title: [Immunoenzyme assay of parasite-specific IgG4 antibodies in schistosomiasis using the monoclonal antibody BL-IgG4/1].
abstract: Sera from 251 children living in endemic areas (Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma haematobium) and from 188 hospital outpatients in Ethiopia were evaluated for specific IgG4 antibodies reacting with Schistosoma mansoni adult worm antigen employing an enzyme-immunoassay. Patients with schistosomiasis (n = 140) possessed a significantly higher mean value of specific IgG4 antibodies than normal controls (n = 30) and individuals from different countries who had no schistosomiasis but are infected with other parasites (n = 114). Blood samples dried on filter paper were also acceptable in these test. The use of the test in diagnosis is compared and assessed with parasitological methods.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Tropenmedizin und klinische Parasitologie, Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ambrosius
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Behn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fiebig
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Köllner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leykun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spannemann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000276:immunology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
vernacular_title: Enzymimmunassay zur Bestimmung parasitenspezifischer IgG4-Antikörper bei Schistosomiasis unter Verwendung des monoklonalen Antikörpers BL-IgG4/1.