title: Comparison of Schistosoma mansoni soluble cercarial antigens and soluble egg antigens for serodiagnosing schistosome infections.
abstract: A Schistosoma mansoni cercarial antigen preparation (cercarial transformation fluid--SmCTF) was evaluated for detection of anti-schistosome antibodies in human sera in 4 collaborating laboratories. The performance of SmCTF was compared with that of S. mansoni egg antigens (SmSEA) in an indirect enzyme-immunoassay (ELISA) antigen assay, the latter being used routinely in 3 of the 4 participating laboratories to diagnose S. mansoni and S. haematobium infections. In the fourth laboratory the performance of SmCTF was compared with that of S. japonicum egg antigens (SjSEA) in ELISA for detection of anti-S. japonicum antibodies. In all 4 laboratories the results given by SmCTF in ELISA were very similar to those given by the antigen preparation routinely used in the respective laboratory to detect anti-schistosome antibodies in human infection sera. In so far as the ELISA results from SmCTF are thus so little different from those given by schistosome egg antigens and also cheaper to produce, the former is a potentially useful new diagnostic aid for schistosomiasis.
authors.affiliation: Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: Huw
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doenhoff
authors.forename: Cara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aitken
authors.forename: Wendi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Minjun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gilis
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Gool
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium / Q000276:immunology; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000276:immunology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000276:immunology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000947:Antigens, Helminth