ANALYSIS ON EIGHT ANTIGEN PREPARATIONS OF SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM AND THEIR REACTIVITY WITH SERA FROM PATIENTS OF DIFFERENT STAGES / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

ABSTRACT

Eight antigen preparations of schistosama japonicum. i. e. freezethawed antigens (FFT, F-MFT), saline-extract antigens (FE. F-ME, ME) SEA and AWA, were separated by SDS-PAGE. The results showed different fractional proteins among the eight antigens. These above mentioned antigens were used to detect sera from patients of different stages of schis-tosomiasis by means of ELIB. It demonstrated that the defined .fractional proteins below 60KD could be recognized by sera from acute schistosomiasis, the defined fractional proteins over 60KD recognized preferentially by sera from advanced schistosomiasis, while the fractional proteins of 87KD, 70KD, 60KD, 31KD and 18KD of S. japanicum antigens could be recognized by almost all sera from patients of different stages.