Direct isolation in vitro of Trypanosoma brucei from man and other animals, and its potential value for the diagnosis of gambian trypanosomiasis.

Abstract:

:A recently described simple kit for isolating African trypanosomes in vitro (KIVI) was tested further with blood samples from man and other animals in Côte d'Ivoire and République du Congo. A high rate of success was achieved, with positive cultures being found 5-36 d after inoculation. The method was also of value in diagnosis. Parasitaemia was initially detected by the haematocrit method; in addition, the mini-anion exchange column was used for human blood and lymph fluid from patients with swollen glands was examined. The card agglutination test (CATT) was applied to the human blood samples. In Côte d'Ivoire, all 5 parasitaemic patients, who were also positive by CATT, yielded positive KIVI cultures. Of 15 animals, 2 parasitaemic and 10 apparently aparasitaemic individuals gave positive cultures. In the Congo, none of the 22 animals was parasitaemic and none gave a positive culture. Of 647 human subjects initially screened, 61, mostly with a positive CATT, were examined by KIVI; 20 gave positive cultures. Seven of these cultures originated from patients in whom no trypanosome had been seen in blood or lymph fluid, although blood from 2 parasitaemic patients failed to yield positive KIVI cultures. Some patients with CATT-negative whole blood and/or serum were positive by KIVI.

authors

Truc P,Aerts D,McNamara JJ,Claes Y,Allingham R,Le Ray D,Godfrey DG

doi

10.1016/0035-9203(92)90158-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-11-01 00:00:00

pages

627-9

issue

6

eissn

0035-9203

issn

1878-3503

journal_volume

86

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