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Efficacy of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as a diagnostic tool for schis...
Oliveira, Edward José de; Kanamura, Hermínia Yohko; Lima, Dirce Mary CorreiaMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-11T20:58:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005; IgM-ELISA is an immunoenzymatic method useful for detection of IgM antibodies against a fraction of Schistosoma mansoni adult worm antigen (AWA) that is soluble in trichloroacetic acid (AWA-TCA). This method was applied to three groups of individuals with different clinical and epidemiological characteristics...
Detection of circulating polysaccharide antigen of Schistosoma mansoni in hamst...
Fernandes, Margareth; Irulegui, Ione; Lima, Dirce Mary Correia; Abrantes, Clarice Pires; Cressoni, Martha Smith; Christo, Carlos HenriqueCrossed immunoelectrophoresis (IEC) was used for detection of free and complexed circulating polisaccharide anodic antigen (AgCA) of Schistosoma mansoni in sera of infected hamsters. An attempt was also done to detect AgCA in human sera from patients infected with S. mansoni. The conditions for isolation and detection of complexed AgCA were established. The sensitivity of IEC was increased by incorporation of 2...