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J Vector Borne Dis ; 2007 Dec; 44(4): 272-6
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-117934

RESUMO

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Dengue fever (DF), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) are the re-emerging infectious diseases caused by the four serotypes of dengue (DEN) virus, type 1 to 4, belonging to the family Flaviviridae and genus Flavivirus. In the absence of a safe and effective mass immunisation, the prevention and control of dengue outbreaks depend upon the surveillance of cases and mosquito vector. The aim of this work is to test enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tool for the virological surveillance of dengue. METHODS: Virus-infected Aedes mosquitoes were collected from the field in order to serve as an early warning monitoring tool for dengue outbreaks. In a prospective field study conducted from April to September 2000, female adult Aedes mosquitoes were caught from selected dengue-sensitive area in Chombung district, Ratchaburi province and assayed by ELISA. RESULT: Approximately 18.3% were found positive for dengue virus. CONCLUSION: This can imply that ELISA can be an alternative tool for epidemiological surveillance for dengue in mosquitoes.


Assuntos
Animais , Dengue/prevenção & controle , Vírus da Dengue/isolamento & purificação , Surtos de Doenças/prevenção & controle , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Feminino , Humanos , Densidade Demográfica , Estudos Prospectivos , Vigilância de Evento Sentinela , Tailândia/epidemiologia
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 2004 Dec; 35(4): 918-26
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-34416

RESUMO

A Geographic Information System (GIS) was used as analysis tool to study the spatial distribution of dengue virus-infected Aedes mosquitos in Thailand. Global Positioning System (GPS) instruments were used to map villages involved in dengue epidemiological studies in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. Differentially processed GPS data, with a spatial resolution of approximately 1 meter, were incorporated into a GIS for analysis and mapping. Databases associated with a village GIS included village number, Aedes aegypti populations, and test results. Epidemiological surveillance for dengue infection through the detection of the dengue virus type(s) infecting Aedes mosquitos during epidemic periods constitutes a reliable sentinel system for dengue outbreaks. Various techniques were applied including: enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA), and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for the virologic surveillance of the type-specific detection of dengue viruses in artificially infected and in field-caught adult Aedes mosquitos. In laboratory experiments, all assays showed sufficient sensitively to detect one virus infected mosquito and the rapid RT-PCR clearly showed serotype-specificity with very high detection sensitivity. In the field study conducted from April to September 2000, female adult Aedes mosquitos were collected from selected dengue-sensitive areas in Chom Bung district, Ratchaburi Province and assayed by ELISA, IFA and RT-PCR with 18.3% (44/240), 28.98% (20/69) and 15% (3/20) positive for dengue virus, respectively. Geographic distribution of the virus-infected Aedes mosquitos and household locations were demonstrated by the GPS and the GIS. The development of disease mapping data coupled with RT-PCR laboratory-based surveillance of dengue virus infection can successfully serve as epidemiologic tools in an early warning system for dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) epidemics.


Assuntos
Animais , Vírus da Dengue/classificação , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Métodos Epidemiológicos , Feminino , Técnica Indireta de Fluorescência para Anticorpo , Vigilância da População , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Sorotipagem , Tailândia
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 2002 Mar; 33(1): 72-9
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-34918

RESUMO

A novel molecular method for HIV-1 proviral DNA detection comprising two main techniques: nested PCR, amplifying a target sequence of the ENV-gene of HIV-1, and nonradioactively-reversed probe hybridization for the detection of the amplified target sequence. The dual amplification of inserted HIV-1 proviral DNA in each DNA sample to be tested was performed by nested PCR in two steps: firstly with two outer primers covering the target sequence of the ENV-gene of HIV-1; secondly with two 5'-biotinylated primers specific to the target sequence. The biotinylated PCR product could be visualized as a single band of 141bps in length on agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide. For the confirmation of the primary result, a method of reversed probe hybridization, using a nylon membrane immobilized with the oligonucleotide probe specific to the target sequence, was established. The oligonucleotide probe was given a homopolymer tail with terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl-transferase; the tail was spotted onto a nylon membrane and bound covalently by UV irradiation. Owing to its length, the tail bound to the nylon, leaving the oligonucleotide probe free to hybridize. Hybridization of the amplified target sequence to the immobilized probe was accomplished by a simple colorimetric reaction involving the enzymatic oxidation of a colorless chromogen that yielded a purple color wherever hybridization occurred.


Assuntos
Sequência de Bases , Sondas de DNA , DNA Viral/análise , HIV-1/genética , Humanos , Hibridização de Ácido Nucleico , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , Provírus/genética , Tailândia
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Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-138218

RESUMO

Determinations of the serum Ca-125 levels were carried out on 45 samples from healthy women, 22 samples of benign ovarian tumors including tumor-like conditions, 33 samples of ovarian cancer and 14 cases of common epithelial cancer at second-look laparotomy. The Ca-125 levels were measured by enzyme immunoassay using a commercial kit by Fujirebio Inc. Japan. The cut off levels of Ca-125 values were set at > 30 IU/ml, which made the specificity, sensitivity and positive predictive values 80.0, 84.8 and 75.7 percent respectively. The demonstrable ovarian cancer gave positive Ca-125 values among serous cystadenocarcinoma in all case while endometrioid adenocarcinoma and mucinous cystadenocarcinoma were 80.0 and 66.6 percent respectively. Two sex cord tumors and 2 of 3 malignant germ cell tumors had positive Ca-125 values in low levels. Those with small residual cancer at second-look laparotomy, 1-2 cm in diameter, had positive Ca-125 values, and one of 12 patients had false-negative value despite the presence of microresidual cancer. Ovarian endometriosis had positive Ca-125 values about 55.5 percent but in low levels.

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