Comparative evaluation of microscopy, OptiMAL? and 18S rRNA gene based multiplex PCR for detection of Plasmodium falciparum & Plasmodium vivax from field isolates of Bikaner, India

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• 作者：Deepak Pakalapati^a ; Shilpi Garg^a ; Sheetal Middha^b ; Abhishek Kochar^b ; Amit Kumar Subudhi^a ; Boopathi Pon Arunachalam^a ; Sanjay Kumar Kochar^b ; Vishal Saxena^a ; RP Pareek^d ; Jyoti Acharya^b ; Dhanpat Kumar Kochar^c ; Ashis Das^a ; ^{ashisd28@gmail.com} ; ^{ashdas28@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Malaria diagnosis ; Microscopy ; OptiMAL® ; Multiplex PCR ; 18S rRNA gene ; Plasmodium
• 刊名：Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：13 May, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：6
• 期：5
• 页码：346-351
• 全文大小：682 K

文摘

Objective

To evaluate microscopy, OptiMAL? and multiplex PCR for the identification of Plasmodium falciparumm (P. falciparum) and Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) from the field isolates of Bikaner, Rajasthan (Northwest India).

Methods

In this study, a multiplex PCR (P. falciparum and P. vivax) was further developed with the incorporation of Plasmodium malariae (P. malariae) specific primer and also a positive control. The performance of microscopy, plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) based malaria rapid diagnostic test OptiMAL? and 18S rRNA gene based multiplex PCR for the diagnosis of P. falciparum and P. vivax was compared.

Results

The three species multiplex PCR (P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae) with an inbuilt positive control was developed and evaluated. In comparison with multiplex PCR, which showed the sensitivity and specificity of 99.36 % (95 % CI, 98.11 % -100.00 % ) and 100.00 % (95 % CI, 100.00 % -100.00 % ), the sensitivity and specificity of microscopy was 90.44 % (95 % CI, 88.84 % -95.04 % ) and 99.22 % (95 % CI, 97.71 % -100.00 % ), and OptiMAL? was 93.58 % (95 % CI, 89.75 % -97.42 % ) and 97.69 % (95 % CI, 95.10 % -100.00 % ). The efficiencies were 99.65 % , 95.10 % and 95.45 % for multiplex PCR, microscopy and OptiMAL?, respectively.

Conclusions

Our results raise concerns over the overall sensitivities of microscopy and OptiMAL?, when compared to the multiplex PCR and thus stress the need for new molecular interventions in the accurate detection of the malarial parasites. This further highlights the fact that further developments are needed to improve the performance of rapid diagnostic tests at field level.