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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
We sought to determine the serological test that could be used for Trypanosoma cruzi seroprevalence studies in Mexico, where lineage I predominates. In a previous study among pregnant women and their newborns in the states of Yucatan and Guanajuato, we reported a 0.8-0.9% of prevalence for T. cruzi -specific antibodies by Stat-Pak and Wiener ELISA. We have expanded this study here by performing an additional non-commercial ELISA and confirming the seropositives with Western blot, using whole antigens of a local parasite strain. We found a seroprevalence of 0.6% (3/500) in Merida and 0.4% in Guanajuato (2/488). The 5 seropositive umbilical cord samples reacted to both non-commercial ELISA and Western blot tests, and only 1 of the maternal samples was not reactive to non-commercial ELISA. A follow-up of the newborns at 10 mo was performed in Yucatan to determine the presence of T. cruzi antibodies in children as evidence of congenital infection. None of the children was seropositive. One newborn from an infected mother died at 2 wk of age of cardiac arrest, but T. cruzi infection was not confirmed. The T. cruzi seroprevalence data obtained with both commercial tests (Stat-Pak and ELISA Wiener) are similar to those from non-commercial tests using a local Mexican strain of T. cruzi.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1937-2345
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
338-43
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Antibodies, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Antigens, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Chagas Disease, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Fetal Blood, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Mexico, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Seroepidemiologic Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Trypanosoma cruzi, pubmed-meshheading:21506787-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Do commercial serologic tests for Trypanosoma cruzi infection detect Mexican strains in women and newborns?
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi", Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Ave. Itzaes 490 x 59A, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán, México. gleon@uady.mx
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural