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Título : Comparison of serological responses in two different populations with pulmonary tuberculosis
Autor : Araujo, Zaida
Giampietro, Francesca
Castellano Cancado, Lucio
Singh, Mahavir
Wide, Albina
Palabras clave : Tuberculosis
Warao
Creole
IgG subclasses
Purified protein derivative
Diagnosis
Fecha de publicación : Nov-2008
Editorial : Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro
Citación : Vol.103;7
Resumen : Observational studies on the humoural immune responses of the Warao indigenous people from Delta Amacuro, an isolated area, were compared with urban residents of the Venezuelan capital. Mycobacterium tuberculosisspecific reactivities (IgM, IgE, sIgA, IgG and IgG subclasses) were measured by ELISA using PPD and 38-kDa M. tuberculosis antigens. A total of 294 individuals were studied, 162 Warao (indigenous people) and 132 Creole (non-indigenous people). The patient group consisted of 87 Warao patients and 58 Creole patients, while the control group consisted of 75 Warao controls and 74 Creole controls. Combinations among the isotypes studied were performed. The findings showed that for the Warao people, sensitivity to the combination including anti-PPD IgG and IgE was 92.0%, while for the Creole people, sensitivity to the combination including anti-PPD IgG but more so anti-PPD IgG1 and IgG2 was 90.0%. Simple tests were able to show higher specificities, which were populationspecific; specificities were anti-PPD IgG3, 100.0% and anti-PPD IgM, 97.4% for the Warao and Creole peoples, respectively. In conclusion, while simple tests reached high specificity, the multi-isotype tests improved sensitivity; the latter shows this approach may be useful in diagnostic testing.
URI : http://hdl.handle.net/10872/16408
ISSN : 1678-8060
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