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Título : Diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A serologic test using Shed Acute Phase Antigen (SAPA) in mother-child binomial samples
Autor : Volta, Bibiana J. 
Russomando, Graciela 
Bustos, Patricia L. 
Scollo, Karenina 
De Rissio, Ana María 
Sanchez Leon, Zunilda 
Cardoni, Rita L. 
Bua, Jacqueline 
Palabras clave : Infantes;Infección congénita;Mujeres Embarazadas;SAPA;Serología;Derrame de antígeno de fase aguda;Trypanosoma cruzi
Fecha de publicación : jul-2015
Journal: Acta tropica 
Resumen : 
Chagas congenital infection is an important health problem in endemic and non-endemic areas in which Trypanosoma cruzi-infected women can transmit the parasite to their offspring. In this study, we evaluated the antibody levels against the T. cruzi Shed Acute Phase Antigen (SAPA) in 91 binomial samples of seropositive pregnant women and their infected and non-infected children by ELISA. In 70 children without congenital T. cruzi transmission, the titers of anti-SAPA antibodies were lower than those of their seropositive mothers. In contrast, 90.5% of 21 congenitally infected children, at around 1 month of age, showed higher anti-SAPA antibody levels than their mothers. Subtracting the SAPA-ELISA mother OD value to the SAPA-ELISA child OD allowed efficient detection of most T. cruzi congenitally infected children immediately after birth, when total anti-parasite antibodies transferred during pregnancy are still present in all children born to seropositive women. A positive correlation was observed between parasitemia levels in mothers and infants evaluated by quantitative DNA amplification and anti-SAPA antibody titers by ELISA. As SAPA serology has proved to be very efficient to detect T. cruzi infection in mother-child binomial samples, it could be of extreme help for early diagnosis of newborns, in maternities and hospitals where DNA amplification is not available. This prompt diagnosis may prevent drop out of the long-term follow-up for future diagnosis and may ensure early trypanocidal treatment, which has proved to be efficient to cure infants with congenital Chagas disease.
URI : http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1468
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.03.026
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