Mahbuba Khatun1, S M Sabbir Alam1, Abed Hussain Khan2, M Anwar Hossain1, Jalaluddin Ashraful Haq3, Md Shariful Alam Jilani3, Mohammad Tariqur Rahman4, Muhammad Manjurul Karim5. 1. Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. 2. Department of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. 3. Department of Microbiology, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM Hospital, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. 4. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. 5. Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. Electronic address: manjur@du.ac.bd.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To establish a suitable method of diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) using peripheral blood, spleen or bone marrow aspirates. METHODS: Peripheral blood, bone marrow and spleen aspirate samples were collected from clinically suspected VL patients (n = 26). A new PCR primer pair (MK1F/R) was designed targeting kinetoplast mini circle DNA sequences of Leishmania donovani, and Leishmania infantum, and was used to diagnose VL along with some other established primers for VL in polymerase chain reactions. Test was validated by comparing with several other diagnostic methods. RESULTS: The designed primer set showed 100% specificity and 98% sensitivity in detecting VL using blood samples, when compared with more invasive samples: bone marrow or spleen aspirates. CONCLUSIONS: The newly designed primer MK1F/R could be a better alternative for PCR based diagnosis of VL using less invasive sample, peripheral blood instead of bone marrow or spleen aspirates.
OBJECTIVE: To establish a suitable method of diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) using peripheral blood, spleen or bone marrow aspirates. METHODS: Peripheral blood, bone marrow and spleen aspirate samples were collected from clinically suspected VL patients (n = 26). A new PCR primer pair (MK1F/R) was designed targeting kinetoplast mini circle DNA sequences of Leishmania donovani, and Leishmania infantum, and was used to diagnose VL along with some other established primers for VL in polymerase chain reactions. Test was validated by comparing with several other diagnostic methods. RESULTS: The designed primer set showed 100% specificity and 98% sensitivity in detecting VL using blood samples, when compared with more invasive samples: bone marrow or spleen aspirates. CONCLUSIONS: The newly designed primer MK1F/R could be a better alternative for PCR based diagnosis of VL using less invasive sample, peripheral blood instead of bone marrow or spleen aspirates.
Authors: José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso; Carlos Henrique Valente Moreira; Mirella Alves Cunha; Igor Thiago Queiroz Journal: HIV AIDS (Auckl) Date: 2018-10-15