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- Title
Performance of the procedure for ultra-rapid extraction and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (PURE-LAMP) method to detect malaria in Haiti.
- Authors
Vincent, Jeanne Perpétue; Existe, Alexandre Valcena; Komaki-Yasuda, Kanako; Boncy, Jacques; Kano, Shigeyuki
- Abstract
Background: Malaria continues to cause burden in various parts of the world. Haiti, a Caribbean country, is among those aiming to eliminate malaria within a few years. Two surveys were conducted in Haiti during which we aimed to evaluate the performance of the simple and rapid procedure for ultra-rapid extraction–loop-mediated isothermal amplification (PURE-LAMP) method with dried blood spots as an alternative diagnostic method for malaria in the context of low to very low rates of transmission. Methods: Febrile and afebrile people were recruited from three administrative divisions within Haiti: Nippes, Sud and Grand'Anse, during the summers of 2017 (early August to early September) and 2018 (late July to late August). Their blood samples were tested by microscopy, rapid diagnostic tests (RDT), PURE-LAMP and nested PCR to detect Plasmodium infection. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and kappa statistics were estimated with the nested PCR results as the gold standard. Results: Among 1074 samples analyzed, a positive rate of 8.3% was calculated based on the nested PCR results. Among febrile participants, the rates in 2017 and 2018 were 14.6% and 1.4%, respectively. Three positives were detected among 172 afebrile participants in 2018 by PURE-LAMP and nested PCR, and all three were from the same locality. There was no afebrile participants recruited in 2017. The PURE-LAMP, RDT and microscopy had respective sensitivities of 100%, 85.4% and 49.4%. All of the testing methods had specificities over 99%. Conclusions: This study confirmed the high performance of the PURE-LAMP method to detect Plasmodium infection with dried blood spots and recommends its use in targeted mass screening and treatment activities in low endemic areas of malaria.
- Subjects
HAITI; DRIED blood spot testing; RAPID diagnostic tests; MALARIA
- Publication
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2049-9957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40249-023-01097-w