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J Biosci
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1988 Sep; 13(3):229-233
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-160671
ABSTRACT
Detection of filarial antigen in different groups of sera was carried out by sandwich as well as inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using antibody-coated sticks. Both systems were found to be equally sensitive in detecting antigen in 90% of microfilariae carriers. Incorporation of avidin-biotin in the sandwich assay system increased the sensitivity of antigen detection from 10–6 to 10–16 pg. A 67% decrease in the number of false negative results was observed when the sensitive avidin-biotin inhibition enzymelinked immunosorbent assay system was used for analysis of filaria blood samples.