Preliminary assessment of the diagnostic performances of a new rapid diagnostic test for the serodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis

Ambra Vola; Francesca Tamarozzi; Rahmah Noordin; Muhammad Hafiznur Yunus; Sam Khanbabaie; Annalisa De Silvestri; Enrico Brunetti; Mara Mariconti

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.04.007

Preliminary assessment of the diagnostic performances of a new rapid diagnostic test for the serodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Sep;92(1):31-33. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.04.007. Epub 2018 Apr 14.

Authors

Ambra Vola¹, Francesca Tamarozzi², Rahmah Noordin³, Muhammad Hafiznur Yunus³, Sam Khanbabaie³, Annalisa De Silvestri⁴, Enrico Brunetti⁵, Mara Mariconti⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Tropical Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
² Center for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar, Verona, Italy.
³ Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
⁴ SC Biometria e Statistica, Fondazione, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Division of Infectious Tropical Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: maramariconti@libero.it.

PMID: 29776711
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.04.007

Abstract

Rapid diagnostic tests for cystic echinococcosis (CE) are convenient to support ultrasound diagnosis in uncertain cases, especially in resource-limited settings. We found comparable diagnostic performances of the experimental Hyd Rapid Test and the commercial VIRapid HYDATIDOSIS Test, used in our diagnostic laboratory, using samples from well-characterized hepatic CE cases.

Keywords: Cystic echinococcosis; Diagnosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Immunochromatography; Rapid diagnostic test; Serology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / methods*
Echinococcosis / diagnosis
Echinococcosis / parasitology
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / parasitology
Echinococcus / isolation & purification
Humans
Serologic Tests / methods*