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Chinese Journal of Epidemiology ; (12): 963-967, 2006.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-261697

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To develop a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detecting Rickettsia prowazekii.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Primers and TaqMan-MGB probes designed based on ompB gene of R. prowazekii, were used to develop this method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>For the quantitative real-time PCR, the relationship between the values of threshold cycle (Ct) and the DNA copy number was linear (r = 0.999) and the sensitivity was about 100 times higher than that of the nested PCR for detecting the same DNA sample. The results of the genomic DNA samples of other rickettsial and bacterial agents detected by real-time PCR were all negative. DNAs extracted from blood samples of guinea pig infected with R. prowazekii were examined by real-time PCR and the positive results were obtained from some of these samples. However, the results of some samples in nested PCR assay were all negative.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>These results suggested that the real-time PCR was highly specific and sensitive for detection of R. prowazekii that was useful for the detection of tiny DNA of R. prowazekii in blood samples from patients suspected of having epidemic typhus.</p>


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Humans , DNA Primers , DNA, Bacterial , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Methods , Rickettsia prowazekii , Genetics , Sensitivity and Specificity , Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne , Diagnosis
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Diagnóstico (Perú) ; 15(1): 17-21, ene. 1985. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS, LIPECS | ID: lil-29031

ABSTRACT

Se estudió una epidemia de tifus exantemático en dos comunidades rurales de Urcos, Cusco. Se encontraron un total de 25 casos. La población total de las comunidades era de 406 habitantes en 1981. La epidemia se desarrolló en los meses de setiembre de 1981. La comunidades se encuentran a 3,300 m.s.n.m. y su temperatura promedio anual es de 12.5-C. Los pobladores agricultores y viven en estado de hacinamiento. Quince casos fueron mayores de 20 años y el mayor grupo etario afectado fue entre 20 y 29 años, con 8 casos. Según el sexo, 17 fueros mujeres y 8 fueron varones. Fallecieron 3 pacientes mujeres entre 26 y 35 años. Una de ellas se complicó con bronconeumonía. En fase aguda se detectaron 14 casos. El cuadro clínico fue: malestar general-postración (100%), exantema (71.4%), cefalea (100%), dolores osteomusculares (100%), fiebre (64.2%), dolor abdominal (57.1%), tos (35.7%), esplenomegalia (28.5%), alteración de conciencia (14.2%), hepatomegalia (7.1%). Se encontraron piojos en el 100% de pacientes. Se hizo serología de Weil-Felix a 5 pacientes en fase aguda con positividad 1/320 en uno de ellos. En la fase de convalecencia se hizo Weil-Felix a 16 pacientes obteniendo positividad en 15 de ellos. No hubo títulos menores de 1/320


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Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Humans , Male , Female , Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne/epidemiology , Altitude , Peru , Rickettsia prowazekii , Rural Population
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