| Literature DB >> 2492777 |
A M Deelder1, N De Jonge, Y E Fillié, D Kornelis, D Helaha, Z L Qian, P De Caluwé, A M Polderman.
Abstract
In serum and urine specimens collected from a group of Schistosoma mansoni infected individuals from Makundju, Zaire, the schistosome circulating anodic antigen (CAA) and the circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) were quantitatively determined using an indirect hemagglutination reaction with sheep erythrocytes sensitized with mouse IgM monoclonal antibodies directed against these circulating antigens. Levels of CAA in serum (up to 5 ng/ml) and CCA in serum and urine (up to 50 ng/ml) were strongly correlated with egg excretion and with each other. No correlation was found between egg excretion and antibody levels against the circulating antigens. Antigen was detectable only in patients excreting greater than 500 eggs per gram of feces.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2492777 DOI： 10.4269/ajtmh.1989.40.50
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345