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ArticleScientific reports2020

Human Chagas-Flow ATE-IgG1 for advanced universal and Trypanosoma cruzi Discrete Typing Units-specific serodiagnosis of Chagas disease.

Glaucia Diniz Alessio, Fernanda Fortes de Araújo, Jéssica Spínola Silva, Policarpo Ademar Sales Júnior, Matheus de Souza Gomes, Laurence Rodrigues do Amaral, Juan David Ramírez, Carolina Flórez, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Melina de Barros Pinheiro and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Glaucia Diniz AlessioGrupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. glauciabiologia@yahoo.com.br.
Fernanda Fortes de AraújoGrupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Jéssica Spínola SilvaLaboratório CT-Infra II, Histopatologia e Análises Clínicas, Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Campus Centro Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.
Policarpo Ademar Sales JúniorGrupo de Genômica Funcional e Proteômica de Leishmania spp e Trypanosoma cruzi, Instituto René Rachou (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Matheus de Souza GomesLaboratório de Bioinformática e Análises Moleculares, Rede Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa, Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Campus Patos de Minas, Patos de Minas, MG, Brazil.
Laurence Rodrigues do AmaralLaboratório de Bioinformática e Análises Moleculares, Rede Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa, Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Campus Patos de Minas, Patos de Minas, MG, Brazil.
Juan David RamírezGrupo de Investigaciones Microbiológicas-UR (GIMUR), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Carolina FlórezInstituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia.
Andréa Teixeira-CarvalhoGrupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Melina de Barros PinheiroLaboratório CT-Infra II, Histopatologia e Análises Clínicas, Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Campus Centro Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil. melinabpinheiro@gmail.com.
Marta de LanaLaboratório de Doença de Chagas, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas (NUPEB), Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas (ICEB), Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
Olindo Assis Martins-FilhoGrupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRFederal University of São João del-Rei · BRUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia · BRInstituto Nacional de Salud · COUniversidad del Rosario · COUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular and serological methods available for Discrete Typing Units (DTU)-specific diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi in chronic Chagas disease present limitations. The study evaluated the performance of Human Chagas-Flow ATE-IgG1 for universal and DTU-specific diagnosis of Chagas disease. A total of 102 sera from Chagas disease patients (CH) chronically infected with TcI, TcVI or TcII DTUs were tested for IgG1 reactivity to amastigote/(A), trypomastigote/(T) and epimastigote/(E) antigens along the titration curve (1:250-1:32,000). The results demonstrated that "AI 250/40%", "EVI 250/30%", "AII 250/40%", "TII 250/40%" and "EII 250/30%" have outstanding accuracy (100%) to segregate CH from non-infected controls. The attributes "TI 4,000/50%", "EI 2,000/50%", "AVI 8,000/60%" and "TVI 4,000/50%" were selected for DTU-specific serotyping of Chagas disease. The isolated use of "EI 2,000/50%" provided the highest co-positivity for TcI patients (91%). The combined decision tree algorithms using the pre-defined sets of attributes showed outstanding full accuracy (92% and 97%) to discriminate "TcI vs TcVI vs TcII" and "TcI vs TcII" prototypes, respectively. The elevated performance of Human Chagas-Flow ATE-IgG1 qualifies its use for universal and TcI/TcVI/TcII-specific diagnosis of Chagas disease. These findings further support the application of this method in epidemiological surveys, post-therapeutic monitoring and clinical outcome follow-ups for Chagas disease.

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Serologic TestsAdultChagas DiseaseFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleTrypanosoma cruziImmunoglobulin G

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