An attempt of immunodiagnosis by means of mixed passive hemagglutination (MPHA) test for human pulmonary dirofilariasis.
The mixed passive hemagglutination (MPHA) test was used for the first time in an attempt to diagnose human pulmonary dirofilariasis in a comparison with the results of ELISA. Eight of nine patients tested with the MPHA test were positive and one was false-positive; these results coincided exactly with those of ELISA. Qualitative agreement between the MPHA test and ELISA was 90.4% of 374 human sera. The present study indicates that the MPHA test seems to be a promising diagnostic tool for human pulmonary dirofilariasis.
Ohnishi
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Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Yoshimura
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Ohyama
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Tokairin
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Nagakura
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis*; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000276:immunology*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000276:immunology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth