The utility of human filarial serum in the detection of circulating antigen
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 55 (2) , 133-140
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00025608
Abstract
The utility of human filarial serum immunoglobulin (FSI) in detecting circulating antigen in filarial sera was studied by counter Immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) and the indirect haemagglutination test (IHAT). CIEP was found to be better than IHAT. 23 out of 30 sera from persons with microfilaraemia and one of 30 clinical cases of filariasis, but none of the normal sera or sera from those with helminths other than filariae, showed the presence of circulating filarial antigen in CIEP. FSI was fractionated by DEAE- Sephadex A-50 column chromatography and the antibody active in CIEP was found to be IgG in nature.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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