Title
Effect of treatment on serum antibody to Hymenolepsis nana detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Date Issued
01 January 1991
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Castillo R.M.
Grados P.
Miranda E.
Guevara A.
Publisher(s)
American Society for Microbiology
Abstract
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to measure serum immunoglobulin G antibodies in 65 patients infected with Hymenolepis nana and 30 noninfected patients. Antibody was detected in 51 of 65 (sensitivity, 79%) and 5 of 30 H. nana-negative patients (specificity, 83%). Nine patients infected with H. nana were treated with praziquantel (20 to 25 mg/kg of body weight). Antibody disappeared from the sera at 90 days in six patients, five of whom had eliminated H. nana. Antibody persisted in three patients in whom H. nana infection did not clear after treatment. The H. nana ELISA had a high rate of cross-reactions with sera from patients with cysticercosis (8 of 29 [28%]) and hydatidosis (8 of 23 [35%]). The ELISA for H. nana may be useful for defining the epidemiology of H. nana infections, especially in areas free from cysticercosis and hydatidosis.
Start page
413
End page
414
Volume
29
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0026008105
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
ISSN of the container
0095-1137
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