Measurement of aflatoxin in Nigerian sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Sera from 78 healthy men donating blood in Enugu, Nigeria were examined for aflatoxin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Levels varied from less than 20 pg/ml to 3.1 ng/ml. The ELISA method is simple, sensitive and specific, and therefore well suited to the low-resource tropical environment. Aflatoxin is ingested in considerable amounts in Nigeria and many contribute, with hepatitis B, to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016604:Aflatoxin B1; D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria
D000348:Aflatoxins; D016604:Aflatoxin B1