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A total of fifty stray dogs of both sex and of different ages were examined for natural infection with Echinococcus granulosus after post-mortem. Three main intestinal helminthes were recovered. These were in descending order of abundance Dipylidium caninum, Toxocara canis and E. granulosus. The latter worm was demonstrated in eight of them [16%]. The sera of three out of 21 dog-hunters [14.3%] showed positive Echino IHAT. Two of the hunters suffered Enterobius vermicularis and one of them had Taenia saginata as well. But, the abdominal X-ray of the two hunters was more or less normal and did not show any hydatid cyst
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Animals , Prevalence , Dogs , Zoonoses , Echinococcus granulosus , Hemagglutination TestsABSTRACT
This study was performed on 93 patients clinically presumed to have intestinal amoebiasis. Stool samples were collected from all of them and subjected to microscopic examination and Entamoeba coproantigens detection using Entamoeba and Entamoeba II tests. Out of 93 clinically positive samples, 51 were found positive by microscopy, while 49 were detected by Entamoeba test as having antigens specific for E. Histolytica/E. dispar [88.24% sensitivity]. Among 49 specimens, 4 were demonstrated as microscopy negative [90.48% specificity]. Entamoeba II test demonstrated 16 specimens having antigens specific for the pathogenic E. histolytica among 49 positive by Entamoeba test, while 33 were positive for nonpathogenic E. Dispar coproantigens
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Humans , Entamoeba histolytica , Feces , Microscopy , Antigens , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayABSTRACT
The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and counter immunoclectrophoresis [CIEP] were used to detect G. Lamblia Copro antigens. Rabbit antisera raised against Giardia trophozoites and cysts were used as anti-Giardic antibodies. The overall sensitivity of the ELISA was 96.15% and its specificity was 93.48% in contrast to 69.23% and 82.61% for the CIEP