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Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii: DNA extraction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded autopsy tissues from AIDS patients who died by severe disseminated toxoplasmosis

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Autor(es):
da Silva, Inara Bastos [1] ; de Andrade Batista, Tatiana Pimental [2] ; Martines, Roosecelis Brasil [3] ; Kanamura, Cristina Takami [3] ; Ribeiro Ferreira, Isabelle Martins [1, 4] ; Vidal, Jose Ernesto [2, 5] ; Pereira-Chioccola, Vera Lucia [1]
Número total de Autores: 7
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Ctr Parasitol & Micol, Lab Biol Mol Parasitas & Fungos, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Inst Infectol Emilio Ribas, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Adolfo Lutz Inst, Ctr Patol, BR-01246902 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[4] Supervisao Vigilancia Saude Santo Amaro Cidade Ad, Prefeitura Municipal Sao - Brazil
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med, Dept Molestias Infecciosas & Parasitarias, Hosp Clin, BR-05508 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 5
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Experimental Parasitology; v. 165, p. 16-21, JUN 2016.
Citações Web of Science: 7
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This study investigated the genetic features of Toxoplasma gondii isolated directly in autopsies of HIV-infected patients who died with severe disseminated toxoplasmosis. This retrospective analysis was conducted in a cohort of 15 HIV-infected patients with clinical and laboratory data. They had previous cerebral toxoplasmosis at least 6 months before the disseminated toxoplasmosis episode. The hypothesis was that they were infected with highly virulent parasites due to the condition in which they died. T. gondii genotyping was done directly in DNA extracted from 30 autopsy brain and lung samples (2 per patient) and mutilocus PCR-RFLP genotyping was done using 12 molecular markers. The 30 clinical samples were genotyped successfully in 8 or more loci and six suggestive genotypes were identified. One of them was Toxo DB \#11, previously identified in different domestic animals and virulent in experimental animals. The other five suggestive genotypes identified in 14 patients were not described. TgHuDis1 was the most frequent and was determined in 8 patients. TgHuDis3 and TgHuDis5 were identified in two patients each. TgHuDis2 and TgHuDis4 have been identified in one patient each. These suggestive genotypes could be considered as virulent, since they caused severe tissue damage and had similar characteristics as Toxo \# DB 11. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 14/09496-1 - Novas estratégias diagnósticas empregadas na toxoplasmose sintomática
Beneficiário:Vera Lúcia Pereira Chioccola
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular