title: [Contribution of serologic technics to the analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid in Congolese patients with sleeping sickness].
abstract: Three serological tests: the Card Agglutination Test (Testryp CATT), the Indirect Immunofluorescence Antibody Test (IFAT) and the Cellognost Indirect Haemagglutination technique (CIHA) were used to analyse the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 41 patients infected with Trypanosoma gambiense and 30 uninfected persons. The authors reported the following data: --IFAT and especially CIHA were more efficient than CATT to demonstrate the presence of specific antibodies in the CSF; --the intensity of the cell and protein alterations paralleled the IFAT fluorescence intensity and the CIHA dilution titers; --this study indicated that the immunological analysis applied to CSF may prove to be a useful procedure to diagnosis the early onset of the attack on the nervous system and the evolution of the disease measured by the intensity of the reactions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Entomologie Médicale et de Parasitologie, ORSTOM, Brazzaville, R. P. du Congo.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lemesre
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Noireau
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Makoundou
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Louembet
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Frezil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D014347:Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
vernacular_title: Apport des techniques sérologiques dans l'analyse du liquide céphalo-rachidien de patients congolais atteints de la maladie du sommeil.