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Extraction of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA from food: a contribution to the elucidation of acute Chagas disease outbreaks

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Title
Extraction of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA from food: a contribution to the elucidation of acute Chagas disease outbreaks
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, April 2016
DOI 10.1590/0037-8682-0414-2015
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Renata Trotta Barroso Ferreira, Aline Martins Melandre, Maria Luiza Cabral, Maria Regina Branquinho, Paola Cardarelli-Leite

Abstract

Before 2004, the occurrence of acute Chagas disease (ACD) by oral transmission associated with food was scarcely known or investigated. Originally sporadic and circumstantial, ACD occurrences have now become frequent in the Amazon region, with recently related outbreaks spreading to several Brazilian states. These cases are associated with the consumption of açai juice by waste reservoir animals or insect vectors infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in endemic areas. Although guidelines for processing the fruit to minimize contamination through microorganisms and parasites exist, açai-based products must be assessed for quality, for which the demand for appropriate methodologies must be met. Dilutions ranging from 5 to 1,000 T. cruzi CL Brener cells were mixed with 2mL of acai juice. Four Extraction of T. cruzi DNA methods were used on the fruit, and the cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) method was selected according to JRC, 2005. DNA extraction by the CTAB method yielded satisfactory results with regard to purity and concentration for use in PCR. Overall, the methods employed proved that not only extraction efficiency but also high sensitivity in amplification was important. The method for T. cruzi detection in food is a powerful tool in the epidemiological investigation of outbreaks as it turns epidemiological evidence into supporting data that serve to confirm T. cruzi infection in the foods. It also facilitates food quality control and assessment of good manufacturing practices involving acai-based products.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 17 25%
Student > Master 16 23%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 7%
Researcher 4 6%
Other 8 12%
Unknown 14 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 7%
Social Sciences 5 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 7%
Other 14 20%
Unknown 18 26%