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ArticlePloS one2014

Evaluation of rapid blood sample collection in the detection of circulating filarial antigens for epidemiological survey by rWbSXP-1 capture assay.

Lawrence Ansel Vishal, Y Nazeer, Rajendran Ravishankaran, Natarajan Mahalakshmi, Perumal Kaliraj

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Lawrence Ansel VishalCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Y NazeerCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rajendran RavishankaranCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Natarajan MahalakshmiCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Perumal KalirajCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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backgroundLymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease leading to profound disfiguring causing socio economic burden in the tropics. Current diagnosis strategies available during field surveys and epidemics are based on traditional microscopic detections and a few antigen/antibody assays. We have compared different sampling methodologies and standardized the highly sensitive and reliable rWbSXP-1 antigen detection assay to our new sampling methodology. METHODOLOGY: Samples collected as serum, whole blood, whole blood on filter paper and whole blood on microscopic slides from patients belonging to various clinical groups of filariasis [endemic normal(EN), chronic pathology(CP), microfilaraemic(MF) and non-endemic normal(NEN)] were collected and standardized the rWbSXP-1 antigen detection assay using monoclonal antibody raised against rWbSXP-1 protein. The whole blood collected on microscopic slide based sampling method was employed in the field and the presence of circulating filarial antigen (CFA) was assessed using the rWbSXP-1 assay. PRINCIPAL

findingsThe sampling methods were compared and no significant difference was observed for the detection of CFA (MF, P = 0.304, EN, P = 0.675, CP, P = 0.5698, NEN, P = 0.4494). Further the optimized sampling method was utilized to collect the 1106 samples from Polur, Tiruvannamalai. The rWbSXP-1 assay gave 98 antigen positive results whereas the microscopic method gave only 17.

conclusionsFour sampling methodologies were analyzed and the new sampling methodology of whole blood collected on microscopic slide was found to be convenient for the detection of CFA using rWbSXP-1 antigen detection assay. The 1106 samples from Polur were collected using the new method. The rWbSXP-1 antigen assay perceived a 7.32% increased result which was read as false negatives on the conventional microscopic staining method. This new sampling methodology coupled with the rWbSXP-1 antigen assay can be used in epidemiological surveys for lymphatic filariasis and the same sampling methodology can be expanded to other antigen based high affinity assays.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, HelminthChildChild, PreschoolElephantiasis, FilarialEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHelminth ProteinsHumansIndiaMaleMiddle AgedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, HelminthHelminth ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsSPX-1 protein, Brugia malayi

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PMCPMC4099071

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