Diagnosis of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis by Flow Cytometry Serology using the rMELEISH Multiepitope Antigen Coupled in a Functional Bead

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BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonotic disease, with dogs being the main reservoir of the Leishmania infantum parasite.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a new flow cytometry test to diagnosis canine VL (CVL) diagnosis.

METHODS: The current study addresses a new flow cytometry test using beads coupled to the multiepitope antigen rMELEISH.

RESULTS: In the study set of samples a sensitivity (87.1%) and specificity (89.9%) was observed. Considering the dogs' clinical status, 20/20 (100.0%) of the symptomatic sera tested positive, while 19/22 (86.4%) of the oligosymptomatic and 16/20 (80.0%) of asymptomatic were positive. In the non-infected control, all samples (0/30) tested as negative. In the cross-reaction control, the test was more efficient in dogs infected with L. braziliensis (2/10) and Trypanosoma cruzi (0/10), than those with Babesia canis (4/10) and Ehrlichia canis (4/10). Dogs immunized with different vaccines (Leishmune, Leish-Tec®, or LBSap) did not present serological reactivity.

CONCLUSION: The flow cytometry serology through coupling the antigen rMELEISH in functional beads showed high accuracy in diagnosing CVL.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Current pharmaceutical biotechnology - (2024) vom: 23. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moura, Henrique Bonifácio [VerfasserIn]
Ker, Henrique Gama [VerfasserIn]
Ramos, Luana S [VerfasserIn]
Nogueira, Lais M [VerfasserIn]
Machado, Juliana M [VerfasserIn]
Dias, Daniel S [VerfasserIn]
Rodrigues, Rita Alaíde Leandro [VerfasserIn]
Paz, Mariana Campos da [VerfasserIn]
Teixeira-Neto, Rafael Gonçalves [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Alexandre Barbosa [VerfasserIn]
Galdino, Alexsandro S [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Eduardo S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Canine visceral leishmaniasis
Diagnosis
Dogs
Flow cytometry serology
Journal Article
Leishmania infantum
Zoonotic disease.

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Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.2174/0113892010268142231226115140

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368996832