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Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study
Rotavirus is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality due to acute gastroenteritis among children under five years globally. Early diagnosis of rotavirus infection minimizes its spread and helps to determine the appropriate management of diarrhea. The aim of this study was to evaluate the perfor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10688889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38033097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295170 |
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author | Damtie, Debasu Gelaw, Aschalew Wondimeneh, Yitayih Aleka, Yetemwork Tarekegn, Zewdu Siyoum Sack, Ulrich Vlasova, Anastasia N. Tessema, Belay |
author_facet | Damtie, Debasu Gelaw, Aschalew Wondimeneh, Yitayih Aleka, Yetemwork Tarekegn, Zewdu Siyoum Sack, Ulrich Vlasova, Anastasia N. Tessema, Belay |
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description | Rotavirus is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality due to acute gastroenteritis among children under five years globally. Early diagnosis of rotavirus infection minimizes its spread and helps to determine the appropriate management of diarrhea. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit for the diagnosis of rotavirus infection among diarrheic children under five years in Ethiopian healthcare settings. A total of 537 children with diarrhea were enrolled from three referral hospitals in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. The samples were tested using one-step RT-PCR and EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit (KTR-917, Epitope Diagnostics, San Diego USA) in parallel. Diagnostic performance of the rapid test kit was evaluated using the one-step RT-PCR as a gold standard. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the rapid test kit were determined. Moreover, the agreement of the rapid test kit with one step RT-PCR was determined by kappa statistics and receiver operators’ curve (ROC) analysis was done to assess the overall diagnostic accuracy of the rapid test kit. Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit has shown a sensitivity of 75.5% and specificity of 98.2%. The kit was also found to have 89.9% and 95.0% positive and negative predictive values, respectively. The Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit has shown a substantial agreement (78.7%, p = 0.0001) with one-step RT-PCR. The overall accuracy of the Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit was excellent with the area under the ROC curve of 86.9% (95% CI = 81.6, 92.1%) (p = .0001). Thus, Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test is a sensitive, specific, user-friendly, rapid, and equipment-free option to be used at points of care in Ethiopian health care settings where resource is limited precluding the use of one step RT-PCR. Furthermore, the kit could be used in the evaluation and monitoring of rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in the aforementioned settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-106888892023-12-01 Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study Damtie, Debasu Gelaw, Aschalew Wondimeneh, Yitayih Aleka, Yetemwork Tarekegn, Zewdu Siyoum Sack, Ulrich Vlasova, Anastasia N. Tessema, Belay PLoS One Research Article Rotavirus is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality due to acute gastroenteritis among children under five years globally. Early diagnosis of rotavirus infection minimizes its spread and helps to determine the appropriate management of diarrhea. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit for the diagnosis of rotavirus infection among diarrheic children under five years in Ethiopian healthcare settings. A total of 537 children with diarrhea were enrolled from three referral hospitals in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. The samples were tested using one-step RT-PCR and EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit (KTR-917, Epitope Diagnostics, San Diego USA) in parallel. Diagnostic performance of the rapid test kit was evaluated using the one-step RT-PCR as a gold standard. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the rapid test kit were determined. Moreover, the agreement of the rapid test kit with one step RT-PCR was determined by kappa statistics and receiver operators’ curve (ROC) analysis was done to assess the overall diagnostic accuracy of the rapid test kit. Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit has shown a sensitivity of 75.5% and specificity of 98.2%. The kit was also found to have 89.9% and 95.0% positive and negative predictive values, respectively. The Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit has shown a substantial agreement (78.7%, p = 0.0001) with one-step RT-PCR. The overall accuracy of the Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit was excellent with the area under the ROC curve of 86.9% (95% CI = 81.6, 92.1%) (p = .0001). Thus, Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test is a sensitive, specific, user-friendly, rapid, and equipment-free option to be used at points of care in Ethiopian health care settings where resource is limited precluding the use of one step RT-PCR. Furthermore, the kit could be used in the evaluation and monitoring of rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in the aforementioned settings. Public Library of Science 2023-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10688889/ /pubmed/38033097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295170 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Damtie, Debasu Gelaw, Aschalew Wondimeneh, Yitayih Aleka, Yetemwork Tarekegn, Zewdu Siyoum Sack, Ulrich Vlasova, Anastasia N. Tessema, Belay Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study |
title | Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study |
title_full | Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study |
title_short | Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EpiTuub® Fecal Rotavirus Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study |
title_sort | evaluation of the diagnostic performance of epituub® fecal rotavirus antigen rapid test kit in amhara national regional state, ethiopia: a multi-center cross-sectional study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10688889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38033097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295170 |
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