{"title":"An evaluation of a lateral flow rapid diagnostic test for Strongyloides stercoralis infection","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107336","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> in humans often presents as a chronic asymptomatic infection. Diagnosis can be challenging due to the limited sensitivity of faecal-based parasitological techniques. A prototype lateral flow rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for the detection of specific antibodies against <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> (SsRapid) was evaluated using 143 samples from the serum bank of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Group 1 (<em>n</em> = 30) comprised serum samples from larvae-positive individuals; the RDT's diagnostic sensitivity was 97 % (29/30). Group II comprised serum samples from patients with other parasitic infections (<em>n</em> = 86) and Swiss blood donors (<em>n</em> = 27); the RDT's diagnostic specificity for this group was 90 % (102/113). The RDT showed good diagnostic performance and is a promising point-of-care test for detecting human <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> infection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7240,"journal":{"name":"Acta tropica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta tropica","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X24002183","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PARASITOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Strongyloides stercoralis in humans often presents as a chronic asymptomatic infection. Diagnosis can be challenging due to the limited sensitivity of faecal-based parasitological techniques. A prototype lateral flow rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for the detection of specific antibodies against Strongyloides stercoralis (SsRapid) was evaluated using 143 samples from the serum bank of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Group 1 (n = 30) comprised serum samples from larvae-positive individuals; the RDT's diagnostic sensitivity was 97 % (29/30). Group II comprised serum samples from patients with other parasitic infections (n = 86) and Swiss blood donors (n = 27); the RDT's diagnostic specificity for this group was 90 % (102/113). The RDT showed good diagnostic performance and is a promising point-of-care test for detecting human Strongyloides stercoralis infection.
期刊介绍:
Acta Tropica, is an international journal on infectious diseases that covers public health sciences and biomedical research with particular emphasis on topics relevant to human and animal health in the tropics and the subtropics.