Kanal Pengetahuan | Seminar Nasional : “Tantangan baru pengendalian penyakit arbovirus di Indonesia: Dengue, Chikungunya atau Zika”

State of the art
diagnosis technology
for arboviruses
Philippe Buchy (MD, PhD)
Director Scientific Affairs and Public
Health
GSK Vaccines Asia-Pacific
Singapore

Annual Scientific Meeting, Faculty of Medicine,
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogakarta
25th March 2017

Disclosure
§  I’m an employee of GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines Asia-Pacific

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Alphaviruses - Flaviviruses

Asian

lineage

ZIKV

African
lineage

DENV

Mosquito-borne flaviviruses

Single-strand, + polarity, RNA viruses

WNV

YFV

Phylogenetic tree of flaviviruses 1
ZIKV: Zika virus; DENV: dengue virus; WNV: West Nile virus;
JEV: Japanese encephalitis virus; YKV: Yellow fever virus


1. Duong V, Dussart P & Buchy P, Int J Infect Dis 2017; 54:121-8.

Tick-borne
flaviviruses

JEV

Direct vs indirect methods

OPPORTUNITY

DIRECT METHODS

Virus
Isolation

Genome
detection


INDIRECT METHODS

Antigen
detection

Serology
IgM

Serology
IgG

CONFIDENCE

Adapted from Peeling RW, Artsob H, Pelegrino JL, Buchy P, Cardosa MJ , Devi S et al. Nat Rev Microbiol 2010; 8:S30-38

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Markers for dengue diagnosis

Secondary IgG


NS1

Primary

IgG

IgM

Viremia

0

5 - 7

15

-

21


>60

Days

Guzman MG, Buchy P, EnriaD, Vazquez. S. Laboratory diagnosis of dengue. In: Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, 2nd edition. Glubler DJ, Ooi EE, Vasudevan S,
Farrar JJ. CABI 2014.

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Advances in dengue diagnosis by decade

Decades

Viral isolation

1950-1960

Newborn mice


1970-1980

Mammalian cell lines
Mosquito inoculation

1980-1990
1990-2000

Mosquito cell lines + IFA
(monoclonal Abs)

2000-2011

Shell vial for virus isolation

Guzman MG, Buchy P, EnriaD, Vazquez. S. Laboratory diagnosis of dengue. In: Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, 2nd edition. Glubler DJ, Ooi EE, Vasudevan S,
Farrar JJ. CABI 2014.

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Advances in dengue diagnosis by decade

Decades

Viral isolation

Serology

1950-1960

Newborn mice

HI + CF

1970-1980

Mammalian cell lines
Mosquito inoculation

1980-1990

1990-2000

Mosquito cell lines + IFA
(monoclonal Abs)

IgM MAC-ELISA
IgG ELISA

2000-2011

Shell vial for virus isolation

Commercial kits
(ELISA & rapid tests)

Guzman MG, Buchy P, EnriaD, Vazquez. S. Laboratory diagnosis of dengue. In: Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, 2nd edition. Glubler DJ, Ooi EE, Vasudevan S,
Farrar JJ. CABI 2014.

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Advances in dengue diagnosis by decade

Decades

Viral isolation

Serology

1950-1960

Newborn mice

HI + CF*

1970-1980

Mammalian cell lines
Mosquito inoculation

Gene detection


1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2011

Mosquito cell lines + IFA
(monoclonal Abs)

Shell vial for virus isolation

IgM MAC-ELISA
IgG ELISA

RT/PCR

Commercial kits
(ELISA & rapid tests)

Real-time RT/
PCR

NASBA/LAMP

Guzman MG, Buchy P, EnriaD, Vazquez. S. Laboratory diagnosis of dengue. In: Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, 2nd edition. Glubler DJ, Ooi EE, Vasudevan S,
Farrar JJ. CABI 2014.

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Advances in dengue diagnosis by decade

Decades

Viral isolation

Serology

Gene detection

Ag detection

1950-1960

Newborn mice

HI + CF*

1970-1980

Mammalian cell lines
Mosquito inoculation

IgM MAC-ELISA
IgG ELISA

RT/PCR

Immunohistochemistry
for antigen detection

Commercial kits
(ELISA & rapid tests)

Real-time RT/
PCR
NASBA/LAMP

1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2011

Mosquito cell lines + IFA
(monoclonal Abs)

Shell vial for virus isolation

NS1 antigen detection

Guzman MG, Buchy P, Enria D, Vazquez. S. Laboratory diagnosis of dengue. In: Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, 2nd edition. Glubler DJ, Ooi EE, Vasudevan S,
Farrar JJ. CABI 2014.

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Diagnostic methods, techniques and clinical samples
Diagnostic method

Technique

Clinical Sample

Time of sample

Virus isolation

Mosquito, cell culture
inoculation
NS1 detection
Antigen detection by
Immunohistochemistry

serum, plasma,
tissues
serum, plasma,
urine, CSF
tissues

Acute sample

Antigen detection

Genome detection

Serology

Conditions of
refrigeration

20-8 0 for one day
Acute sample

RT/PCR
serum, plasma,
whole blood, urine,
Acute sample
Real-time RT/PCR
Isothermal amplification
saliva tissues,
methods (LAMP/NASBA...) tissues in paraffin
serum, plasma
collected after
IgM detection
blood collected on
5-6 days of fever
filter paper
paired sera or
acute sera collected
IgG detection
plasma
in the first 5 days of
blood collected on fever; convalescent
filter paper
sera (15-21 days of
acute sample)
collected after
IgA detection
Serum, saliva
7 days of fever

-80 0 for longer
periods

20-8 0 for one or
two day s
-20 0 for longer
periods

Guzman MG, Buchy P, Enria D, Vazquez. S. Laboratory diagnosis of dengue. In: Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, 2nd edition. Glubler DJ, Ooi EE, Vasudevan S,
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Farrar JJ. CABI 2014.
Mardekiean & Roberts. BioMed Res Int 2015;:834371.

Interpretation of dengue diagnostic tests
Higly suggestive

Confirmed

One of the following:

One of the following:

1. IgM + in a single serum sample

1. PCR/RT-PCR +

2. IgG + in a single serum sample with a titer ≥
1280

2. Virus culture +
3. IgM conversion in paired sera *
4. IgG seroconversion in paired sera or
fourfold IgG titer increase in paired sera *

Buchy P & Peeling R. Laboratory diagnosis and diagnostic tests. Dengue: Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. WHO 2009.

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Advantages and limitations of dengue diagnostic
tests
Indications

Diagnostic tests
Nucleic acid detection

Diagnosis of
acute dengue
infection

Advantages

Limitations

- Most sensitive and specific
- Possible to identify serotype
- Early appearance (pre-antibody),
so opportunity to impact on patient
management

- Potential false positive due to
contamination
- Expensive
- Needs expertise and expensive
laboratory equipment
- Not possible to differentiate
between primary and secondary
infection
- Need expertise and facility for cell
culture and fluorescent microscopy
- Takes more than 1 week
- Not possible to differentiate
between primary and secondary
infection

Isolation in cell culture and - Specific
identification using
- Possible to identify serotype by
immuno-fluorescence
using specific antibodies

Antigen detection
in clinical specimens

- Easy to perform
- Opportunity for early diagnosis
may impact on patient treatment
Serologic tests:
- Useful for confirmation of acute
IgM tests
infection
Seroconversion: 4-fold rise - Least expensive
in HI or ELISA IgG titers - Easy to perform
between acute and
- Can distinguish between primary
convalescent samples
and secondary infection

- Typically not as sensitive as virus
isolation or RNA detection
- May miss cases because IgM
levels may be low or undetectable
in some secondary infections
- Need two samples
- Delay in confirming diagnosis

Buchy P & Peeling R. Laboratory diagnosis and diagnostic tests. Dengue: Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. WHO 2009.

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Advantages and limitations of dengue diagnostic
tests

Indications
Surveillance and
outbreak
identification;
Monitor
effectiveness of
interventions

Diagnostic tests

Advantages

Limitations

IgM detection

- Identify probable dengue cases
- Easy to do for case detection in
sentinel laboratories

- May miss cases because IgM
levels may be low in some
secondary infections

Viral isolation and
RNA detection (+/NS1?)

- Confirm cases
- Identify serotypes

- Can only be performed in
reference labs
- Need acute samples

Buchy P & Peeling R. Laboratory diagnosis and diagnostic tests. Dengue: Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. WHO 2009.

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Zika

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Viremia
Titers
§  In Nicaragua, mean ZIKV
viremia (4.8 log10 [6.3 X104])
lower to that of CHIKV (6.9 log10
[7.9 X 106]) and DENV (6.5 log10
[3.1 X 106])1

Viremia in Nicaraguan patients 1

§  Maximum viremia with ZIKV is
1000-fold lower than with DENV
and 100,000-fold lower than with
CHIKV 1
103

Mean:6.9

Mean: 6.5

X106

§  Viremia from 2.5 X
to 8
in asymptomatic blood donors 2

Mean:4.8

§  ZIKV viremia in pregnant women
higher than in non-pregnant
patients (5.0 log10 vs 3.7 log10,
p=0.006) 1
§  Viremia (and temperature)
higher among hospitalized cases
1

§  Filter paper (Cook Islands) 3
1. Waggoner JJ et al. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 63(12): 1584-1590
ending 30th March 2014

2. Aubry M. Transfusion 2016; 56:33-40. 3. WHO 2014. Pacific syndromic surveillance report. Week 13,

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Viremia
French Polynesia patients

Mean viremia: 9.9 x 104 copies/ml

Musso D et al. J Med Virol 2016; doi: 10.1002/jmv.24735

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Viremia
Duration
§  Duration usually less than 10 days 1
§  Testing recommended by WHO in whole
blood and serum from patients
presenting with onset of symptoms ≤ 7
days 2

Blood plasma ZIKV RNA kinetics during
primary infection of macaques 3

§  Up to 2 months in whole blood of a
Israeli patient 3, and up to 10 weeks in a
Finnish pregnant women returning from
South America (consequence of active
viral replication in fetus or placenta?) 4
§  In cynomolgus macaques inoculated
with 1x106 PFU by SC route, peak of
viremia reached by day 2 post-infection,
undetectable in 90% of animals by day
5, in 10% by day 7 (animal with highest
viremia) 5

1. Musso D & Gubler DJ. Clin Microbiol Rev 2016; 29:487-524. 2. WHO. Laboratory testing for Zika virus infection. Interim guidance. 23 March 2016. http://
www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/zika/laboratory-testing/en/. 3. Lustig Y et al. Euro Surveill 2016; 21(26)pii=30269 4. Driggers RW et al. N Engl J Med 2016;
374:2142-51. 5 Osuna CE et al. Nat Med 2016; 22:1448-55.

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Virus detection in other body fluids
§  ZIKV RNA is detected more often in
saliva 1 and urine 2 than in blood
§  Urine:
–  Viral load ranging between 3.8 X 103 to 2.2
X 108 copies/ml 3
–  Duration > 10 days (up to 20 days) 2
–  Testing recommended by WHO in urine
from patients presenting with onset of
symptoms ≤ 7 days 4

ZIKV RNA detection in urine specimens of 70
American travellers 6

§  Saliva:
–  Duration up to 8 days but median 3.0 days
+/- SD 1.5 days 1
–  Of interest when blood is difficult to collect
(children, neonates) 3

§  Virus isolation: possible on both urine
and saliva 5

Proportion od samples positive according to the
number of days after onset of symptoms (N=182
patients) 1

1.. Musso D et al. J Clin Virol 2015; 68:53-55. 2. Gourinat AC et al. Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 21:84- 3. Musso D & Gubler DJ. Clin Microbiol Rev 2016; 29:487-5249. 4. WHO.
Laboratory testing for Zika virus infection. Interim guidance. 23 March 2016. http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/zika/laboratory-testing/en 5. Bonaldo MC et al. PLoS Negl
Trop Dis 2016; 10(6): e0004816 6. Bingham AM et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016; 65:475-8.

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Virus detection in other body fluids

§  Breast milk:
–  Viral load ranging between 2.9 X 104 to 2 X 106 copies/
ml 1
–  Infectious particles isolated 2

§  Semen:
–  Viral load ranging between 1.1 X 107 to 2.9 X 107
copies/ml 1
–  RNA detected up to 93 days after onset of symptoms 3

1. Musso D & Gubler DJ. Clin Microbiol Rev 2016; 29:487-5249. 2. Dupont-Rouzeyrol M et al. Lancet 2016; 387:1051 3. Oliveira Souto I et al. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2016; doi:
10.1016/j.eimc.2016.10.009

Antibody response
§  Neutralizing antibody detection by PRNT is the « gold standard » for differentiation
between anti-Flavivirus antibodies as it is relatively specific in primary Flavivirus
infections 1
§  PRNT requires experienced technicians, is time-consuming, expensive, poses
potentially biosafety issues (live virus) 1
§  Anti-ZIKV neutralizing antibodies can be detected as early as 5 days after the onset of
fever. 2
§  IgM response is relatively ZIKV-specific during primary infections with only limited
cross-reactivity with other flaviviruses. During secondary Flavivirus infections, a high
degree of serologic cross-reactivity with other flaviviruses is observed. 1
§  IgM develop within few days after onset of illness (as early as 3 days) and can
generally be detected up to 3 months but in some cases they may persist for longer
periods which complicates accurate diagnostic testing 2
§  IgG antibodies are highly cross-reactive and develop within days after IgM (after day
10) and can be detected for months to years 2
§  The extensive cross-reactivity between antibodies trigered by different flaviviruses
(infection or vaccination) makes the interpretation of serological results very
complicate 2. A novel IgM and IgG ELISA based on recombinant ZIKV NS1
demonstrated excellent sensitivity & specificity. 3
1. Musso D & Gubler DJ. Clin Microbiol Rev 2016; 29:487-5249. 2. Charrel RN et al. Bull World Health Organ 2016; 94(8):574-584. 3. Steinhagen K et al. Euro
Surveill 2016; 21(50):oii=30426.

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Summary of laboratory diagnosis of Zika infections

Atif M et al. Infection 2016; 44(6):695-705

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Chikungunya

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Markers for Chikungunya diagnosis

IgG

IgM

Viremia

0

5 - 7

Adapted from Caglioti C et al. New Microbiol 2013; 36:211-27.

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-

21

>60

Days

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Diagnostic tests for CHIKV infection

Diagnostic
method

Sample types

Virus isolation (in
vivo or in vitro)

Serum, plasma,
whole blood, and
fresh or FFPE
tissues

ELISA or
immunochromatoSerum and CSF
graphic assay (ICA)
for antigen detection

Mardekiean & Roberts. BioMed Res Int 2015;:834371.

Sensitivity
(%)

Variable

85 (serum)  
80 (CSF)

Specificity
Advantages Disadvantages
(%)

100

Technical, laborious  
Requires biosafety
Highly specific level 2/3
containment  
May take 1-2 weeks

Commercial assays
89 (serum)  
Early diagnosis not widely available  
87 (CSF)

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Diagnostic tests for CHIKV infection
Diagnostic
method

Sample types

RT-PCR

Real-time RT-PCR

Sensitivity Specificity
(%)
(%)
100

Serum and dried
blood spots

Isothermal
amplification
methods (RT-LAMP)

Mardekiean & Roberts. BioMed Res Int 2015;:834371.

100

100

Up to 100

Up to 100

95.25

Advantages

Disadvantages

Highly sensitive and
specific  
Rapid turnaround
time  
Multiplex available

Expensive
reagents and
specialized
equipment

Multiplex available

Expensive
reagents and
specialized
equipment

Does not require
specialized
equipment (i.e.,
thermocyclers)



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Diagnostic tests for CHIKV infection
Diagnostic
method

ELISA

Sample
types

Serum  
CSF

Sensitivity
(%)

Specificity
(%)

Advantages

Disadvantages

Possible crossreactivity with other
Widely available  
alphaviruses  
IgM: 17 (serum);
Relatively cheaper and
48 (CSF)  
Elevated IgM does
IgM: 95 (serum)  
easier to perform  
IgG: 45 (serum); IgG: 53 (serum)
not distinguish recent
Rapid bedside tests are
63 (CSF)
past infection from
available
acute infection

IFA

Serum

85–97

90–98

PRNT

Serum





Mardekiean & Roberts. BioMed Res Int 2015;:834371.

Lack the ability to
quantify antibodies,
Sensitive and specific   are subjective, and
Commercially available require special
equipment and
training
Very specific for
Requires the use of
alphaviruses; gold
live virus (requires
standard for
Biosafety level 3
confirmation of
containment)
serologic test results
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Most recent developments
in arbovirus diagnostic
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Microsphere based immunoassays (MIAs)

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Nucleic acid sequencing-based amplification (NASBA)
§  NASBA is an isothermal nucleic
acid amplification system, based
on transcription and reverse
transcription .
§  The method utilizes RTase, RNA
polymerase, RNaseH, a primer
containing T7 promoter (primer 1),
and a reverse primer (primer 2).
§  First, primer 1 anneals with target
sense RNA, and RTase extends
the complementary DNA (steps 1
and 2).
§  RNaseH recognizes the DNA–
RNA hybrids, and only digests the
RNA chain (step 3).

Sakurai A & Shibasaki F. Viruses 2012; 4:1232-57.

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Nucleic acid sequencing-based amplification (NASBA)
§  RTase uses its DNA polymerase activity to
generate double-stranded DNA with primer
2 (step 4).
§  The interaction of T7 RNA polymerase with
T7 promoter on the double-stranded DNA
generates antisense RNA (step 5).
§  Using this antisense RNA as a template,
RTase generates a DNA chain (step 6).
RNaseH digests the RNA (step 7), and
RTase generates double-stranded DNA
(step 8).
§  Finally, considerable quantities of antisense
RNA are generated as reaction products
(step 9).

Sakurai A & Shibasaki F. Viruses 2012; 4:1232-57.

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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
§  Loop-mediated isothermal amplification
(LAMP) is similar to the PCR-based
method, but uses DNA amplification
under isothermal conditions
§  The system employs a DNA polymerase
and four primers, including two “looping
primers” and two “stripping primers”.
§  First, the looping primers anneal on the
F2 or B2 regions, and complementary
DNA chains are amplified (2)
§  Next, the stripping primers anneal on the
F3 or B3 regions, and complementary
DNA chains are amplified(3)
§  This leads to the release of the
complementary DNA chains generated
by the looping primers

Sakurai A & Shibasaki F. Viruses 2012; 4:1232-57.

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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
§  Finally, the single chain containing both
terminals makes stem-loops (step 4).
§  In the 5′ terminal, the double-stranded
F1 or B1 region works as a primer,
resulting in the generation of a doublestranded chain containing a stem-loop
(step 5).
§  The stem-loop area (F2 or B2 region) is
a single-stranded chain, and therefore
new looping primers can anneal on the
F2 or B2 region.
§  A new complementary chain is
generated from the looping primer (step
6), and strips the corresponding chain
(step 7 and 8).

Sakurai A & Shibasaki F. Viruses 2012; 4:1232-57.

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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

§  The extensions from the F2 or B2 region,
and the extension formed by the looping
primer on the stem-loop area, occur
alternately (steps 9 and 10).
§  Finally, the long reaction products
containing tandem target sequence
repeats are generated (step 11).

Sakurai A & Shibasaki F. Viruses 2012; 4:1232-57.

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“The RT-LAMP assays were ten-fold more sensitive than RT-PCR or real-time
PCR”…..
”The RT-LAMP method used in our study is specific, sensitive, and suitable for
further investigation as a useful alternative to the current methods used for clinical
diagnosis of DENV1-4, especially in hospitals and laboratories
that lack sophisticated diagnostic systems”.
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Microarrays
§  DNA microarray is a
collection of
oligonucleotide,
probes, or DNA spots
immobilized on a solid
surface. The
technology is applied
to high-throughput and
simultaneous wide
genomic screening.
DNA microarray is
also used in medical
diagnosis and
surveillance of
infectious diseases

Sakurai A & Shibasaki F. Viruses 2012; 4:1232-57.

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Mass Spectrometry

Ho Y-P & Rezddy P. Clinical Chemistry 2010; 56:525-536.

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Mass Spectrometry

Ho Y-P & Rezddy P. Clinical Chemistry 2010; 56:525-536.

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