title: Immunological diagnosis of echinococcosis.
abstract: Our results with the immunofluorescence technique in the diagnosis of hydatid disease are reported. The sera of 28 patients with surgically proven hydatid disease, of 30 healthy individuals, and of 1 patient with cysticercosis were used. With a dilution of 1:100 a sensitivity of 96% was obtained in the patients affected by the disease. In the control group all but one of the sera were negative. A brief review of the immunological methods used at present for the diagnosis of echinococcosis is made. The most important problems connected with the immunodiagnosis of this disease are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies