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A new LAMP-based assay for the molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis: comparison with a proficient PCR assay

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Toxoplasmosis is generally a benign infection caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii but can have severe consequences in fetuses of mothers infected during pregnancy (congenital toxoplasmosis) and immunocompromised individuals. PCR-based diagnostic tests have become crucial for its diagnosis. However, this molecular diagnosis essentially relies upon laboratory-developed methods and suffers from a lack of standardization, leading to great variation in methods and performance among laboratories. With the need for accreditation of clinical microbiological laboratories, the use of commercial PCR kits has become an attractive alternative; but thorough evaluation of newly commercialized kits by proficient groups is necessary before any recommendation can be made to parasitology laboratories by health authorities or learned societies. Here, we compared the performance of an original commercial method, the Iam TOXO Q-LAMP (DiaSorin\textregistered), using Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology, with our reference laboratory-developed method using real-time PCR. The kit was first tested using amniotic fluid (AF) and plasma samples (either negative or spiked with live T. gondii tachyzoites at different concentrations (from 7 to 105 tachyzoites/mL)). It was then assessed using a cohort of 11 AF, five placental and 32 blood clinical samples preserved at -20 °C. For the processing of placental/blood samples, a pretreatment step was used, which did not strictly follow the manufacturer's recommendations. The practical ease of use and compliance with good laboratory practices were also evaluated. Although the LAMP assay was less sensitive than the laboratory-developed method at very low parasite concentrations (0.1 T. gondii genome equivalents/mL), the two methods yielded identical results qualitatively and, in some instances, quantitatively, particularly for AF samples.
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hal-02337223 , version 1 (04-03-2024)

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Emmanuelle Varlet-Marie, Yvon Sterkers, Marina Perrotte, Patrick Bastien. A new LAMP-based assay for the molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis: comparison with a proficient PCR assay. International Journal for Parasitology, 2018, 48 (6), pp.457--462. ⟨10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.11.005⟩. ⟨hal-02337223⟩
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