Autor(es): Oliveira, Edward José de ; Kanamura, Hermínia Yohko ; Lima, Dirce Mary Correia
Data: 2019
Origem: Oasisbr
Assunto(s): Schistosoma mansoni; immunodiagnosis; ELISA; IgM antibodies; Parasitology; Tropical Medicine; Parasitology; Tropical Medicine
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IgM-ELISA is an immunoenzymatic method useful for detection of IgM antibodies against a fraction of Schistosoma mansoni adult worm antigen (AWA) that is soluble in trichloroacetic acid (AWA-TCA). This method was applied to three groups of individuals with different clinical and epidemiological characteristics, and the results compared with those obtained by other diagnostic methods: immunofluorescence test for detection of IgM antibodies (IgM-IFT) or IgG antibodies (IgG-IFT), ELISA for detection of IgG antibodies (IgG-ELISA), and two parasitological methods, Kato-Katz and miracidium hatching. The IgM-ELISA presented a sensitivity of 98%, when the parasitologic fecal examination was defined as reference diagnostic method, and a specificity of 98 and 97.3%, respectively for the group of clinically healthy individuals and other helminth carriers. A comparative analysis between the results of IgM-ELISA and those obtained by other serologic tests showed a good degree of agreement, with Kappa indices ranging from 0.95 to 0.98. The diagnostic efficacy of 97.8%, as determined with schistosomiasis patients with low parasitic burden, suggests the excellent performance of the IgM-ELISA and its usefulness for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis when applied in low endemic areas.
[Kanamura, Hermínia Yohko] Universidade de Taubaté, Brasil
Lima, Dirce Mary Correia] Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Oliveira, Edward José de] Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
