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Plan
Introduction
Objectives
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Recommendations
Summary in French
INTRODUCTION (1)
INTRODUCTION (2)
OBJECTIVES
METHODS (1)
METHODS (2)
Inclusion criteria
Pregnant
Non-pregnant of child-bearing age.
Signed informed consent
Exclusion criteria.
Parturient
Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy
Non-pregnant with on-going menstrual flow.
Women on anti-malaria curative treatment.
METHODS (3)
Procedure
SI
T
E
ASSESSMENT
FOR
ELIGIBILITY
RAPID MALARIA
SCREENING
Matching
RECRUITMENT PROPER
Enrolment forms filled.
Body temperature
SAMPLE COLLECTION
(Austgulen
Austgulen et
et al.
al. 1992
1992)
Same
day
LA
BO
RA
TO
RY
Next day
Staining and Reading of slides (Gold standard)
Sample size
attained
ELISA for sTNF-R1 and sTNF-R2 in urine...
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METHODS (4)
STOP!
TMB.
S-P
conjugate.
Biotinylate
d tracer
antibodies.
Samples
and
standards
in
Pre-coated
R2 standard curve
Av. R2 Ods
12
10
8
Av R2 OD
6
4
2
0
METHODS (5)
Data Management
Data entry: CRFs and MS Excel 2007; Analysis: SPSS 17.0
Central tendency: means (normal), median (skewed).
Frequencies and proportions used to characterize our study
population.
Non-parametric tests: comparisons (Kruskal-Wallis / Mann-
METHODS (6)
Sensitivity, Specificity
No
Discrimination.
Useless
AUC = 0.5
False Positive Rate (1 Specificity)
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RESULTS/DISCUSSION (1)
RESULTS/DISCUSSION (2)
*p <
0.001
*Davison et al., 2006; McGuire et al., 1998; Arntzen et al., 1995; Molyneux et al., 1993;...
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RESULTS/DISCUSSION (3)
Influence of pregnancy
p=0.000
06
p=0.00
5
5.95
(4.00)
0.00
(0.00)
0.73
(4.87)
Median
(IQR)
ng/ml
1.5
(1.67)
RESULTS/DISCUSSION (4)
37.48
(32.42)
0.73
(4.87)
9.90
(33.43)
Median
(IQR)
ng/ml
5.95
(4.00)
RESULTS/DISCUSSION (5)
37.48
(32.42)
1.80
(13.16)
9.90
(33.43)
Median
(IQR)
ng/ml
15.55
(41.57)
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RESULTS/DISCUSSION (6)
of:
sTNF-R1
sTNF-R2
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RESULTS/DISCUSSION (7)
Parasitaemia (p/l)
n = 23
(only Pg+ Mal+)
Parasitaemia (p/l)
n = 33
(Pg Mal and Pg Mal )
+
Spearman rs = 0.784
Spearman rs = 0.816
p < 0.001
p < 0.001
Spearman rs = 0.730
Spearman rs = 0.742
p < 0.001
p < 0.001
partial r = 0.556
partial r = 0.634
p = 0.001
p < 0.001
Parasitaemia (p/ul)
Adjusted for body
Urine sTNF-R1(ng/ml)
temperature.
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ROC curve
Ideal Test:
Perfect
Discrimination
AUC = 1
Intermediate
Discrimination
1 > AUC > 0.5
RESULTS/DISCUSSION (8)
No
Discrimination.
Useless
AUC = 0.5
False Positive Rate (1 Specificity)
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RESULTS/DISCUSSION (9)
95.7%,21.7%
26.3%, 94.5%
78.3%,100%
100%,94%
56.5%,95.7%
79.3%,88.3%
AUC
R2=0.892
R1=0.741
p=0.002
CONCLUSIONS (1)
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CONCLUSIONS (2)
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RECOMMENDATIONS (1)
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RECOMMENDATIONS (2)
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Rsum
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Special Thanks
To the:
Study participants for accepting to provide their
specimen.
Staff of the Immunology Laboratory, BTC UY1, for the
technical support
NIH for the grant through Pr Rose Leke.
FMBS UY1 for the academic and professional training.
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