PREVALENCE OF IGG ANTIBODIES TO TRICHINELLA-SPIRALIS IN DOGS IN MACEDONIA, NORTHERN GREECE

Authors
FRYDAS SI ALEXAKIS AE VANKNAPEN F
Citation
Si. Frydas et al., PREVALENCE OF IGG ANTIBODIES TO TRICHINELLA-SPIRALIS IN DOGS IN MACEDONIA, NORTHERN GREECE, Veterinary parasitology, 59(1), 1995, pp. 81-85
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03044017
Volume
59
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
81 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-4017(1995)59:1<81:POIATT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect T. spi ralis infection in dogs, using larval T. spiralis excretory-secretory (ES) antigen. Forty-three (4.3%) dog sera out of 1000 revealed the pre sence of IgG T. spiralis. The positive sera were distributed in three groups; 21 (2.1%) weakly positive, 14 (1.4%) moderately positive, and eight (0.8%) strongly positive.