Humoral immune response of cats to Paragonimus infection.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1981 Sep; 12(3): 364-70
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31889
ABSTRACT
The time course of humoral immune response to Paragonimus siamensis was studied in 10 cats experimentally infected with either 30 or 60 matacercariae and the antibody produced was detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), complement fixation test (CFT), and immunoelectrophoresis (IEP) test. With ELISA and CFT, antibodies was detected as early as 2nd week after infection and the cats remained positive throughout the 12 week period of observation. In contrast, the IEP test was persistently negative. With respect to sensitivity, both ELISA and CFT are equally sensitive but the mean ELISA titer was consistently higher than that of CFT. THe magnitude of the antibody response appeared to be related to duration of the infection but not to the infective dose and the number of worms recovered. There was variability in titers among cats infected with equal numbers of metacercariae. The tests can not be used for differential diagnosis of infections by P. siamensis and P. heterotremus because of the cross-reaction. Such cross-reaction did not not occur against unrelated parasites including hookworm. Toxocara cati and Spirometra mansoni.
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Assunto principal:
Paragonimíase
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Feminino
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Masculino
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Testes de Fixação de Complemento
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Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática
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Imunoeletroforese
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Doenças do Gato
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Gatos
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Animais
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Formação de Anticorpos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
1981
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