Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Taenia solium Cysticercosis Antigen Glutathione- S-Transferase-rT24H in Malian Children Using Multiplex Bead Assay

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 May;98(5):1408-1412. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0310. Epub 2018 Mar 22.

Abstract

Blood samples from 805 students attending 42 elementary schools in Mopti, Sikasso, and Koulikoro regions, and Bamako district in Mali participated in a school water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention. Immunoglobulin (Ig) G responses to several antigens/pathogens were assessed by a multiplex bead assay (MBA), and the recombinant Taenia solium T24H antigen was included. Of all students tested, 8.0% were positive to rT24H, but in some schools 25-30%. A cluster of 12 widespread school locations showed not only a relative risk of 3.23 for T. solium exposure and significantly higher IgG responses (P < 0.001) but also significantly lower elevation (P = 0.04) (m, above sea level) compared with schools outside the cluster. All schools at elevations < 425 m showed significantly higher IgG responses (P = 0.017) than schools at elevations ≥ 425 m. The MBA is an excellent serological platform that provides cost-effective opportunities to expand testing in serosurveys.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Helminth / blood
  • Biomarkers
  • Child
  • Cysticercosis / epidemiology
  • Cysticercosis / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Immunomagnetic Separation / methods*
  • Mali / epidemiology
  • Taenia solium / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Helminth
  • Biomarkers
  • Immunoglobulin G