Sutopa Roy, Srija Moulik, Surya Jyati Chaudhuri, Manab K Ghosh, R P Goswami, Bibhuti Saha, Mitali Chatterjee
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Abstract
Background: Focused efforts of the visceral leishmaniasis elimination program have led to a drastic decline in cases, and the present challenge is disease monitoring, which this study aimed to assess.
Methods: A Leishmania kinetoplastid-targeted qPCR quantified parasite load at disease presentation, and following treatment completion (n=49); an additional 80 cases were monitored after completion of treatment.
Results: The parasite load at disease presentation was 13 461.00 (2560.00-37764.00)/µg gDNA, which upon completion of treatment reduced in 47 of 49 cases to 1(1-1)/µg gDNA, p<0.0001. In 80 cases that presented >2 months post-treatment, their parasite burden similarly decreased to 1(1-1)/µg gDNA except in 6 of 80 cases, which were qPCR positive.
Conclusion: In 129 cases of visceral leishmaniasis, qPCR by quantification of parasite burden proved effective for monitoring treatment.
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