IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDY OF HYDATIDOSIS .1. EVALUATION OF TEST OF IMMUNO-ELECTRODIFFUSION IN HUMORAL STUDY OF HUMAN HYDATIDOSIS

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 25  (9) , 341-344
Abstract
The importance of immunological arguments in the discussion of hydatidosis, the permanent increase of requirements, the risk of cross reactions and the frequency of sero-epidemiological surveys imply the utilization of specific and rapid micro-methods. The technique of immunoelectrodiffusion on a cellulose acetate membrane answers partly to those criteria; it was used since 1971 in the diagnosis of parasitic infections and mainly to that of hydatidosis. In 200 cases (400 samples) of the latter were studied longitudinally and reported. This micro-method is very specific (co-immunoelectrodiffusion) and equal to that of immunoelectrophoresis. Its rapidity (3-4 h) is close to that of indirect immunofluorescence. The revelation of suggestive diagrams of fissuration underlines the relative emergency of the definitive interpretation of an immunological examination in the diagnosis of hydatidosis.

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