-time PCR; FTA cards;

D O I：

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.07.001

中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

We have developed a real-time PCR assay for detection of Trypanosoma brucei DNA in human blood samples. The PCR was conducted with newly designed primers targeting the 177-bp repeat satellite DNA in T brucei and with Sybr Green to monitor the amplicon accumulation. DNA purification using Chelex 100(R) resin was performed on blood samples collected on Whatman FTA(R) cards and was shown to be a simple and quantitative method as revealed by real-time PCR. The detection limit of the assay was 100 trypanosomes per mL blood, corresponding to an analytical sensitivity of 0.1 genome equivalents. Trypanosome DNA was detected in all blood samples from sleeping sickness patients and, furthermore, the identity of the amplicon was confirmed in all assays by dissociation analysis. Although template DNA from blood samples was amplified with significantly lower efficiency than genomic DNA, similar efficiency between all assays ensured quantitative results. No amplicon product was obtained with samples from uninfected individuals. The results indicate that the real-time PCR assay described is a rapid and sensitive method suitable for the detection of T brucei in human blood samples in routine clinical laboratory practice. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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页码：193 / 199

页数：7

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