Comparison of Schistosoma mansoni soluble cercarial antigens and soluble egg antigens for serodiagnosing schistosome infections.

• Main Authors: Huw Smith (Author), Mike Doenhoff (Author), Cara Aitken (Author), Wendi Bailey (Author), Minjun Ji (Author), Emily Dawson (Author), Henk Gilis (Author), Grant Spence (Author), Claire Alexander (Author), Tom van Gool (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A Schistosoma mansoni cercarial antigen preparation (cercarial transformation fluid--SmCTF) was evaluated for detection of anti-schistosome antibodies in human sera in 4 collaborating laboratories. The performance of SmCTF was compared with that of S. mansoni egg antigens (SmSEA) in an indirect enzy...