Title:	Development and validation of PCR-based assays for diagnosis of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and identificatio nof the parasite species
Authors:	Graça, Grazielle Cardoso da Volpini, Angela Cristina Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Oliveira Neto, Manoel Paes de Hueb, Marcia Porrozzi, Renato Boité, Mariana Côrtes Cupolillo, Elisa
Assunto::	Leishmaniose Diagnóstico molecular Identificação de espécies Reação em cadeia de polimerase
Issue Date:	Aug-2012
Publisher:	Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Citation:	GRACA, Grazielle Cardoso da et al. Development and validation of PCR-based assays for diagnosis of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and identificatio nof the parasite species. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 107, n. 5, p. 664-674, ago. 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500014. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000500014&lng=en&nrm=iso. Acesso em: 04 dez. 2020.
Abstract:	In this study, PCR assays targeting different Leishmania heat-shock protein 70 gene (hsp70) regions, producing fragments ranging in size from 230-390 bp were developed and evaluated to determine their potential as a tool for the specific molecular diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). A total of 70 Leishmania strains were analysed, including seven reference strains (RS) and 63 previously typed strains. Analysis of the RS indicated a specific region of 234 bp in the hsp70 gene as a valid target that was highly sensitive for detection of Leishmania species DNA with capacity of distinguishing all analyzed species, after polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorfism (PCR-RFLP). This PCR assay was compared with other PCR targets used for the molecular diagnosis of leishmaniasis: hsp70 (1400-bp region), internal transcribed spacer (ITS)1 and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd). A good agreement among the methods was observed concerning the Leishmania species identification. Moreover, to evaluate the potential for molecular diagnosis, we compared the PCR targets hsp70-234 bp, ITS1, G6pd and mkDNA using a panel of 99 DNA samples from tissue fragments collected from patients with confirmed CL. Both PCR-hsp70-234 bp and PCR-ITS1 detected Leishmania DNA in more than 70% of the samples. However, using hsp70-234 bp PCR-RFLP, identification of all of the Leishmania species associated with CL in Brazil can be achieved employing a simpler and cheaper electrophoresis protocol.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Medicina (FMD)
Licença::	Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY NC 4.0). Fonte: https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000500014&lng=en&tlng=en. Acesso em: 04 dez. 2020.
DOI:	https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500014
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