SERODIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN FASCIOLIASIS FROM SCHISTOSOMIASIS

Authors
SHAHEEN H ALKHAFIF M FARAG RM KAMAL KA
Citation
H. Shaheen et al., SERODIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN FASCIOLIASIS FROM SCHISTOSOMIASIS, Tropical and geographical medicine, 46(5), 1994, pp. 326-327
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Tropical and geographical medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00413232
Volume
46
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
326 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-3232(1994)46:5<326:SOHFFS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A dot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dot-ELISA) was developed usin g excretory-secretory (ES) antigens of Fasciola gigantica adult worms and freeze-thaw, antigen (AFT) of adult Schistosoma mansoni worms. Spe cific IgG and IgM antibodies were simultaneously investigated in sera from 17 febrile eosinophilic hospitalized patients and 20 healthy cont rols. Dot-ELISA was shown useful and could differentiate fascioliasis from schistosomiasis prior to parasite egg detection in patient's stoo l. This assay is field and laboratory applicable.