Counterimmunoelectrophoresis, a rapid diagnostic test for extra-intestinal amebiasis

Counterimmunoelectrophoresis [CIEP] and indirect haemagglutination [IHA] tests were applied on 12 sera from cases with amoebic liver abscess, 48 sera from patients with amoebic dysentery and 20 sera of healthy individuals in order to assess their diagnostic value. The results showed that both tests are very sensitive and specific. It is recommended to use CIEP test as a rapid diagnostic test to help clinical diagnosis of extraintestinal amoebiasis

Counterimmunoelectrophoresis and circumoval precipitin tests in serodiagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni

Counterimmunoelectrophoresis [CIEP] was compared with circumoval precipitin test [COPT] in the diagnosis of different grades of schistosomiasis mansoni in order to evaluate their efficacy. No significant statistical difference was noted between the two tests. However, as CIEP test takes a short time to perform, it can be used in seroepidemiological surveys

Leucocytic agglutination using litomosoides carenii cuticular antigen and the serum of bancroftian filariasis

Sera from cases of elephantiasis promoted an intense agglutination reaction of peripheral blood leucocytes, using cuticular Litomosoides carenii antigen in vitro