title: Humoral immune response to Dipylidium caninum infection of stray dogs in Taiwan.
abstract: Two kinds of homogeneous proglottid, mature and gravid, of Dipylidium caninum were used as the antigens for immunodiagnosis of canine dipylidiosis in stray dogs in Tainan, Taiwan. The ELISA was performed on 30 serum samples; 24 from dipylidiosis, four from ancylostomosis and two from toxocariosis. The ELISA have specificity and sensitive of 100 and 50% for mature proglottid extract, and 75 and 100%, respectively, for gravid proglottid extract. EITB technique showed two major peptide bands of 94.8 and 97.9kDa were recognized in the sera pool of infected dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. hippo@mail.ncku.edu.tw
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000276:immunology; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002589:Cestoda / Q000276:immunology*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000947:Antigens, Helminth