title: [ELISA and spontaneous sedimentation technique for the diagnosis of Giardia lamblia infection in stool samples of Peruvian children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare a commercial coproantigen ELISA kit and the technique of spontaneous sedimentation in tube (TSET) for the diagnosis of Giardia lamblia in fecal specimens from children in a Peruvian endemic area.
  
  
  METHODS
  174 fecal samples were analyzed by TSET and 2nd Generation Giardia ELISA kit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  51 samples were positive by ELISA and 49 by TSET.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ELISA was highly sensitive and specific, simple and fast. However, the very good agreement, high precision, low cost and ability to detect other intestinal parasites makes use of TSET recommended for laboratory diagnosis in endemic areas of Peru.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Ulloa
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera-Jacinto
mesh_terms: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D010568:Peru; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan