Seroprevalence of anti-amoebic antibody among blood donors by indirect hemeagglutination assay.
The screening for anti-amoebic antibody among a group of donors was to obtain negative control serum samples for an on-going antigen development assay in diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess. Out of 200 samples, 125 (62.5%) were negative, whereas 44 (21.5%) had IHA titer of less than 1:128 and 31 (16.0%) of the samples had significant IHA titers of 1:128 or more, in which 2 serum samples gave titers of 1:4096.
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. zeehaida@kck.usm.my
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D000656:Amoeba / Q000276:immunology*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D001782:Blood Donors; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan