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ArticleParasitology international2020

High resolution melting based method for rapid discriminatory diagnosis of co-infecting Leptomonas seymouri in Leishmania donovani-induced leishmaniasis.

Kavita Ahuja, Abhishek Vats, Mirza Adil Beg, K K G D U L Kariyawasam, Ashok Chaudhury, Mitali Chatterjee, Nadira D Karunaweera, Angamuthu Selvapandiyan

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Article in Parasitology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Kavita AhujaJH-Institute of Molecular Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; Department of Bio & Nano Technology, Bio & Nano Technology Centre, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar 125001, India.
Abhishek VatsDepartment of Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110060, India.
Mirza Adil BegJH-Institute of Molecular Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.
K K G D U L KariyawasamDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, No. 25, Kynsey Road, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka.
Ashok ChaudhuryDepartment of Bio & Nano Technology, Bio & Nano Technology Centre, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar 125001, India.
Mitali ChatterjeeDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata 700020, India.
Nadira D KarunaweeraDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, No. 25, Kynsey Road, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka.
Angamuthu SelvapandiyanJH-Institute of Molecular Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India. Electronic address: selvapandiyan@jamiahamdard.ac.in.
Jamia Hamdard · INUniversity of Colombo · LKGuru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology · INInstitute of Molecular Medicine · INSir Ganga Ram Hospital · IN

Funding

Epidemiology and transmission of Leishmania donovani infections in Sri Lanka and BhutanU01AI136033 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO · PI KARUNAWEERA, NADIRA DHARSHANI, ZHOU, GUOFA · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka caused by L.donovaniR01AI099602 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO · PI KARUNAWEERA, NADIRA DHARSHANI · 2012 to 2016
$635k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI099602NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI136033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmania donovani, a protozoan parasite of family Trypanosomatidae, causes fatal visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent and Africa and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sri Lanka. Another member of Trypanosomatidae, Leptomonas seymouri, resembling Leishmania was discovered recently to co-exist with L. donovani in the clinical samples from India and Sri Lanka and therefore, interfere with its investigations. We earlier described a method for selective elimination of such co-existing L. seymouri from clinical samples of VL exploiting the differential growth of the parasites at 37 °C in vitro. Here, we explored ways for a rapid discriminatory diagnosis using high resolution melting (HRM) curves to detect co-occurring L. seymouri with L. donovani in clinical samples. Initial attempt with kDNA-minicircle (mitochondrial DNA) based HRM did not display different T

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CoinfectionDNA, KinetoplastEuglenozoa InfectionsLeishmania donovaniLeishmaniasis, VisceralTrypanosomatinaDNA, KinetoplastDiagnosisHigh resolution meltingHSP70 geneLeishmania donovaniLeptomonas seymouriMelting peakVisceral leishmaniasis

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