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COMPARISON OF IMMUNOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR METHODS FOR LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS IN BLOOD, SERUM AND TEARS IN BRAZIL
Enzyme-linked immunoassays
Toxoplasma gondii
Polymerase chain reaction
Toxoplasmosis
Body fluids
Lesions
Protozoan infections
Author Contributions:
Conceptualization: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quin tella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Data curation: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa.
Formal analysis: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Funding acquisition: Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Investigation: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Igor Falco Arruda.
Methodology: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos.
Project administration: Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Resources: Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Supervision: Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Validation: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos.
Visualization: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos.
Writing – original draft: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Igor Falco Arruda.
Writing – review & editing: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Igor Falco Arruda, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Federal Fluminense. Instituto Biomédico. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Oftalmologia Infecciosa. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Federal Fluminense. Instituto Biomédico. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Oftalmologia Infecciosa. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) is caused by protozoan T. gondii. Ophthalmological examination is considered the gold standard for OT diagnosis, and laboratory tests are used for diagnostic confirmation. However, these tests can present different results, which change depending on their basis, on sample type and on patients’ clinical alteration. Thus, the aim of the present study is to assess immunodiagnostic and molecular techniques applied in blood, serum and tear fluid to diagnose T. gondii infection in patients seen at an Ophthalmology Clinic. In total, 160 patients were included in the study, 40 of them had OT with active lesions (G1); 40 had OT with healed lesions (G2), 40 had non-toxoplasmic uveitis (G3) and 40 had no ocular alterations (G4). Serum samples were subjected to Immunoenzymatic Assay (ELISA) and to Indirect Immunofluorescence Reaction (IFAT) to search for anti-T. gondii IgM and IgG. Tear fluid samples were analyzed through ELISA for IgA research. All blood and tear fluid samples were subjected to conventional polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) and in a Nested PCR model for T. gondii DNA amplification with targets B1, GRA7 and REP 529. IgG and IgM anti-T. gondii was detected in serum samples from 106 and 15 patients, respectively, when combining ELISA and IFAT results. Anti-T.gondii IgA antibodies were detected in 9.2% of the tear material. Nested PCR with GRA7 target showed higher positivity in blood samples (24.4%); Nested PCR with B1 target showed a higher frequency of positivity in tears (15%). Biological samples of patients with active lesions showed the highest positivity frequencies in all immunodiagnostic assays, as well as in most PCR models. The present results highlighted the need of associating techniques with different fundamentals to confirm OT diagnosis. Furthermore, further tear fluid analyses should be performed to validate this biological material as lesser invasive alternative for the more accurate OT diagnosis.
Keywords
Nested polymerase chain reactionEnzyme-linked immunoassays
Toxoplasma gondii
Polymerase chain reaction
Toxoplasmosis
Body fluids
Lesions
Protozoan infections
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Public Library of Science
Citation
RAMOS, Raissa Cristina Ferreira et al. Comparison of immunological and molecular methods for laboratory diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis in blood, serum and tears in Brazil. PLoS ONE, v. 19, n. 2, p. 1-16, 6 Feb. 2024.DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0298393ISSN
1932-6203Notes
Produção científica do Laboratório de Toxoplasmose e outras Protozooses (vigente até jan/2023).Author Contributions:
Conceptualization: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quin tella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Data curation: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa.
Formal analysis: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Funding acquisition: Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Investigation: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Igor Falco Arruda.
Methodology: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos.
Project administration: Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Resources: Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Supervision: Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
Validation: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos.
Visualization: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos.
Writing – original draft: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Igor Falco Arruda.
Writing – review & editing: Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo, Igor Falco Arruda, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira.
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