title: Application of micro-ELISA in serodiagnosis of Human paragonimiasis.
abstract: To observed whether the specific IgG antibody test using ELISA was useful in diagnosis of presently ill patients of paragonimiasis, a total of 95 sera were tested. The sera were collected from 21 egg positive cases, 8 from positive reactors of intradermal test, 7 from Clonorchis infected, 9 from other parasitic diseases and 50 from apparently non-infected cases. By the result, the sensitivity of the test was 86% and the specificity was 100%. There were no cross reactions between Paragonimus antigen and other parastic infections. Specific IgG antibody test by micro-ELISA was concluded to be useful for mass screening of the presently ill paragonimiasis in the field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Yull
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Sung Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yong Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Rho
authors.forename: Sung Youb
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Yong Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Han