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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2018

Development of the multi-epitope chimeric antigen rqTSA-25 from Taenia saginata for serological diagnosis of bovine cysticercosis.

Rafaella P M Guimarães-Peixoto, Paulo S A Pinto, Marcus R Santos, Tiago J Zilch, Paula F Apolinário, Abelardo Silva-Júnior

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rafaella P M Guimarães-PeixotoLaboratório de Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1824-6132
Paulo S A PintoLaboratório de Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Marcus R SantosLaboratório de Virologia Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Tiago J ZilchLaboratório de Virologia Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Paula F ApolinárioLaboratório de Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Abelardo Silva-JúniorLaboratório de Virologia Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Viçosa · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bovine cysticercosis is a worldwide distributed zoonosis caused by the larval form of Taenia saginata present in bovine muscles. The diagnosis is based on the postmortem inspection at slaughterhouses and consists of the macroscopic visualization of lesions caused by cysticercosis in muscle sites. However, parasitized animals can pass unnoticed during sanitary inspection. Thus, the objective of this study was to characterize and evaluate the performance of different peptides from different regions of T. saginata for the cysticercosis diagnosis using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We generated and evaluated a new recombinant protein chimera derived from the fusion of different peptides. We selected three distinct regions of T. saginata and predicted six peptides with antigenic potential (EP2-EP7). These peptides were analyzed individually and selected for generating a new chimeric recombinant protein. The new protein was termed rqTSA-25, and its performance rates were: 93.3% sensitivity (confidence interval (CI) = 76-98%), 95.3% specificity (CI = 82-99%), 93% positive predictive value (CI = 76-98%), 95% negative predictive value (CI = 82-99%), and 95% accuracy. In the immunoblot, this protein showed no false positive or false negative reaction. Thus, the use of rqTSA-25 is recommended for the diagnosis of bovine cysticercosis.

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AnimalsAntibodies, HelminthAntigens, HelminthCattleCattle DiseasesCysticercosisEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpitopesFemaleMice, Inbred BALB CMusclesPeptidesPredictive Value of TestsRecombinant ProteinsSensitivity and SpecificityTaenia saginataAntibodies, HelminthAntigens, HelminthEpitopesPeptidesRecombinant Proteins

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PMID29649259
PMCPMC6078323
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