Deplazes, P; Gottstein, Bruno; Eckert, J; Jenkins, D J; Ewald, D; Jimenez-Palacios, S (1992). Detection of Echinococcus coproantigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in dogs, dingoes and foxes. Parasitology research, 78(4), pp. 303-308. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/BF00937088
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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the detection of Echinococcus coproantigens in fecal samples from dogs, dingoes or foxes infected with either E. granulosus or E. multilocularis. The ELISA was based on protein-A-purified polyclonal antibodies [anti-E. granulosus excretory/secretory (E/S) antigens]. The specificity of the assay as determined in 155 samples derived from carnivores that were free of helminth infection (n = 37) or infected with non-Echinococcus cestodes (n = 76) or with various nematodes (n = 42) was found to be 98% overall. The diagnostic sensitivity was strongly dependent on the homologous worm burden. All 13 samples from foxes harboring greater than 1,000 E. multilocularis worms and 13 of 15 (87%) samples from dogs or dingoes containing greater than 200 E. granulosus worms were ELISA-positive, whereas 34 of 46 samples from foxes harboring less than 1,000 E. multilocularis and 9 of 10 samples from dogs or dingoes bearing less than 200 E. granulosus tested negative. Experimental prepatent infections of dogs with E. granulosus revealed positive ELISA reactions within the prepatent period (10-20 days post-infection) for six animals bearing greater than 1,000 E. granulosus each; a low worm burden (less than 1,000 tapeworms/animal) resulted in ELISA positivity in only 2 of 3 animals at 30 days post-infection at the earliest. All five dogs that had been experimentally infected with E. multilocularis tested positive in the coproantigen ELISA as early as on day 5 post-infection.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Parasitology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gottstein, Bruno |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0932-0113 |
Publisher: |
Springer-Verlag |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Bruno Gottstein |
Date Deposited: |
18 Jul 2018 14:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:16 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/BF00937088 |
PubMed ID: |
1409530 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.118665 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/118665 |
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