title: [Detection of specific antibodies in saliva of patients with chronic schistosomiasis japonica].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the feasibility of detecting specific antibodies in the saliva of schistosomiasis patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Specific antibodies in saliva samples of 32 schistosomiasis patients and 140 normal individuals were detected by using ELISA and the results were compared with those detected for specific antibodies in serum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sensitivity and specificity of the ELISA were 90.6% and 94.4%, respectively, being slightly lower than that of the 100% sensitivity and 96.2% specificity for the serum. No significant difference between them was found (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Detecting specific antibodies in saliva can be used for immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica as a noninvasive method in field surveys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200025.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W X
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology*; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000276:immunology*; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth