Usefulness of a Nested-polymerase chain reaction for molecular diagnosis of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I/II
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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99(4): 377-380, Jun. 2004.
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This study aimed at implementing a Nested-polymerase chain reaction (Nested-PCR) for the molecular diagnosis of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I/II (HTLV-I and HTLV-II) infections in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of infected subjects in Argentina. The sensitivity and specificity of the assay for the detection of regional strains were assessed by comparing them with the molecular assay of reference PCR-hybridization. The Nested-PCR detected 1 MT-2 cell ( 8 proviral copies)/1x106 non-infected cells showing high sensitivity for provirus detection. While both molecular assays showed high specificity (100 percent) for HTLV-I and HTLV-II detection, the sensitivity values differed 100 percent for Nested-PCR and 67 percent for PCR-hybridization assay. Moreover, this technique showed less sensitivity for the detection of DNA sequences of HTLV-II (33 percent) than for the detection of DNA sequences of HTLV-I (75 percent). The high sensitivity and specificity of the Nested-PCR for regional strains and its low costs indicate that this assay could replace the PCR-hybridization assay for the molecular diagnosis of HTLV-I/II infections. It will be interesting to assess the usefulness of this assay as a tool for the molecular diagnosis of HTLV-I/II infections in other developing countries. Other studies that include a greater number of samples should be conducted.
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Main subject:
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
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HTLV-I Infections
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Human T-lymphotropic virus 2
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HTLV-II Infections
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Nacional de Pediatría J/AR
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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba/AR
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