Performance of CDC Trioplex qPCR during a dengue outbreak in Brazil

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BACKGROUND: In recent years real‑time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (real-time RT-PCR) has become a leading technique for nucleic acid detection and quantification of flaviviruses, including Dengue virus (DENV). Trioplex real-time RT-PCR has the advantages of providing the concurrent detection of Zika virus (ZIKV), DENV, and Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) RNA in human serum.

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to compare the sensitivity and specificity of the Trioplex real-time RT-PCR assay to those provided by CDC DENV TaqMan® RT-qPCR assay and conventional PCR when used for DENV detection in the context of a dengue epidemic.

STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed 1656 serum samples from symptomatic patients with acute febrile disease for 5 days less between December 2018 and May 2019. The samples were tested using the various PCR-based assays.

RESULTS: Of the 1656 serum samples analyzed, 713 (43%) were laboratory-confirmed as arboviruses: 99.86% (712/713) were confirmed as DENV and 0.14% (1/713) were confirmed as ZIKV. Next, 590 samples were selected, and of these, 331 samples (56.1%) were determined to be positive (Ct < 38) and 259 samples (43.9%) were determined to be negative (Ct > 38) using the Trioplex real-time RT-PCR assay. The multiplex method found that the test exhibits 95% sensitivity and 100% specificity.

CONCLUSION: This evaluation demonstrates the capacity of the Trioplex real-time RT-PCR assay to detect DENV at a high sensitivity and specificity in a geographic area with a current dengue outbreak and a lower co-circulation of other arboviruses - such as ZIKV and CHIKV, and the results prove it´s applicability as clinical screening test that can serve as a confirmatory test.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:121

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 121(2019) vom: 30. Dez., Seite 104208

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Colombo, Tatiana Elias [VerfasserIn]
Versiani, Alice Freitas [VerfasserIn]
Dutra, Karina Rocha [VerfasserIn]
Rubiato, Julia Guimarães Dias [VerfasserIn]
Galvão, Tayna Manfrin [VerfasserIn]
Negri Reis, Andréia Francesli [VerfasserIn]
Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comparative Study
Dengue virus
Detection
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sensitivity
Specificity

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Date Completed 23.07.2020

Date Revised 23.07.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2019.104208

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM303109823