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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schoenardie, Elizandra Roselaine
• Scaini, Carlos Jaime
• Brod, Claudiomar Soares
• Pepe, Michele Soares
• Villela, Marcos Marreiro
• McBride, Alan J A
• Borsuk, Sibele
• Berne, Maria Elisabeth Aires

Titel

SERODIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS IN CHILDREN OF SOUTH OF BRAZIL

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of parasitology, 2012-12

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract The seroprevalence of T. canis antibodies in children from one to 12 years old was evaluated in Pelotas city, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The evaluation of visceral larva migrans (VLM) was performed using an ELISA with T. canis secretory antigens (TES). Western blot was used to identify the banding profiles of positive sera within the ELISA results. From the 427 samples, 50.6% had anti-TES antibodies above the cutoff (0.270). Statistically significant differences were observed among the ELISA positive children relating to contact with dogs and cats. The ELISA positive sera and Western blots had banding pattern characteristics, where a fraction at 30 kDa had a higher reactivation. This fraction could be important for a specific diagnosis of VLM.