Open AccessIgG serum antibody responses in suspected liver cystic echinococcosis patients
Author(s) -
Ivana V. Radonjić,
Aleksandar Džamić,
Valentina Arsić-Arsenijević,
Slobodanka Djukić,
Sanja Mitrović
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0706306r
Subject(s) - medicine , echinococcosis , cystic echinococcosis , antibody , pathology , immunology , gastroenterology
Cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by a tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. Liver infection is the most common form of human echinococcosis. Diagnosis of liver echinococcosis could be made by different methods. It is very important to have good anamnesis and epidemiological evaluation, clinical status and clinical investigations such as X-ray examination, ultrasonography, nuclear magnetic resonance, computerized tomography, laboratory analysis and serology. Different serologic tests could be used for diagnosis of echinococcosis: complement fixation test, immunoelectrophoresis, indirect haemagglutination, latex agglutination, indirect fluorescence test and enzyme immunoassays sush as ELISA test.