Application of gold immunochromatographic assay strip combined with digital evaluation for early detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in multiple species

© 2024. The Author(s)..

BACKGROUND: Timely diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection is necessary to prevent and control toxoplasmosis transmission. The gold immunochromatographic assay (GICA) is a means of rapidly detecting pathogen in samples. GICA-based diagnostic methods have been developed to accurately detect pathogens with high sensitivity and specificity, and their application in T. gondii diagnosis is expected to yield good results.

METHODS: Colloidal gold test strips were produced using T. gondii C-terminal truncated apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1C). Colloidal gold-AMA1C and colloidal gold-murine protein conjugate were synthesized under optimal conditions. A nitrocellulose membrane was treated with AMA1C and goat anti-mouse antibody as the test line and control line, respectively. In total, 90 cat serum samples were tested using AMA1C-GICA and a commercial enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. The GICA results were digitally displayed using a portable colloidal gold immunochromatographic test strip analyzer (HMREADER). The sensitivity, specificity, and stability of AMA1C-GICA were assessed, and this was then used to examine clinical samples, including 203 human sera, 266 cat sera, and 81 dog sera.

RESULTS: AMA1C-GICA had a detection threshold of 1:32 for T. gondii-positive serum. The GICA strips specifically detected T. gondii antibodies and exhibited no reactivity with Plasmodium vivax, Paragonimus kellicotti, Schistosoma japonicum, Clonorchis sinensis, and Schistosoma mansoni. Consequently, 15 (16.7%) positive samples were detected using the AMA1C-GICA and commercial ELISA kits for each of the assays. The receiver-operating characteristic curve showed that GICA had a relative sensitivity of 85.3% and specificity of 92%, with an area under the curve of 98%. After analyzing clinical samples using HMREADER, 1.2%-23.4% of these samples were found to be positive for T. gondii.

CONCLUSIONS: This study presents a novel assay that enables timely and efficient detection of serum antibodies against T. gondii, thereby allowing for its early clinical diagnosis. Furthermore, the integration of digital detection using HMREADER can enhance the implementation of GICA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Parasites & vectors - 17(2024), 1 vom: 22. Feb., Seite 81

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fan, Jiyuan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Jiawen [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yafan [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Haojie [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Qingming [VerfasserIn]
Zhuo, Xunhui [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Shaohong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AMA1C
Antibodies, Helminth
Digital application
Early detection
GICA
Gold Colloid
Journal Article
T. gondii

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13071-024-06180-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36879069X