Liu, Jie; Garcia Bardales, Paul F; Islam, Kamrul; Jarju, Sheikh; Juma, Jane; Mhango, Chimwemwe; Naumanga, Queen; Qureshi, Sonia; Sonye, Catherine; Ahmed, Naveed; +38 more... Aziz, Fatima; Bhuiyan, Md Taufiqur Rahman; Charles, Mary; Cunliffe, Nigel A; Abdou, Mahamadou; Galagan, Sean R; Gitteh, Ensa; Guindo, Ibrehima; Jahangir Hossain, M; Jabang, Abdoulie MJ; Jere, Khuzwayo C; Kawonga, Flywell; Keita, Mariama; Keita, Noumou Yakhouba; Kotloff, Karen L; Shapiama Lopez, Wagner V; Munga, Stephen; Paredes Olortegui, Maribel; Omore, Richard; Pavlinac, Patricia B; Qadri, Firdausi; Qamar, Farah Naz; Azadul Alam Raz, SM; Riziki, Laura; Schiaffino, Francesca; Stroup, Suzanne; Traore, Sarata Nassoun; Pinedo Vasquez, Tackeshy; Yousafzai, Mohammad Tahir; Antonio, Martin; Cornick, Jennifer E; Kabir, Furqan; Khanam, Farhana; Kosek, Margaret N; Ochieng, John Benjamin; Platts-Mills, James A; Tennant, Sharon M; Houpt, Eric R; (2024) Shigella Detection and Molecular Serotyping With a Customized TaqMan Array Card in the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH): Shigella Surveillance Study. Open forum infectious diseases, 11 (Suppl). S34-S40. ISSN 2328-8957 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad574
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) targeting ipaH has been proven to be highly efficient in detecting Shigella in clinical samples compared to culture-based methods, which underestimate Shigella burden by 2- to 3-fold. qPCR assays have also been developed for Shigella speciation and serotyping, which is critical for both vaccine development and evaluation. METHODS: The Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study will utilize a customized real-time PCR-based TaqMan Array Card (TAC) interrogating 82 targets, for the detection and differentiation of Shigella spp, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri serotypes, other diarrhea-associated enteropathogens, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes. Total nucleic acid will be extracted from rectal swabs or stool samples, and assayed on TAC. Quantitative analysis will be performed to determine the likely attribution of Shigella and other particular etiologies of diarrhea using the quantification cycle cutoffs derived from previous studies. The qPCR results will be compared to conventional culture, serotyping, and phenotypic susceptibility approaches in EFGH. CONCLUSIONS: TAC enables simultaneous detection of diarrheal etiologies, the principal pathogen subtypes, and AMR genes. The high sensitivity of the assay enables more accurate estimation of Shigella-attributed disease burden, which is critical to informing policy and in the design of future clinical trials.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department | MRC Gambia > GM-Vaccinology Theme |
PubMed ID | 38532960 |
Elements ID | 217667 |
Official URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad574 |
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