Use of two sensitive and specific immunoblot markers, em70 and em90, for diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Metin KorkmazAhmet Uner

Abstract

Antibodies against Echinococcus multilocularis metacestodes were screened by immunoblotting sera from patients with alveolar echinococcosis (n = 39), cystic echinococcosis (n = 109), or other parasitic infections (n = 66) and healthy individuals (n = 32). Two antigens, approximately 70 and 90 kDa, are found to be valuable for confirmatory diagnosis, with a sensitivity and specificity of 100 and 99.51%, respectively.

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