Comparison of a New IgG-EIA for the Detection of Anti-Plasmodium Antibodies with Two Currently Used Assays
| Autor: | Christoph Niederhauser, Jens Dreier, Beatrice Nickel, Caroline Tinguely, Hanspeter Marti, Jens Miguel Warnecke, Julia Maria Klemens, Peter Gowland, Tanja Vollmer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Blood donor screening
Veterinary medicine Blood transfusion biology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Hematology Assay sensitivity medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Plasmodium Plasmodium spp EIA Antibody detection Blood donations parasitic diseases biology.protein 570 Life sciences Immunology and Allergy Medicine ddc:610 Antibody business Antibody screening Malaria Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Transfus Med Hemother Niederhauser, Christoph; Tinguely, Caroline; Dreier, Jens; Vollmer, Tanja; Marti, Hans Peter; Nickel, Beatrice; Klemens, Julia Maria; Warnecke, Jens Miguel; Gowland, Peter (2021). Comparison of a New IgG-EIA for the Detection of Anti-Plasmodium Antibodies with Two Currently Used Assays. Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy, 48(5), pp. 265-271. Karger 10.1159/000515842 Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy, 48(5):265-271 |
| ISSN: | 1660-3818 1660-3796 |
| Popis: | Background: Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. As migration of populations from endemic areas to Europe and overseas recreational travel to endemic regions increase, there is also a growing risk of transfusion-transmitted tropical diseases by blood components. Material and Methods: In the present study two routine Plasmodium spp. ELISA (CAPTIA™ Malaria EIA, Trinity Biotech, and Malaria EIA, BioRad) were compared with a new commercial ELISA (ELISA IgG, EUROIMMUN). From December 1, 2015 until November 30, 2016, 1,096 plasma samples from blood donors with a potential risk of malaria infection were collected at two blood transfusion centres in Germany and Switzerland. Results: The samples were tested comparatively with the ELISA from EUROIMMUN and the routine test used at the respective centre. Thirty-four of 595 (5.7%) tested blood samples from centre 1 and 49 of 501 (9.8%) tested blood samples from centre 2 showed reactivity on either or both ELISAs. All 83 reactive samples were sent for confirmation to the Diagnostic Centre of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) in Basel, Switzerland. Sixteen samples, which previously were reactive in the routine Plasmodium spp. EIA assays, were proven positive after confirmation testing (i.e., 4 positive and 12 inconclusive results), indicating an anti-Plasmodium antibody prevalence in blood donations of 1.5%. From these 16 reactive samples, 13 were also detected by the index test, resulting in an assay sensitivity of 81.2%. A specificity of 98.6% was calculated (1,065/1,080 confirmed negative samples). The overall agreement with the reference centre was 95.8% in centre 1 and 94% in centre 2. Conclusion: The comparison of the new EUROIMMUN ELISA and the established CAPTIA™ Malaria EIA (Trinity Biotech) and Malaria EIA (BioRad) used for routine blood donor screening in two laboratory blood donation centres revealed that all tested ELISAs show comparable sensitivities and are equally suitable for anti-Plasmodium antibody screening in blood banks. |
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