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ArticleParasitology research2021

Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay based on RoTat1.2 gene for detection of Trypanosoma evansi in domesticated animals.

Binod Kumar, Biswa Ranjan Maharana, Nilima N Brahmbhatt, Bhupendrakumar J Thakre, Vijay L Parmar

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Binod KumarDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001, India.
Biswa Ranjan MaharanaReferral Veterinary Diagnostic and Extension Centre, LUVAS, Uchani, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India. drbiswaranjanmaharana@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-0755
Nilima N BrahmbhattDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001, India.
Bhupendrakumar J ThakreDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001, India.
Vijay L ParmarDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001, India.
Junagadh Agricultural University · INLala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The early containment of trypanosomosis depends on early, sensitive, and accurate diagnosis in endemic areas with low-intensity infections. The study was planned to develop a simple read out loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting a partial RoTat1.2 VSG gene of Trypanosoma evansi with naked eye visualization of LAMP products by adding SYBR® Green I dye. The visual results were further confirmed with those of agarose gel electrophoresis, restriction enzyme digestion of LAMP products with AluI, and sequencing of the PCR products using LAMP outer primers. The LAMP primers did not show cross reactivity and non-specific reactions with regional common hemoparasitic DNA revealing high specificity of the assay. The threshold sensitivity level of the LAMP assay was determined to be 0.003 fg compared to 0.03 fg RoTat1.2 amplified DNA fragments of T. evansi by PCR assay. Moreover, assessment of 500 blood samples collected from unhealthy domestic animals in field suspected for various hemoparasitic infections was carried out for the presence of T. evansi by microscopy, RoTat1.2 VSG PCR, and LAMP assay. LAMP could detect T. evansi in 36 samples, while PCR and microscopy could detect 33 and 12 samples, respectively. All the samples positive by microscopy and PCR were also confirmed positive by the LAMP assay. The current LAMP assay has appealing point of care characteristics to visually monitor the results, lessen the need of post DNA amplification procedure, and enable this method to be applied as a rapid and sensitive molecular diagnostic tool in under resourced laboratories and field setup.

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AnimalsAnimals, DomesticAntigens, ProtozoanDNA PrimersDNA, ProtozoanMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPolymerase Chain ReactionProtozoan ProteinsSensitivity and SpecificityTrypanosomaTrypanosomiasisAntigens, ProtozoanDNA PrimersDNA, ProtozoanProtozoan ProteinsRoTat 1.2 antigen, Trypanosoma evansiLAMP assayPCRRoTat1.2 geneTrypanosoma evansi

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