Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Farmácia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Hospital Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2022 Jul 25;55:e00412022. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0041-2022. eCollection 2022.
Microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are routinely used for Cryptosporidium diagnosis, without differentiating the parasite species.
Children's feces were analyzed by modified Ziehl-Neelsen (mZN) and ELISA for Cryptosporidium diagnosis and by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism for species identification.
Cryptosporidium frequency was 2.6%. The sensitivity and specificity of ELISA were 85.7% and 99.7%, respectively, with excellent concordance with mZN (kappa=0.854). Parasite species were characterized as Cryptosporidium hominis (78.3%), Cryptosporidium felis (17.4%), and Cryptosporidium parvum (4.3%).
Coproantigen ELISA is as efficient as mZN for Cryptosporidium diagnosis. Cryptosporidium genotyping suggests anthroponotic and zoonotic transmission to children.
显微镜检查和酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)常用于隐孢子虫病的诊断,但无法区分寄生虫的种类。
改良齐尔-尼尔森染色法(mZN)和 ELISA 检测儿童粪便中的隐孢子虫,聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性检测用于鉴定寄生虫的种类。
隐孢子虫的检出率为 2.6%。ELISA 的灵敏度和特异性分别为 85.7%和 99.7%,与 mZN 的一致性极好(kappa=0.854)。寄生虫的种类分别为:人隐孢子虫(78.3%)、猫隐孢子虫(17.4%)和微小隐孢子虫(4.3%)。
隐孢子虫 coproantigen ELISA 与 mZN 一样,可有效用于隐孢子虫病的诊断。隐孢子虫基因分型提示存在人传人及动物传人途径。