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Published Resources Details Journal Article
- Title
- Immunodiagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Ascaris lumbricoides infections in Caucasian and Aboriginal Australians
- In
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Imprint
- 1986, pp. 240-247
- Url
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2878514
- Abstract
The immunodiagnostic efficiency of an indirect immunofluorescence test (IFAT) and in vitro lymphocyte proliferative responsiveness (cell mediated immunity test, CMIT) used to measure the immunological responses of individuals with known natural Entamoeba histolytica and Ascaris lumbricoides infections, was studied under survey conditions. E. histolytica was common among Aborigines from Cherbourg, Kowanyama and Central Australia, but it was not found in Brisbane Caucasians. The protozoan was selected for the study because it was prevalent and purified antigen was commercially available. Immunodiagnosis for A. lumbricoides was made using an antigen prepared by affinity chromatography. Diagnosis based on frequency distribution of immunological data gave valid assessment of the number of infected individuals in each population studied.
PMID:
2878514
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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