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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Evaluation of a simple, rapid and field-adapted diagnostic assay for enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Volume 16, No. 2, Article e0010192, Year 2022
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Understanding the global burden of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and Shigella diarrhea as well as estimating the cost effectiveness of vaccines to control these two significant pathogens have been hindered by the lack of a diagnostic test that is rapid, simple, sensitive, and can be applied to the endemic countries. We previously developed a simple and rapid assay, Rapid Loop mediated isothermal amplification based Diagnostic Test (RLDT) for the detection of ETEC and Shigella spp. (Shigella). In this study, the RLDT assay was evaluated in comparison with quantitative PCR (qPCR), culture and conventional PCR for the detection of ETEC and Shigella. This validation was performed using previously collected stool samples from endemic countries, from the travelers to the endemic countries, as well as samples from a controlled human infection model study of ETEC. The performance of RLDT from dried stool spots was also validated. RLDT resulted in excellent sensitivity and specificity compared to qPCR (99% and 99.2% respectively) ranging from 92.3 to 100% for the indi-vidual toxin genes of ETEC and 100% for Shigella. Culture was less sensitive compared to RLDT. No significant differences were noted in the performance of RLDT using samples from various sources or stool samples from moderate to severe diarrhea or asymptomatic infections. RLDT performed equally well in detection of ETEC and Shigella from the dried stool samples on filter papers. This study established that RLDT is sufficiently sensitive and specific to be used as a simple and rapid diagnostic assay to detect ETEC and Shigella in endemic countries to determine disease burden of these pathogens in the national and sub-national levels. This information will be important to guide public health and policy makers to prioritize resources for accelerating the development and introduction of effective preventa-tive and/or treatment interventions against these enteric infections. © 2022 Connor et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Chowdhury, Goutam R.
India, New Delhi
Indian Council of Medical Research
Mukhopadhyay, Asish Kumar
India, New Delhi
Indian Council of Medical Research
Dutta, Dr Shanta
India, New Delhi
Indian Council of Medical Research
Alam, Munirul C.
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Sack, David Allen
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Wierzba, Thomas F.
United States, Winston Salem
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Chakraborty, Subhra
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 5
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0010192
ISSN:
19352727
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Approach
Quantitative